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

[voreaciously]

Thief.

[Just-as-factly.]

I suppose. I was prepared for it, in any case. Dying with me is...[She makes an elegant so-so gesture.

Of course, that isn't entirely accurate--it still blows, but whatever. She can't exactly change things.]

Complicated. Nevermind.

[bad_crowmance]

That's not the worst thing anyone has ever called me.

[ Crow raises a hand. ]

But if you're gonna tell me dying isn't a big deal, I'm not up for that conversation right now.

[voreaciously]

No...of course not, Crow-han. That was not my intent, I apologise.

[She is just making such a mess today.]

[bad_crowmance]

Alright then, we're good.

[ He gives her a sidelong glance. ]

I'm not sticking around very long, but if you want some company until then I don't mind.

[voreaciously]

[She opens her mouth--"I do not wish to keep you."; "I do not want to waste your time."

She closes it and pushes past her instinct, and tries listening. He's offering. Crow does what he wants and he wouldn't offer if he was not willing.]

...Before that, I must say, I did select someone from your team.

[She does not offer reasons or excuses, simply fact.]

If you can stand to be with me knowing that, I accept your offer.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Probably a good call not to say that, he doesn't have the patience right now. ]

I'm... not really in a position to judge right now.

[ Crow shrugs. ]

Besides, you were just trying to survive. I don't hate that.

[voreaciously]

[She is learning his patience-breaking triggers!]

Even so, it is your right to know and to act as you will based on that information, position to judge or not.

[She ponders that, though. Trying to survive...?

Really, she just wanted to protect Randy, after that...anything was extra.]

You are pretty dogged, I suppose.

[bad_crowmance]

Persistence is supposed to be a virtue.

[ Not that Crow is claiming to be particularly virtuous. ]

[voreaciously]

And you are ever a paragon, are you not? At any rate, I certainly know all about how persistent you are...

[She breathes as she says that, but you know, could be taken for a double entendre.

She doesn't say.]

[bad_crowmance]

Heh, I'm sure you do.

[ He suspects it might be but for once, he is not horny.

(It happens sometimes.) ]

[voreaciously]

[almost like you're SUPER COMPETENT, CROW.

but she won't say it.

anyway not being horny is very, very understandable.]

Ah, incidentally, for your next meals...did you perhaps wish to abstain from meat?

[She won't ask his role, but that might be telling enough. She's starving, but she knows what she's craving.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow might not have been a monster, but-- ]

I think... I might have been put off of meat for a while.

[voreaciously]

[She doesn't know that she needs to keep eating meat yet but when she does, that will be unfortunate.

oh well, she can eat veggies with Crow and gorge herself on the stuff later.]

Understood. I will see to it. Any requests?

[bad_crowmance]

[ He shakes his head slightly. ]

Lady's choice this time.

Take: one million and fifty-five

[voreaciously]

Very well. Please leave everything to me.

[Now that she is not so direly worried about angering him, she can think back on something he said, and she is wondering what happened, but she has something of a guess.

...It's not a good idea to say something like that to him, huh? That makes sense, considering what's happened.

She will take care to watch herself.]

Were you going to fight monsters?

[bad_crowmance]

[ Shhh it's fine, don't worry about it. ]

That's the idea.

[voreaciously]

[As expected, he often does this when he needs to vent off steam. Like, really.]

I will leave you dinner, so please do not over-exert yourself.

[bad_crowmance]

[ He is absolutely going to overexert yourself. ]

You might wanna save that for tomorrow, I'm not heading back to my room tonight.

[voreaciously]

...Very well, Crow-han.

[He did not deny it which is...but she will not argue the point. She does not feel as though she has the right and beyond that, it seems pointless; if he's not going back to his room, she is going to guess that he is going to Rean's someone else's, so at least he will be seen to.]

Lunch, then? Or will you remain indisposed?

[bad_crowmance]

[ She'd be so much less impressed if she knew Crow wasn't going to Rean's until the morning and intends to spend all night fighting monsters. ]

Nah, lunch should be good. But I'll let you know if that changes.

[voreaciously]

[A little bit!

...

She reaches out to pat him on the head.]

Very well, ah, happy hunting?

[bad_crowmance]

[ He blinks at the headpat, but gives her a brief smile. ]

Of course. Have a good night.

[voreaciously]

[It is worth it to see him smile, if only briefly.]

I will see you tomorrow, Crow-han. Please get some good rest after you are finished.

[She will give him a nod, waving elegantly as she starts to walk away.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ He's not making any promises.

He lifts a hand to wave at her. ]

See you tomorrow.

[ He glances around the area with a sigh. Well, it doesn't seem like anyone else is going to approach him so he's going to head out to the jungle now. ]