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w2: the living
[When Katarina and Endorsi return to the lodge after trial on Saturday, they'll find it's tidied up and normal. Ah, except one thing. The door to the locked room at the end of the hallway is open. Inside the room is what appears to be a spacious master bedroom. There's an in room whirlpool tub that's bubbling, a big lucious bed, a comfortable couch draped in furs, and a beautiful view outside of the clear mountain sky, the gondola in the distance. The decor in here is fairly. . . odd.
Inside, a figure is lounged on the bed, holding a tray of very fancy looking cookies and a bottle of wine.]
C̵̨̥͗̍ó̴̺͍͐m̴̲̐̾e̵̲͇͆̈́ ̷̞̫͑ỉ̷͉̪ṋ̷̬̾̂,̷̹̋ ̷͍̰̈́̀l̴̤͛̃à̶̢̺͘d̶͜͠ȉ̴͔e̷̦̋ͅs̷̪̏.̴̌͜ ̴̻̅̈́M̶̼̓͂ạ̷̎̄k̵̳̋̉ē̷̞ͅ ̶͈̓͊y̶̹̠̚o̴̹̅u̸̪͂ŕ̵͉̃ͅs̵͈̾̕e̸̫͔͝l̸̜̹̉f̸͕̏̋ ̶̭͓̌͊a̵͕̔́t̷̘͍̑̕ ̶̩̺̽h̴͕͗o̵̝͖͋̀ṁ̸̤ȩ̸̃.̵̪̭̒
Inside, a figure is lounged on the bed, holding a tray of very fancy looking cookies and a bottle of wine.]
C̵̨̥͗̍ó̴̺͍͐m̴̲̐̾e̵̲͇͆̈́ ̷̞̫͑ỉ̷͉̪ṋ̷̬̾̂,̷̹̋ ̷͍̰̈́̀l̴̤͛̃à̶̢̺͘d̶͜͠ȉ̴͔e̷̦̋ͅs̷̪̏.̴̌͜ ̴̻̅̈́M̶̼̓͂ạ̷̎̄k̵̳̋̉ē̷̞ͅ ̶͈̓͊y̶̹̠̚o̴̹̅u̸̪͂ŕ̵͉̃ͅs̵͈̾̕e̸̫͔͝l̸̜̹̉f̸͕̏̋ ̶̭͓̌͊a̵͕̔́t̷̘͍̑̕ ̶̩̺̽h̴͕͗o̵̝͖͋̀ṁ̸̤ȩ̸̃.̵̪̭̒
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Be careful.
[She says this, but she's positioning herself a little bit in front of Katarina as soon as she registers the voice and sees someone in the bed, frowning. After a moment:]
...Are you our resident demon, then?
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...because if you are, there's a whole line of us who owe you a punch!
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Um, but I guess it's just the two of us right now.
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H̸̹̋a̶̯͔͛v̴͍̮̄̈́e̸͎͐ ̴̤̀̀s̶̩̑͠ö̸̫́̏͜m̵͕̉̈ȅ̴͉͎̚.̶͙͛́ ̶̱̟̒̀I̷̹̾̋t̵̩͠ ̶͔̐w̸̧͓̓i̴̝̥̎̄l̸̼͉̿͝l̵̺̙̋ ̸͚͙́̾ḥ̸͗é̵̱̃ͅl̵̳̃͠p̵̙̺̌.̶͕̅
[He doesn't move closer to them, however.]
