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Every breath hurts more than the last. Your body is sprawled on the chess table, chest pressing hard against it. But you got to keep going. With more effort than it should take to get up, you force yourself up right. You stare right at the Admiral with a twisted sneer.
[UNSTABLE] "I'm going to kill you. I'm going to rip your heart out. I'll finish the job that this damnable captain forced me into." You crack your shoulders a few times for extra emphasis.
<span class="mu-s">"You will fail."</span> The Admiral laughs at your threat. <span class="mu-s">"But I appreciate the bravado."</span>
The Captain smiles. "Excellent. That's why I brought you along, you know? To be my harpoon. To spear this horrible beast." He firmly plants his hands on your shoulders. "Kill him. I want to see that monster cry."
[UNSTABLE] You're too lost in the tasty, delicious spiral of bloodlust to even process what he's saying. You just keep staring at the captain. You nearly reach over to start the game alr-
<span class="mu-s">CRACK!</span>
You turn your head around to see Abraham stumbling away from you. He's covering his bleeding nose with one hand while using his harpoon as a makeshift cane with his other hand. Lex is standing by you now. His mouth twists into a hateful sneer.
[BLOODLUST] "Don't fucking touch her. Stay the fuck back and don't even DARE approach this table. Okay?" Lex snarls, barely holding himself from trying to rip Abraham to shreds.
This is because several of the Captain's harpooners have surrounded him. The Captain lowers his hand to show a bloody smile before gesturing at his harpooners to back down. "Bravado! I knew a fellow leader would have such a loyal right hand man! Unlike the coward I once called my First Mate!"
<span class="mu-s">"Feh. This is boring me. Get to the POINT."</span> The Admiral snarls with barely veiled annoyance at his game being interrupted. <span class="mu-s">"The only one who interests me here is her, that chef, and you, Abraham. The rest of the babble wastes all of our time."</span>
Lex grinds his teeth at the comment but knowing that he can't really DO anything towards a man who completely ate the last punch he threw, he heads back over to your other allies.
"Actually." You pull out two things from your inventory and place them down onto the table. MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN ERA and a pack of cigarettes. The Admiral glances down at them before looking at you with a confused expression. "I want to do something real quick. Before we spill our blood for everyone to see."
You pull out one of the cigarettes from the pack and with your improved telekinesis, you light it up with your mind in an instant. "Want one?" You hold it out to the Admiral while tossing another mind-lit cigarette towards the Captain. "At least one of us is dying tonight. Might as well enjoy one last smoke."
The Captain and Admiral stare at each other, then their cigarettes, then you. All three of you crack wicked smiles.
<span class="mu-s">"Aye."</span>
"Aye."
"AYE!"
The three of you take a long, solid drag of nicotine in mutual silence.
