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Week Three | The Huts | Saturday Night
We need to talk.
[ She's been tailing him a little bit since the trial ended, watching and waiting for the others to disperse before she approaches. When she speaks she is not mean, or angry, but oddly firm-- odd for someone who usually always sounds like she's never sure of anything. ]
This way--
[ She motions for him to follow him to her hut-- Vriska is not there, and that's for the better. When they are finally inside she speaks again.]
I don't expect you to answer all of my questions, it wouldn't make sense if you did. But I need to ask them anyway.. is that okay?
[ She sounds a little more like her "normal" self, but only briefly. ]
[ She's been tailing him a little bit since the trial ended, watching and waiting for the others to disperse before she approaches. When she speaks she is not mean, or angry, but oddly firm-- odd for someone who usually always sounds like she's never sure of anything. ]
This way--
[ She motions for him to follow him to her hut-- Vriska is not there, and that's for the better. When they are finally inside she speaks again.]
I don't expect you to answer all of my questions, it wouldn't make sense if you did. But I need to ask them anyway.. is that okay?
[ She sounds a little more like her "normal" self, but only briefly. ]
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That's fine. I already shared most of what I can tell about the Sirens at the trial, so there's not much more I can say about that.
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[ At least that's probably what some of the others would think. But everything was a matter of perspective. ]
To start.. you and the other sirens are supposed to work together, correct? You could have very well spent the night with them and had alibis for each other? Why did you stay with me and Vriska instead? Was it really just becauses she asked you?
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[He'd been ready for these kinds of questions too. After three weeks of being lied to, it's hardly unreasonable for people to want to know how deep the betrayal goes.]
We figured it would be a little too obvious if we all spent the night together every week, so we've been taking care of our own alibis instead. So yeah, it really was just because Vriska asked. I wasn't needed anywhere else.
Well, obviously I was kind of needed at my own hut. I just really didn't think anyone would start suspecting Jack.
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[ Easy pickings when evidence carried no weight and all they had to go off of was guts and instinct. ]
Um, I have to say though-- I'm a little surprised none of the other sirens warned you about leaving your teammate alone. A vote for him would be a vote for you and I would imagine they would want to try and keep their numbers strong.
[ She tilts her head a little, confused and interested. ]
Did they not know where you were that night? Or did they not care..?
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I know, I know, okay? I already got this talk during the trial.
The simple truth is that I messed up. I didn't think things through, and I didn't talk with the others about it. That's all.
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She shakes her head. ]
I'm just confused? I think we'd all been under the impression that you.. the sirens I suppose, had been working as a group? So the fact that they didn't bother to check up on you..? I don't know I think they're a little to blame for all of this too.
[ Whether because she feels bad, or because she wants to alleviate some of the tension, she offers him a sheepish smile. ]
You guys were a team, for better or for worse. They should have been looking out for you.
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It wasn't their job to watch out for me like that. We were a team, but we weren't keeping constant tabs or babysitting each other. The others trusted me to handle such a simple issue myself. It's not their fault.
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She's silent for a moment, brows furrowed in thought, and then she speaks again-- smiling quietly and folding her hands behind her back. Probably more casual than she should be.]
Ah, I think it would be better if I was a bit more forward? This is a game, and as we're all realizing we seem to be on separate teams. From what it sounds like though.. there's no real leadership? Captain might be a better word.. you all act on your own.
[ She doesn't really know if he can answer, or if he's allowed to answer but.. ]
Is that a fair assessment to make? It doesn't seem like anyone can make you do something you don't want to do.
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[He smiles, though, shaking his head again.]
It's definitely a fair assessment that there's no one forcing me to do anything. Anything any of the Sirens do is of their own free will, technically speaking.
IM IN BACKTAGGING HELL IM SORRY
[ She knows he can't offer her much more, but there's one last thing on her mind.. ]
You said something during the trial-- if the sirens kill everyone the game ends and we all go home. Is that what they told you..? It doesn't make much sense to pit us against one another if we're all promised a happy ending.
NO WORRIES
[As for the other thing? Well.]
That's what it said in the rules they gave us. Presumably it's all just part of one big charade for the Chiefs' entertainment. Though... for what it's worth, we were told we didn't need to kill everyone.
[Just almost everyone.]
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So she ceases in her prying, and tries to give him a reassuring smile. ]
I will, I have been. She's really important to me, even outside of this partner stuff.
[ ... ]
I hope wherever you end up after this place is a little better.
[ Because she knows full well death is rarely the end. ]
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[The grin he gives her is crooked, but sincere.]
I hope everything turns out okay for all of us. If it does, maybe we'll get to talk again.