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Cardamom β˜† Prince of Stars ([personal profile] joybound) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2020-03-09 08:57 pm

The Twenty-Eighth Trial

Who: trialgoers
When: Day 60 all day
Where: the trial zone and elsewhere

[Sometime this morning (morning? there's still no sun, so what's the difference), you feel the call to a new Trial.

The entrance to the Trial Zone is a new one: a tower has sprung up in the clearing, like a bit of a fairytale castle. It's made of a sparkling pink granite and has lovely star-themed carvings -- if you can see them behind the excess of neon and lights its been decorated with. If the fairy godmother made a dance club, this would be it!

Rather than a disembodied "come hither", your call is a video on a big screen above the entrance -- a young man in a masquerade mask and a flashy, witchy costume (including a big hat) stands... on top of the tower?? It's hard to see up there, but on the screen you can tell he's got twinkly star-filled hair and a black cat with blue eyes perched on his shoulder. He's also striking a pose.]

Heroes of Distant Stars, gather 'round! I, the mysterious and handsome witch of love, have a Trial for you! Come into my party tower and prove your love to me! If you're not a weenie, that is...

[Upon entering the tower, you find yourself in a vast ballroom. Lit with rainbow lights, magic sparkles, and an excess of blacklights and glowing things, it really does look like a club. Bubbly electronic pop blares over the speakers, though there are several tables and curtained-off booths if you'd prefer to avoid the dance floor. One table includes infinitely re-filling glasses of fruity soda, which lower inhibitions incrementally as you consume them (though only for positive urges). If you wish to get even more in the mood, there's a changing room with costumes -- all hybrids of fantasy and neon pop, just like the decor.

Time to get your love on!]

Rules β˜† Turn-in β˜† Winners & Endgame
daydreamshimmer: (That's just bizarre)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-11 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? To help all those operations, I'm guessing?
bowtiedbones: (68)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-12 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Right! Fine motor control and sensations actually share the same pathways, so it’s very robust.
daydreamshimmer: (la la la)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-12 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Huh, maybe that's why the mouth works so well.

[Also she's taking out some of her hair clips, and gonna hold them up to figure out if they'd look good in Eliza, putting back on the 'rejects.']
bowtiedbones: (27)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-12 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
It might be a little grody, but if you ever get a chance to look at a dissected nervous system I super recommend it!
daydreamshimmer: (What-why?!)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-12 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
....I don't think I could ever do that. [MEAT STUFF IS]

[DEFINITELY NOT EASIER AFTER SNAKE GAME]
bowtiedbones: (79)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-12 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
That's fair, they're pretty creepy looking even as isolated models.
daydreamshimmer: (hey it'll be okay)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-12 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[She shudders.] Yeah. Just models can be rough, the actual thing....

[Takes a deep breath. Lets it out.]

This one might work. [An orange, feathery hair clip held out to her.]
bowtiedbones: (27)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-12 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[distantly, maybe, sort of picking up the discomfort vs. necropsies. that necromancer blind spot, man.

but either way she takes the subject change quickly]

Oh! For the 3-point? Here, let me trade you.

[getting out a glittery black scrunchie]
daydreamshimmer: (la la la)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-12 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Herbivore is not a fan of meat and dismembered dead bodies, nope.]

That's the idea.

[And will accept the scrunchie. Will even use it to hold back some of her bangs.]
bowtiedbones: (93)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-12 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[tucks her own hair back with the hair clip]

How many points are you at so far?
daydreamshimmer: (Default)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-12 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Twelve points. You?
bowtiedbones: (22)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-13 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
13! Two kisses and the hair clip.
daydreamshimmer: (Default)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-13 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You're popular.

Not that its a surprise. You are a pretty smart and charismatic person to talk to.
bowtiedbones: (79)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-13 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
And you just got yourself another handful of points.
daydreamshimmer: (Oh Rainbow Dash)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-14 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
That is the idea. [Winks.]
bowtiedbones: (32)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-03-14 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Well done! But of course you're always astute.
daydreamshimmer: (A bit embarrassed)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-03-14 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I do try. [Doesn't always feel like it, BUT]