Lucas looked at the chessboard. Across from her was the general.
"Okay. You guys. Do I have a timeframe to do this in or can I and our victim here have a little chat?" - She pointed the general.
The white being responded.
"Take all the time you wish. However, you must choose something at the end of it, even if it is non-choice... And consequently the revoking of his existence."
"Good!" - Said Lucas, smiling - "Now, General. Answer me truthfully. If the shoe was on the other foot, would you or would you not simply... Walk away?"
"You wouldn't..." - Said the general.
"I wouldn't, I would, I might, I might not, what would YOU do, milico?" - Asked Lucas.
"After all you did to us, Lucas, I would walk away." - Said the general.
"Yes, of course, and you were oh-so-fucking-completely innocent. And I didn't SAVE YOUR GODDAMNED ASSES A FEW TIMES OVER! Shit on a stick, general, even a soldier must be able to understand that what you did was NOT OKAY!"
"It was necessary and it was for the good of all." - Said the general - "I have no regrets."
"You. Invaded. My. Country." - Said Lucas, her voice dangerous - "Why was it okay?"
"It was necessary, because we did not know what you might become." - Said the general.
"Goodie, so you ensured that I became your worst nightmare instead. Lookie here. Yourself, a zombie, and a faerie." - Said Lucas - "Or oblivion. Or you never having existed. Which would result, of course, in Juliet never having been born. So, general, I will make a point here. You're a milico, you're a grunt. You just follow and give orders, general. A monkey and a computer could do your job, and they would at least have the excuse of not being able to grasp that they were threatening an innocent girl or threatening a country."
"Do you have a point to which you're getting or is this just an attempt to infuriate me?" - Asked the general.
"My point, milico" - Said Lucas in the same tone as one would use a racial slur - "is that you, besides being a monster, are also an idiot. So I will let you decide which card I pick. And I'm sure you'll make the absolute worst call, because you lack the kind of thinking necessary to go beyond following and giving orders, to give a thought to morality or basic decency, to think outside your precious little box. So, go ahead. Pick. Unlike you, I won't kill an innocent girl just to ensure you do not exist. However, I'm sure whatever you choose, with that little Lawful Evil mind of yours, will both screw you over and provide me with hours of entertainment. And best of all, it won't be my fault."
The general looked at the cards...
"The... The human one." - Said the general.
"Ohhh... You sure? Really, really sure?" - Asked Lucas, looking concerned.
"Grrr... The... The faerie one, then!" - Said Makepeace.
Lucas looked at the general with the same fake concern.
"Really? You sure you don't wanna think this over?" - Asked Lucas again.
"Fine! The zombie one!" - Shouted Makepeace.
"Dude, you should NEVER pick zombies!" - Said Lucas.
"Then WHICH one should I pick???" - Asked the general, barely controlling himself.
"Fuck if I know, I'm just messing with you!" - Said Lucas, laughing, apparently having the time of her life.
"Grrr... FINE!" - Said The general - "I choose..."
