we're not coming home 'til he's dead

[athleticallyinclined]

[ And he's dead.

The Beast is dead, and Gaston is celebrating. Immediately after the trial he goes to the dining room to decorate, using ideas from Louis' Mardi Gras party, various weddings he's attended, and his own hunting lodge as inspiration. There are candles on the centers of the tables, colorful banners and streamers draped around the room, and of course, antlers on the walls. The tables have tablecloths and real plates and cutlery. The only food available is meat, eggs, and beer, of course, but there's no shortage of any of it, and the meat at least smells amazing.

It's all surprisingly tasteful? At least until you look up to the banner above the buffet table. ]

HAPPY BEAST DEATH DAY

[ And in smaller letters underneath: ]

THANK YOU PRINCE KIT FOR YOUR SACRIFICE

[ Everyone gets personalized, handwritten invitations shortly after the trial.

𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝒹𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝐼𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓉𝑒𝒹

𝒯𝑜 𝒶 𝑅𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓉

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝒞𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉'𝓈 𝒪𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓂𝑒

𝒟𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝓂

𝟩 𝒫𝑀

Comments

[nachosquire]

[Marco lets go of his arm, so he can instead move in front of Soos and place his hands on his shoulders.. well like. Against his chest probably he's not that tall.]

It's not worth it! Trust me, all you'll do is send him back a couple of feet and then he'll make you match the floorboards!

[And the last thing they need is MORE dead bodies]

[sorrydoods]

[If you thought last comment would help, you are dead wrong. As noted by Soos just pushing Marco's hands off his chest.]

Not if I'm fast enough! If I'm fast enough, his head'll be caved in long before that!

[And he's running again!]

[nachosquire]

[oh my God

Okay. Okay he didn't want to do this but you leave him no choice Soos. He's not going to let someone else die, not while he's physically here to stop it.

Marco follows after Soos and when he's close, he preforms a jump-kick, hoping to knock the larger man to the ground. He's got some surprising strength behind his kicks so at the very least maybe it'll hurt him and snap him out of it.. he can hope...]

[sorrydoods]

[One minute Soos is charging towards the dickwad keeping them all hostage, hoping he'll be fast enough to take him down and at least knock him out.

The next, he's on the ground, seeing stars and unsure of what the heck just happened.

I hope you weren't expecting him to be happy you did that, though.]

Marco, what the heck?! I'm trying to attack Randy, not you!

[HTHOUGHT YOU WERE FRIENDS BUT THIS IS JUST A BETRAYL]

[nachosquire]

You're being stupid!

[Marco takes a step back from Soos, his arms held up in front of him ready to fight if he really needs to. But he doesn't look like he wants to, even a little bit.]

What makes you think you'll be able to take him on? Not even Kim could and she was a superhero, Soos!

[sorrydoods]

I...I...

[Soos takes in one shaky breath, then another before he can continue.]

That doesn't mean I shouldn't try. I can't...I can't just let her die I vain!

[Gestures to Molly because who else could he be referring to]

[nachosquire]

[That gets a sigh out of Marco. He really does understand your plight, Soos. And he wants to fight Randy just as bad as the next guy but he'd rather see his friends alive more.

So he straightens up, clenching his hands into tight fists with a determined look.]

If you really want to fight Randall, you'll have to get through me first Soos. 'Cause I ain't moving.

[you have a small teen blocking your way, what do you do]

[sorrydoods]

[Soos opens his mouth to talk, but no words come out. He's not sure what he should say. He doesn't wanna fight Marco. Marco is a cool guy that knows karate and had a friend of his die in one of these stupid rituals too and even somehow found love in this hell hole of a mansion.

So, instead of trying to fight, he just continues sitting on the floor, looking at his feet.]

What am I suppose to do, then? Just...sit here knowing I couldn't even get revenge for a poor kid that got herself killed? Just...do nothing?

[nachosquire]

[Oh thank god he doesn't want to fight. There's a look of relief on Marco's face, and he lowers his arms with a sigh.]

All we can do is continue to try and work together, and figure out how to get out of here.

[He offers a hand out to Soos, to help him up.]

I know it's really hard to just sit back and watch as more people die but adding yourself to that number isn't going to help anything in the long run. We need more people on this side if we want to save anyone in the Underworld.

[sorrydoods]

[Soos looks at that hand for a second, wondering if he should take it.

But that part about the saving the dead gets him to look Marco straight in the eyes. He takes a second look at that hand before he grabs it and helps himself up.]

You promise we'll get out of this? And save them all?

[nachosquire]

I promise.

[Marco pulls Soos up, leveling him with a serious look of his own.]

I won't let everything that's happened be in vain.

[sorrydoods]

[Soos takes in another shaky breath before he manages to get a somewhat forced smile on his face.]

Okay. I trust you. We'll get out of here, and we'll save everyone that died.

[nachosquire]

[To that, Marco gives Soos a smile of his own.]

We'll save all the people who haven't died, too.

[YOU GET TO BE SAVED AND YOU GET TO BE SAVED]

[sorrydoods]

[And Marco's smile makes Soos' a little more genuine, before it goes back to a little frown.]

Yeah, now...can we get out of here please?

[He hates being so close to Molly's body.]

[nachosquire]

Yeah.. I'll go make you some of my famous Marco's Super Awesome Nachos, if you want.

[nachos make everything better]

[sorrydoods]

Awesome. I'll...try not to eat all of them.

[He has a problem sometimes, okay]

[rech]

...Well, that was fun.

[just. closes the door.]