TBFGK 143
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| The volcano where Gobwin Knob stood is silhouetted against the light of the approaching dawn. The mountain profile has a flat plateau with slopes on each side; the speakers are located a bit further uphill. | [edit] |
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Parson Gotti: I killed everybody, Wanda. Wanda Firebaugh: Yes. Good job. | [edit] |
| Wanda ascends a staircase, which is now open to the outside. She is holding the Arkenpliers in her right hand. Parson follows a few steps behind. The hand of one corpse and the leg of another lie on the ruined stairway, the rest of the bodies off-panel or buried. | [edit] |
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Parson Gotti: No, I killed... everybody. Our side, their side... Everybody. This wasn't self-defense. This wasn't a general preserving his forces... This is apocalypse! Wanda Firebaugh: Hardly the first. | [edit] |
| Wanda looks back toward Parson and holds up the Arkenpliers. | [edit] |
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Wanda Firebaugh: And for this, it was worthwhile. Parson Gotti: What, just so you could attune to a booping pair of needle-nose pliers? Wanda Firebaugh: Yes! As it was Predicted! | [edit] |
| The frame shows a closeup view of Wanda's smiling face. | [edit] |
| Wanda Firebaugh: It does seem so long ago. | [edit] |
| Wanda holds the Arkenpliers horizontally in front of her and grins as she looks down at the artifact. | [edit] |
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Wanda Firebaugh: Oh, for these I have wrecked and ruined more than you have. Parson Gotti: It's not a contest. | [edit] |
| Parson is seen from Wanda's viewpoint, a few steps in front and above him. He looks distinctly unhappy. In the background, more mostly-buried corpses are visible. | [edit] |
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Parson Gotti: Or... maybe it is. But I didn't want to wreck anything. | [edit] |
| From a viewpoint just in front of the Wanda's foot, the frame shows Parson's head and torso level with Wanda's skull-topped red boot. | [edit] |
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Wanda Firebaugh: Mm. And what did you want? Parson Gotti: C'mon, I... | [edit] |
| Parson is seen from behind as he climbs to the top of the staircase to reach a relatively flat area. Wanda is crouching near a pile of rocks and ruins. | [edit] |
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Parson Gotti: All right, if I'm honest? I did want to command an actual battle. Wanda Firebaugh: I know. I saw it when I summoned you. | [edit] |
| Parson walks up behind Wanda, whose attention is focused on the ground in front of her. | [edit] |
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Parson Gotti: B'not like this, though. I guess... I wanted to be, like... a field general, but without soldiers having to actually die for it. Wanda Firebaugh: I see. | [edit] |
| Wanda bends low, digging at the earth with her hands. Behind and to one side of her, Parson shrugs. | [edit] |
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Wanda Firebaugh: And that was possible in your world? Parson Gotti: Well, no. But I'm just saying... | [edit] |
| A wide view shows the area around Parson and Wanda. The surviving stairway leads up to a small plateau bounded on one side by the cliff slope where the stairway is situated and on the other side by a pile of rocks and ruins. | [edit] |
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Parson Gotti: I mean, then... what's the lesson supposed to be here, Wanda? "Be careful what you wish for?" This isn't what I wished for! | [edit] |
| Wanda lifts a blonde-haired corpse wearing a white outfit. | [edit] |
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Wanda Firebaugh: Hah! You didn't wish for this world, Parson Gotti. | [edit] |
| The corpse sits propped up against the ruins, revealing that it is Prince Ansom. In the foreground, Wanda looks back over her shoulder at Parson. | [edit] |
| Wanda Firebaugh: It wished for you. | [edit] |
