Blast Off: Third Ignition
 After the long and draining trial, Gemini finally holds up his hand and looks around the room before pressing a button on his throne. He stands up and looks at everyone as the room begins to rumble a bit. “Alright, the majority of you voted for Masumi Hoshikawa the SHSL Astronomer as the killer of Akane Ahmiya the SHSL A.R.G Host, Iezane Koisaki the SHSL Soccer Player, and Grigory Chalvinchi the SHSL Survivor. And the majority of you were correct! Time for her punishment.”
Without warning, he walks over to the fragile girl and picks her up. “Normally this would be done automatic, but if we used any of those methods on her, she might die before she has a chance to get in her punishment.” With that he pats his gun on his side, as he swings her over his shoulder. “Nobody try anything or you won’t like the outcome.”Â
With that he shifts her on his shoulder and walks to the edge of the courtroom, where a wall is opening up. He salutes towards everyone and walks through before disappearing into the shadows. Several minutes pass as you wait in anticipation. Some of you might’ve tried to follow him, if the opening hadn’t closed a few seconds after he disappeared through it.Â
Finally after what seems like an eternity a T.V screen flicks on, showing the terrified Astronomer’s face, front and center. She seems to be strapped into a chair, of some kind of contraption, small lights flicker on and off on the walls around her. A window lies above her, looking up at the night sky, the stars, twinkling like normal, the beauty of space on show for all to see.
And then the camera zooms out a bit, and it’s clear that she’s in some sort of makeshift rocket ship. It looks patched together, and it’s pretty clear it’d never work completely, there’s no way this would make it into the atmosphere. A few seconds pass, and without any warning, the rockets on the bottom start up, and the ship begins to rumble uncontrollably, ready to shoot into the sky.
Tears begin to stream down the Astronomer’s face, it’s completely evident that she looks absolutely terrified. There aren’t even straps on her to keep her in place, this machine is clearly a bucket of bolts, pretty much a death trap for anybody who gets inside it.Â
Finally after a few more seconds of waiting the rockets kick off, propelling the ship into the air, the force of the launch can be clearly seen and felt by the astronomer, she... she’s too fragile for this! The G-force acting on her, is too much, and suddenly a few loud snaps can be heard as her bones creak, and break, causing her to cry out in pain.Â
Through the glass window, and through the pain, Masumi looks up at the sky... her eyes watering, everything is in agony... and yet... a small look of peace crosses her face as she goes further into the sky... At least she can die among the stars...Â
Before anyone can really process what just happened, the entire ship explodes into flames, covering the sky... a crack appears... before a portion of what looks like a ceiling crumbles open revealing the deception the execution had been working towards this entire time. She’d never been outside, she’d been in a dome that had been painted to look like the outside, it looks like no matter what, she’d never make it to the stars.Â
Masumi Hoshikawa the SHSL Astronomer has been successfully executed