K̶͙̮̑̐̒̉̈́͠r̷̡̜͈͇̈́͒a̷̙̞̱̓̾̄̐̓m̸̝̺̾̒p̸̧̥̯̈́̑͊͐͛̉ư̶̩͇̝̤̻̈́̽͝s̴̗̪̼̜̮̣͂.̷̧̨͍̥͍͉͇̌́ D̷̞͉͚͈͚̼̞́i̷̜̲̯̐̊͗̉͑̊͠f̷̙͈̎̾͑͛̒͠ͅf̷̝͔́̂͘e̶̦̰̗̍̍̎͑r̴̹̍̈ȩ̶̻͍̬̞͂́n̵̨̜̲̘̘̓͛̌̀̏̕͜͠t̴̼́̒͝ ̵̬͛̇̄̃͑͝t̴̡̘̼̊̍̈́̇̀͜ḥ̵̣̌̓̏́̚a̴̢̽̅ņ̷͉͔͖̗̫̌̿͌ ̷̛̬̰̱̃̎̀͜d̷̡̯̣̗͔̓̀̑è̷̗̹̫̮͉̔̉̀̏̒̽ḿ̴̥̊̀̀̈́͝ö̵̫́͊̓̃̓̏̀n̴̡̛͊̍̚.̷̫̜̐̓ͅ
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[That's immediate, but she does glance at both the food and drink for a long moment. Her hunger!! But, more to the point:]
What do you want? Are you going to try to kill us?
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...help how? The way the people who killed have been "helping"?
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[He'll set them down, then. They can have some, if they're hungry.]
O̵̜̮̙͚̳̬͒ṋ̸̙͇̄̒̽̓͗ͅl̴̨͙͉̔̔́̿̑͘͝ý̶̫̬̲͈̗͈̇͊͌̚ ̷̪̫͋h̷̟̯͓̱̙̄͐ͅẽ̶̫͌͆̀̓l̶̪̬̏͛̓̇͒͆p̶̡̫̹̣̮̝͆̅̓̕͜͝ ̷̨̱̳̜̠̼̋ę̶̘̜̫̏̂̊̿̑͝a̴̠̼͒̉̆̐͘͜͜c̶̛̦̗̝̖̮̺̳͆̉̎͝h̶͔̼͖͙̾͜ ̶̛̲̝̲̩̺͌͐̽̇̈́ö̸̖́̓̇́̔̚t̴̛̞̝̗̭̮͕͍̅̚͝h̶̢͖̼̗̝̽͛͐͌̀̕ề̵̥̈̆̈́̒͝r̷̡̞̗̜̭̥̀́̀.̴̝̪͎̼͙̾̈́̓̎͠ ̵̟̼͔͎̀́͌
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She has a feeling, but:]
Speak plainly. What do you mean?
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also endorsi already asked the question she was going to ask, but.]
