The Ocean's Scent [Liam x Valentina FTE]

[attr=class,mbox]  Valentina was sitting at the edge of the ocean while watching the waves drift back and forth, writing vigorously in her notebook.  Afterwards, she placed her fingertip on her padlock, entered a nine-letter code, pinched the top part of her purse, opened it just enough to get her hand in and placed the notebook neatly inside her purse before zipping up and replacing the padlock, she turned around to see Liam talking to her.  She decided to give an appropriate response.  "You know, threatening two people, including myself, and effectively trying to kill everyone else by falsely confessing to murder just because my boyfriend looked suspicious.  Hell, I could just tamper with some equipment right now to kill somebody and you'll probably be as useful as that foam sword your swinging about and fail to stop the murder.  At least when I derailed the trial, I was attempting levity in an otherwise grave matter.  You, on the other hand, are trying to throw us all to despair and barely solved anything until Caelie and I got the ball rolling.  So, forgive me when I say you are a disgrace to knighthood and the entire medieval empire, because if you didn't, your already lowered approval rating of the entire island will sink harder then your balls back into your pelvis whenever you feel emasculated by Orica's very presence."  She stuck her nose up at Liam and returned to watch a piece of sand moving over her toe, because that was more interesting then loser incarnate himself.

[attr=class,mbox] Valentina sighed noticeably before turning over her head to Liam with a slight cock to it.  "If you're just going to insult yourself, why bother wasting my breathe."  She returned to face the ocean with it swaying back and forth.  The ocean was a complete calming experience for Valentina.  She remembered times when her adopted father and her would go towards the ocean and play in the ocean, making the best sandcastles ever.  It was the greatest of sandcastles.  It had a drawbridge, a moat and even a queen to rule over her subjects and servants.  Later, when she was older, she tried to capture the feeling of the castle in a perfume.  It took her a few times, but she nailed it.  She nailed the scent.  It was one of the happiest days in her life.  The ability to sell that perfume to customers on the streets was amazing and was her start of a rising fame.  All because of a sand castle that reigned over the beach of plebs.  

    Will she ever be able to return to that beach?  Who's to say?  The only way out of here was murder, considering that even Ren, a member of such a foundation, was unable to get the Future Foundation to ram into here full charge.  In fact, with the constant moving around from location to location whenever somebody was ever nearing their present location.  It doesn't seem plausible for something like that to ever be successfully caught without dumb luck.  Was she really going to allow dumb luck to save her?  No.  The only thing that ever stopped a killing game before was to catch the mastermind or successfully kill.  Now, who was the mastermind?  In the original Monoworld, which this game seems to be based off of, it was some politician and a director.  One of them wasn't even in the killing game.  Whose to say the same case doesn't apply here?

    Whatever the case may be, it seems that she was stuck here for the time being.  Sanura and Mayumi were about to be killed if nobody else did the deed.  Valentina just had to wait.  Just wait and survive.  It wasn't like she was bored out of her mind there, no.  Nero was a breathe of fresh air to talk to, as he willingly wanted another bomb collar to be attached to his neck.  Caelie, in addition, was able to fulfill a certain need for intellectual interaction for her.  By the by, it seems to be relatively clear that she had friends on which to wait it out with.  It was highly unlikely that they would kill anytime soon, or be targeted for a murder.  So, in the end, she could talk to them for a good while.  Maybe even talk to them out of the killing game once it was all over.  They seemed like the kind of people that could make it out.  Hopefully, her as well.  

[attr=class,mbox]  Valentina glanced over at Liam.  "Oh?  You're still here?  I thought you left already."  She returned to glancing at the ocean before she looked back at Liam, obviously sizing him up for a good half-minute before finally speaking.  "You don't want to be the resident screw-up, do you?  I mean, you're doing a wonderful job of being one, but I can tell you don't want to be anymore.  Do you wish to be my friend Liam?  One more ally on the island?  I mean, Kris is still not one hundred percent after what Ren did and Nero is actively trying to get himself killed by trying to put a bomb around his neck, but me?  I'm planning to make it out of here."  She tilted her head just slightly before stating "Of course I'm not going to kill anyone to get out.  Don't be an idiot."  Whether right or wrong, she felt the need to clarify the point.  "Listen, we can't just go along bickering at each other before someone else gets killed!  The only way that killing games are disolved is either with outside intervention, going into endgame mode, or by simply ruining the mastermind's plot by bringing all the Ultimates here.    Now, I highly doubt we can rely on the Future Foundation here and endgame usually doesn't happen until like twelve more of us are dead.  So that leaves us with Option 3.  The reason why the killing game is here.  You find that out, you find our way out.  You actually want to be useful?  Go figure out the killing game!  Solve the murders, solve the mysteries and stop looking more pathetic then your internet search queries!  'How do I make friends?'  'Why don't people like me?'  'I saw my mommy naked and now my pee-pee hurts!  Do I have aids?' et cetera et cetera blah blah blah."  She waved her hand in her face before returning to face the ocean.  "Now, either go back to choking yourself while sniffing Kris's panties or actually attempt to use your title for once and save us all.  Then maybe, maybe, I actually will start remembering your name, Ian."  She then dipped her toe in the water and waded it around a bit.  "You heard me," she said as she turned to Liam, "Shoo!  I'm going to go skinny dipping now.  Shoo."  She began waving her hands while emphasizing the shooing.