[Sea Witch / Hook Game]

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[so we're both aware of the rules:

⎈ This is a game run by the Sea Witch and Captain Hook.

⎈ Pairs must decide on one person to live and one to die out of the two of them. This must be a joint decision. They may make an offer of something else in an attempt to save themselves, but must still decide who will die. Refusing to make a choice means that BOTH will die, if their offer is not accepted. Offers may be made individually or as a pair, but will be judged as a pair.

⎈ At the end of the game, your offer will be judged. The top 50% of offers will be accepted and those people will be spared.

⎈ The partner who is slated to die will have the opportunity to decide how to kill themselves. Methods generally are killing yourself, having your partner kill you, or allowing Hook/Sea Witch to do it. Generally, you should wait until part two for any killing.]

Comments

[telltaleheart]

...Yeah. Hopefully it won't come to that.

[drawn-out pause]

But if it does... that's probably best... if you're okay with it.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

It's more the opposite. ...Now that I think about it, I can't just accept anyone else killing you. Even if it's you. If you ever want to die, come directly to me. I'll kill you any way you like. But that's my privilege alone.

[telltaleheart]

[is quiet for a long minute because that is actually extremely touching and relevant]

...Sure. It's a promise. My life belongs to you now.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

Then it's a deal. ...I think we've settled this situation without any regrets. So, we've fulfilled our objective.

[telltaleheart]

Yeah. Guess it isn't too bad, being in this together.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

...It's so much more peaceful this way.

[telltaleheart]

Than arguing with Peridot...?

[boxupallthebutterflies]

Of course, children will always fuss... It's only to be expected.

[telltaleheart]

Doesn't always have to be children, I think... it sounds like you guys still have things rougher than we do a lot of the time, though.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

Well, we're opinionated people...

[telltaleheart]

Mm. And we've had our own troubles. I think it's unavoidable whenever you get a bunch of people trying to decide stuff together.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

...Perhaps. I was never big on group decisions before I ended up on a team here.

[telltaleheart]

That was pretty much how the guilds worked, back home... nothing ever got done without a lot of arguing. It was just the price you paid for being away from the rule of the Empire... or maybe it was just those kind of people who wanted to be away from it. Either way.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

Hah. For witches, it's all about independence and survival of the fittest. We're bound entirely by our own rules. ...You couldn't have told me that there was any freedom in casting off one set of chains and yet still needing to compromise for the sake of others. ...Well, that was when I was especially young and rebellious though...

[telltaleheart]

That's all fine if you can just do everything yourself... but sometimes you can't. Or don't want to.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

...Hah. [not arguing '-']

[telltaleheart]

...Well, not to say that it's not hard sometimes.

[shivers a little, shifts in closer and puts an arm around her]

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[leaning on him, putting her head on his shoulder]

...Do you think you're better off, here?

[telltaleheart]

Than at home? Yeah, definitely. I have you, after all.

... [more seriously, looking around at the tiny cell] Well, not to say that things in my world are terrible or that this place is great... but personally, yeah. I'm doing a lot better.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[looking around herself...]

Early on, I believe I very nearly thought this was paradise... Though who knows. Perhaps it's still true.

[telltaleheart]

Paradise...

...We talked about traveling before, right? If you want... if we can, sometime... you should come travel my world with me.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[looks--surprised]

...Ah... Really...?

[telltaleheart]

I-If you want... I mean, we could travel around in Aather too... hopefully, when everything's done... but I can't really show you the sights that way...

[boxupallthebutterflies]

U-Ummmm... If it were possible... that might be nice...

[telltaleheart]

Yeah, I think it would be nice...

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