S2E15 The Slap

This is a transcript of Seline's conversation with The Broker about Talia's Deal excerpted from Burden of Proof Part 2

## Transcript

> [Clad in only her underwear and her coat, Seline quietly leaves her room and walks to the front door of their house. She looks at the front door.]**Seline Argent-Grey**You said the door would always be there.[She closes her eyes and puts her hand on the doorknob, turns it and pushes it open.]**DM Molly**Pushing the door open and opening your eyes you see the Glade.[Here, it is night. Seline hesitates a few moments before stepping through and closing the door.]**DM Molly**As you look up into the sky the Moon is there full brilliant, taking up a quarter of the sky. It's either much closer or much larger in this realm.[Seline looks at the moon for a while and that looks down steeling herself for...]**Seline Argent-Grey**Are you here?**The Broker**I am.**DM Molly**He's in his usual spot of the gnarled tree roots that form almost a throne at the base of one of the trees. He smiles, his golden eyes almost Illuminating the space around him.**The Broker**It's late.**Seline Argent-Grey**Yes it is.**Seline Argent-Grey** *(takes a few steps up to him not right in front of him though and she looks at him)*You promised Talia three heads.[The Broker nods.]**Seline Argent-Grey**Then why is it that every time we seem to be getting closer to one of those three heads you promised Talia, they just become further and further away?**The Broker** *(looks down at his nails and just examines them)*I gave her the means to acquire what she wants. The means shall provide the opportunity, just as I said.**Seline Argent-Grey**And yet it has not.[Seline folds her arms trying to look threatening while the Broker is sitting sideways legs over one arm off his throne while reclining on the other. As he looks at Seline he smiles and swivels around to a more upright sitting position leaning forward.]**The Broker**What do you know about that gun? What has she told you?**Seline Argent-Grey**What has Talia told me?[Seline looks away trying to think]**Seline Argent-Grey**That it speaks to her, that it is granting her its power. That it has a list.**The Broker**That it does.[Seline looks back at him and raises an eyebrow.]**The Broker**You are aware, it used to belong to the old god of death?**Seline Argent-Grey**Yes, allegedly as you have told me.**The Broker**It was more apart of the old god of death. The way the old reaper used to work is he had everything worked out in a list, tables and graphs. He knew the exact millisecond every creature on this planet would die. Being a god, he could be nearly anywhere instantaneous to meet each person has their time came and take their soul going down and down the list. Everybody's name is on that list at some point. Everybody that was, has been, or will be. That old gun is still going down that list. Waiting until it's in the right place at the right time.**Seline Argent-Grey**And how is this supposed to help?**The Broker**Everybody's on that list.**Seline Argent-Grey**Everyone is on that list?[The Broker nods.]**Seline Argent-Grey**But we have encountered at least one of the three that Talia is after.[The Broker nods again.]**Seline Argent-Grey**And the gun has remained silent as far as I know.**The Broker** *(shrugs)*Must not have been their time.**Seline Argent-Grey**When will their time be?**The Broker** *(shrugs)*I don't have the list.[At first Seline still confused.]**Seline Argent-Grey**You mean to tell me... You...[The Broker's smile goes too wide.]**Seline Argent-Grey** *(uncrosses her arms)*You mean to tell me that the three that Talia needs to kill for her revenge, the only way that this gun is going to help is that it has an arbitrary list and that perhaps one of their names will come up?**The Broker** *(shrugs)*It is an intelligent entity. I cannot speak to any Arrangement that she has come to with it on her own terms.**Seline Argent-Grey**That is not what you promised her! You promised her three heads!**The Broker** *(nods)*I promised her the means and I have done that.**Seline Argent-Grey** *(puts the pieces together)*You! You tricked her![The Broker remains silent, just smiling. Seline marches up to the Broker and slaps in full-on across the face, hard.]**DM Molly**First, it feels like your hand slapped a boulder. Second, he did not move an inch. His look did go from just his smug a\*\* smile to amusement like "what are you going to do" after he is slapped he looks shocked and confused and then replaced by a blank space then he looks her up and down and a smile creeps over his face.**The Broker**Oww!**Seline Argent-Grey**You may have gotten away with things like this in the past Broker, but you just swindled the wrong person! And when you try to come to collect your end of this bargain, you will have me to answer to, do you understand?**The Broker**Miss Argent,**Seline Argent-Grey** *(smirks a little bit)*It's Mrs., now.[Broker's eyebrow raises.]**The Broker**Mrs. Argent Grey...**Seline Argent-Grey**That's better.**The Broker**My deal is between me and your wife. When I come to collect, and I will, it will be between me and your wife. And if you wish her to come away from her end unscathed, I suggest you not only suggest her compliance but aid her in her endeavors.**Seline Argent-Grey** *(leans over putting one hand on the tree and gets close to him)*You should be careful who you threaten.[Seline straightens up and turns away back towards the door.]**The Broker**Why did you come here, Mrs. Argent-Grey?**Seline Argent-Grey** *(stops)*To seek answers for the one I love.**The Broker**Is that all?**Seline Argent-Grey**Is there anything else of worth here?**The Broker**You keep coming back, opening doors. I might not see every time you do but I can feel when something crosses. You've been opening doors all over. Why do you keep coming back, Mrs. Argent-Grey?[Seline's hands curl up into fist and she looks up at the moon. The Broker's voice a bit closer now]**The Broker**Always coming back from when you were little 'till now took some time but you came back. You always leave but you always come back. Why do you come back?**Seline Argent-Grey**Do you have something to say?**The Broker**You don't have to leave.**Seline Argent-Grey**Why would I want to stay here with something like you?**The Broker**There may be something like me in here but there are all sorts of other things out there harsh. sharp. painful. Here though everything is simple.**Seline Argent-Grey**I highly doubt that.**The Broker**I can't tell a lie.**Seline Argent-Grey**So you claim**The Broker**Have I ever?**Seline Argent-Grey**...**The Broker**You could stay, Miss Argent.**Seline Argent-Grey**It's Mrs., now.**The Broker**So you say. Stay and you never have to leave again.**Seline Argent-Grey**Why should I listen to you after everything that you've done?**The Broker** *(right behind Seline)*You don't need to listen to me, Mrs. Argent-Grey. All you have to do is listen to yourself.[Seline marches straight for the door and goes through without looking back. Seline leans back against the front door inside her house and slumps down putting her head in her hands.]**Seline Argent-Grey**I will find a way to make you suffer![Seline quietly makes her way back to bed. When she gets close to Talia, Talia wraps her arms around her. Some moonlight from the mural shines on the twisted barbed wire tattoo and the single mark from the Broker. Seline pulls her closer.]**Seline Argent-Grey**I'm going to save you.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey