The Nineteenth Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, evening
Where: The Mermaid's Beach

Come on, come on heroes...! Come hither!

[ There's a playful giggle and the sound of splashing as the Mermaid's beach appears in the clearing. ]

Let's play a game...!

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[bluediligence]

[ whoa whOA WHOA ]

H-Hey! Wh ... [ Quickly follows after her, reaching out to hold her hair out of the way and rub her back. ]

[daydreamshimmer]

[Thanks, there is a lot of hair.]

[It's....]

[It's gonna be a minute. CANNIBALISM IS EXTRA BAD WHEN YOU ARE A HERBIVORE.]

[bluediligence]

It's gonna be okay, get it all out ...

[ she's so confused and so concerned, rubrub ]

[daydreamshimmer]

[Hacking and coughing and shuddering breath and]

What. The hay. Was that?

[bluediligence]

What was what-? [ What just happened? ]

Are you okay?

[daydreamshimmer]

It was...it was like I....WAS you....

And Dusk, he- [Another gag.]

[bluediligence]

[ Her hand suddenly goes still, and her eyes widen ]

Wh... what? You saw-?

[daydreamshimmer]

Memories? Nightmares? I don't. Know. Biting and-

Urgh, I'm a herbivore dangit....

[bluediligence]

[ ... ]

Here, let's find you some water ... can you stand up?

[daydreamshimmer]

I think so. The tails been helping. [AKA HER REALLY LONG PONYTAIL??? It takes a while to depony.]

[bluediligence]

[ her ... ponytail? ]

[ well, she can wonder about that later. for now she loosely wraps an arm around her so she can help her to her feet, let's get away from the sick and find something to drink ]

[daydreamshimmer]

[Her body is weird.]

[Getting to her feet and stumbling a bit, but it doesn't take long to get her footing. Just real queasy right now.]

...that wasn't...your ability, was it?

[bluediligence]

... No. Definitely not. I don't think I even have any abilities in the first place.

[ Glances at her, concerned. ]

[daydreamshimmer]

....well, that's worrying.

Usually it takes a lot of effort to do anything with reading another person's mind. Were you....thinking about those memories?

[bluediligence]

[ this is MILDLY UNCOMFORTABLE but obviously it wasn't supposed to happen, and she couldn't be mad anyway after this reaction ]

Not really. What happened was ... it was bad, really bad, but I haven't had any flashbacks because of it or anything.

[daydreamshimmer]

So that's.

Digging.

Into specific memories.

Which isn't like any memory spell I can recall. Usually any mind reading is surface thoughts or going into the mind and having to search for the information you want, nothing that...

Efficient. [To be fair she's just talking to work through WHAT THE EVER LOVING BUCK HAPPENED.]

Efficient and easy is pretty much the opposite of any and all telepathy spells.

[bluediligence]

[ UNSURE ]

Maybe it's an innate ... talent? Or something?

[daydreamshimmer]

I don't....know? I mean, when a unicorn has a magical talent, they are usually more powerful and different with it, but like this...I don't...this doesn't quite match up with other things? I do terribly with people, shouldn't a mind reader be better?

[bluediligence]

Well ... being able to just - see something, or even a lot of somethings, doesn't necessarily make the seer good at understanding what happened and why.

It's like the difference between knowing a bunch of history facts and actually being able to interpret the wider context.

[daydreamshimmer]

There were emotions, multiple memories....

I think it was working hard to give context.

[bluediligence]

[ a quiet but sharp intake of breath ... ]

[ and lets say they've finally found somewhere with water that isn't, you know, from the sea. here you go, please drink this ]

... I'm sorry you had to find out about it like this.

[daydreamshimmer]

[Will take it and drink deeply.]

....I mean....there's probably worse ways.

Probably.

[Gonna drink some more.]

[bluediligence]

[ Haha ... ha ]

Probably! [ Definitely, if she's honest. ]

Still. How are you feeling?

[daydreamshimmer]

Getting there.

I mean, I've been adjusting to a million and one things, at least I get it all out of the way.

[Paaaause, looking at her.]

Are....you okay?

[bluediligence]

[ Blinks back at her ]

Me? Yeah ... I'm more worried about you.