The Eleventh Trial

[catcophonous]

Who: everyone
When: Day 23, evening
Where: The Trial Zone

[Just as twilight darkens the clearing, you hear the train's customary shift, the sign of a Trial.

Outside in the clearing, a brick building has appeared. It's shabby, paint peeling from the heavy door, but the windows are full of neon signs advertising various brands of liquor. From inside you can hear the thumping of bass, and the faint sounds of a rowdy rock song.

A voice chimes in, lazy but amused.]

You all know what this is. I'm not "come hither"ing you. Just get in here.

Comments

[voreaciously]

Congratulations on your blackout.

[bad_crowmance]

Thanks! I'm pretty proud of that.

[ He takes a bite of the cake. ]

[voreaciously]

[Honestly, she's kind of jelly. Her team won, and that is important, but Crow SUPER won!!]

What luck.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow does like Super Winning, especially after losing Naeva's game. ]

I'd like to think there's at least a little skill involved, too.

[voreaciously]

Was there with navigating the maze?

[they kinda just went wherever, she would have tried to do all the rooms herself too actually]

[bad_crowmance]

The maze really wasn't that hard honestly-- the puzzles were really the interesting part.

[voreaciously]

No, I mean to say that I would have remained to do as many rooms as possible if I could have, otherwise, yes, I agree with you, they were interesting. [A beat. Calm disinterest.] And no one died, I suppose.

[She forks another piece of cake and eats it.]

[bad_crowmance]

Why couldn't you-- because there was two of you?

[voreaciously]

Yes. I will defer to his wants when he makes them known.

[also i didn't know how to navigate the thi]

[bad_crowmance]

That's very respectful of you.

[ Also not a surprise, considering her usual behavior.

And he really did luck out that his navigation strategy worked out for him in his attempts to do a dungeon blackout. ]

[voreaciously]

It is, but I also simply do not wish to cause conflict if it can be avoided.

[omnomnom]

[bad_crowmance]

Normally I'd say a little conflict is fun, but it's not really as much when you're trying to navigate a maze on a time limit.

[voreaciously]

It was not that sort of conflict. However, this progressed smoothly, so perhaps there is hope.

[it is impossible to tell if she is being sincere or sarcastic

she is just going to absently cut a second slice of cake and start eating it with delicate primness.]

[bad_crowmance]

So you guys don't get along?

[voreaciously]

[lightly.]

We have had minor disagreements in the past.

[bad_crowmance]

[ He's going to interpret that as "we sure fucking do" once he translates from "80H" to normal-people languages. ]

And here I've always found both of you easy to get along with. [ He shrugs slightly. ] Well, that's between you two.

[voreaciously]

[And she knows that Crow really doesn't want to know about it, so whatever.]

You do?

[That actually catches her by genuine surprise.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ She knows him so well. ]

Yeah...? Is it really a surprise?

1/2

[voreaciously]

W-well, um, I had not really. [Shit what does she do--]

2/2

[voreaciously]

[eATS MORE CAKE.

~*delicately*~]

[bad_crowmance]

[ He can't help it, he laughs at the obvious avoidance. ]

[voreaciously]

[Wow!!!

she's just gonna like swipe a forkful of his cake, thanks.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ He taps her hand with his fork. ]

Bad! That's my cake!

[voreaciously]

I am repossessing it.

[bad_crowmance]

You can't do that!

[ He swipes a forkful of her cake in retaliation. ]