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ODE TO JOY | Hostage Trial
[you're ushered into a sitting room with your own team, away from everyone else. the door shuts and locks behind you.
straight ahead, sitting on the coffee table, is an indestructible clock with an indestructible starry globe... that seems to contain a small plastic figurine that looks exactly like Fenrir—the one teammate missing from this room.
the outer lord's voice rings overhead:]
I've taken from you one of your teammates, and now I'd like to see how far you'd go to protect them.
straight ahead, sitting on the coffee table, is an indestructible clock with an indestructible starry globe... that seems to contain a small plastic figurine that looks exactly like Fenrir—the one teammate missing from this room.
the outer lord's voice rings overhead:]
I've taken from you one of your teammates, and now I'd like to see how far you'd go to protect them.
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[She holds out her left arm. Better to have the right in good shape, just in case.]
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Mm.
[ quiet as she picks up the brand again, raising it-- ]
-- I'm sorry.
[ and presses it to the flesh of her upper left arm. ]
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They're a bit hazy and unfocused but. She chose this and she's seeing it through.]
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... are you okay?
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Yep. No problems.
It'll hurt like hell for a while, but after that it'll be fine.
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I'm putting in for the next one.
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Pick whichever one you like.
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[ A pause, before saying with a smile, ]
-- do your best here too, okay? We're going to win.
[ The pain... fades, a bit? You feel invigorated. ]
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Yeah. Don't worry...
I'm gonna see this through to the end. No matter what.