WEEK 2 MINGLE - ARTEMISIA

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Things had changed so rapidly in the past few days.

The loss of two of them hung over like a shroud, made even worse by the fact that an innocent person had been executed.

Was this....how the rest of the game was going to go...?🗈

....Even if it was, there wasn't much they could do now. Yuuko herself hasn't shown up in public since the trial, and while some have talked to her, she's been...subdued.

Did the trial hurt her just as much as them?

Regardless, the island is still beautiful, if deadly. Summer continues, beaming down on all of them, the waves of the sea warm and inviting.

But even if things look bleak...

They have something in their hands that will soon lead to the Truth, and the heart of this matter.

And in the air...lies a heavy sense that everything is about to change.

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Comments

[literalidiotball]

[What the?!

Wheatley steps back, staring at those weird red eyes. Were those normal human eyes?! Is she turning into a turret or something?!]

I- ah- [Okay, act natural. She can't shoot you if you panic.] You know! Karen! From the office? Does all the paperwork, then turns into a magical girl to fight SCPs? That one?

[oceanicbutterfly]

You've mistaken me for someone else. Magical girls are humans, aren't they?

[The most put-upon sigh.]

My name is Vinea. Not Karen. Though doing all the paperwork sounds about right.

[literalidiotball]

Vinea?!

[What?!?]

When did you get here?! Did Karen have a twin or something? I mean. Non... Human. Twin. Thing?!

And actually, how did you even get here?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I was just summoned here by the Witch of Dimensions to do her bidding. I'm beginning to see why she felt it was necessary.

[because her house is full of stupid people apparently]

And I'm telling you, I don't know a Karen.

[literalidiotball]

[Really, Wheatley is a bad example.]

Summoned? Ooookay, well that makes more sense, since we aren't allowed to have boats. But are you sure nobody at least told you about Karen? Because you really do look like her.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[spare her]

Perhaps she's the one who looks like me. Did you consider that?

[literalidiotball]

I... Okay, the point is, you look like each other, and that gets confusing. You think you could at least get a nametag or something? Because I think the others are gonna get confused as well.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Is she here?

[literalidiotball]

Uh... No. No, she's dead.

[This is weird.]

You don't wanna know the details, but I'll tell ya. It is going to be very awkward for the mourners, especially since she was kind of framed. For murder.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Vinea considers this for a moment.

Then she smiles. Less friendly, more self-satisfied.]

I see now. You all aren't very good at this game, are you?

[literalidiotball]

Huh? Is that what this was about?!

Look, we were told we'd win if we can disprove Yuuno's magic story, and we did! So I don't know why you're looking at me like that!

[Jesus, Wheatley, at least get Yuuko's name right when you start arguing with her servants!]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Maybe so, but it sounds like it wasn't much of a victory. My lady was probably disappointed, too, losing to a cheap tactic like blaming an innocent woman.

[...]

To say nothing of you not being able to remember her name. Yuu-ko.

[literalidiotball]

[She did not just-]

How were we supposed to know that?!

[Wheatley squints agressively, getting all defensive about the trial.]

We were at that trial for six hours trying to figure out who did it! It's not like we just pointed at Karen and said "Yep, this is whodunnit." We actually tried to catch the real killer! Very hard! You should have seen how much effort we put into finding the culprit!

Hell, I didn't vote for her at all! Pretty sure she was innocent!

[oceanicbutterfly]

Shhh! This is the library!

[...yeah, she considers this the most pressing issue here.]

[literalidiotball]

SO?!

[Someone escort him out.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[She responds by doing just that. By which I mean she grabs him by the arm to drag him out.

She's a lot stronger than she looks, apparently!]

[literalidiotball]

Hey! What are you- Let go! I'm done complaining yet!

[He struggles against her, but it is no use. Wheatley will remember this.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Yes, I know, which is why I'm taking you somewhere else to do it.

[Welcome to the hallway.]

Now, I wasn't there, but if I understand the rules of the game, which I do, my lady started with a story that ended with her killing the victim, right?

[literalidiotball]

[What a nice place. The hallway.]

Well, yes. BUT, we were told by the witch who brought us here that we were supposed to prove the murder wasn't magical by poking holes in her story. Which we did.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[It's a very nice hallway!]

So you just did as you were told, and it's her fault for telling you that.

[literalidiotball]

What?

[oceanicbutterfly]

That's what you're saying, isn't it? She's the one who told you to do something that led to Karen being killed.

[literalidiotball]

Well it was either that, or have your master gain a win, and apparently that's bad.

[This girl is really getting on his nerves.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

"Apparently" that's "bad."

[can you see how impressed she is with this reasoning]

[literalidiotball]

Did I stutter? Are you- Are you mocking me, or did you really need to repeat that? 'Coz what you did? Just now? Completely unnecessary.

[... No, he missed the point entirely.]