The Thirtieth Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Trial players
When: Day 63, morning
Where: Trial zone

[The trial zone doesn't exactly appear to be inthe best shape. It's the ruins of an old building, something once grand, perhaps a castle, with a strange statue of sorts with six spheres leading to a large seventh on a pedestal. It's possible t see a forest beyond the walls, though find a way out to that seems impossible, and plants have overgrown almost everything.]

[On the statue's pedestal is an inscription:
Three tribes that brought a storm,
Winter brought them to task.
Eventually things would become warm,
What in return did springtime ask?]

[Not so far beyond it appears to be stairs leading down into the earth. And to the side of that is a throne.]

[And on the throne is....someone new in Senna colors? Though perhaps the hair is enough of a give away. Though those with a keen eye may yet notice she's still wearing her geode still, with the distinctive cutie mark still on it.]

[She's lounged across the throne, legs kicked over one side, elbow resting on the other, head in hand.]

I'm bored. [And she offers a grin that has a dangerous glint to it.]

How about we play a game?

Comments

Re: Talk to the demon

[malignstar]

Solar?

[daydreamshimmer]

Oh look, someone's quick on the uptake.

[malignstar]

I mean, you hair's mostly the same. Only more vertical. What happened to you?

[daydreamshimmer]

[She shrugged.] Who can say?

But I love it.

[malignstar]

Not sure I do yet. What's with the game?

[daydreamshimmer]

We're allowed to run trials. We really should do it more often. [So much sugary sweet.]

[malignstar]

Yeah, we've run some pretty fun ones. What did you have in mind?

[daydreamshimmer]

Well, where's the fun in telling?

[malignstar]

It would be really helpful.

[daydreamshimmer]

[And the smile disappears into something more blank.]

Then all the more reason I shouldn't say anything.

[malignstar]

Come on, Solar, what's wrong?

[daydreamshimmer]

And I said nothing's wrong.

[malignstar]

Your new look would suggest differently.

... will you shut up? I'm trying to think.

[daydreamshimmer]

What, you don't think I'm pretty, Felix?

[malignstar]

I thought you preferred being a pony.

[daydreamshimmer]

It would be nice to have hooves again.

But my magic is unhindered with this body and it has wings.

It's an acceptable trade off.

[malignstar]

But you fought so hard to get your real body back. This one looks a little... evil?

... I've got this. Calm down before your burst a shared blood vessel.

[daydreamshimmer]

Did I? It was two hundred sparks. It's not even a trial win.

This place does like to make things that SHOULD be hard so easy.

[There's more of that sugary sweet tone again.]

I'm hardly evil, Felix.

[malignstar]

Hey, hey I didn't say you're evil. I said your new aesthetic is kinda leaning in that general direction and it might be something you want to consider.

What's suddenly so easy?

[daydreamshimmer]

Harmony magic. Getting my body back. All too easy. It's quite a feat.

I like my new look. I look amazing. [Preens.]

[malignstar]

I thought you said magic wasn't easy.

[daydreamshimmer]

Felix, please do keep up.

That's why the powers that me of THIS place are suspicious.

They made a device for me to change back easily. They do sparks easily. That's why it's suspicious.

But this form...

I don't need them for it.

[malignstar]

Doesn't that sound even more questionable? That you just got that form out of nowhere?

[daydreamshimmer]

Oh, it wasn't out of nowhere.

I've felt this fire before. It's mine.

[malignstar]

But something had to have stoked it, right? It's not like you willed it to happen.