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S̵̮̔̔̚t̴̩̮̱̠̯̾̎̓̑̂̕̕ṳ̸̙̜̯̆͂̈́̈̇͋c̴͖̽k̴̡̧̺̥̹͓̆̅̊̒̋.̶̢͚̪͚̭̘̍̾̓̀̉͋ ̶̗̖̲̳̠̖̩̈S̶̯͓̪̐̉̎͒͛t̷̡̘̜̦̝͖̽̍̀̏a̵̻͐͑̿̍̽͘̕t̷͈̖̊̅̏͗͊͝ỉ̸̤̯̹̫̹̹͗͛̆̈̋ȯ̶̯̺̳̳̮͂̓̒n̸͉̭̈́̎ ̶̝͇͉̲͕͇͚̅̿́o̸͖͔̜̖̙̾͋̔͑̂̊͝ͅn̸͎͖̈́ ̷̻̞͈̿̎̕͜͜t̷̨̢̛́́́̀̚͝h̴̯͈͕̹͛̑͝͝e̶̩̜̹̯͔̎̍ ̶̰̭̳̈͋̚ȍ̸͓͍̻̀͑͛̚͠t̷͍̅̿͊͠h̵͔̐͗͌̔̆̂e̴̮̦̹̳͚͔̍͑̿́͗̊r̴̟̟͈͈̬̹̅̽ͅ ̴̟̠̽͆̕͝ş̵̗͆į̴̞͚͔̯̳̜̈̈́̋̈d̷̮̾́͂͝e̵̩̙͔̞̹̎̃̎̆͠.̵̱̜̗̏̑͑̐̿̚͝ ̷̗̝̟͚̟͓̰̿̈T̷̳̱̈́̐͠į̸̨̥͓̓m̶̱̉̓̂͝e̵̜̱̝̖̺̘̬̒̍ ̶̭̳̘͇͔̎̾̋̃͜͜i̶̳̺̼̝͎̍͊s̵͈͎̱̒̓́̓ ̴͉̿̓͒̈́͑̕͠ŕ̵̡̧̤̤͚̓͌̒̓͘ů̸̩̤͎̲̱ͅṉ̶͉̘͐́̕n̵̛͖̮͐͌i̷̫̱͆̔̏͋̏̽̚ǹ̴̢̢̩̣̈́͘͝ģ̶͉̙̑̍ ̸̹̿̾o̷̢̲̖̝͎̭̰̓͆̅ṳ̵̠͠t̸̨̩̩̄̋̒͆̚͜.̴̡̜̰͙̌ͅ
C̴̯͉̓͗̍̾͘̕ą̴̙̮̜͚̺̆͝n̴̢͖̓̈'̴̟̓͆̌͌̄̍̋t̵̤͌͂͐̚ ̷̰̦̻͌͒͝͝s̴̮̪̳̼̙͖̃̕͘e̵͖͔̠͋͂̔̇͑̀̚n̵̠̼̤̞̑̽̔͠d̷̢̳̖̼͋̉͐ͅ ̵͖̓͐̔̍̾̌y̶̢̲͗̿̈́̓o̶̩͔͘ų̷̧͎̖̘͓͓̾͐͒͂̋̐ ̸͔̘̤͒̆̓̃͋t̴̼̹̝̲̱̊́h̶̩̳̬͔͊̃̃̑͘ê̷̮̬̮͔̯̓̓̎͘͜ͅṛ̶̐́̑͝ẻ̵̳͎̦̮̪̰̭̔̇ ̷͇̖̰̹̩͐̈̎̚ḿ̴͚̰͉̱̾̋̍̾̍̑ỹ̸͉͚͓̪͍͑̃͐͋̈͜s̶̡̰͔̣̬̈́͜e̴̡̖̞͉̻͑̆l̷͖̟̩̊f̶͔̦̳͊͊͜.̷̙̪̦̈́̋̎̎̉͝
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[It won't change much, but.]
Someone has to execute the other two, after all.
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[He nods, in agreement with both of them.]
M̶̼̠̩̱̠͈͐̊͗̕͘͜ṵ̷̑̍̉͌͊s̵̜͕̄̌̽̆̃͘̕t̶̤̝̼̚̕͠ ̵̖̭̰̭̑̿̃f̸͓̔̓̒ḯ̴͍̦̭̲̲͆ṋ̷̯͒̋d̷̢̫̓̏ ̵̨͔̼̗̍a̴̰͚͂̎̂̋̑͘ͅ ̴̬̰͉̭̻͖͊͌̔͝ͅw̷̛̦̏̔̓͌ã̷̻̻̺̣̠̬͗̚y̶̼͕̺̰̟̩̕ ̴̟̭̀̉͗̀́̈́b̷̫̊̅̕ỹ̷̛̰̩̃̚̕͝ ̸̪̔̅̽́͗̇́t̵̛͖̠̭͂̎́́̈́h̶̡̪͕̭͙̑͋̈́̀̀̕͝ę̵̯̯̖͆͂̿̈́̉̈́ṉ̸̫͎̃͆͘͘.̷̤̮̫̖̈͑͌
[He'll gesture again to the cookies and wine.]
