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[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.

[fellheart]

Tʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴇʀsɪʙʟᴇ— ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ᴡᴇ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ Wᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴡɪᴢᴀʀᴅ ᴅᴏ ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ.

[ well. in theory.

looks at what the clown car convention of westies is getting up to now, ]

[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'?

[fallingsand]

You'll have to ask a Western wizard. The best I can do is turn myself into a woman.

[ He has no idea what would happen if he tried un-shrimping someone, so! ]

[troublereduction]

[ Thankfully Urianger is on it.

Now to find out if they'll regret unshrimping this man. ]

[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.

1/2

[shadowkin]

Hmmmmm. That’s a problem, but I guess not one we can’t solve?

Hey, you.

[Cid raises the jar with the shrimp, points a finger at it, annnnd—]

2/2 mild body horror??

[shadowkin]

[—POOF, where there once was a simple shrimp, now there is still a shrimp…… with Victor’s face. Please picture this but with a shrimp instead.

He lightly rattles the jar, which is probably pretty threatening to something a few inches long.]

Now, you answer questions properly, and we’ll get the rest of you back. Got it?

[SMILE. He hands the jar-shrimpman to Urianger without ceremony.]

[revengier]

[ he's been hanging around just watching things this whole time but this?

bruh. ]

[foresightis2020]

[ Obviously just between the serious conversation he just turns around and looks at this like - ]

...I see.

[ I'm crying ]

[leewards]

[Looks anywhere but this fucking tragedy of a play.]

[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!]

[troublereduction]

[ Well, good news, Day is putting forth a pragmatic reason to turn him back. He might have been a little extra motivated after seeing Bruno and Phil be sad. ]

[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?