sea witch + captain hook trauma game

[oceansflower]

[everything sucks.]

TK. . .

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[lifeistooshort]

What else do we have? Memories, skills, ourselves. . .

I don't want to give up a part of who I am for their goddamn pleasure.

[oceansflower]

I don't, either. That's all we have, though, isn't it? I don't want to lose my memories or skills again when we're supposed to be winning them back!

[the most frustrated noise]

[lifeistooshort]

Then let's think of things we have back at the cabin.

Apollo's cooking?

[oceansflower]

He probably wouldn't care if we gave up his food, too, as long as we were safe!

[lifeistooshort]

Food, gemstones. . . hell, you could offer to design a dress for that mermaid chick.

[oceansflower]

Why not! I could do a different pirate outfit for the pirate guy, too. Even though they don't deserve it.

[lifeistooshort]

And then we could offer to do favors of them, too! Swab their stupid pirate decks and tend to their stupid mermaid gardens.

[oceansflower]

And offering to find the mermaid lady's frogs! She lost them on the boat.

[lifeistooshort]

Are they still lost?

[oceansflower]

I don't know, but if she lost them once, she'd probably lose them again!

[lifeistooshort]

Okay! So we have gemstones, Apollo's cooking, new clothes, favors, and an offer to find lost frogs.

Think that's enough?

[oceansflower]

It's all a lot of work, isn't it? So it had better be.

[lifeistooshort]

It will be!

[. . . and now for the tough choice]

[oceansflower]

[... Yeah, and now for the tough choice.

Getting up and going over to Ed and just hugging him.]

[lifeistooshort]

[. . . ????]

Marine?

[oceansflower]

Just shut up and let me hug you!

[lifeistooshort]

[. . . yeah k. hugs her back sssssuper awkwardly, like. he doesn't even know how to hug]

[oceansflower]

[at least you're letting her do it '^']

I'm really scared.

[lifeistooshort]

Don't be.

Don't give them the fear they want from us, Marine.

[oceansflower]

[silent for a bit, but then she takes a deep breath.]

Then I won't be.

[lifeistooshort]

[knows very well that that doesn't change anything, but not pressing the issue any further]

I'll do it.

[oceansflower]

You'll do what?

[she knows, but. . . she still can't help asking.]

[lifeistooshort]

If it's not enough. I'll do it.

I hate shitty self-sacrifice decisions like this. But I'll still do it.

[oceansflower]

No.

[there's a long pause before she says the next part]

. . . If you do it, I'm doing it too. Being the one left behind would be terrible, and they'll probably love the reactions the people alive are going to have.

[lifeistooshort]

Stupid. Isn't the point of this to make sure we live?