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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.’]

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[Gai huffs a quiet laugh.]

You can't say I don't know how to make an impression.

I can't. You nearly were up my skirt in the first hour we'd known each other. [She laughs and settles her head on Gai's shoulder.]

And for once, it wasn't on purpose.

[Maybe that had been his initial intention, but things had changed very quickly, and he's glad for it.

When she curls against him, he wraps his arms around her waist to secure her there, leaning his cheek against her hair.]

Like I would have let you. What do you take me for? A girl who rolls over for any pretty face? [She closes her eyes as she settles against Gai.]

I should hope not. That's part of what makes you so interesting.

[Good, she's relaxing, which is exactly what he'd been hoping for.]

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[She snorts softly.] You must know some very desperate women.

[Then, something occurs to her and she opens her eyes again.] What's Inori like?

[That's his cue to snort in return, amused.]

You have no idea.

[Admittedly, the question she asks next throws him for a momentary loop. While it's not unexpected, it is something he has to consider for a moment before answering.]

... almost the complete opposite of you. She's quiet, and for a long time she was willing to obey anything I said without question because I was the one who rescued her, gave her a name and a place in the world. Some people thought she was emotionless because she didn't express her feelings the same way most people do.

Did you like her? [The question isn't accusatory, it doesn't even sound like Elizabeth is worried about what Gai's response might be. She's just curious.]

I shouldn't have pried into your conversations with Shu, but I heard you say that she chose him. Implying that she could have, maybe, chosen you.

[But Gai just shakes his head slightly, a tiny smile playing about his lips.]

I thought I might have, but in the end I was just fooling myself. I didn't cling so desperately to her and Mana because I loved them... I did it because I was afraid of being selected out. I hoped that I would be able to escape that fate by hiding behind Eve.

[Elizabeth contemplates this for a moment, then stretches up and over Gai to put a kiss on his lips.]

You can hide behind me any time you want to. [She smiles down at him.] Because I know you won't stay there too long.

[Gai lifts his head up from the pillow a little bit to kiss her back, still smiling. Now that he knows what love is, a part of him finds it almost funny to think that he'd thought what he felt towards Inori might have been love.]

I don't need to-- not anymore. I don't have anything to be afraid of now.

Of course you do. [Elizabeth grins and pokes Gai's stomach, trying to inflict tickles on him.]

Oh yeah?

[Her poking might be more effective if Gai were ticklish... which, alas, he is not.

But is she...?]

[Yep.]

Gai! [Elizabeth squeals and writhes away from Gai's tickle attempts. Well, that was a severe miscalculation.]

Turnabout is fair play.

[And it is rather fun to watch her squeal and try to get away like that, he has to admit.]

Except you didn't flinch!

Because I'm not ticklish.

[He gives her stomach a little poke for emphasis.]

[She squeaks again and wriggles further back.] So this is retaliation for my failed attempt?

Maybe. Or maybe it's just because I think it's fun.

[Gai makes no further move to go after her; instead, he just lounges on his side like some sort of big cat eying its prey.]

[And Elizabeth feels that gaze, right in the pit of her stomach. Striking gray eyes watching her, practically glowing in the dark, just waiting for her. She gnaws on her lip and shifts slightly, contemplating something that would probably reel Gai in like a fish and get them a little bit of middle-of-the-night playtime. But as the month had come to a close, Elizabeth had become more wary of she and Gai fooling around in her house. The last thing she wanted was someone overhearing or, worse, walking in to spray them with a proverbial hose.]

[...he was just laying there, why did he have to look so attractive?!]

Well we can't let you have fun, clearly...

Because fun always leads to dangerous things with me?

[He sees the way she shifts and knows exactly what he's doing to her, which (to be quite honest) he may be doing on purpose, even if he too is wary of getting too frisky with the possibility of Booker and the Luteces returning growing ever greater.

... but not wary enough to keep him from just stretching a little bit to show off his abs, apparently.]

Yeah...

[Abs...]

Wait, no! Or... yes, maybe. [Where had she been going with this again?]

I can't let you have fun because I'm only here to ruin all of your fun with things like corsets and house rules.

House rules that don't exactly apply when we're the only ones in the house.

[He would not be at all averse to having a little bit of fun if that's what she wants...]

Unless you'd prefer that they did for right now.

[Elizabeth sighs heavily, so conflicted. Gai is beautiful and warm and close, and she's still just the tiniest bit upset about the nightmare (...maybe more than 'a tiniest bit'). Some stress relief would be welcome.]

[But...]

I'm not expecting everyone to come home in the middle of the night, but the Malnosso have really great timing with some things. [She pouts at the mattress, clearly disappointed that she has to be practical.]

You've got a point. They seem to love causing the most awkward situations possible.

[Unfortunately. He can't think of a much better distraction from nightmares than something so very physical and real as sex, but... if they were to come back while he and Elizabeth were in the middle of the act... something tells him there would be a shotgun pointed in his face.]

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