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.]

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Archive Storage Heist (with Victor)

[teethoftherisk]

All his life, he's heard people use the term 'herding cats' to describe the difficulty of organizing things. He will now personally be adding 'organizing ants' to that list as he works on getting the bulk of Victor to come with him to the end of the hallway.

He comes to a stop outside of the storage room, waiting as lines and lines of Victor approach him. It's clear to Siffleur that he has to be direct and thoughtful about his requests to Victor.

Siffleur starts with the item they can both see. "I need you to knock the pitchfork down and bring it here."

It's a long slow process. But thankfully, you add enough ants pushing on anything and you can get what you want. The pitchfork falls and with some careful instruction from Siffleur, they bring it to him shaft-first, fitting it through the bars as much as they can.

While Victor gets the boxes on the shelves, Siffleur carefully grips the trident in his paws and starts turning it until it's sideways and he can drag it through the bars, the first of their treasures recovered.

He worries some when the boxes inevitably fall to the ground, tensed and waiting for the sound of something shattering. But Flan and April have done good work, and inside everything is wrapped and padded, braced for accidental falls.

Victor works his best to unwrap the items and bring them to Siffleur, until they have three glass containers with liquids, a gun, and the pitchfork.

"Good job." He tells Victor, and with the little voices cheering him on. And the timing is just right, because something heavy hits the bars and Siffleur jumps straight up in the air, hitting the ceiling.