The Twenty-Fifth Trial [Mirror] - Winners and Endgame

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Heroes
When:Day 52, night
Where: near the Train

The rain falls harder, and the snake sneers at you as you exit the temples... Lightning strikes and the snake laughs like thunder... But that's all, the mocking laughter rings in your ears as the scenery shifts back to the normal Train area. Those who revive will do so near the Train as the winners and survivors reappear.

Ginger and Licorice double win for both surviving and targeting a Priest! For these teams they get 800 points.

Jasmine wins for surviving! They get 500 points.

Everyone on a winning team is revived and fully healed.

Everyone else... Is revived. And healed. However in whatever death wounds they received they have, instead of scars, white scales for their skin.

Smaller wounds will regenerate in a one to two days and will leave scales instead of scars unless healed otherwise.

All Kami remain hungry and able to shift to their monster form for the next day or so. Only meat will relieve this hunger.

Any Kami that were mad at the end of the game will retain a bit of mental instability for a day, in whatever form you prefer.

Priests, if they normally have powers, will find themselves somewhat weaker for a day.

It is not ICly known that these effects will wear off.

Comments

[malignstar]

I'm pretty sure it just takes touch and focus. It's not skill transference. It's more like supporting your own power. We just need a conduit to direct the magic. Maybe even your necklace.

Are you saying you infiltrated his mind?

[daydreamshimmer]

I'm not sure my necklace even is magic, you know. My horn is a natural magic conduit.

Even if it's a bit weird to touch it, if it works... [Shrugs.] But we'll see if we need to. You're pushing yourself already, aren't you?

Yep. It was a whole thing. Might have killed me if he had power, but I don't like agreeing to kill something without all the information and someone was not being forthright at all about important pieces.

[malignstar]

I'm fine. I'm not hungry like the rest of you. And I don't think there's anything that weird about touching a unicorn horn.

[ He looks distinctly uncomfortable about that second part though. ]

... that's...

It's really that easy for you? To force your way into someone's head?

[daydreamshimmer]

It's weird for me. Most of the time other people don't touch a unicorn's horn. And I mean are you emotionally okay or recovering from your own injuries.

Only one time I actually had to force anything. All the other times it's been just a touch and bam, suddenly a bunch of info dumped into my head.

It's only been twice I've done it deliberately. All the other times were just the worst kind of accidents.

[malignstar]

I'm fine. Eliza's back and we're going to have a cuddlepile after this.

This time sounds deliberate...

[daydreamshimmer]

Uh huh. Are you saying that so I don't worry? Because I'm asking because I want to know, not so you can bury your pain.

I was asked to help deal with a problem with a probable lethal solution. I knew they were holding back information. What I had already been told, it seemed prudent to have all the information because I wasn't going to agree without it, but knew enough to not be comfortable washing my hooves of it.

So I got the information myself.

[malignstar]

I'm saying that so I don't have to think about it. And helping everyone else will make me feel tons better than any healing.

Oh, so you were working with someone else? How did they know about him? I've never seen him before.

[daydreamshimmer]

...hm. Well, just don't push yourself.

Because I know about awesome tea now and I can and will force you to drink it if you're being dumb. Got it?

It's a whole long thing. Very dumb and terrible. Basic gist though, a train full of monsters bitter at him isn't in his favor longterm.

[malignstar]

Why does everyone think I'm the kinda guy who pushes myself?

Awesome tea?

And I'm going to need a little more than that.

[daydreamshimmer]

Because you are.

Yeah. Helps you sleep, keeps away nightmares, apparently will knock you out in minutes.

Not my place to say more yet.

[malignstar]

That actually sounds amazing! I'm going to get some of that later.

[daydreamshimmer]

Talk to 80H then.

[malignstar]

Maybe tomorrow.

[daydreamshimmer]

Why not tonight?

[malignstar]

That whole power boost thing. Need to be awake for that.

[daydreamshimmer]

I'm not doing that tonight.

For one thing, I need to prep things, and another, emotions affect magic. I need a better baseline if I'm casting on multiple people.

[malignstar]

What do you need to prep?

[daydreamshimmer]

The right math. I know the basics of the spell, but I need the right numbers for humans because all animals are a little different in the diet and you guys are like....omnivores? Are you more carnivore than most?

Things like that. Like I said, it's not an EASY spell.

[malignstar]

I guess that kind of depends on the person too.

[daydreamshimmer]

It's about what the body is adapted at digesting and what nutrients it needs. Like carnivores need to more effectively get protein from nuts and spinach. Need to be able to adjust it.

The fact most of you seem to be omnivores helps, but still.

[malignstar]

We do have a diverse diet.

[daydreamshimmer]

Yeah. Just a matter of more efficiently digesting certain things.

And you know, combating other magic.

[malignstar]

I can see why you need to marshal your forces, so to speak.

[daydreamshimmer]

So it's not happening tonight.

So sleep.

[malignstar]

I feel like this was a setup.