Between You Two

Between You Two
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	152274

Between You Two is a Sunless Sea Story Event.

Story description[ | ]

The Investigator threatens to destroy Hideaway and everything you and I have worked towards. He must be killed.

Trigger conditions[ | ]

Between You Two is triggered when you do the Speak to the Sprightly Visionar action in Hideaway.

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Politely decline

The ancient man can't kill the Investigator, and he can't trust anyone else in Hideaway to aid him. If you refuse to commit this murder, the Investigator will be safe.

The bow of refusal: the right hand is placed over the heart, the fingers of the left hide the bottom lip; the head is tilted forwards. You perform this impeccably.

Arik's smile is entrenched. He takes your hands and kisses both: the only acceptable response to a refusal. It indicates that it is happily accepted, that the receiver completely understands. He nearly crushes your fingers - but this does not change the meaning of his gesture.

Triggers event:

Hideaway

Accept. Murder the Investigator

The sign showing you accept responsibility for a task - you must cross your arms to grab your own shoulders, then...

Arik tuts and stops you mid-acceptance. He scribbles you a note: 'No time. You know where he sleeps. Suggestion: smothering. Less obvious.' Once you've read it, he tears the sheet from the pad and eats it.

It is two days before the Investigator is discovered. He died in his sleep - a peaceful end. If anyone wonders why his skin has a blue tone, they're too polite to ask.