THIRD TRIAL

[bathymetric]

[ Once all the needed information has been pulled from the PARTY ZONE and nearby echelons, Davy Jones once again does his rounds to collect everyone and bring them to the theatre. ]

You are all familiar with this procedure by now, step quickly!

[ And with the blast of the organ, down the elevator starts to go, into the bowels of the ship below. Things darken and then, as before, you hear a song from the crew of the Dutchman drifting predatory below. ]

Take yer places, all of ye.

[ The circle of podiums remains, two more podiums rusted over and aged. Jones takes his place, meanwhile, looking out the window at the sea.

The shanty dies down, and the atmosphere darkens.

Welcome to your third trial. ]

Comments

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[paucipan]

I--I will.

[Plumeria takes a deep breath, closing her eyes and trying to stay calm..]

...Lady Freyja and I spoke in the Café. We talked for a little while, about everything that was happening. It was...nice, for a little while, but I...

...She seemed like she was still going to act. I couldn't let her do this to herself, knowing everything that could possibly happen to her. I couldn't let that possibility come to pass.

So I put those sleeping aids into the tea I gave her, in the hopes that it would prevent that from coming to pass.

...I'm not going to make excuses for my actions. But I knew I had to stop her. By any means necessary.

[scouserer]

...How much did you put in, exactly?

[paucipan]

I don't--I don't know. I just dumped some in because I thought they'd just work, but...

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[hellahighwater]

[ Chloe winces something fierce. ]

Plum... There’s— there’s doses on those for a reason, that can really fuck someone up.

[ahelpingpaw]

S-Someone who knows about medicine should go and stay with Freyja over there and monitor her.

[hellahighwater]

I uh... I'm no doctor, but I have some first-hand experience. [ Also she's already over here, so. ] I'll keep an eye on her.

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[paucipan]

I...

[Yeah, Plumeria's shifting very guiltily in her spot, but she's. She knows.]

I just thought that putting them in would make her go to sleep. I didn't realize that I...I almost...

[Fuck.]

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[hellahighwater]

[ Ah... Ah, shit. That fades to a sympathetic look. ]

I know. We'll just- we watch her, for now.

[scouserer]

Plumeria. You could've killed her.

[His tone is uncharacteristically quiet.]

I don't expect you to have known--but we're lucky that she's still standing. We can ask Davy Jones if we can have something for her to drink that isn't laced with sleeping aids.

mods!!

[paucipan]

[...Yeah. She definitely knows that now, and her look has shifted from one to very solemn to just. Horrified, honestly.]

That--that would be for the best, I...

[Yeah, hey Davy--]

Mr. Jones, is there anything you can get for her?

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[scythegun]

[A nod; he's only a bit surprised that Plumeria went to this extreme tbh...]

I'm assuming that you had no interest in killing for the motive either, ja? What did you do after your meeting with Freyja?

[Let's try to get this out of the way now so we don't have a repeat of The Alice Situation...]

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[paucipan]

I stayed in the Café for the rest of the afternoon. I didn't know what else to do, but I wasn't about to trust the Captain's offer. He's a callow human who wants nothing more than to see us suffer; there's no doubt in my mind that he's twist this something horrible.

And once the evening arrived, I went back to my room in order to sleep.

[scythegun]

Understood. I'm guessing Magica saw you return to the room?

[Not that that's going to serve as an airtight alibi, but let's just get the information out there.]

[paucipan]

Yes. She was in there before I was last night, and I didn't leave the room after.

[scythegun]

Good to know, thank you. We'll revisit this topic if we need to, but we still do have plenty of information to look at.

[magycks]

Mmhmm. And not a shard of glass to speak of, for whatever that's worth.

[scythegun]

Good to know, thank you.

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[sivard]

[He can't really blame her, but at the same time...

Man. He's not so sure he could do it himself.]