Audience - Euphausia

[holyspirits]

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[murderofwoes]

Honestly, that it took this long for anyone to figure out is frankly embarrassing. I wasn't being particularly subtle.

[trifocal]

Oh...

[ I did not suspect anything... ]

... Erm. So, who is this entity? What is that you do for them?

[murderofwoes]

I was letting them in. Obviously.

[ she could be more useful. unfortunately she is not ]

[trifocal]

How were you able to do that? And... why?

[murderofwoes]

I was inside. I let them in. It really wasn't difficult.

[ the why just makes her stare ]

Why was I helping, or why did they wish to be let in? Because the latter should be quite obvious by now.

[trifocal]

Well... let us start with the former. Why did you help them?

[murderofwoes]

Because I work for them.

[trifocal]

But why work for them? Did you know what they would ask of you, and what the consequences would be, when you took your contract?

[murderofwoes]

I'm not the kind of person who takes on a job without knowing what it entails. Though I've been employed by them far longer than this project was ever even in talks.

[trifocal]

What? Really...?

What did that work entail before, then?

[murderofwoes]

An inordinate amount of babysitting with quite frankly terrible coworkers at first. I suppose I'm something of a personal assistant now.

[trifocal]

To the entity?

... Who is the entity, really? Why do they wish to sabotage our hopes of redemption?

[murderofwoes]

Pettiness, mostly.

[ as for who

unhelpfully doesn't say ]

They've highlighted their gripes in codes.

[trifocal]

In codes...?

[murderofwoes]

[ looking at her like she is being particularly stupid because wednesday is a mean girl ]

Yes.

[trifocal]

[ (un)fortunately, eupha is used to that. ]

... What codes were those? Do you mean the Morse code messages?

[murderofwoes]

It's a wonder you people managed to solve a single murder.

Of course I meant the messages that were sent to you.

[trifocal]

The songs...?

[ It couldn't be the stolen knock-knock jokes... ]

[murderofwoes]

Were part of it, yes. Though just because the messages were stolen doesn't mean it wasn't meant to mean something.

[trifocal]

Why did they not simply say what they meant without using codes?

[murderofwoes]

Because then it wouldn't be much of a game, would it?

[trifocal]

Is all of this truly a game to them?

Our very souls have been on the line, all this time. Why be so cruel?

[murderofwoes]

It's not like your souls would perish even if the project failed. The worst case scenario for any of you is Hell, is it not?

[trifocal]

I... well, perhaps? But, that would still be a rather unpleasant fate, as I understand it...

[murderofwoes]

It depends on how you feel about overpopulation. [ she shrugs ] It's not like your chances at redemption were made null by their interference, was it?