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[promittere]

[He just continues scowling at Khun.]

Everyone that would have helped me has already died.

[This isn't a guy who has a ton of friends, which is probably not a surprise.]

[lighthaus]

As I said before, unfortunate.

[ and with that khun will walk away, having landed at some point during the discussion, with a cheerful smile and a wave. he'll address the wizard congregation around him as he goes to stand by tatara. ]

Do what you want with him, he's not worth the effort either way.

[ that's his vote now. ]

[fellheart]

[ rumbled, in that particular way that's meant to sound like it should in theory be under the breath but is instead still clearly audible: ]

Nᴏᴡ, I ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏsᴇ ғᴀᴜʟᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs.

[ perhaps it will forever be a mystery. ]

[shadowkin]

[With a subtle but not completely hidden flick of his finger, any accompanying noise hidden under the crowd and hubbub—

Victor Byron is now a shrimp. Like, one of the ones that can survive out of water for a while? But anyway he doesn’t have a mouth and that’s what matters.]

Maaan, where did that guy go? I don’t know where this shrimp came from, but it kind of looks pathetic like him.

[Cid picks it up by the tail. He could just let it get stepped on but why not enjoy the peace.]

Nice to finally get some peace and quiet, though.

[fallingsand]

[ Bruno gives a startled scream, hello? He's still right by this guy and now he's a shrimp and Cid is picking him up-- ]

Cid! You can't just turn someone into a shrimp!

[shadowkin]

[Bruno please we just got done with Victor’s shrieking.]

It’s not like it’d be that hard to unshrimpify him. This thing that may-or-may-not be the mech guy, I mean.

[The most lazy refusal to confirm or deny culpability. This is nominally Schrodinger’s shrimp now, but it’s not like there’s anything else living in the vicinity.

The guy should just be glad he’s not an inanimate object. ☆]

[fallingsand]

...Cid, you aren't fooling anyone. [ HE KNOWS, CID. ] We... c'mon, guys, we aren't really okay with this, are we?

[ Looking at the other wizards? With his big ol' sad old man eyes? Hello? ]

[troublereduction]

[ I mean. Day also agrees this is at least mildly horrifying, but he knows like, almost everyone here isn't feeling very charitable after tonight's shitshow and the man's attitude, so instead puts forward a different compelling argument: ]

...Wait, we didn't ask him how the hell he knew 'bout Oz.

[ Because didn't they all keep their mouths shut about him being in the castle? ]

[fallingsand]

Well, he's a shrimp in a jar now, soooo... too bad? I guess?

[ See, this is why they shouldn't be turning people into shrimp! ]

[fellheart]

I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ sᴛᴜᴄᴋ ᴀs ᴀ ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ I ᴛʀᴀɴsғᴏʀᴍ, ɴᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ I? Sᴜʀᴇʟʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ʜɪᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ғᴀᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴇs ɪɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ...

[ we turn him human again and all the man can say is 'clauncher claunch'— ]

[fallingsand]

But that's normal for you, not a... normal guy.

[troublereduction]

We could un-shrimp him.

[ That's what transformation magic is for! ]

Can we get him back to bein' a person so we can interrogate him one last time or somethin'?

[shadowkin]

I’m not trying to fool anyone?

[Nonplussed, not quite true but also not quite not true, either. He is just being annoying because he is a teenager who may be a little hungry but will only commit cannibalism under rockier conditions.

Anyway. The shrimp is now in a jar smelling strongly of strawberries. This does not help the peckishness.]

Besides, this is easier than having to watch a guy all the time.

[fallingsand]

[ Well, no one is backing him up here, so... Sorry, Shrimptor, he can't help you anymore. ]

[shadowkin]

[It’s okay, Bruno! Probably no one will fry him up with tartar sauce. Probably.]

[impacter]

[He'll be fine so long as people turn him back, dwbi!]

[divineth]

[...All right, all right, he'll help Bruno out. Though being put in timeout as a shrimp is like, the least cruel and unusual punishment Victor could be receiving right now.]

Cid, pray revert him to his original form or I shall do so myself. We have not finished questioning him.

[mirristry]

This does seem a bit much...

[HE'S. UNSURE.]

[fallingsand]

...I don't think anyone else agrees with us.

[ Sadness. ]

[mirristry]

It... doesn't appear so.

[Sucks when you have no social self-confidence to speak up about things!]

[leewards]

The cruelty is the point. [Because he's a monster and believes in eye for an eye.]

[lustro]

[ A bit much... ]

What do you think would be a fair option? Should we curse him to relive every bit of damage he inflicted on us? Again and again for the rest of his life? Should we tether him to a cell, keep him where it's dark and cold, and bury the key? When someone does something terrible, how do you weigh fairness?

[leewards]

[Oh hey he has something for this. He digs his hand into the pouch on his hip and pulls out a mason jar that he hands over. It's clean, but the inside smells of strawberries.]

[shadowkin]

Ooh. I think that’ll fit.

[For now he drops the shrimp in it before the tail accidentally separates or something, that would be awkward and annoying (though probably not impossible) to fix.

They should probably also get water at some point but who knows if the fountain is intact?? As that is also the shrimp’s fault, perhaps that is shrimply karma working its magic.]

[fallingsand]

[ ithaqua whyyyy ]