33 - Audio - I'm small and I move fast

[ichoosefight]

[ Filtered away from those nasty known-to-be-possessed people ]

[ Her voice is hushed and you can hear a quiet rustling of leaves in the background. If you have a good ear for that sort of thing, you can probably tell that Steph is hiding in some of those kick-ass giant plants. She's done a pretty good job of disappearing. She doesn't sound panicked

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[takeyouapart]

I'm here. The - she called them her brothers, didn't she? - they're just ignoring me.

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[ichoosefight]

Good, that's great. Any idea why?

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[takeyouapart]

Um.

They only seem to care about people who can fight.

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[ichoosefight]

...So we're left with everyone who can't fight and whoever was quick enough to get away.

Any bright ideas?

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[takeyouapart]

Not - not yet.

[Stress stress stress. Should-be-doing-something-proactive-but-isn't guilt. Not great at independent problem-solving. He needs Gaius or the Dragon to talk to. D:]

Everyone in Zero, does anyone know what Coyolxauhqui wants them for?

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[ichoosefight]

Someone mentioned sacrifice.

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[takeyouapart]

Right.

Have you spoken to anyone who knows her - her culture? Any way she can be defeated?

[Merlin's mainstays: magic, research, and talking to people more knowledgeable than he is.]

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[ichoosefight]

[ Flatly, ]

I'm not dismembering anybody.

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[takeyouapart]

You're not -

That's what you've been told?

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[ichoosefight]

Apparently it was how she was defeated before, but it's not a real option.

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[takeyouapart]

[Merlin has a surprisingly generous definition of what a real option is when the other option is everybody getting sacrificed. :c]

No. No, of course not.

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[ichoosefight]

We'll find a way out of this. We have to.