(A young woman in a golden dress glares at him. Her eyes are a bright, glowing yellow.)
So. Heard you’re good now, or something.
@vengefulgears
... Yeah, I am. Sorry about your whole... Thing that happened to you.
Sorry. You’re sorry.
You trapped me in that stupid box for years and all you can say is you’re sorry.
Jenny, I...
[Tinky doesn't know how to rebuff that]
And everyone just . . . let you? Webby let you join her side, not even caring about everything you’ve done?
I mean she was suspicious when I said I was moving to white, but yeah, she did.
. . . That’s ridiculous. I guess I really can’t trust any of you.
Jenny...
Shut up. I don’t want to hear from you.
. . . The worst part is, what you did to me was never actually about me, was it? It was to hurt someone else.
... Mhm...
Have you faced any punishment? Like, at all?
Um, no, I haven't. I mean, my dad tried to make a replacement for me and that went wrong, but I don't think that counts.
. . . And there’s nothing I can do to you, is there?
I'm not entirely sure, actually. I don't know if you have enough power to hurt me or not.
. . . Hm.
I really am sorry, Jenny.
Oh, okay. That fixes everything, then. I guess I wasn’t in that box for fifteen years.
It doesn't...
No, no, it’s fine. Really. I mean, if Webby can forgive you on behalf of all of your victims, so can I, right? Since she’s so fucking perfect.
(Her voice is heavy with sarcasm.)
Webby's kind, don't pin this on her.
So kind, she let someone who tortures people off scot-free because you said you were sorry. How old are you, by the way? Like, ancient, right? How many others were there?
You're angry at me, I get it. You have ever right to be. But leave Webby out of this.
Why?
She didn't do anything to you.
Oh. Okay. Yeah, no, you’re right. Trusting and forgiving the guy who tortured me when she said she’d be a safe place for all of the Lords’ victims doesn’t affect me at all.
Jenny.
What?
Just - just stop it.
Why should I? She broke my trust, and the trust of everyone else who was hurt by you.
I swear I've been trying to make up for everything I've done.
How can you make up for a decade and a half of torture?
I...I don't know...
Exactly.
...have you said everything that you wanted to now?
Not really. There just aren’t any words strong enough to express the hate I feel.
That's...that's fair.
(She sits in the corner, head in her hands.)
. . . Nobody looked for me, you know. Was never reported missing. The only people who would have were Ted and Andy, and they both thought I ran away with the other.
When I met Webby, I thought, maybe . . . I finally had someone looking out for me.
That's...that's Hatchetfield for you.
And whose fault is that?
...mine.
All of yours. For making the only place I’ve ever known a nightmare.
I'm sorry. I really am.
(She pulls at her hair and screams in rage and misery.)
[Tinky steps back, not really sure what to do now]
(It’s probably best to just leave her alone.)