Public Execution Trap

## Design and Function

This trap was located inside the Welthammer Store, a home improvement market located in a public square. It consisted of a mechanical contraption positioned in the center of the room. Attached to both sides of it were circular saw blades. In the middle of the contraption was a movable device with another blade. Two test subjects were chained to either side of the contraption, while a third one was chained to a large metal plate suspended from the ceiling above the third blade. Once the game began, the first two victims had 60 seconds to kill each other by pushing the saws all the way to the other side. Only if one of them achieved this goal and thereby killed their opponent, the third victim could be saved. Otherwise, the plate would be lowered down once the timer went off, causing the third person to be horizontally sliced in half by the saw blade underneath.

## History

### Brad and Ryan's Test

The people tested in this trap were Brad, Ryan and Dina. Dina had cheated on both of them and had caused them to commit various crimes in order to fulfill her own material needs. One day, all of them were abducted and taken to the Welthammer Store.

Brad was the first one who woke up shortly afterwards and was shocked to see that his hands were chained to a contraption, consisting of three circular saw blades, in the middle of the store. To his surprise, Ryan was chained to the same contraption. As they started to panic, Ryan yelled at the crowd outside the shop window and begged them to help them. Seconds later, a black cloth was pulled away from the large metal plate suspended from the ceiling above them, revealing Dina, who was chained to the plate and immediately screamed for help. Brad then yelled at the people outside to call the police. As he saw that a woman in the crowd had a briefcase, he frantically told her to use it to smash the glass. However, despite her repeated attempts she was unable to break the window. Seconds later, a mechanical ventriloquist puppet approached on a tricycle and introduced them to a deadly game. The puppet told them that they were chosen because of their crimes they committed in Dina's name and informed them, that one of them had to die within the next 60 seconds. In order to save Dina, either Brad or Ryan had to push the saws before them all the way to the other side, thereby inevitably killing one of them. If none of them managed to do this in time, Dina would be killed by the third saw blade.

Moments later, the timer began to count down and the blades started rotating. Therefore, Ryan immediately pushed the saws away towards the shocked Brad. Brad however fought back and shoved the saws towards Ryan. As he seemingly gained the upper hand, Dina told him that she loved him, which he reciprocated, and encouraged him to kill Ryan, much to the latter's dismay. However, when he tried to deal the death blow to Ryan, he fought back once more, causing one of the saws to vertically slice Brad's chest while he screamed in agony. Afterwards, Ryan confronted Dina, who claimed that she only loved him and had merely told Brad that she loved him as it was the only way for her to save herself. Ryan however was furious and when Dina yelled at him to kill Brad, he pulled the saws away from him. Seeing that Dina had played with both of them, Ryan told Brad that she wasn't worth either of their lives and thereby convinced him to sacrifice Dina in order to save themselves. Dina, who was shocked by this, angrily yelled at them. Moments later, the timer went off and Dina was lowered down, causing the third saw to slowly cut her stomach. Thereby, Brad and Ryan were covered in her blood until the saws finally came to a standstill after slicing Dina's body.