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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[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.