auroraexpress | The Eighth Trial

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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

She did come off more lightly injured than the rest of us, so you did.

Yeah, I guess there's that.

I should ask some innocuous questions for this trial, shouldn't I?

Go for it!

Do you remember any books you liked?

Probably action.

Like adventure stories?

Sounds about right.

If I remembered some, I'd recommend some titles.

I know a lot of young adult stuff.

I wasn't aware books for young adults would be different.

Nah, I mean that's it's own genre too.

[Cat frowns]

I don't remember that.

Maybe it's not the same where you come from.

Or when I come from. My knowledge of technology is out of date compared to Eliza's. Though that could be a 'where' rather than a 'when'. In as much as either makes sense if we are not from the same worlds.

How out of date? Eliza's world is kind of wild so I wouldn't take that as a control sample.

Let's see. I don't know what a 'microwave' or 'cell phone' is, but I know what a telephone and a movie trailer is.

Movie trailers came before microwaves?

How else would people know what was playing in the theater? Other than posters.

I guess I'm just really used to microwaves being a thing.

And I'm not. At least, the part of my mind that remembers what an oven does does not apply to a microwave.

Microwave is just a faster oven.

If you say so.

It's just an easier way to think about it.

As opposed to?

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malignstar - 2019-04-02 02:20 (UTC) - Expand