jadesprite!! | 02!! | video!!
[A whimper. Jadesprite appears on screen, groggily rubbing her eyes- the Faciliberry appears to be mounted on the wall, but she's blocking most of the view. Her collar seems a bit... larger, than usual, bulkier; it's almost as if there's a second collar on top of the usual one.
Suddenly, she whimpers again, this time pained- she reaches for the collar, tries to pull it off, only to whimper louder as glowing green... blood? Some fluid, at least, starts to trickle down her neck. She starts to look around the room, clearly terrified and starting to cry, until she sees a note taped to the wall, finally moving out of the way.
Besides the note, there's one other different thing- a huge, steaming tank of water. It's clearly pretty hot.]
"R-read... aloud..." um...
Jade, you w-want to be brave, but you r-refuse to do anything about i-it... y-you insist on letting your friends and e-everyone else around you d-down by... sniff... not attempting to show even a slight modicum of c-courage... a-arf... so t-the decision is no longer o-one you can make on your own t-time...
O-on your neck is a c-collar. I-It is different from usual, i-in that if you try to remove it, or i-if you wait too long... i-it will... k-kill you by thrusting a s-small series of s-spikes directly into your throat, a-an eternal shackle just as the o-one you place on yourself by your i-inaction is... b-but it can be removed, s-should you be courageous enough.
Y-you've noticed the t-tank. [Jadesprite stares at the tank of water, terror dawning in her quivering eyes] Located in the t-tank is a key. This k-key will allow you to remove the collar and l-live. B-but the water is boiling h-hot, and will also kill you i-if you take too long. W-will you be brave and t-try to obtain the only chance you have of living, knowing it m-may cause your death, or will you s-simply wallow in your t-tears and die quickly...?
T-the choice is... mine... a-arf...
[She does nothing. Tears silently trail down her face for a moment- why is this happening to her?? But she makes no move to jump in the tank.
And then, abruptly, she acts. Slowly, but with determination, she floats up to the tank and dips her tail in it, whimpering as an audible sizziling indicates the burning temperature of the water.
She takes a deep breath, tears still streaming down her cheeks, and... splash. She frantically swims to the bottom, a dull, muffled sound of flesh cooking and hair burning making its way to the Facilberry. The edge of the tank Jadesprite is making her way to is not on screen, and she vanishes from view for a few painful moments, the noises of her thrashing never stopping.
And then another splash. The dull thud of a body hitting the floor. The quiet click of a key in a lock.
And then... almost nothing. Some dripping, an occasional pained whimper.
The feed times out.]
Suddenly, she whimpers again, this time pained- she reaches for the collar, tries to pull it off, only to whimper louder as glowing green... blood? Some fluid, at least, starts to trickle down her neck. She starts to look around the room, clearly terrified and starting to cry, until she sees a note taped to the wall, finally moving out of the way.
Besides the note, there's one other different thing- a huge, steaming tank of water. It's clearly pretty hot.]
"R-read... aloud..." um...
Jade, you w-want to be brave, but you r-refuse to do anything about i-it... y-you insist on letting your friends and e-everyone else around you d-down by... sniff... not attempting to show even a slight modicum of c-courage... a-arf... so t-the decision is no longer o-one you can make on your own t-time...
O-on your neck is a c-collar. I-It is different from usual, i-in that if you try to remove it, or i-if you wait too long... i-it will... k-kill you by thrusting a s-small series of s-spikes directly into your throat, a-an eternal shackle just as the o-one you place on yourself by your i-inaction is... b-but it can be removed, s-should you be courageous enough.
Y-you've noticed the t-tank. [Jadesprite stares at the tank of water, terror dawning in her quivering eyes] Located in the t-tank is a key. This k-key will allow you to remove the collar and l-live. B-but the water is boiling h-hot, and will also kill you i-if you take too long. W-will you be brave and t-try to obtain the only chance you have of living, knowing it m-may cause your death, or will you s-simply wallow in your t-tears and die quickly...?
T-the choice is... mine... a-arf...
[She does nothing. Tears silently trail down her face for a moment- why is this happening to her?? But she makes no move to jump in the tank.
And then, abruptly, she acts. Slowly, but with determination, she floats up to the tank and dips her tail in it, whimpering as an audible sizziling indicates the burning temperature of the water.
She takes a deep breath, tears still streaming down her cheeks, and... splash. She frantically swims to the bottom, a dull, muffled sound of flesh cooking and hair burning making its way to the Facilberry. The edge of the tank Jadesprite is making her way to is not on screen, and she vanishes from view for a few painful moments, the noises of her thrashing never stopping.
And then another splash. The dull thud of a body hitting the floor. The quiet click of a key in a lock.
And then... almost nothing. Some dripping, an occasional pained whimper.
The feed times out.]