w2: the living

[snowmods]

[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.̵̪̭̒

Comments

[densely]

...right, what was up with that? People came back when we were all on that gondola...

[glances at endorsi. "people".]

But there's obviously a way around that, since so many of us didn't come back.

[snowmods]

D̶̨̩͎̺͎̥̓̇̔e̴̡̝͚̖̽́̕c̷͇̤̥͓͒́́̆͛i̶̛͉̬͙̻̲̳͊̐̒̓̈͆s̵̢̟̹͌̾̽̌̿i̸̧̢̭͛͛̈́̈́͐ơ̴̲͔̭̓͆̆͒͝n̶̛̼̝̜͛͌̈́͒ ̸̙̫̗͈̩̋̂͂͂̈́̈́͜͜w̷̡̨͈̘̫͍͂̈́̋̂̇̉a̷̰̞̠͍͎̓s̴͚͙̣̤̬͉̈́̍͠ ̸͚͗̋̔̚y̶̡̮̝̘̝͗́̋͌́õ̴͕͉̝͉̱̲̙͛̍͠͝u̷̱̹̘͎̅̋̍͂̈́̕͝r̷̡̲̝̱̾̒͌̆̍̍ṡ̵̙̫̪̻͜,̴̼̦̭͇̞̩͂̃̉͛͛͘ ̷͕̀͌́̚ṋ̶̬̞̬͖͛̋͒̊̅ȍ̴̙͖̏̐̌̕t̸̨̻̹̊̚ ̸̖̠͓͕̅͊̏m̴̬͚̰̹͎̓̊̉̔̐͗͜ͅį̷̪̓͌͊̾̄n̸̻̦̠̠͗͐̎̅e̷̺̊͆̏͌͂̕.̵̢͈͍̤̣̦́͛͌̈́̄̓͜͝

[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.̷̛͈

[fisherwoman]

Cannot watch what another's hand does... But we all watched Kaz kill Bedivere. Unless that didn't count, because it was too far away?

[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.

[densely]

...we saw him fall, but - I don't think we saw it when he landed. It was too far down...

[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?

[snowmods]

[He just stares at both of them. Endorsi will probably remember that Katarina is right - did you actually see Bedivere die, or did you just see him fall?

Either way, he said what he said.]

Ǫ̷̤̈́n̷̫̼̕é̵̥́ ̵̮̻̂͘m̸̲̉õ̶͕ṟ̷̨̚ĕ̶̝̿ ̷̟̑͌q̴͎̼̽̈u̷͗̀͜ė̶̹̻̄s̸̘̀͝ṱ̴̀̕i̵̛̗͋o̵̲͓͂̐ņ̵̌̿ ̴̘͊͠f̴̮̗͂͌ö̷͔͎͠r̷̩̆͝ ̷̠̅̕ͅe̵̝̎̐a̶̼͛c̴̲̻̽͊h̸͙͝.̵̤͒ͅ

[fisherwoman]

...I'm assuming the last two people remaining will have to kill each other at the same time, Katarina. Or at least mortally wound each other at once.

[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?

[densely]

Umm... well, we know that we have to get to the station, and we can't do it to ourselves, and we can't watch other people do it...

[...]

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.

[snowmods]

[He waits for them to decide.]

[fisherwoman]

[She frowns, thoughtful instead of displeased by anything Katarina's said..]

...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.

[densely]

I'm definitely curious, but... we'll find out when we get there, won't we? I don't want to waste it if there's a better question we could ask.

[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.

[fisherwoman]

[She nods, and tilts her head.]

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.

[densely]

Okay.

[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?

[snowmods]

N̷̯̈́o̵͇͗.̵̩̇

[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.̸̮͝

[fisherwoman]

...I see.

[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.

[densely]

...

[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.]

[snowmods]

Y̷͇̿o̸͉͠ù̵͙ ̷͇̓c̴͈͝ȁ̵̮n̶̨̈́ ̸͈̚d̴͠ͅo̶̻͗ ̴̱̌w̴̩̒ẖ̷͠a̸̻̐ẗ̷̬ ̸͚́y̸̱͑o̶͚͛u̴̦̒ ̴̟̓l̸͉̈́i̵͈̎k̴͕̓ė̴̝.̷̩͠ ̷̯͗

[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.]

[fisherwoman]

[She holds the food and drink in her hands, frowning slightly as she looks towards Katarina.]

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.

[densely]

[im going to kill gmail for not giving me this notif]

...I'm going to try. I'll see you back in your room, then.