The Seventh Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: heroes (?)
When: Day 16, early morning
Where: the party zone

[Late in the night, the train jostles again. It feels like a Trial, but this time there's a strange, oppressive feeling in the air, and the call forth has changed. And yet it's a voice that's been heard before -- the resonant young man's voice that accompanied a military tent surrounded in white feathers.

What is a hero?

That tent is here now, imposing with its black flag and spatters of mud and blood, but the edges are tattered and the feathers strewn about are beginning to turn black. From them rises a smoke with a dark glow, sending a chill through anyone it touches.

As you enter the voice is raised again. Though still strong, it's no longer clear -- it sounds hoarse and a little distorted.]

What is your worth? What do you stand for? What... is the right thing to do?

What is Justice?

SIGNUPS ☆ RULES ☆ ROOMS ☆ WINNERS & ENDGAME

Comments

[bowtiedbones]

No, but I'm okay.

[is anybody actually well]

[voreaciously]

Do you require assistance?

[bowtiedbones]

Oh, no. I think I'll be fine? I have enough sparks to buy a pod.

[voreaciously]

If you are very insistent, I will leave you be, however, I could assist you without the use of a pod. You may save your sparks for a later, perhaps unavoidable emergency. It may be more prudent.

[bowtiedbones]

It's really okay. Thyme had a winning streak until now, so I have a lot of sparks.

...And I haven't tested it, but if it's magic, I don't know if another person's healing would actually work on me?

[voreaciously]

[WHAT'S IT LIKE HAVING A WINNING STREAK!!!

SHE DOESN'T KNOW, ANYMORE??

anyway, she is totally like, perfectly calm. just. inhales.]

It would be magic, but why is that? Do you have some sort of immunity?

[bowtiedbones]

[ALAS MARIGOLD]

It hasn't made a difference here, but... It's like skin, more than immunity? Where I'm from, a person's magic will be another barrier. It's very difficult to directly interfere with someone else's personal field like that.

[voreaciously]

[ALAS!!!

Huh, well, that is interesting. Not unheard of, but--]

Like an aura, but...stronger?

[bowtiedbones]

Maybe? I'm not sure what an aura is to compare it to... But everyone is like this at home. The magic is a direct, active product of our souls, so that's where the pushback comes from.

[voreaciously]

Do you want that I should make the attempt to determine its efficacy?

[for SCIENCE! and you know MAGIC!]

[bowtiedbones]

That would be a good idea, but maybe in a more controlled setting.

[voreaciously]

....Understandable. I shall not trouble you any further for the moment then, i I cannot aid you in another way.

[she rolls her own shoulder. her back's a mess but it's whatever]

[bowtiedbones]

Thanks for offering, though. I really appreciate it.