>>5264971“And I’M saying it’s FOOLISH.” Sybil interjects as she leans into the conversation.
“Is that Syb? Hiii!”
“Yes, hi.” Sighs The Goth in a much less enthusiastic tone. “Not to discredit Stanley’s… unorthodox methods or their success rate, but this particular method is of the ‘HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD’ variety, and-”
“Uh oh.” Interrupts the Rent-A-Cop on the other end as someone stomps over to her. “Don’t tell him I told you, Stan, but T won’t stop talking about how much he MISSES you, an-”
A moment or two of scuffling later, the radio finally goes quiet-ish as Talbot gains control over the radio! “Yea, hey uh… What’s this about a teleporter?”
It says it’ll take you to some LAB, okay? And apparently that might be your destination anyways, so-
“So what’s the holdup?!” Talbot interrupts! “Syb, shoot some, like, voodoo stuff out of the water and we’ll swim down in a sec!”
“Even if I DID want to do that,” Sybil replies in a measured tone, “And I MIGHT, actually, because that’s not a bad way to signal you, there’s also an OUTPOST not too far away either–one that we’ve been told could troubleshoot the connection issues.”
“So?” Talbot grunts. “Let’s teleport THERE, then. THEN teleport to the LAB. BOOM.”
“It DOES sound pretty fun and easy when you put it like that, yea.” Mitzi adds, earning an eye roll from the supposedly ‘logical’ teammate! Suck it, Syb!
“Before I take a much more PASSIVE role in deciding which harebrained scheme to execute from now on,” Sybil huffs, “I’ll also remind you that we’ve found a MAP that leads directly to our destination–if we could avoid the DEMON, we could potentially sidestep this whole teleporter fiasco entirel-”
“Syb, you’re good. I’ll admit it.” Talbot sighs. “You’re tough, kinda, you’re smart, and I can see why Art’d hit it.”
“... ‘Hit it’?” She growls.
“But that DEMON? It’s too much–don’t let your prime drag us all down!”
Sybil blinks at the RADIO a few times, clearly confused. “... Do you mean ‘PRIDE’?”
“Yea, that one.”
“My ‘PRIME’ isn’t the issue here!” She snarls as she angrily snatches the gizmo out of your hands! “And weren’t you the one talking about how keen you were on fighting the DEMON again?”
“W-well, uh…” Stammers your ex-bodyguard.
“...You just want to try the teleporter, don’t you?” Syb groans as a tired expression forms on her face.
“... it’d be pretty neat, yea…”
>CONTD. 