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

[jibunwo]

If she's telling the truth now, that means Decus lives with the rest of us.

If she really does care, then that's the result she should want.

[queceracera]

........... This is like one of those gatekeeper questions. One always lies and one tells the truth.

[jibunwo]

Scott, I am this close to tazing you just to get you to stop talking.

[queceracera]

I'll be quiet but only because the last time someone tazed me it sucked.

[conceivesfrenzy]

... just get it over with.

[ That's not a no! ]

[dokkalfheimr]

...Alice.

[She's so done. She wants to punch Jasper and she hates what happened to Sylvando and she hates how she can't really argue with any of it. But...]

...Are you really going to go down giving me a reason to call you pathetic? I'm almost disappointed.

[That probably sounds harsh but THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE DAYS AGO IT'S FINE.]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ]

Ironic, isn't it?

[ That actually picks her up a bit to laugh a little. ]

I may be technically giving up, but I haven't lost. I only consider it a loss when I've changed my goals or my ways, and as far as I see it, I haven't done that.

[dokkalfheimr]

...You're really going to leave me here with all of this, then?

[She sighs a bit. Puts her head down again.]

I'll have something for you in the juice bar. Perhaps I'll make it horrid, just so someone is suffering in your honor.

[conceivesfrenzy]

I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not.

[ She giggles. ]

I doubt you'd be able to make anything else. Your drinks are terrible.

[dokkalfheimr]

I'm certain you're not sorry. After all... Well, you've finally proven yourself important enough for me to kill you in front of everyone... Even if indirectly so.

[do you ever realize that literally every inside comment you have with somebody is horrible]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ FOR REAL. ]

I suppose I should be honored to have made such a good impression, then.

[ ... ]

I still believe what I said then, speaking of. About all mortals not being worth it. They're not worth the effort, and you're still right to feel as you do. ... Mostly.

[leaveittomother]

If she's lying he also lives and we all die.

[ahelpingpaw]

So no matter what happens she's the one who loses here, and the Captain reviving her with that offer he made doesn't guarantee it'll be...this Alice, really.

[Frankly, he fully expected it to be backwards if those two decided to kill someone. That Alice is the one getting the short end of the stick instead of Decus, well, that part he didn't see coming]

[onlyyoucan]

So even though they were supposed to be on the same timeline... then it'd change so they wouldn't? It makes what happens in the future change, but only for one of them.

[magycks]

And if she's lying? He still lives, only instead of succumbing to depression on a trash barge he gets the chance to go back and live "happily ever" after with some alternate iteration of her. Now that we know she's capable of love, how am I supposed to extrapolate?!