Ỹ̶̮̠̝͊̍͘͝o̵̱͂̓̏̈̚͝u̴̩̟̬̲͉̻̲̍̒̂ ̷̧͈̪̓̏̎́͜͝s̴͇͓̰̠̬͖̾̆͋̐̽̒̚͜h̴̲̤̗̐̋͂̎̀o̸̮͎̬̬͈͓̔͌̕̕u̵͇͍̤̾͑̈́l̴͖̓͋̾d̶̘̹͑̈́͂͑̈́̔͝.̵̢̜̮̟̳̗̓͌͐̋̽ ̷̼͚̞̈́͗͆Ŵ̸̤̉̏͐̾̾̀i̶͙̍͜ĺ̷̛͓̍̊́ĺ̸͇̹̹̞̻͇̂͌͠ ̸̯̻͕̥̣̇ṇ̵̜̰̣̬̄̿ͅo̴̢̬̳̲͠t̸̼̟̽̎̾͐̎͘ ̵͚̣̺̲̼͒̐̈́̃̄̑̓h̵̪̱͓̓̈̐͠͠a̵̤̙͎̪̥̥̦͒ṝ̵͛́͂̋̈́m̸̤̾.̷̯̳͓̫͂̎̊
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And if we don't figure out another way by tonight, will it cause a problem if we take care of it tomorrow? Or do we need to be gone before the other two?
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...what happens if we don't find a way?
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[He nods his head again in agreement.
The cookies are delicious and sweet. They make both of them feel satiated and warm, as though they have eaten a large meal and warmed by a fire after a week starving in the snow.]
L̸̝̰̈́̆͌͛ǫ̴̤̣̎̈́͗̑n̷̛͇̰̠̻͌̑̍̈́̽g̸̢̗̬̜̃̅é̶̦̞́͘͝r̸̫̪̿.̵̣̲͛͒͒͘ ̴̘̽̒̏́̽̽̓.̶̼̅͛̇̑̓̕ ̵̲͙̙̤͉̹͇̎̂̆.̴̨̯̮̺̳̱̾ͅ ̴̰̊̓̈͗̕͝͠
[He shakes his head.]
S̷͉̜͓̓̌̑́͘ͅt̷̠̱̜̉̇͐u̸͈̒̌͛̿͝c̷̰̬̭̙̝̆̈́̈͌́̀̚k̷̳̓.̶̛̫̙̤͉͂ ̵̧̹̠͊̈͊́́H̸̪͗̅̒́͘͜u̴̜̦̻̹̫͇̠̅͒͛̾͝͠͝m̶̨͌̔̉̆á̷̱̰̳̣͋͊̒̑ǹ̶͓͆s̵̛͚ ̵̢̜͎̞̥̘̐w̶͔͝i̴̗̅̃̈̅͗l̶̟͔̻̫͒̉̈́l̶͚͐͆͗͝ ̵͙́̐̈́̓͐̔̐n̵̠̯̿̈́͗͊͝ö̴͓̰̟̭̞́t̴̛͉͔̽̀͂̀̍̿ ̷̢̛̞̘̲͔̪̭͊l̶̛̗͙͕̙̯͈̕a̷͈͍̓̕s̴̨̳̙̋̆́͌t̵̻͓̫̤̗̣͔̿̍.̷͕͎͕̚
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[A frown, and then, thinking:]
Are those two going to be tasked with executing themselves, or will one of us have to do it?
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[glances at endorsi. "people".]
But there's obviously a way around that, since so many of us didn't come back.
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[Apparently you aren't getting execution spoilers from him. But for the rest of it, he considers for another long pause.]
