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BLUEBELL

You find yourselves in a room that's like an empty circus ring, smaller than the Big Top that you were just previously in. The stands surrounding it are completely empty and, for some reason, you cannot exit the tent. In the center, a magician's box dangles from the ceiling by a chain, with more chains winding around it and locking it shut tight. It dangles high above your heads, just out of reach. Instinctively, you know someone is in there.

Underneath the box is a small, circular table with a magic 8-ball sitting there. Just by looking at it, you all know that if you ask it a yes or no question, it will respond truthfully. You can only ask it up to three questions, though, and it takes a moment to reset.

Although the demon is not immediately visible, you can still feel its presence lurking about . . .

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...Tch.

Ya think we can just break 'em outta there?

It'd never be that easy.

[summons his guns and spins one in one hand while leaning the other against his shoulder]

You never know. Could be worth tryin'.

--Wait, wait, what if you hit the hostage?!

[ HE'S SEEN WHAT THOSE GUNS DO ]

Hey, I could shoot someone's eyelashes off without hurtin' 'em from the far side of the pasture. I ain't gonna hit someone in a box at this distance.

Could always just try cuttin' the chains, too.

[His guns have axes on them]

The guy running the show might chop your ankles off for trying.

Or whatever it is they do in circuses.

I might like that better than just sittin' here playin' their stupid game...

Could get you in trouble too, though. What do you wanna do?

[ he wants to do unspeakable things but he must keep that devil inside him ]

... We should at least try first. It's just some questions, right?

Sure, but once we guess wrong they die, right?

................................. We just gotta not guess wrong. That's all.

Ha! Sure. Let's just get it right.

[he lets his guns dissolve into sparks]

It's down to Tyr or Bombay, then?

Yeah... no more questions.

It's really just a 50/50.

I'd put my chips on Tyr. If they're tryin' to upset people, seems like they're more likely to pick someone well-liked over someone who used to be a Weed.

[ oh my god ]

--What kind of depressing logic is that??

Best logic I've got. You disagree? Or you got anythin' better?

People wouldn't care less about someone potentially dying just 'cause they used to be a Weed.

[ SURELY? SURELY???????????? ]

People care less about people dyin' for all sorta reasons. And when they've put someone in the box of people they don't gotta care about, it's hard for 'em to admit it was based on somethin' arbitrary and take 'em out.