END GAME: THE COUNTDOWN STARTS

[sailmods]

[the prisoners wake up on cold, hard floors.

the lights are bright, glaring, a sterile cell with sterile bars facing a sterile hall. the prisoners with you, across from you, and no one else. no rocking of a ship in waves, nothing. just the prisoner and their prison.

time passes, one assumes. the rhythmic click of Friday’s heels down the hall. it’s almost like the ticking of a clock.]

Comments

[saltwaterlungs]

"Does anyone in this immediate group have literally any experience with praying to pagan deities, because I'm running on Catholic hardware and I don't think that'll help anything."

[takethatnature]

"Sort of, but they only paid attention to offerings. Mostly food. We don't have anything to snackrifice."

[saltwaterlungs]

"Before anyone suggests human sacrifice, we're not doing that."

[yournewsidekick]

Nimona, who'd raised a hand and started to open her mouth, closes her mouth as she droops visibly.

[thismaskismybadge]

Gwen is visibly biting back laughter as Nimona's hand falls.

"Okay, okay, but is there anything else Jenny liked that we can like... offer her an IOU on?" Beat. "Besides her girlfriend. That's a given."

[takethatnature]

"Maybe Victor could steal some food from the kitchen?" Wilson suggests, still focused on the model formed by the Gnaw and the less communicative volcano spirit that had stopped bombarding him with rocks when he dumped eggs or seafood into its altar. "If this hallway has an exit and Malin doesn't spot him and stomp on him first, anyhow."

[saltwaterlungs]

"Somehow I don't think anything that ants could drag back would be enough. Mais, ehn... Rum? Pirates like rum. Her ship, if she helps us take down Malin? I think I heard that Jenny lost her ship to Malin. That's actually probably a better IOU than rum, maybe let's forget the rum."

[thismaskismybadge]

"Yeah there's no way there's a prison kitchen even has rum." Not if it's working on weird 'how I imagine a prison should be' logic. "Getting her ship back seems like a way better offer."

[yournewsidekick]

Nimona chews her lip.

"What about we throw in dibs on murdering Malin? Look, I'm so in for a stabbing, but I'll settle for desecrating her corpse afterward if that's what we gotta do, y'know?"

[saltwaterlungs]

Darcy makes an incorrect buzzer sound.

"If we end up having to kill Malin in the process, or if someone else gets a hit in, then we all have to fight Jenny, which is. Bad. Very bad. We should stick to promising things we know for sure we can give once we take over again. And if Jenny takes a swing, that's her choice."