C̷̬̄a̵̚͜n̷̽͜n̴̪̍o̶̥̓t̵͛͜ ̷̡́w̷̪̆a̴͉͝t̶̻͊c̵̙̔ḫ̶̉ ̸̘̊w̵̮̌h̵͎̀ȧ̶͖t̴̉ͅ ̸͔͆ȧ̵͙n̴̡͌o̷̺͌t̷͔͐h̴̟͒e̵̻̚r̷͓̂'̷̣̊s̸̨͘ ̷̯̃h̴͖̐å̸̻n̷̍͜d̶̝͘ ̵̧̛ď̴ͅọ̸̌ĕ̵ͅs̸̪̃.̵͕̓ ̷̘̍C̵̘̕a̶͚͊n̷̜̉ṉ̵̊ơ̶̺t̷̺̔ ̶̣̓d̶̠̒ọ̴̊ ̸͍̍b̶̜͋y̸̖̌ ̴̫͑ÿ̵̖́o̵̢͝u̴̟̅r̴̝̅ ̸̩͊o̷̬͠w̴̳̕n̸͔̍ ̷͚͝ḥ̶́à̶̼n̵͎̎ḍ̵̾.̶̲͗ ̵̡̚Ì̷̧ ̷̱͝ị̸̿n̶̝̿t̴̥̕e̴̦̽r̷̖̃v̷̮̏è̸͇n̵̥̐é̸̻,̴͈̋ ̸̗͂i̵̢̛f̵͔̑ ̶͉͑y̶̗̏o̸͙͐ǘ̸̧r̴̯̄ ̸̨̈́d̵̢̈ĕ̸̫a̶̦͑t̵̝̽h̶̝̅ ̸̳̈́w̶̬͌ḭ̶͝l̸̰̋l̵͓͝ ̴̙̿n̸̨̏o̵̯͠t̵͇̿ ̶̺̔b̵̹̏ŕ̷͚i̸̪̒n̶̠͆g̴͎̿ ̷̡͐ẙ̶̤ȏ̸̠u̴͉͠ ̴̠͗t̴̝̾o̴̘͘ ̶̺̂t̴͖͝ḧ̸̥́e̵͚̋ ̸̭̇s̸͉͑t̴̳̅a̸͕͠t̸̝̎i̷̺̽ó̴̫n̶͍̓.̶͇͒
[Another long pause, as he stares at both of them.]
̷̡͆C̴̬̓a̶̟̕n̴͍͊ņ̵͌o̸̤̓t̴̾ͅ ̸̝̇d̴͉̾o̵̖̽ ̷̪͗m̵̟̍o̵̩͠r̷̭̒ē̸̜.̵̑ͅ ̷̧͋Y̴͖͌o̷͍̍u̴͇̚ ̷͌ͅm̴̥̚u̶̧͛s̸̤̔t̵̙͒.̷̛͈
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[She frowns.]
So, by intervening and using our own hand, you mean we can't help someone kill somebody else, and we can't take our own life.
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[she frowns, too]
I guess... the numbers make it a little... [she bites her lip] ...easier? But if we can't do it by our own hand - what's going to happen to the last person here?
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Either way, he said what he said.]
Ǫ̷̤̈́n̷̫̼̕é̵̥́ ̵̮̻̂͘m̸̲̉õ̶͕ṟ̷̨̚ĕ̶̝̿ ̷̟̑͌q̴͎̼̽̈u̷͗̀͜ė̶̹̻̄s̸̘̀͝ṱ̴̀̕i̵̛̗͋o̵̲͓͂̐ņ̵̌̿ ̴̘͊͠f̴̮̗͂͌ö̷͔͎͠r̷̩̆͝ ̷̠̅̕ͅe̵̝̎̐a̶̼͛c̴̲̻̽͊h̸͙͝.̵̤͒ͅ
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[She turns towards her, though, frowning.]
Let's decide what two question we want to ask, if we only have two more. Is there anything you think is especially important to know before tomorrow?
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[...]
Should we ask if there's something we can do to make sure the other two definitely make it? Because, they're not here to hear this right now. And... I don't want to leave either of them behind.
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...I agree.
[A moment, and then:]
More for your comfort than anything else, but... Do you want to know what's waiting for us on this other side? That could be our second question, unless you have another idea.
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[mmmm]
...but, I'm not sure what else we can ask. Well... I kind of want to know what made me say all that stuff on the gondola, too, but that isn't important.
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How about this? You ask him that first question, and if we're confused about the answer, we can ask a follow up question with our last.
