The Twenty-Eighth Trial

[joybound]

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 ☆ Turn-in ☆ Winners & Endgame

Comments

[terribletwos]

Describing something as... stealing hearts. That's usually a bad thing.

[daydreamshimmer]

What?

Do you think....he meant that literally?

[terribletwos]

[ Shrugs ]

He said he didn't. He said it has something to do with confessing romantic feelings.

[ Whatever those are. ]

[daydreamshimmer]

Yeah. Charm someone to have romantic feelings for you too. It's all metaphorical.

[terribletwos]

Charm?

[daydreamshimmer]

Yeah. You know, make people like you with force of personality?

[terribletwos]

That's a type of magic?

[daydreamshimmer]

No? Its....socializing.

[terribletwos]

But you said you make them like you. You can't just make someone like you. It just happens.

[daydreamshimmer]

...you can definitely make people like you.

[terribletwos]

[ Shrugs ]

I've never tried.

[daydreamshimmer]

You ever really want to get along with someone before you knew them?

[terribletwos]

... It's usually the other way around.

[daydreamshimmer]

Oh?

[terribletwos]

It just always sort of... happened. Or someone else we decided we were friends.

[ And it thankfully stuck in the real world. ]

[daydreamshimmer]

The passive sort, huh? Or just that introverted?

[terribletwos]

I'm not passive.

[ That's just the way things were! ]

[daydreamshimmer]

So introverted.

[terribletwos]

Quit calling me things.

[ He has no idea what that means anyway. ]

I just didn't do things the way you do.

[daydreamshimmer]

...you don't know what introverted means, do you?

[terribletwos]

It doesn't matter. Who goes around assuming things about people anyway?

[daydreamshimmer]

Like.

Everyone? I mean, bias and stereotyping and all those concepts are a thing for a reason. I think it might be literally impossible for people to meet someone and not assume something.

Hayseed, you just assumed I insulted you, didn't you?

[terribletwos]

What did you just call me?

[ At least with that, he's more confused than insulted. ]

And calling someone passive is an insult.

[daydreamshimmer]

An introvert is someone who is usually more reserved, shy, and isn't big on socializing. Not incapable, but getting friended instead of making friends would happen a lot.

Passive is fairly close, except that's more because you're reluctant to try than just feeling better on your own usually.

Neither one of which is an insult.

[terribletwos]

I meant the one that started with hay.

And I'm not shy.