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

[bowtiedbones]

Oh, gosh! Really though, more songs should be about chocolate.

[desirestruth]

I'll skip the song just for the chocolate itself.

[bowtiedbones]

Maybe you can get someone to buy you a piece for the gift square.

[desirestruth]

Perhaps!

[She likes this idea!!!]

But first, we've a trust-fall to arrange, don't we?

[bowtiedbones]

Do you want to fall or do you want to catch?

[desirestruth]

My strength's not what I'm used to, so I'd prefer to fall.

[bowtiedbones]

Okay. I won't have any trouble catching you.

[desirestruth]

Alright...

[Well, she's nervous about it, but she will turn and fall! The good news is, she's lighter than you'd think.]

[bowtiedbones]

[catches her easily enough]

There!