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[she takes a breath]
Krampus, is there anything we can do to make sure that the two who are stuck on the gondola right now definitely make it to the station?
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[He shakes his head.]
D̷͉͊e̵̼̋ć̶̖i̷̔ͅs̶̟̀í̴̱o̶̮̐n̴͚̿s̶̲̓ ̶̳̂ä̸́͜ĺ̵̡ṛ̷̋e̷̩͂a̸̫͆d̴̦͛y̸̲͠ ̸̗͛m̶̘̋a̵̟͛d̴̟̀ệ̷.̷̜͐ ̵̦̎T̶̯̍h̷͓̿ȇ̸̢ȋ̵͓ŗ̵͊ ̷͎͋o̷̤͑w̷̖̒n̷͎̋ ̴̼̊d̴͎̊ě̶͚c̴̠̀i̸͍̒s̸̠̍i̶̼̐ó̴̳n̶̺̐ṡ̵͔,̶̙̊ ̸̫͊a̷͚̓n̶͔̆d̷̠̒ ̵̳̍t̶̖̏h̴̦̉o̴̚͜s̴̰̕e̷̙̍ ̸͔͒o̸̝̿f̷̽͜ ̸̧̋o̸̺͗ṱ̴̎h̶͖͛ȅ̶̮r̶͙͗s̶͉̔.̴̔ͅ
[After a pause.]
P̶̹͌e̴̢̒r̷̹̽h̶͙͠â̶͉p̶̖̄s̴̜͋ ̷͇͗t̵̯͊ŏ̶̟ḿ̸̺o̶͜͝r̸̪͝r̴̺̓o̶͝ͅw̵̼͑ ̵̼̒a̷͍̍ ̶̫͋ẅ̶̡a̴̱̎y̶̪͂ ̵̪̐t̵̹̽ó̷͜ ̸̛̯h̴̲̎e̵̝̚l̸̘͋p̷͙̏ ̶̢̓w̴͕̿į̵͗l̵͕͛l̴̲̅ ̴̙̌b̶̬̉ē̶ͅc̷̰͐o̷̹̓m̶̡̋e̵͉͆ ̷̼͂k̷̳͐n̴͉͝o̸̙̚w̴̠̎ṇ̴͑.̸̮͝
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[Hm...]
Not quite a question, but a request, I suppose.
[She's holding out her hands for the rest of the cookies and the wine.]
I think we've earned it. Katarina, I don't have anything else to ask.
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[cookies. yes please. but... if endorsi doesn't have anything else to ask, then - ]
There's nothing stopping us from going back out there and telling them what we learned, right?
[...that's it! that's her question!
she just wants to be sure. whatever happens tomorrow, she doesn't want one of them to kill the other and then wind up stuck.]
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[He will allow them to take the rest of the cookies and wine, yes.]
W̶̠͒h̷̯͊ẽ̴̻t̷̔͜h̸̩͊e̵̺͝ṟ̷̾ ̴̤͗ẏ̶̩o̵̙̐u̶̪̚'̶̩͑l̶̚ͅl̵͓̇ ̶̠̔b̴̧̍ẹ̷͑ ̸̰́g̸̨͊l̶̜͐ả̵̰d̵̯͘ ̸̱͝y̵͈̿o̵̭͆u̴͍̎ ̵̰̾ḑ̸͛ȉ̷̟d̴̤͠,̴͕͒ ̷͍̊I̷̬̔ ̵̙̀d̸̨̽o̵̮͌n̷̔ͅ'̷̱̽ẗ̴̠́ ̷̘͗k̸̲͛n̵̮̈́ó̵̖w̴̝͒.̴̧̊
[But after he answers that question, he will vanish, with the chime of bell like laughter all that's left behind.]
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I'll leave it up to you. You can tell them if you want to, though that last part certainly sounded like a warning. If you want to go, I'll wait with this in my room.
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...I'm going to try. I'll see you back in your room, then.