The Eighth Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Heroes
When: Day 17, morning
Where: the party zone The Fairy Circle

Come hither, Heroes. Prove thy worth.

Just like always, the train shudders in response to some foreign power. You’ve been here before, haven’t you? You know what will happen when you venture out of the train and into the dark forest beyond in search of some old house, or a tower, or whatever fresh nonsense awaits you.

But there’s no inexplicable new castle or what-have-you. Instead the air outside the train is filled with glittering bubbles floating lazily above what appears to be a collection of large white mushrooms grown in a circle.

Obviously there is no door, and touching any of the bubbles will simply cause them to burst. Should you step into the circle, however….

Foolish heroes, destined to be swallowed by the encroaching malice… can your hearts truly withstand the nightmare that is reality?

Darkness overtakes you.


When you wake up the first thing you may notice is this game has a soundtrack. The music appears to have no discernible source and fills the entire room. ... and what a room it is.

It appears you’ve been transported to some kind of… children’s… birthday party?

At the far end of the room is a large table with a sign above it reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY. It’s a pretty impressive set up with a variety of goodies including noise makers, party hats, disposable plates and cups, and enough sugar to fuel a whole room full of grade schoolers

The biggest and arguably most important party refreshment sits right in the middle of the table, however; a giant bowl of fruit punch. Don’t worry children it’s non-alcoholic. It's also not suspicious at all.


For now, don't worry! Mingle! Eat food! Don't think about all the bad things going on right now!! And don't forget to read the rules near the punch bowl.

RULES ☆ EFFECTS ☆ Q&A ☆ TURN-IN ☆ WINNERS & ENDGAME

Comments

still not suspicious

[horsejokes]

[ Anyways, some guy’s already sitting at one of the kids tables, a party hat over his eyes as he leans precariously backwards in one of the chairs with his feet propped against the table. He’s just humming along to the music, really. Just hanging out and enjoying himself. No big. ]

[desirestruth]

[I have this incredibly strong sense of Deja Vu.]

Hello?

[horsejokes]

[ maybe we're stuck in a never ending timeloop doomed to repeat our mistakes and failures until the day the universe ends

or maybe not ]

Sup. [ still not even moving the hat from his eyes ]

[desirestruth]

Who...are you?

[THIS IS A SMALL TRAIN AND I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU BEFORE also you're gonna fall and die...!]

[horsejokes]

[ what kind of world do you come from that people die from falling backwards in chairs?? ]

Is that your first question? Booo~ring. Take a wild guess.

[desirestruth]

[Ones where she has big grandma energy.

But Naeva stares at him for a very long while.]

You're one of the Prince's friends, aren't you?

Re: still not suspicious

[nihilmancy]

[Squinting suspiciously at the man.]

...You are not one of the passengers.

Re: still not suspicious

[horsejokes]

Oooh, good job! [ claps half-assedly ] Nothing gets past you lot.

Re: still not suspicious

[nihilmancy]

We're very perceptive.

Re: still not suspicious

[horsejokes]

Guess that's just what you can expect from Heroes.

Re: still not suspicious

[nihilmancy]

You're not going to do anything gruesome to us, are you?

Re: still not suspicious

[malignstar]

Going to fall like that.

Re: still not suspicious

[horsejokes]

Not likely.

Re: still not suspicious

[malignstar]

Got some sort of trick to it?

Re: still not suspicious

[horsejokes]

I've always got a couple of tricks~ But mostly I'm just pretty good at extreme chair balancing.

Re: still not suspicious

[malignstar]

That's quite a niche talent.

[bowtiedbones]

[hm HM]

Hello.

[horsejokes]

Yello. [ super casual, super barely paying any attention to her ]

[bowtiedbones]

Is this your birthday?

[horsejokes]

It could be. Why not?

[bowtiedbones]

If it is, Happy Birthday!

Re: still not suspicious

[wontforbidtherain]

Who are you?

Re: still not suspicious

[horsejokes]

I'm a unicorn, can't you see? [ adjusts the unicorn party hat on his head to make a horn ]

Neigh.

Re: still not suspicious

[wontforbidtherain]

A very human-shaped unicorn.

[is that a joke or not?]

Re: still not suspicious

[horsejokes]

[ is it ]

On all levels except physical, I am a unicorn.