The Fourth Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Heroes
When: Day 9, Midday
Where: The Dragon's Tower


Come hither, Heroes. Prove thy worth.

The earth rumbles beneath your feet with a mighty roar. This time a crumbling stone tower looms above you, unscalable and unbreachable. At the top of the tower is a single window with a single light, beckoning. The only entrance at the base is an arched wooden door which creaks in protest when you open it.


Upon entering the tower you will find yourself in a large room with high walls constructed of dark, uneven brick stone. The ceiling is so high that you cannot see anything but darkness as torches lining the walls serve as the only source of light. The room itself is achingly cold. It’s reminiscent of a dungeon… or a treasure room.

But the only treasure to be found lies in the middle of the room; a small pile of seven bracelets, each one inlaid with a beautiful jewel corresponding to each team’s color. It may be fairly obvious, but just in case anyone is slow on the uptake:

“What is it that you treasure in this world? What are you willing to give up? Until you can decide that much, you will not be allowed to leave this room. It matters not to me if you rot in here.

However, I will tell you this much; should you decide who among you is most precious, only they may bear the weight of your altruism.”


Mingle | Pre-Game Rules | Hostages | Rooms | Endgame

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ENDGAME

[hot_mess_express]

[ You re-enter to your usual, familiar surroundings. Even though it is still midday, the sky is alight with stars again.

Gold, Apple, Terracotta, Cobalt, Violet, Hot Pink, and Forest all light the way back to the train....

In addition, the ground is now flowering with Gold and Hot Pink flowers.

Congratulations! It appears that all of your hostages have been saved! Everyone receives the full points for winning a game, but Ginger and Clover in particular receive an extra 200 sparks for playing the game flawlessly.


Any injuries are still retained, though most are easily healed through time or the clinic. Status effects will last for 1-2 IC Days (or just until you get bored really), and any scars are permanent but may be bought off through the shop.

All in all...... you did well! Good job, Heroes! ]

GAME RUNDOWN

[hot_mess_express]

[ REAL QUICK OOC RUN-DOWN OF HOW THIS WENT:

TEAM A:
round 1 - 3 body = 3
round 2 - 1 body = 4
round 3 - 2 mind = 6

TEAM B:
round 1 - 2 mind = 2
round 2 - 2 body = 4
round 3 - 2 heart = 6

TEAM C:
round 1 - 3 body = 3
round 2 - 2 body = 5
round 3 - 1 body = 6

The purpose of the game was balance and considering the minds of others. In any given round pulling ahead of the other teams was punished. Completing the game before the other teams could (for example, reaching 6 points in round 2 while everyone else was still playing) or going above 6 points would have resulted in a much heavier punishment. This did not happen, however! Everyone evened out!

If every team had finished the game at round 2 by playing 3+3 that would have resulted in everyone winning as well. ]

[ewestmarch]

[Stumbles... towards train, holding her arm against her chest. Fix this. Have to fix this.

good job thanking everyone for saving you, Emilia.]

[vitellina]

[ there's a girl with a goat skull on her head, pulled down over her face following after ]

Uh, hey, shouldn't you wait for Tabby?

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[saddleclub]

[Testing a healing spell and, satisfied, raising his voice.]

If anyone is in need of healing I can assist.

dismemberment content warning

[ewestmarch]

[Coming over, with a very low voice.]

Don't react, pretend it's just dislocated. My arm's in two pieces.

[She's cradling it against her chest like it's hurting her, but the long sleeve is concealing whatever's under there. There isn't any blood.]

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[crimeson]

I think I'm spoken for, but it's good that Arts are working again.

[he's shirtless and bloodied and there's a raw brand on his ribs.]

[grimpa]

[so this guy's a little uh, blistered, and one arm is hanging a bit limply, but!!! MUST SEE TO TEAMMATES]

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[legis_vox]

[holding a glowing green sigil above his palm]

If anyone needs healing, step forward. Between us we can likely cover everyone.

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[howlsitgoin]

[mrrrrghhh sits! in the grass! With his dislocated shoulder and mild leggy burns.

The very tip of his tail is a little singed and that's AWFUL and also smells like burnt fur so. ew.]

Jeez. What's the point of this?!

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[friskmanagement]

Did we win? Are our lights up in the sky again?

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[cawnflict]

[ He's got some blood and a fresh brand, but otherwise is just faintly smiling.

Uhh he has some snarky shit to say, but at least is keeping it to himself. Mostly. ]

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[purrtagonist]

[HEY FOLKS, WHAT'S UP. this guy looks more confused than anything! he's also bleeding from a cut in his palm that he's wrapped into the bottom of his shirt annnnd is searching the area frantically for. . . something? someone??]

Gone. . .?

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[vitellina]

[ tiger styx is just wandering a bit aimlessly, looking for her teammates ]

Stupid...

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[bitterwiththesweet]

Mein glob, what a mess.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ nope nope NOPE SHE OUTIE

she might be spotted as she stumbles through the door and then bolts away from the bigger crowd of people, but after that she just sort of seems to vanish? weird.

on the other hand, it isn't so difficult to stumble over her in some out-of-the-way corner later— mostly because there's a conspicuously out of place chill to the nearby area, cold enough to actually make breath visible. extra weird!

(...there's also a faint but pervasive feeling of dread, but let's be real. like half of the people here would barely notice that.) ]

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[nihilmancy]

Nice, we won and all it took was several people getting knifed.

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[agoodnoe]

[ Holding his hands over his ears, then pulling them away, repeating the action a few times in testing. ]

How odd.

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[crimeson]

[Randy is, ONCE AGAIN, shirtless. He's also visibly exhausted and has a nice new brand on his ribs, surrounded by dried blood.]

Oof. Looks like we made it.

[assassinatedassassin]

[Looking like someone rubbed his fur the wrong way, but completely unharmed. He's probably sticking close to the rest of Senna until they get home.]

[thereisnowhy]

[WHAT NICE PRETTY STARS too bad his perception of everything is messed up right now. By which I mean un-messed up, technically, by normal society's standards.

Anyway Sora is in Rufus's body, which means this looks like Rufus staring up at the sky with wide eyes and different body language.]

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[acts_her_age]

[I need a drink]

[h-hanging around to make sure none of the hostages actually bit it, I guess]

HEY THIS IS 80H IN ELAINE'S BODY JUST FYI

[voreaciously]

[So anyone who knows...whatever Elaine is going by in this place, if anything else.]

Her heart...

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[fisherofmen]

[ honestly not even bothering with getting his illusion up in front of other people so he's just, still in this fucking skirt and pajama mix like he honestly ran out the door to get to the game and forgot which bottoms he was wearing

also, sticking closely to other jasmines and deliberately avoiding other people, but you can probably catch him while he's fucking around ]

IT'S ELAINE IN 80H'S BODY

[unaffective]

[ As they exit to the usual space outside the train, 80H (citation needed) is. Stumbling? She doubles over, hand clasped close to her mouth, eyes wide with a surprising amount of shock. ]