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The Seventh Trial

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?

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[bites his lip but nods]

Okay.

[ there is another pause, and then he holds his hand to him ]

Help me up, I can't walk properly with my knee like this.

It's not — forever. Until I know I'm not going to kill him.

[taking his hand and pulling him up, trying to stoop enough he can sling that arm over his shoulder and support Finn.]

... Okay. You're being pretty reasonable, you know, given what a dick he was to you?

[ thanks buddy you're a bro even if he's still a little mad at you ]

Someone has to be. But I'm not forgiving him.

That's fair. He did stab you and all.

[TO THE MEDICAL CAR!]

Which is exactly why it would be perfectly in line for me to skin his face off, yes?

[ he's not doing it, but, like, he's still entertaining the thought ]

How do these things work?

Nope. I'm a cop, remember, so eye for an eye won't fly with me. You're a good guy, so don't fall to that.

[nudges a pod with a foot.]

I think it's just, you climb in and take a nap. Then you're all better when you get up. I'll cover you, by the way.

Don't hold your hopes on that one — I don't think I'm a good guy at all.

But a nap doesn't sound bad right now.

[ so, he's gonna sort of move toward the pod - though like, he still can't walk on his own so Randy is going to have to help with that ]

Would you consider me a good guy?

[like he's just curious, helping finn to a pod easily.]

No. A good boy. We've established that one.

[--huffs a laugh]

Well, either way. You're in the clear, if I count.

[opening up one of the pods]

I dunno. I'm halfway convinced I'm in organized crime or something like that. But we can chat about that one after.

[ not convinced, sorry, but settling himself on the pod once Randy has taken care of that ]

...thanks.

[can't help a soft, bitter sort of smile, but drops it for now.]

No problem. I'll stick around until you wake up.

[ TIME TO HEAL!!! And it's actually not going to take him terribly long to fully heal his injuries, since he's got his own healing factor as well, so Randy won't have to wait there forever.

Once he's done, the pod opens and he's going to wake up and just step out of it ]

—Wow. That's convenient.

Right?

[Randy's standing from where he basically was camping on the floor.]

Feeling all better?

My back and knee don't hurt anymore.

[ but he's still maximum pissed ]

Yeah, I did mean physically.

[ He's going to stay silent for a moment. staring at him, before eventually— ]

How's your neck?

[reaches up to trace the stark line around his throat, in spite of himself.]

... It hurt at first, but 80H took care of that for me. So... it's fine now.

How nice of her.

I'd say so.

Right. First she helps in decapitating you, but hey, then she helps with the pain. Makes it all better.

Given that I was in support of said decapitation, yes.

It doesn't and you're biased, so you don't count. I'm deciding it.

[ and he's gonna be stubborn about it ]

Quick question, how strong are you?

You're biased too!

[but... that's an odd question.]

...Pretty strong, it's kinda hard to quantify that. Why're you asking?

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