18 - voice/video - slug plot

[firstaid]

[The feed starts off as a voice one, silence, static, but then laughter slowly creeps in. It’s cute, but creepy.]

Mmmhahahahahahaha!

I wonder where they are? My knight in shining armor and my true knight!

[She makes a soft sound, amused at what she just said, before a melodramatic sigh ends her amusement.]

Flynn, Yuri, why don’t you be dears and pick your princess up from the desert? It’s not nice to leave her out here, all hot and sweaty. Oh, it’s terrible!

[It’s easy to tell it’s Estelle speaking now, but there’s something terribly off.

It’s then that the video feed turns on, showing Estelle:



She laughs some more, amused, obviously not herself.]

Perhaps this brings back memories, your girl under some kind of control. Oh, so much fun!

Come and get her!

Comments

video~

[negativegate]

Coward!

[She glowers. As scared as she is, she's prepared to try and dare it to come after her instead of Estelle. She has Tyr's fire rune; she can burn anything that gets too close...]

video~

[firstaid]

Perhaps I am, but as of right now, I seem to hold the better chips.

[And it knows how to play them, too. Oh, this is so much fun, much fun! Taunting this girl is making everything so worth it.]

video~

[negativegate]

W-what chips?! You'll be out of there and dead in no time!

[She just...needs to figure out how to do it without hurting Estelle.]

video~

[firstaid]

Don't get overconfident, okay. Okay?

[It's threatened, but no matter, it will stay hidden from her. That would be the best approach while it goes to find the two it had called out from before.]

video~

[negativegate]

I am not the overconfident one here! Get out of Estelle!

[She is trying to figure out where Estelle could be. There's lots of places in this safe zone, though.]

video~

[firstaid]

No, I won't!

[Silly girl! Commanding it to leave her isn't going to work.]

What are you going to do if I won't leave?

video~

[negativegate]

I-I...

[And Rita's totally a good liar...right.]

Come out of hiding and find out!

video~

[firstaid]

I would like to, but you're not the one I feel like fighting. What can you do without that... oh... what's it called, oh, that blastia?

[It's just gonna bluff in return!]

video~

[negativegate]

Are you seriously looking to pick a fight?!

video~

[firstaid]

Maybe I am. But there's nothing you can do while this girl still has all her power on her side.

video~

[negativegate]

Don't underestimate me!

video~

[firstaid]

I'm not underestimating you at all!

video~

[negativegate]

Then come out! Do it!

video~

[firstaid]

I think... not. You're not the one I really want anyway. Wouldn't be fun to have you killed twice and no one else die.

video~

[negativegate]

Shut up! Nobody's dying here, get it?!

[Not anyone at Estelle's hands, at least...Rita can't stand to let that happen.]

video~

[firstaid]

No, I don't really get it.

[And it doesn't want to 'get it'!]

video~

[negativegate]

Well, start getting it!

[She doesn't care anymore how loud she's shouting; she's just moving around, trying to look for Estelle in the safe zone.]

video~

[firstaid]

Mmm, no, I don't feel like taking orders from you. In fact, shouldn't you be listening to me, or rather this girl?

[Listen to what, it doesn't really know right now, but sure... it will see where that gets them.]

video~

[negativegate]

Estelle's not in control, is she? She'd never be like this!

[Rita scowls, still looking.]

video~

[firstaid]

Did you just now figure that out? For a genius mage, you're rather dense!

[She just grins at that, but still, not giving away its location.]

video~

[negativegate]

Shut up! I've known all along! It's exactly why I won't listen to a thing you say!

[All she can do is try to make something out in the video, or try and search using her device...]

video~

[firstaid]

But you're listening right now, aren't you?

[It knows that's not what she meant, but well, it's having fun!]

video~

[negativegate]

No way!

video~

[firstaid]

You just answered me, didn't you?

video~

[negativegate]

Shut up! Shut up and get out of her!