The Ninth Trial

[advisories]

Who: everyone
When: Day 18, starting just after dawn
Where: The Hermit's Tent, and all around

[This morning as the sun begins to pour through the train's windows, there's the tremor that signals a Trial.]

Come hither, Heroes. Prove thy worth. Or something like that!

[It's the same older man's voice from the sixth trial, and outside is the same fortune teller's stall. Today the front flap is lifted to show a normal interior -- there's a wooden table, carved with geometric patterns and painted in bright colours, lit by teal-coloured carved candles.

At the table sits a man of indeterminate age, somewhere between 30 and 60. He's wearing what appear to be monk's robes, teal with patterned trimming. In front of him is a crystal ball and a stack of bingo cards, along with a stand-up sign bearing the rules of this Trial.

Across the top in large font, it says:

Icebreaker Bingo

Good luck and have fun!]

Comments

[bad_crowmance]

Alright, let's go!

[bowtiedbones]

[perching on his arm again to lead him over and to Thyme]

It's a totally different look, isn't it?

[bad_crowmance]

Completely different! It's a nice look.

[bowtiedbones]

Right? It's very trendy.

[bad_crowmance]

It's comfortable, too.

[bowtiedbones]

It could use some more coziness, but I'm saving sparks before I start decorating.

[bad_crowmance]

Got any plans in mind?

[bowtiedbones]

Fairy lights!

[bad_crowmance]

What are fairy lights?

[bowtiedbones]

They're lights on strings that you can hang up. Sometimes they have cute shapes for the bulbs, like tiny lanterns or flamingos.

[bad_crowmance]

Oh! Those sound pretty cool.

[bowtiedbones]

They are! Especially when you have them on at night with the other lights off.

[bad_crowmance]

If you get 'em, I'd love to see it.

[bowtiedbones]

Sure thing.

[bad_crowmance]

I'll look forward to it~!

[bowtiedbones]

But for now! Breakfast?

[bad_crowmance]

Breakfast!

[ Or in his case, pizza-- which he takes a slice of presently and bites into. ]

[bowtiedbones]

[pizza is totally a breakfast food]

Do you want coffee or anything? Since we walked all the way over here.

[bad_crowmance]

Coffee sounds like a great idea.

[bowtiedbones]

Coffee is an essential part of a nutritious breakfast.

[gonna go make them both cups of coffee. this is still technically sharing a meal, we're still TECHNICALLY participating in the trial.]

[bad_crowmance]

That sounds right to me.

[bowtiedbones]

And lunch and dinner and snack and dessert... I don't sleep a lot.

[bad_crowmance]

Not if you drink that much coffee, you aren't.

[bowtiedbones]

Honestly, I'd be awake without the coffee anyways.

[bad_crowmance]

Oh, do you have insomnia?