No one was forcing me, no, but it was a matter of life or death!! Why does nobody understand that?!
[That's not strictly speaking true. He had already handed the dangerous potion over to the police by the time he went to the club, intending to identify and detain the person responsible in addition to jinxing the quest. (And for all his efforts, who knows what happened in other people's time loops...) Belgium is right; he should have told Maribelle about his plan. But right now he's too stressed and aggravated to listen to her, and too angry to even consider agreeing to the punishment.]
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[That's not strictly speaking true. He had already handed the dangerous potion over to the police by the time he went to the club, intending to identify and detain the person responsible in addition to jinxing the quest. (And for all his efforts, who knows what happened in other people's time loops...) Belgium is right; he should have told Maribelle about his plan. But right now he's too stressed and aggravated to listen to her, and too angry to even consider agreeing to the punishment.]