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: ENDGAME

[bestbrotherever]

[He shakes his head sadly.]

I am not certain. Exposure to one of my worse memories briefly brought out something in her she considered dark magic; perhaps the problem was not with me, but within her. Her behavior seems to me more like she is missing parts of herself; the parts that care about others.

Re: ENDGAME

[learnedfool]

I agree that she's clearly Solar and not someone else occupying her body, just... influenced. As you said, with something keeping her from connecting to others.

Re: ENDGAME

[bestbrotherever]

I had some hope that by passing her trial through cooperation, we would help her recover herself, but that does not seem to have worked.

Re: ENDGAME

[learnedfool]

No. If a memory may have triggered this, do you think one could reverse it? Not that I can implement that.

Re: ENDGAME

[bestbrotherever]

I do not know if was even a memory that caused it. I have no idea how she transformed, so it is unlikely due to the memory of mine that she reacted badly to previously. Even if we did... that is not where my magical talents lie.

If this were affecting anyone else, I would suggest going to Solar for advice. Her world's "Harmony Magic" seems to cover issues like this, particularly cures. But since she is the one afflicted... [He shrugs helplessly.]

Re: ENDGAME

[learnedfool]

If I had more of Des's abilities back, I might get some insight. More to exclude any external influence; right now Des's typical senses are dulled.

If I have the Sparks, I can take the chance later to see if they return. Though first I think we need to go out and make some trees explode.

Re: ENDGAME

[bestbrotherever]

Do you have anything to lose by using sparks to buy back some lost powers?

[Loki does grin at that last comment.]

Ah, that is your preferred method of dealing with... inconvenient feelings? Would you like an illusion to turn the trees into a particular target?

Re: ENDGAME

[learnedfool]

It's Des's preferred method. She's an element of chaos. She controls it well enough when she's calm. She's rather angry right now and we need to dump that chaos somewhere other than me. I can only use so much to raise my own body temperature.

And illusions are acceptable, as long as you can confirm we are just targeting trees. We have a prohibition on using sorcery to kill most animals.

[Penric frowns]

I have no idea how that would interact with what we were told about our worlds. And I don't want to consider the deep theological implications at the moment.