tearmeanewone | SIX + Action / Voice

[VAGUE SPOILERS FOR 'BURIAL AT SEA' BELOW]

Elizabeth Comstock, you have been tried and found guilty of leading this man to his untimely death--

[Booker sits in the gallery, staring coolly back at her, and Elizabeth feels both wet and cold. And bloody--there's blood all down her front. But she doesn't feel shock or even surprise. She knows why it's there, she just can't see the memory. Every time she reaches for it, nothing happens.]

[Words feel unsteady, and she has to chase each one and hold it, own it, before speaking it.]

I was never his! But he… he had to have me! [What choice is she defending herself for making?]

--You have therefore, been sentenced to have your head forcibly torn from your body until you are dead.

[A cord is looped around her neck, Robert and Rosalind almost waltzing around and past her as they do so. Elizabeth scrabbles at the cord as it's pulled taut by one Lutece at each end.]

But he’s right there! He’s right there!! I didn’t kill Booker, he’s right there! He’s been here the whole time! [The cord tightens, Elizabeth’s hands don’t work, her fingers can't get under the cord.] Stop pulling, stop pulling, please! I’LL BE YOUR DAUGHTER!

May God have mercy on your wicked souls, child.

[Action - Locked to Gai and BioShock Infinite Crew]

[Elizabeth writhes in bed, her breathing becoming quicker and shallow as though she were having trouble filling her lungs. And whatever she’s trying to get away from her neck, there isn’t anything there. She’s scratching at nothing.]

[END SPOILER CONTENT]

[Voice – Early, Early Morning of December 1st]

Has anyone here ever had a dream that was prophetic? I know that most dreams are a product of our subconscious thoughts, but… I had a dream and I know I couldn’t possibly have been thinking any of the things that were in it. Not even subconsciously.

I thought that maybe this could be an experiment of some kind. [Read: ‘I’m hoping this was an experiment of some kind.’]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

The right amount and combination of certain drugs can certainly create conditions conducive to precognition. I did such an experiment once myself.

...I don't recall testing it on you, however. Or did you recently touch my sugar?

I-- I haven't been taking any drugs! And I haven't touched your-- who are you, even?

[Talking about testing things on her, and Elizabeth doesn't even know this man's name.] Did you work with either of the Luteces in Columbia?

Oh...in that case, I might recommend some. Perhaps it'll help the dreams stop.

I never worked at Columbia University, not that I recall, but hello, my name is Walter Bishop. I'm-- I was a professor at Harvard University and now-- I'm a scientist working with the FBI.

Are you sure you didn't touch anything unusual lately? No new experiences?

[Might recommend some? This is the first Elizabeth has heard of voluntarily taking drugs to stop dreams.]

[But clearly, Walter is from a different world altogether if he thinks she's referring to a university and doesn't know who the Luteces are. Also, she has no idea what 'The FBI' is, but Harvard is something she recognizes. He's strange, but a professor at a prestigious university. That entitles him to some respect from her, and he doesn't sound malevolent either.]

I see... ah, pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bishop, I'm Elizabeth.

And I can't remember anything unusual. I did try a new flavor of ice cream the other day-- can people be allergic to walnuts?

[Elizabeth... That name is so familiar it hurts. He knew an Elizabeth - his wife, his beloved, now gone from him. When he speaks, it's hesitant at first, especially when he says her name.]

Elizabeth...It's a pleasure.

[She doesn't look like his Elizabeth - other than the brown hair - but he still stares for a moment at the little image, frozen in time. Maybe one day she might come, if time was indeed fluid here. Maybe he could stop her from killing herself. All the maybes, nothing resembling facts.]

Walnuts... Yes. Yes, people can be allergic to nuts - any variety of nut, really. But that would be less likely to produce dreams and more likely to produce hives, the swelling of the esophagus, tongue or other points of contact.

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