Members of our group usually volunteered to do them, and even if not... Hal usually just shot them, not - whatever the fuck that was supposed to be. There wasn’t any dice, like this is all some fucking game to them.
Mm. Whoever this is set up to amuse, they're beyond help. [He says, staring through the computer screen into Eli's soul specifically.]
The selection of a "randomized" executioner isn't unfamiliar to me, at least. But I'll warn you now, if things proceed as they did before, whoever is closest to the condemned is most likely to be picked.
I'm sure if someone tried and it led to a more traumatizing situation, it would have been allowed! [DEMONS.] But no, nothing like that ever panned through. The executioner was chosen shortly before the execution itself started and no one was able to get in contact with the demons to even make an attempt otherwise.
I think it may have been a show of power, this time. To show us and to show the directors that they don't have a say in how things go anymore. Assuming they aren't part of it, of course.
Trials are always a difficult thing. [A little, wry smile.] The demons enjoyed taunting us when we'd catch their hosts, too - they made Saturdays as difficult as possible. Not many people were in the mood to cook or eat after that, but it's important to keep up your strength in times of duress, you know?
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[As she lingers in the doorway, though:]
So...
[That Sure Happened.]
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--How close was it to the executions you're used to?
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[Absolutely awful! Wow.]
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The selection of a "randomized" executioner isn't unfamiliar to me, at least. But I'll warn you now, if things proceed as they did before, whoever is closest to the condemned is most likely to be picked.
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[Which, like, he definitely knows. She sounds pretty incensed about it, though.]
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Everything about these situations are designed to be as cruel as possible, seemingly. They outdo themselves time and again in the worst ways.
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[Absolutely awful, wow.]
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[She hopes that part is going to remain different, if so.]
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I think it may have been a show of power, this time. To show us and to show the directors that they don't have a say in how things go anymore. Assuming they aren't part of it, of course.
[A binch still has none trust.]
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I... guess we’ll see next week.
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Mm, that we will. ...Perhaps we'll have a little more fortune this time than before.
[He says, absolutely not anticipating that.]
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[They aren’t on a sex boat, so they’re already all winning.]
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It already is in many respects! Though I suppose it's a little too early to, ah... what was it. Count the chickens? Or was it their eggs?
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Count your eggs before they've hatched. Pretty sure that's what you're going for, at least.
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[A LITTLE NOD thanks for helping out the ye olde.]
Too soon for any of that, for better or for worse.
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[But, like, a mostly unwilling participant braining someone with a rock is pretty bad! As she starts to get out ingredients of her own:]
You know, somehow I'm not hungry anymore.
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[He hopes if he ever has to be executed he ends up with a seasoned killer please @ god his first death was already so bad.]
--Pretty normal for that too, I'd say. I think I'll probably start trial night kitchen duty again.
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Kitchen duty...?
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But he'll also move on, humming a little.]
Trials are always a difficult thing. [A little, wry smile.] The demons enjoyed taunting us when we'd catch their hosts, too - they made Saturdays as difficult as possible. Not many people were in the mood to cook or eat after that, but it's important to keep up your strength in times of duress, you know?
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Either way, she pauses.]
Did you usually do that on your own?
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I did for a little while and roped Taako in eventually. But it's always better to have more hands than less.
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[Bleeding hearts, all of you, but definitely not her.]
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[Look he'll give Natalie an excuse to help without having to say she willingly chose to be a gross soft squishy bleeding heart.]
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No.
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