Day 23
Time: 1:13AM
Location: Death-Tastin' Desert
Pi--: Ladies, gentleman, enbies and creatures of all shapes and sizes! Old friends, welcome to my humble abode...
C--: The c-c-castle?!
Sn--: It looks very nice.
Pi--: Step right in, step right in! Make yourself right at home...
A--: Not this again.
O--: Pi--, we have no time for this! Come on out before we MAKE you come out!
Pi--: And of course...
C--: I have a b-b-bad feeling about t-t-this.
Pi--: Enjoy the show.
The lights suddenly go off, placing the players in darkness. But before anyone can even blink, they come back on again, and the players are sitting all in chairs around a dining table, with Pi—at the head. Pi—has a violin.
Pi--: There once was a group named The Watchers;
And, watch, they certainly did.
Observing, seeing, perceiving.
Did they feel the love the watched did?
The fear?
The righteous anger?
The pain?
It's hard to say, but I think it's clear,
Time smooths even the spikiest stones,
Til' there is not but a peddle;
The memory of what they once were.
...
Sn--: ...Ah. Very nice.
Pir--: If we wanted an impromptu therapy session, it would have been easier to ask the self righteous heroes, traitor.
A--: Yeah, thanks for the kind reminder of why we kicked you out.
O--: Enough of that. Pi--, we need your help. You hated that system, right? Here's your chance to do something about it. H---.
A--: Pi- probably knows about them already. Right, Pi--?
Pi--: The Watchers have become the watched.
A--: A yes would have sufficed, thanks.
Sn--: You'll help us, right? H--... maybe YOU'LL convince him. You think?
Pi--: No.
A--: Don't worry, we know you don't think.
Pi--: I believe that our dear old friend knows exactly what he's doing.
Sn--: But-.
Pi--: AND who he betrayed.
O--: What do we do?
Pi--: You ask me?
A--: Good point, why ARE we asking them?
Pi--: I want to know your goal, O--, what you WANT. What would be a victory to you? Is it destruction, like H--? Or is it to put Him back in charge, like Pir--?
Pir--: It WOULD be the best plan...
C: N-No, it w-w-wouldn't!
Sn--: ...
Pi--: You're not the ones I'm interested in. Please keep quiet.
Pir--: UM-.
Pi---: Well, O--?
O--: ...My plan...?
Pi--: That's what I said. You have to answer. You can't just follow, like A--, or hide, like St--.
O--: St--... do you know where she is?
Pi--: You learn a couple tricks down here. Well?
O--: ...
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