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[ The duo dash through multiple rooms, with the tower always close behind. No matter how small a door they just entered, it arrives all the same. ]
[ They have a few close calls- DEILE tripping over a gaggle of children’s toys, CALI nearly running into a wall that only looked like it had a door- turns out it was painted on. ]
[ Eventually, they found themselves in a room without a convenient door to escape through. The tower crashes through the door behind them, and the duo freeze in place, not daring to turn and look at it staring at them. ]
[ They contemplate how well they’ve done so far, if their death now would grant them access to a higher gate, a better afterlife. Both are having their doubts about right now. ]
[ Suddenly, before them- a shape rises up out of the ground. A very angular shape, complete with top hat, bow tie, and an all seeing, all knowing eye. ]
[???]: WELL WELL WELL! NOW HERE’S A FEW FRESH FACES.
[ The followers stare up in shock. The tower, who was poised behind them, ready to strike, looks at the shape as well. It rolls its eye. ]
[EIFFEL]: OH, GÉNIAL.
[EIFFEL]: (OH, GREAT.)
[CALI]: Another one?!
[???]: HEY! DON’T LET THAT FRENCHIE FOOL YOU, I’M THE ORIGINAL ELDRITCH CYCLOPS. IT CLEARLY RIPPED OFF MY STYLE.
[ DEILE has been looking at the eye of the intruder, and with it, something clicks in his mind. ]
[DEILE]: Wait… Cali, that’s….
[CALI]: .. what?
[DEILE]: That’s The Specula. The viewer of all afterlives, the one who’d allow for us to rise to the cream of the crop, the absolute paradise past the purgatory!
[ CALI takes a closer look at the being. It floats there, smugly. Certainly powerful in a deeply unsettling way, but… ]
[CALI]: …in NO WAY is that thing The Specula.
[DEILE]: Well, think about it, all we really know for sure is that it’s always judging us and has some sort of eye. Not to mention, I was praying really hard for someone to come save us, so, if we do end up getting out of here, you can thank me.
[CALI shakes her head.]
[CALI]: First off, The Specula’s eye is vertical, not horizontal, like on our pamphlets, and-
[ The moth man points at the floating figure, who now sports a very clearly vertical eye. ]
[CALI]: Ugh- whatever, I just don’t think I can trust that the first time we ever even see The Specula is when we’re supposed to be on vacation far away from our home.
[???]: HARSH! WEREN’T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE THE BELIEVER OF THE GROUP?
[ CALI groans. ]
[CALI]: Excuse us for a second.
[ She grabs DEILE and pulls him to the corner of the room, leaving EIFFEL and this being to stare at each other. They begin to speak without making a sound. ]
[EIFFEL]: CIPHER. TA PRÉSENCE NE FAIT QU'EMPIRER LES CHOSES.
[EIFFEL]: (CIPHER. YOUR PRESENCE IS A DISEASE.)
[BILL]: AW, YOU REALLY MEAN IT? HAHAHAHA!
[EIFFEL]: JE CONTRÔLE LA SITUATION, TU NE VA QUE M'AGACER ENCORE PLUS.
[EIFFEL]: (I HAD THIS UNDER CONTROL, YOU WILL ONLY RUIN MY MOOD MORE.)
[BILL]: LOOK, USUALLY THE DOCTOR SCOOPS ANY UNWANTED VISITORS INTO HIS WHOLE EXPERIMENT. SO WHY CAN’T OLE’ BILL HAVE A TURN? PERSONALLY, I THINK IT’S MORE THAN DESERVED!
[EIFFEL]: TOUT EN TE PAVANANT EN DIEU DE PACOTILLE?
[EIFFEL]: (AND PARADING AROUND AS A FALSE DEITY?)
[BILL]: IT’S ALMOST LIKE PAMPHLETS AND PIPER WERE LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO BLASPHEME! ANYWAY…
[ BILL appears in a flash of blue flame right in front of the duo, who have spent the time in the corner arguing. ]
[BILL]: LOOK! I KNOW YOU TWO ARE HAVING A TEENSY BIT OF TROUBLE WITH YOUR FAITH IN ME.
[BILL]: BUT HOW ABOUT I DO SOMETHING TO REALLY PROVE MY POWER?
[BILL]: LET ME JUST SHOW YOU HOW GOOD OF A FOLLOWER YOU COULD BE, IF ONLY YOU SIMPLY WORKED TOGETHER… WHADDYA SAY?
[ BILL sticks out his hand, which becomes engulfed in blue flame. DEILE goes to reach for it, but CALI pulls his hand away. ]
[BILL]: FRANKLY, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I EXPECTED. GOOD THING THE HANDSHAKE IS JUST A FORMALITY THESE DAYS!
[ The triangle raises his hand and snaps it, causing the cultists to clutch their chests. They, for just a moment, felt a deep and horrifying emptiness within themselves, only for it to quickly be absolved.]
[BILL]: JUST A PART OF THE PROCESS, FOLKS. NOW, GET READY FOR THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR! A REAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT A TRUE LOYAL FOLLOWER SHOULD LOOK LIKE!