sitting on a throne (while they're buried in the dirt)

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Twelve boys (delinquents, they called them) are trained to debut, knowing their days were numbered. Because, despite the extravagant stages and gaudy makeup, there's just one rule at The Facility: only one can live. 

Only one can 'go solo'.

So who will it be?

genre: psychological, angst, dystopia, romance

warning: blood, gore, dark themes, split personalities, kindof

pairing: Baekhyun/Chanyeol, Chen/Lay, Tao/Sehun(are the most blatantly obvious pairings but every other pairing you can name pretty much exists in here oops...) (i'm not kidding)

for the EXOplosion Writing Contest 

Foreword

So many times, he's caught himself chanting something close to a prayer, but God isn't real, no matter what Junmyeon rattled on and on about. No God would send people to their deaths for entertainment (no matter what crimes they apparently committed), no God would allow someone to fall in love despite knowing the odds. No, Kim Jongdae doesn't believe in God, not when he's face to face with Zhang Yixing Lay and a rusty axe that seems more bloody then rusty the longer he stares.

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Baekhyun gulps from the viewing room, hands shaking no matter how tightly he clutches them.

“You don’t have to watch this.” A familiar deep voice murmurs off to Baekhyun's right and Baekhyun stiffens, tearing his eyes away from the screen.

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Park Chanyeol doesn't want to love Byun Baekhyun anymore. Not here. Not now.

And he thinks Baekhyun can sense that.

~~

 

Kim Jongin has never killed a man. 

Kai has killed plenty.

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But he doesn't. Instead he stares straight ahead, where he figures a camera is hidden and flicks it off before groping for Jongin's knife. 

If he's going to die, he's going to die on his own terms.

~~

Because blood and death and dismemberment are considered a normality while bodies and lewd, gasping moans are considered indecent, insensitive.

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"I don't love you."

"I know."

~~

He's going to get out of here .

Even if that means he has to tear through the only support group he's ever really had.

He's going to get out of here.

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yehet_pcy #1
Chapter 1: this fic broke my brain. and my heart. and a little of my soul too, i think. but this fic. was just. too good. one of the best dystopia fics ive ever read. so hopeless, everything, everything and everyone was just hopeless and all the emotions were just so raw and real and , i cant believe this au. man this is seriously haunting, i felt chills and sadness and anger and eVERYTHING, I FELT THIS PHYSICALLY, SERIOUSLY, YOU HURT ME SO BAD. i love everysingle part of this, each paragraph break. i love all of their personalities, all of their relationships, all of their emotions, all of their..... deaths. this fic literally broke me i canteven function to write a good comment because this was so ed up..... i dont even think any of the parings particularly stood out as more important than the others, even though this was mainly chanbaek and chenlay.because i think all of the relationships were equally important, the friendships, the memories, all of them were significant to how they died. even so, the chanbaek, inevitably, caused me the most pain. it hurts me. it hurts me so bad because that goodbye before yeol had to go, and that goodbye when yeol was dying. it really really really hurts. i wanna say more but i really cant think of anything else to say besides im mind-blown because this is such a ed up au and it was such an experience reading it. it was scary, the brief scenes were good, the angst was heart-wrenching.... god everything about this fic breaks me so good. thank you so much for writig and sharing this
Cellywelly #2
Chapter 1: i read this before a while ago and for some reason i was like 'hey i hate myself and my emotions let's DO IT AGAIN' so here i am crying into my pillow bc you are too good at breathing life into your characters in the most painfully raw way and my heart is in pieces ;___; the baekchen absolutely slaughtered me ughhhh
builtbymachines #3
Chapter 1: What do I even say right now?? *Wipes away tears* And I would read this right as they're coming back. Nothing says 'good luck with your comeback' like vividly imagining Chen getting chopped to pieces, right? And, as an added bonus, I'll probably have nightmares about Shinee, too.
fefedove #4
Chapter 1: holy . .
this brings back my 48 hours feels, except it's condensed and so intense and angsty and the fluffy parts makes everything worse (and it's in english, which also makes it so much more asd;kfjdsaklfs)
The characterization was amazing and all their relationships with each other and between their identities were just so lskdjfsd. omg..I just keep keysmashing, so I'm not even sure if this comment makes sense but ahhh
sushi_sykes #5
Chapter 1: whai.

this is....
I'm speechless
growl_123 #6
Chapter 1: ......T~T you made them all die!!!
The way Lay killed Chen was so...gah i dunno ill just say that it was really depressing.
And Kai's split personality. And D.O killing Kai WITH KIND EYES. And basically every single thing you wrote in this fic TT^TT
But i somehow enjoyed it in a very very angsty way. The characters were like, so good, the way they had different sides to themselves.
So yeah it was really good and.... you know ill go away now and blow my mind with fluff to cheer myself up
And shinee at the end TToTT
Now in getting curious about who will kill who if it was shinee....
chenwhinery #7
Did you really think of all this? This is so daebaek!
I loved the way you portrayed the characters and how each member is so unique with his thoughts and their second identities. There were moments where I cried because it felt so real and it's so sad how they formed relationships knowing they were going to kill each other.
Thank you for writing this, it was a very good read. TT v TT
zhangdaes #8
THIS IS SO PERFECT OMG.

LAYCHEN MADE ME CRY. BAEKYEOL MADE ME CRY. WELL, EVERY MEMBER MADE ME CRY. WHY WHY WHY.

But yeah I'm into these sort of genres OMG you're the best writer and this is one of the best stories I have ever read OMG wait while I wallow in my tears and feelz. <3 <3 <3

Keep it up authornim! :)
xiuchenIay #9
Chapter 1: . This was sick. And I loved every moment. I can't even deal. They killed each other, only to end up dead in the end. Kai....Jongin...he really got to me. His split personality was really messed up and I felt so bad for him. Jongdae and Yixing tore me apart too. Poor them. Ugh poor everyone. My brain isn't even registering things at this moment. I loved it. But I hated it. I hate character death so much; but this was chalk full of it. Yet I love sick sadistic things with a passion. I'm so torn. This was amazing though. You could feel their insanity dripping from their every word. Wow. Just wow. I think I may be traumatized. But I don't mind. I'm a little masochistic myself. Great job. This was truly...an experience. Not exactly good, not exactly bad, a little bit of both. One thing is certain though: the writing and plot was amazing. You're a genius
heyitsjay #10
Chapter 1: this is hands down the best fanfiction I have read in my whole life.
it's art, man.
I kinda love you.
wishing for words we should acknowledge to tell you how is this perfection.
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