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TAKSHAKA

[The room you step into looks like it could be a miniature ballroom, complete with stained glass windows and vast, ornate mirrors.

Your team's column is set into one wall, easily accessible but as impregnable as ever. One of the mirrors may prove almost as interesting, if you can tear your eyes away from your trapped teammate. Through it, you are somehow able to see every other team's column and what is inside, though nothing beyond that.

The floor beneath your feet polished, patterned wood, inlaid with the pattern of a grand sundial in your team's colors. In the center of the pattern stands a pedestal, upon which sits a collection of colorful glass ornaments. It looks like there's room for other items, but there's nothing else to be found just yet . . . ]

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[SMASHES THE BLACK SWORD ORNAMENT. Because it's a sword, and therefore it can only ever mean good things.]

There's no way I'll need your help.

[The ornament shatters, releasing a fine mist. When it clears, you find a very nice, very sharp sword resting on the pedestal. And also a blowtorch.

Nyssa speaks up:] Your task is to remove an appendage. Arms, legs, hands, or feet, please.

Are you serious.

Completely.

Why are you doing this!?

I have my reasons, dear heart.

[well he's got the sword and the blowtorch now. He takes a deep breath and before any teammates dare stop him he just

slices off his left hand

THAT WAS EASY ENOUGH BECAUSE IT WAS A SWORD AND SWORDS ARE ALWAYS GOOD AND TRUE AND CORRECT IN HIS HANDS BUT

HE'S HAVING TROUBLE HOLDING THE BLOWTORCH STEADY AND THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF BLOOD

dropping to his knees, dropping the blowtorch.]

[ Sparrow screams, sprinting over and pressing her uniform's cape to the stump. ]

W-Why did you do that?!

There's, ugh--

[ He wants to explain his thought processes in sophisticated detail, that there's no time to devise a plan to fight this Echo, that the Echoes have proven to be nigh-omnipotent in their own realms, but all that comes out is ]

I, I am my team's Servant.

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SWAN!

D-don't make that face.

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Swan no—!!

[ohhhh god.

so much blood so much blood blood blood everywhere oh god.

rapidly backing away as fast as she can nope nope nope]

[wait this is really concerning too oh god]

—Robin??

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Swan! Swan, Swan . . .

[kicking and clawing and punching at the glass]

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Swan, don't even think about it!

Oh, I think I'm having trouble hearing you, Raven. It must be all that water.

[that comeback doesn't even make sense, but he reaches for the sword]

SWAN!

Swan, that's not...

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Swan, no!

[ GOING SHEET WHITE IN DISTRESS ]

[oh.

that's. that's really bad.]

... What?

Finch, I don't want to see either of you hurt!

[SLAMS HER FISTS AGAINST THE GLASS]

We don't want to see anything happen to you either, Raven!

[why is this even a thing that's happeninggggg]

I'll be just fine! You don't have to do this!

[picks Finch up off his shoulder, sets her down on the floor; he doesn't want any flailing he might do to hurt her.

then before she can stop him he quickly strides over to the sword and the blowtorch]

Swan—please don't!

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