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

[bowtiedbones]

There isn’t one. There’s only the penalty if you pass in answering the truth.

Do you want to play?

[malignstar]

Sure, let's go for it!

[bowtiedbones]

Do you prefer milk chocolate or dark chocolate?

[malignstar]

Dark sinful chocolate.

[bowtiedbones]

Is that, like, a brand name?

[sounds like something that can be bought at Target]

[malignstar]

It just means chocolate that's extra dark.

[bowtiedbones]

Ohh, like the 80% cacao stuff?

[malignstar]

That's the stuff!

[bowtiedbones]

Nice. Your turn to ask!

[malignstar]

What is something you would most like to know about this place?

[bowtiedbones]

Do you mean this island?

[malignstar]

Or the train? Anything.

[bowtiedbones]

Well in general... There's six-eyed horned sabertooth tigers in the jungle. I want to examine one's skull.

[malignstar]

There's what?

[bowtiedbones]

Six-eyed horned sabertooth tigers.

[malignstar]

Why do they need six eyes?

[bowtiedbones]

Obviously to see with. We only have two, but there's plenty of lifeorms with anywhere from none to eight. Even three eyes if you count the parietal eye! I would need a live one to study that effectively, but I can't control one of those if they're a mundane animal.

I want to examine how their skull is arranged to fit six orbits, and if the horn really is a horn or if it's more like an antler growth. If it has a bone core, that's going to change things up even more.

[malignstar]

I understand why some animals need that many, but why a tiger? The normal ones get by with just two.

[bowtiedbones]

I'm calling it a sabertooth tiger because that's what it resembles, but without a more thorough examination it can't be compared too directly. I mean, for one thing, saberteeth weren't even tigers or lions, and on top of that we're on a different planet.

[malignstar]

I guess that makes sense...

[bowtiedbones]

The dolphin that attacked us had multiple eyes too, but I wasn't able to get that skull.

[malignstar]

Dolphin? You were in the water?

[bowtiedbones]

No, it beached itself to try and get at the train.

[malignstar]

I've never heard of a murderous dolphin before. At least not toward people. How big was this thing?

[bowtiedbones]

It was more whale-sized... It was a corrupted monster.