Train Meeting

[awakenerd]

Who: You
When: Day 23 morning
Where: The Lounge

[So you've all been invited via Chain to an "Informal Train-wide Meeting". Rean has a few things to say and then the rest of the post can be discussing things among each other really.]

Comments

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

Probably we need to do more trials of our own. Or even just more group get-togethers, like a dinner or something, as long as someone can count it for sparks.

We're such a small group, but we really don't know each other that well, and we need those sparks.

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

A group dinner sounds like a great idea. Tell me more about running trials, too.

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

Um, well, so far Naeva's the only one who's done one. But if you come up with a competition or a game to host, then that's a way to make sparks. There's more for winners, but everyone gets a few hundred sparks.

It used to be that the Prince's court were the only ones doing the trials, but... Even if they were supposed to be about making bonds, some of them were dangerous or cruel.

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

I heard they got extreme.

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

Did you hear exactly how extreme?

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

I heard beheading?

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

Yeah.

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

That seems like the opposite of helpful.

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

It was supposed to be a moral lesson. It was stupid. They were all stupid.

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

Tell me about it?

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

[crosses her arms]

Apparently that guy was sick with the Malice's influence, but that doesn't excuse some of the other jerks— Did you hear about the Dragon's trial?

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

I don't think so, no?

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

It was one of the earlier ones. Smile and Saber were still around then— they're little kids. Twelve, tops. All the teams had someone strung up over lava, and the volunteers were lowered based on the level of sacrifice we picked. Nobody got too injured, but the kids would have had to watch that.

Except, they were temporarily blinded in a round.

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

Wh-what the hell..?

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

Also, all the sacrifices were done by cutting your partner with a knife.

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

Why??

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

Aesthetics.

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

What's aesthetic about knives???

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

I don't know, but they're all like that! Creepy mirrors! Looming towers! Actual crowns of thorns tying you to a throne!

Re: Some things

[awakenerd]

Why???? That's not cool!

Re: Some things

[bowtiedbones]

I don't know!!