spinatalltale | [WEEK 5, TUESDAY: Fie]

[WEEK 5, TUESDAY: Fie]

[Magilou is out and about today, as usual! her usual energy is actually a bit muted (it was a long weekend, okay), but not muted enough for her not to be practicing cartwheels and backhand springs on the beach]

[do you approach, Fie!]

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. . .

Yeah, you definitely are, that's for sure. It's impossible to get you to shut up.

[SO DRY]

Well, don't worry. That's all I had to say.

[she nods]

Incidentally. . . with this information, what do you and the remaining Siren intend to do from here on out?

... I don't know.

[ It's a very honest admittance. ]

Maybe at this point, most of the choices are out of my hands. There's really nothing I can do to protect anyone anymore.

[ Not even Mera. ]

. . . hey. I get that. I know how it feels.

[it's how she's felt since the very beginning, when she was dropped on this island without a role or any agency to speak of]

Fie. Do you want to know a secret?

Secrets are kind of wearing me out, Magilou.

[ But she actually called her by her name, so Fie simply tilts her head. ]

[that's how you know Magilou is getting serious]

There's one person on this island who knows which of those endgame conditions gets us the best ending.

[. . .]

You should trust them. With your entire heart and soul. They are-- doing what is best for everyone here.

...

I don't know if I have what it takes to trust someone like that in a place like this. [ she's been lied to from the very beginning, and she's aware of that. ]

But I'll take your word for it.

I understand.

[she, better than most, knows how difficult trust is to come by. especially for the Sirens, who have been watching their backs from day one]

Huh. And I can't even ask you to trust me in their stead, since I seem to be the shadiest person left here.

But I believe in them.

[and it takes a lot for Magilou to come to believe in someone]