[OOC] MAG 158 Excerpt (Spoilers)
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curriculum_fictaeTranscript taken from here! Very lightly edited to remove one spoiler in particular.
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[THE SOUND OF SLOSHING LIQUID. A DOOR SWINGS OPEN.]
ELIAS
Gertrude.
GERTRUDE
(under her breath) Damn.
ELIAS
Did you really think I wouldn’t notice?
GERTRUDE
I’d rather hoped you’d still be hampered with all the Dark’s business. It’s their ‘Grand Eclipse’ at the moment, isn’t it?
ELIAS
But I think we’ve both come to the same conclusion about that. That’s why you’re here.
GERTRUDE
Yes. Shame, really. I used to be able to torch a building in half the time. Age catches us all. (contemptuously) Well, almost all of us, Elias.
ELIAS
You were the one so… insistent on staying human.
GERTRUDE
And no doubt that makes my death a lot less complicated.
ELIAS
What exactly were you hoping to achieve here? Why not come at me directly instead of burning everything first?
GERTRUDE
I was rather hoping the fire would occupy you while I did just that.
ELIAS
I see.
How long have you known?
GERTRUDE
About your body? Not long after you took your new host and we had our little… chat. It wasn’t exactly a huge leap to the panopticon after that. The hard part was figuring out how to actually reach it. Took me the better part of a decade.
ELIAS
So you burn the place down, use it as cover to reach my body, and then we die together. How poetic. Doesn’t seem like your style at all.
GERTRUDE
I wasn’t actually planning on dying.
ELIAS
And how exactly were you planning on achieving that while you’re still bound to the… ha. Oh, I see. Very clever. (amused smirk) I thought Eric was the only one to figure that little morsel out.
GERTRUDE
Knowledge has a way of surviving. You of all people should know that.
ELIAS
Quite. It was a good plan, actually. If you hadn’t been so complacent about me keeping an eye out down here, probably would have worked. (sarcastic) Gertrude’s grand retirement.
GERTRUDE
It still might.
[SOUND OF FLINT AND STEEL]
Just needs a little spark, and -
[A GUN COCKS.]
I see. So you’re finally getting your hands dirty? I must really have caught you off guard.
ELIAS
I suppose we both got a little complacent. Fifty years is a long time. End of an era.
GERTRUDE
I’m not really in the mood for nostalgia, Elias. You might have noticed I’m rather busy so either shoot me or -
[A GUNSHOT RINGS OUT. GERTRUDE GASPS AND COLLAPSES.]
GERTRUDE
(gasping) Well… there it is. Thought it would hurt more.
ELIAS
(sighs) Pity.
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[THE SOUND OF SLOSHING LIQUID. A DOOR SWINGS OPEN.]
ELIAS
Gertrude.
GERTRUDE
(under her breath) Damn.
ELIAS
Did you really think I wouldn’t notice?
GERTRUDE
I’d rather hoped you’d still be hampered with all the Dark’s business. It’s their ‘Grand Eclipse’ at the moment, isn’t it?
ELIAS
But I think we’ve both come to the same conclusion about that. That’s why you’re here.
GERTRUDE
Yes. Shame, really. I used to be able to torch a building in half the time. Age catches us all. (contemptuously) Well, almost all of us, Elias.
ELIAS
You were the one so… insistent on staying human.
GERTRUDE
And no doubt that makes my death a lot less complicated.
ELIAS
What exactly were you hoping to achieve here? Why not come at me directly instead of burning everything first?
GERTRUDE
I was rather hoping the fire would occupy you while I did just that.
ELIAS
I see.
How long have you known?
GERTRUDE
About your body? Not long after you took your new host and we had our little… chat. It wasn’t exactly a huge leap to the panopticon after that. The hard part was figuring out how to actually reach it. Took me the better part of a decade.
ELIAS
So you burn the place down, use it as cover to reach my body, and then we die together. How poetic. Doesn’t seem like your style at all.
GERTRUDE
I wasn’t actually planning on dying.
ELIAS
And how exactly were you planning on achieving that while you’re still bound to the… ha. Oh, I see. Very clever. (amused smirk) I thought Eric was the only one to figure that little morsel out.
GERTRUDE
Knowledge has a way of surviving. You of all people should know that.
ELIAS
Quite. It was a good plan, actually. If you hadn’t been so complacent about me keeping an eye out down here, probably would have worked. (sarcastic) Gertrude’s grand retirement.
GERTRUDE
It still might.
[SOUND OF FLINT AND STEEL]
Just needs a little spark, and -
[A GUN COCKS.]
I see. So you’re finally getting your hands dirty? I must really have caught you off guard.
ELIAS
I suppose we both got a little complacent. Fifty years is a long time. End of an era.
GERTRUDE
I’m not really in the mood for nostalgia, Elias. You might have noticed I’m rather busy so either shoot me or -
[A GUNSHOT RINGS OUT. GERTRUDE GASPS AND COLLAPSES.]
GERTRUDE
(gasping) Well… there it is. Thought it would hurt more.
ELIAS
(sighs) Pity.
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