>>5763372You must’ve let something slip in your expression–maybe a twitch in your eye or something–but whatever it was, Chuck wastes no time in shoving Raj over to Pepper and placing his sturdy form between you and them.
Chu-
“When I saved you you were scampering through the woods like a mad dog, kid,” He interrupts in a cold tone that would make Mina shiver, “how long do you think you’ve got left?”
Look, you reply, you just communicated with your parasite back there–it’s cooperating, okay?
“<span class="mu-s">BULLSHIT.</span>” The groundskeeper snarls, “I don’t know what you two talked about in your little mind-chat back there, but I know this: the minute we confront that blue-haired bitch she’s gonna play with you like a goddamned puppet.”
Grabbing your wrist with his big, calloused hand, Chuck pushes the <span class="mu-s">GARLIC</span> in front of your mouth.
“All of it. <span class="mu-i">Now</span>.”
Would he just <span class="mu-i">LISTEN</span> to you, you snap as you snatch your wrist back from him! You’re gonna need all the strength you can get for this fight–and if you can just hold it togeth-
“Then you’ll be playing <span class="mu-i">right</span> into her hands.” The old man explains with a glare! “I didn’t come this far to die here… and I don’t think <span class="mu-i">they</span> did either.”
“Diesel…” Pepper adds as she peers out from behind Chuck with worry in her eyes, “This… this isn’t worth it-”
Is anyone hearing you?! That whole fight with Smythe back on the helipad, that was all-
“All <span class="mu-s">YOU</span>!” The girl shouts as her worry turns into anger! “You didn’t need a parasite to beat him for you–hell, he had one in him and you wiped the whole damn mountain with him!”
“<span class="mu-i">It’s… okay…</span>” Adds Raj with a droopy nod, “<span class="mu-i">It barely… barely hurts, dude…</span>”
You can already feel the <span class="mu-s">WRIST WHIP</span> coiling up inside of your arm… it’s <span class="mu-i">listening</span>...
<span class="mu-s">Waiting.</span>
What do?
>DESTROY THE GARLIC NOW!>KEEP TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM! JUST A LITTLE LONGER IS ALL YOU NEED!>EAT THE GARLIC. >WRITE-IN!Last update of the night, by the way--got a lot less sleep last night. As for <span class="mu-s">THURSDAY</span>, there's a lot going on even in the evening so expect delays possibly to <span class="mu-s">FRIDAY.</span> Hope to see you then!
