-- Oh, right! Well, the Captain finds them, somehow, and then just... throws them away? But, I don't like to waste things, so I wrap them up and give them to whatever passenger is from the reality it came from!
(so he was going to throw away shimmer? is he insane?! does he have any idea how valuable that stuff is? jinx uses all of her power to not scream at the sheer thought of someone could be so careless to do something like that with the most unpredictable serum known to man.
calm down, take a breath. exhaling out a sigh, she focuses again.)
Are you sure he just finds 'em and just... tosses it out? He doesn't know anythin' about it or y'know, there's a hiddin' meaning to it?
Okay... and I'mma take it you don't really know either, right? You just wrap 'em up and send 'em off? No clue about any more about the item more than that?
"Yeah? What's the longest anyone's gone? Is there a set schedule, or is it more of a... play it by ear situation?" How much time do they have to figure this out...
[Beep beep, rat bastard on the bridge. Sorry for trying to stick moonlight spears through your face that one time except not really! Ebalon comes with no hostile intent, he just has questions.
Not a thing! [beat] Well, I know what they are if, um... If it's... obvious, I guess, but... Most of the stuff seems really specific and strange! So, I don't know those things!
"That's very sweet," and not at all as encouraging as she hoped. "But let's say... everyone decided to simply sit down and not play along with the games. Would that be boring?" Because it sounds kinda boring and the sort of thing that would backfire.
(her shoulders slump as she looks rather defeated and unsatisfied with all of these answers that are given to her. anxiously, jinx wraps her arms around herself and nipping at the bottom of her lip.)
R-Right, okay. It's just... you gave me somethin' that I...
(a brief pause before starting that sentence over.)
— The gift you gave me recently can make things really messy. A-And I don't really know what to do with it or if I'm suppose to use it for somethin'. I just...I dunno.
What? Are you crazy...?! — Nonono, I can't at all destroy it!! 'Cuz what if Silco...
(...shows up? it was one of the first things that came to her mind when she opened that gift and saw the serum vials. ekko made his way here, right? so whose to say silco wouldn't, either? and if hypothetically if he did, he'll definitely need it for his eye. and shimmer is something that highly important for zaun and part of the key for them to gain independence. so it needs to be secured at all costs.
but with ekko being here right now and shimmer being in her possession, this will only end in a gruesome bloodbath.)
But how many times could they get away with that before it lost novelty. "Interesting," Ava agrees. "Thank you, ma'am." And she places a small folded paper crane upon her desk in exchange, made from a torn out page from the copy of Battle Royale that Skulduggery leant her. The edges aren't particularly crisp or neat, but like... she tried.
Look! I just thought maybe you or the Captain knew the reason behind to why I got Shimmer, okay?! I'm tryin' to not make this hunk of junk ship go anymore batshit than it already is...!
(throwing her arms up, she scoffs and then runs her fingers through her bangs.)
Ugh, just whatever! — You gave me the answers I needed so I'll just... figure somethin' out. (a beat.) Can ya do me one favor, at least?
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