Well, That Could Have Gone Better 018

[screwyoubob]

I'm really sorry, but we have to put off Decantation Day celebrations because I have a lot of work. I'm sorry! We'll do it as soon as everything's finished!

[Locked to Crew // UnhackableOkay, uhm, I don't know who the previous mechanic was? But they didn't keep the feedwater sparger of Liquid Metal Reactor 013 in good repair and so when I went to

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[ttlynotawizard]

So how does one celebrate Decantation? Is there decantation cake?

[screwyoubob]

Uh, I guess if you want? But drink and fireworks and telling our loved ones just how much they mean to us!

[ttlynotawizard]

Sounds pleasant. Especially the appreciation for loved ones.

[locked//hackable]]

Were they important to you? Your loved ones?

[screwyoubob]

Decantation Days are important because they reaffirm our social ties!

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable]

Well, uhm, clearly they were important to me if they were my loved ones? The ones you love are important to you--they wouldn't be loved if they weren't!

[ttlynotawizard]

It's good to have holidays like that. Makes one feel less alone.

[locked to B//hackable unless b's making both sides unhackable]

Did you kill them?

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[screwyoubob]

Now you're just being silly. I love my parents, why would I kill them? Of course I didn't kill them, Remywhitecastle.

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[ttlynotawizard]

You make this guessing game hard, B.

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[screwyoubob]

Because there's no way you can win, Remywhitecastle. If they were easy to guess, then our secrets wouldn't mean much, now would they? Hee.

[Locked to B // Unhackable on both sides]

[ttlynotawizard]

Then you shouldn't have challenged me to guess. I'm extraordinarily stubborn.

You left when I said "it" and said it was the wrong word. So, I'm shooting for "they". Whoever you killed, were they important to you?

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[screwyoubob]

Clever, clever! He's making more sense now!

[B grins.]

And since you put so much effort in, it's only fair I play along! They weren't important to me, not one bit!

[Locked to B // Unhackable on both sides]

[ttlynotawizard]

You don't strike me as a cold-blooded killer. Am I correct in assuming you aren't?

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[screwyoubob]

[B squints, trying to parse that sentence.]

Uhhhh....

[He blinks.]

Huh? Are you correct in assuming I'm not a cold-blooded killer? Uhm, that's ridiculous. You have to define your terms!

[He's getting bored with this and B continues to slosh around as he cleans up the radioactive chambers.]

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[ttlynotawizard]

Did you have reason to kill them?

[He's trying to bide his time with his questions, trying to get any piece of the puzzle, no matter how small]

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[screwyoubob]

Of course I had a reason, I had a reason for all of them, good reasons, too! We all have good reasons...

[A pause.]

I'm done talking about this, Remywhitecastle.

[Locked to B // Unhackable on both sides]

[ttlynotawizard]

[Shit. Keep him talking. Keep him talking.]

Of course, you have your reasons. I've good reasons as well, I'm sure you're aware.

[Play to sympathy, understanding,anything to get information.]

[Locked to Remy // Unhackable on both sides]

[screwyoubob]

[This is starting to make B feel uncomfortable.]

You wouldn't understand.