auroraexpress | The Fourth Trial

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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Well...

[the confusion throws him off a bit, but his flush isn't dying down at all, though his eyes are focusing better.]

You're being pretty brazen, right? Thought maybe I did something to inspire it.

[ pulling at the band of his pants just a bit, idly dragging his finger along ]

Mmm, well. Maybe I just felt like doing it. I feel juuuuuust a little bit irritated, you see.

[aidios. this should really stop escalating, but it doesn't look like cael actually has any intentions of stopping the escalating. Randy reaches to catch his wrists, gentle but firm.]

Is that so... Tell me about it back in our car?

[ stiffens, briefly - his smile doesn't move, expression doesn't change, he's completely calm, but ]

Carry me, then.

All right. Princess style okay?

[ lifting up his arms for him ]

I'll allow it.

[picking him up, entirely agreeable and more than strong enough to carry him easily. aaaand we heading to jasmine.]

[ wrapping his arms around his neck, leaning up so that he's closer to randy's face, specifically so that he can, with the incredibly poor manners he has, start nipping and kissing at his ear while he's being carried

absurdly rude ]

[randy shivers and PICKS UP SPEED, HE GUESSES. this fucking rude man.]

[ :> ]

[taking cael STRAIGHT to Randy's room, thanks. staunchly ignoring any Distractions until they're safely in a closed bedroom.]

[ either fortunately or unfortunately he's taken to threading his fingers through randy's hair at the base of his skull, fingertips tracing against his scalp as his other hand works against his neck, applying pressure against his shoulder and beginnings of his shoulder blade like he's massaging him. it's not really like, unpleasant or hard in pressure or anything, but the point is that he's constantly moving and fiddling with him ]

[it's nice. randy is really susceptible to just.... tactile little things, and this managing not to be overtly lewd is soothing but also distracting. so once they're in the room he's tipping his head to try and catch Cael in a kiss, leaning back against the now-closed door, still carrying him.]

[ he's receptive to the kiss, to say the least - his forearms tense around his neck just to hold himself up so he can have the grip to kiss back fervently, demanding ]

[let's just uhhhh move this]

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