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[seaside_cherry]

 [So I guess we're picking who to die]

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[seaside_cherry]

...No!

[karlsefni]

[nope nope nope

pounding his fist onto the glass]

Fuck!

[seaside_cherry]

[Placing her hands against the glass, feeling around for any kind of crack or seam or weakpoint they can exploit]

[karlsefni]

[there isn't anything or any damage happening—and usually, thorfinn would continue on and bash at it until he's bloodied and exhausted, but sooner than later he stops abruptly.]

Ffffuck, fuck fuckfuckfuck. . .

[seaside_cherry]

[Melody has been beaten down by trauma games far less and isn't giving up despite lack of evidence!!]

Leif, stay calm and help me. We have to get out of here.

[karlsefni]

We can't. It's personae magic or whatever magic, it never works.

[seaside_cherry]

We've hardly tried anything.

[karlsefni]

You got any weapons to spare?

[seaside_cherry]

Other than the knife she gave us? No, so we have to think. Every prison has a weakness, we just have to find it.

[karlsefni]

Yeah, have fun. I'm gonna be over here figuring out what the shit to do when she asks us for an answer.

[seaside_cherry]

[Not looking up from where she's searching]

You're not dying.

[karlsefni]

[to vanessa:] What kind of offers are you looking for? What's a better deal to you?

[infiniteregress]

Hmm?

[TIME FOR A DISEMBODIED VOICE aww yis.]

I want whatever you think is worth your lives.

[karlsefni]

So if I said, I'd offer up the next guy I see to you and kill the guy, does that count? It's just what we have, ain't it?

[infiniteregress]

If it's yours to give, I will consider it.

[karlsefni]

[that's a no. . . .]

An arm's obviously not as good as a life. So we're talking—. . . the important stuff. Memories?

[infiniteregress]

Again, if it's yours to give, I'll consider it.

[I AM THE MOST HELPFUL.]

How much your life is worth is entirely up to you.

[karlsefni]

[i can't fucking believe you] Keh. Fine, whatever.

[a beat.]

Is it permanent?

[infiniteregress]

Is what permanent?

[karlsefni]

The loss. What I offer to you, you're taking it.

[infiniteregress]

All of these questions . . . It's almost as though you want me to make your choices for you.

[karlsefni]

I'm trying to make a decision, you bitch!

WHAT THORFINN IS GIVING UP

[karlsefni]

- his strength, which is not only his physical capability, but also his ability to fight, and by extension, survive—he's largely reliant on his strength and his battle instinct, so giving all that up is essentially giving up the (apparent*) ability to survive and to live. having no strength strongly affects his sense of security as he knows he won't be able to protect
himself if it cam down to it anymore*

it's rated a 9 as it's the most important asset he has, as fighting is the only thing he's got any remote talent in.


* technically in aather there's no such need to hunt and kill and battle to survive, but this is how he measures his worth and his emotional health and self-esteem strongly depends on measuring up to his culture, or in other words being able to fight and kill things. he's also incredibly paranoid so even if aather seems safe to other people it's never safe to him.

also he refuses to choose anyone in case they fail, you can suck it vanessa

WHAT MELODY IS GIVING UP

[seaside_cherry]

- Her voice, her ability to speak and more importantly to sing.

It's rated as a 10. Entertainment is illegal in Melody's world but she loves music and singing to the point that she consistently breaks the law and risks death for it by holding concerts while armies are bombing her and her friends. It's the ability she values most, something that brings joy across the universe to those that are unable to hear music without her, and something she states over and over is worth dying for.

Also it's the only reason she has friends and anyone likes her in her mind.

[infiniteregress]

Good show! Your offer has been accepted.

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