sea witch + captain hook trauma game

[oceansflower]

[everything sucks.]

TK. . .

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[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?

[oceansflower]

[ugh, silent again for a bit]

It is, but. . . TK, they're making us bargain for our lives. We shouldn't have to bargain for something that's already ours! Doing what they want, and only choosing one person to die is just giving them what they want. It's playing by the stupid rules they've made up.