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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?

SIGNUPS ☆ RULES ☆ ROOMS ☆ WINNERS & ENDGAME

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I'm going to hope for magical feathers.

Speaking of feathers, any way we can buy this new set off us?

Probably! I got a scar removed from one of the other trials, so the pods should do feathers too.

How much does that usually cost?

The scar was only 200, but with the burns we might need to pay the full 500.

What a racket. Where do these funds go anyway?

Um, to the healing...?

No, I mean who gets them?

The pods? The train? They're not real money, you know?

I know. That's why I'm confused why we have to pay in the first place.

You accumulate energy. The energy is represented by sparks. You allot out that energy to a purpose, represented by spending sparks.

I guess that makes sense.

Yeah. The stuff you're getting with sparks isn't free. There's no commercial value, but they can't heal wounds or generate clothes out of nothing.

I'm impressed they can heal wounds at all.

That part I don't know anything about.

We need a user's guide.

You can try asking the Construct. That's kind of like a user's guide.

That's a good point.

It's been pretty helpful so far.

How's our newbie holding up?

I haven't checked up on her yet, but she took that trial pretty well in-stride.

Hopefully she'll be all right then.

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