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"Time-out! Time-out!" one of the players calls out. The whole group gathers in a circle and starts discussing. "Guys, I hate to say this, but we've got to flee." Gareth suggests. "I concur." "Didn't we just agree 'to the death' " Erica mentions with slight aggression. "That wasn't literal." Gareth talks through his teeth and Jeff adds "Vecna just decimated us. We can't kill him with two players." "You too?" Gareth and the other guy frown at Dustin "He only has fifteen hit points left." Dustin disappointingly talks to his teammates and aggressively adds to his sentence "Don't be pussies." "Pussies? Really? 'Cause we're not delusional?" Gareth loudly whispers to Dustin. "Delusional?" Erica questions Gareths word choice "How about not cowards?" loudly she spoke.

"Hey!" Eddie speaks up causing the rest of them to turn around to face him. Eddie's crouching on the table. "If I may interject, gentlemen, lady Applejack." he says as he puts his weight on his other leg now, they all now listen to him carefully. "Whilst I respect the passion, you'd be wise to take Gareth the Great's concern to heart." he lightly bounces his head. "There is no shame in running." Eddie slightly opens his arm and smiles, everyone else stays quiet still "Don't try to be heroes." small pause. "Not today, 'kay?" a grin spreads on Eddies face. Dustin lifts up his finger into the air and talks dryly "One sec." Everyone huddles back into a circle. "What do you think Mike?" Dustin asks staring at the floor. "How many hit points do you and Applejack have left?" very fast Mike replies, blinking rapidly. Both Dustin and Erica reply at the same time "Twelve."

"It's risky as hell." Mike looks at the boy and the girl, receiving both their eye contacts. Dustin nods looking back at the floor. "But you're the ones on the battlefield. So it's your call." They stand in silence while Dustin and Erica think. "What do you say, Lady Applejack?" she looks at Dustin. "You really gotta ask?" she frowns and replies as he looks back at her. Both Jeff and the guy beside him wince slightly and shrug. Dustin shakes his head "Screw it." The whole team turns around bravely and Dustin speaks up "Let's kill the son of the bitch." They slowly approach the table "The chances of success are 20-to-1." nervously Jeff tells Dustin, but he just points his finger up in the air "Never tell me the odds." and slowly replies, stopping at every second word. "Give me the D20." Dustin requests holding his palm out. Eddie picks up the D20 dice with a wide grin and throws it to Dustin.

Dustin does first. He shakes the dice in his hand for a while before throwing it. Everyone stands in silence to keep him from getting distracted. The dice rolls, and rolls, and rolls, and finally lands on a eleven. Eddie looks at the dice and dramatically says "That's a miss!" Eddie nods his head intensely on every word and shakes it on the last with a wide smile on his lips. Everyone yells "No!" Gareth slams his hands on the table, Erica backs up disappointed, Mike grabs on to Dustins shoulder and Jeff just looks like he's about to cry while the guy next to him just freezes. Dustin slams his hand on the table cursing "Shit! Shit!" and ends up pushing something off the game pieces off table. Erica and Dustin now have switched places. Everyone is intensely watching her as she shakes the dice for longer time than Dustin did. Impatient Gareth yells "Please!" and so does Dustin "Come on!" She throws the dice. It rolls, Dustin and Gareth continue to yell now at the dice "Please!" "Come on!" It rolls to the end of the game board. Mike cringes, preparing for loss and Eddie leans in closer watching carefully. The dice stops rolling and lands on a solid twenty.

"Crit hit!" Erica exclaims and Dusting joins in "Yeah!" Eddie surprised straightens up holding his hands to his chest "What? What?" Eddie claps his hands and laughs together with the rest. "That's why we play." The whole group is cheering and Erica proudly stands with her arms on her hips. Eddie leans down, hovering over the game board and spreads his arms open smiling, bowing down to lady Applejack. Dustin happily exclaims "Yes! Yes!" while hugging Mike. "Well done." Eddie proudly says. "Not gonna lie, thought yous would lose." he laughs.