week 7 | tuesday morning

[baptizer]

[ Yuno had tracked her down. Outside of the holding cells that Elizabeth has been trying to keep herself hidden in, Yuno and Elizabeth crossed paths. She's not too happy with it, not because she doesn't want to see the girl, but because she knows the pity that will follow. As selfless as she is when it comes to her will, she is selfish in her viewpoint. ]

Yuno? Were you - were you looking for me?

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I WASNT PREPARED

[bloodteller]

[ it's the hug that shocks her the most. there's something about elizabeth now, from the hair cut to the sharpness in her features, that doesn't make such a cold statement feel unnatural. from the lips of a woman scorned, "let them pay"... it's befitting of her, somehow. yuno isn't sure about it, but she thinks elizabeth might be right. let them pay for what they did to her. for all her suffering. she thought that she'd be happy with a family, but they took it from her so easily. it was as simple as not coming home from work, in the end.

the command (yuno hears it as a command, at least) to keep close to adrien and luke is heard with open ears and an open mind. she nods, slowly. ]

Luke, he's. I know him. He's across from me in the unit. [ he's got kind of an elder sibling vibe to him, she thinks. judar, too. ] If I need something, I'll go to him. Is he... he's a friend of your's? Adrien, too?

[baptizer]

[ Is she no different than Jack? When Elizabeth looks at Yuno, she projects. She sees a girl who was finally free and coping. She projects her feelings on herself and that... is a deathly mistake. It twists Elizabeth's perception, a bias to the girl disregarding her feelings in the matter. ]

He's a friend, yes. Over the past week. Since... since Hancock died, he helped the ship a lot. He's helped me a lot.

[ She wants to say 'don't trust anyone' but at her root, she still has faith. ]

Adrien is a nice boy - Marinette is great company as well. They'll look after you if something happens to me. I promise you, you won't be alone.

[bloodteller]

Nothing is going to happen to you.

[ it's spoken so firmly, but it's without a hint of venom. there's no anger in her voice, only a desperation. yuno's determined to see this through with liz, even if it means that she has to argue about it early in the morning, next to the holding room.

it's symbolic, maybe. elizabeth can walk out of there, and she can walk off this ship, too. there's nothing holding her back. ]

I told you. I've played a game like this before. I won't let anything happen to you! Elizabeth, we-- me and you, we'll make it off this ship. We just... we have to find a way to end this game.

[ ...there's a lingering sort of tone to her voice, as if she hasn't even begun to consider how to end the game without people alive. ]

[baptizer]

[ She clutches onto the girl's shoulders a bit tightly, trying not to let her emotions get the best of her. This... she knows it will end in blood. A lamb was made to be slaughtered, was it not? ]

I'll stay safe, Yuno. Don't worry.

[ That's all she can say, right? To reassure her? ]

I need you to worry about yourself, too. This isn't just some simple game now - roles, creatures...

[bloodteller]

[ creatures, elizabeth says, and it sticks to the air like the unspoken conversation it is. yuno does not brush it aside this time. ]

I'm scared of them.

[ a gentle admission. elizabeth doesn't need to worry about yuno, though; she does that for herself, too. even if she doesn't show it, the thought is always there. she inhales, exhales, sharply. ]

But I'm not afraid of the people they took.

[ rhys was... unfortunate. she thought they might be able to understand each other. one day, right? just like with mom and dad, there was a glimmer of hope that maybe yuno could connect with someone, and then... and then he went off the rails. ]

You came back. We can bring them back, too. There's more, isn't there...? We just need to know which they are, and vote right.

[baptizer]

I am too.

[ She replies without a beat. It's personal for Elizabeth and she's... not quite sure how to put it. It was fear. Fear of everything that she can't quite understand. ]

That's nearly impossible. We ... there's just no way of knowing. You saw how easily my mind was betrayed. ...Frankenstein - [ His name was bitter to her, her own guilt budding. ] - he didn't get the luxury of returning.

[bloodteller]

That's--

[ don't say it like that, elizabeth, she thinks. bitterness shouldn't be coloring her tone, guilt shouldn't be the throne she sits on. ][ elizabeth didn't do anything. it was something else, something inhuman and horrifying. it used her body to hurt hancock, nothing more, nothing less. ]

You weren't the culprit. They won't be the culprit either, right? It's gone. I saw it. It's definitely gone, so that's how we can stop them. And then, we'll get off the ship.