[Sea Witch & Hook game]

[glorious]

[Well isn't this just grand?]

(from this lovely game)

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[dramatispersonae]

[and then water begins to flow into the cell, seeping between cracks in the walls and floor and rising quickly (there seems to be an invisible barrier stopping it from flowing out between the bars). If you've made a decision about who will die, then the surviving person will instinctively know that they can breathe the water just fine. Either way, you have about sixty seconds to put any plans for dying into action before the water reaches the top of the cell. Once the person who was meant to die has died, their body will disappear, the water will recede and the door will swing open. Stepping through it will cause the survivor to find himself or herself in the Ring.]

[deathandtaxes]

--No!

[glorious]

...Damn.

[grabbing Hunter's hand and pulling him close]

[deathandtaxes]

[CLINGS TO HIM WITH AN OPEN SOB.]

[glorious]

[eyes the knife and poison for a moment, then looks back down at Hunter and strokes his hair.]

...Don't do anything until after I'm revived.

[deathandtaxes]

...I won't make a promise I can't keep.

[glorious]

[...strokes his cheek and chuckles bitterly.]

We did warn them.

[deathandtaxes]

[kissing his palm, smiling through the tears.]

Don't get too close, if it gets messy.

[glorious]

...Very well. If you insist. Even if you fail, we'll get them later. We made a promise to them after all.

[deathandtaxes]

I try to keep those.

[glorious]

[water level is rising...time for one final kiss]

[deathandtaxes]

[i'm sure this is going to be not at all traumatizing for either of us. biting back the rage and grief and just giving him the most affectionate kiss he can muster.]

[glorious]

[letting that linger before the water's dangerously high, then pulls back]

...I'm sorry.

[deathandtaxes]

[cups his cheek]

Don't.

[glorious]

[leans into that]

Very well.