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The Fifth Trial

Who: ALL
When: Day 11, noon
Where: Outer Space

Come hither, Heroes. Prove thy worth.

[ That familiar silence befalls everything following the call, and just like before the third trial there’s a glittering void, points of light twinkling in the air. As you step into the space it expands, seeming to consume you, the Aurora, and all that exists in general. There’s a feeling of vertigo as this happens, frozen lights swirling all about you and once again it's all accompanied by obnoxious giggling.

This time, however, when the darkness fades, you're...

Back inside of the Aurora? No, this is actually an entirely different train. Outside the windows, you can only see wispy, dancing lights illuminating the surroundings, which you can't quite make out. The doors outside don't open. ]

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[ ... on one hand he wants to go back to his cabin. immediately.

on the other hand, the other Clovers who were in the game are likely lingering behind to help with Jasmine so he. uh. is going to just stand here like a very shaken up idiot i guess. ]

[yeah Akira's absolutely sticking around for Jasmine, while also yelling at mysterious disembodied voices? SO THAT'S FINE]

[ yeah... definitely... we're the picture of fine. ]

[THE PERFECT PICTURE OF FINE. . .]

[none of us are hurt, at least!]

[ none of us that matter to naan--- ]

[well Akira is worried about 80H!1]

[he is in fact going to fuss over her now, so]

[ have fun. he wants no part in that, so. ]

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[Definitely staying to hover at Jasmine.]

[ it's okay he has a bird to talk to now so he'll wait ]

Ceylon...

[ by now he's probably had some time to calm himself down, so. ]

Are you finished playing babysitter?

....I'm tired.

.... I'm sorry. [ for jusis being tired or , ]

Should we go back now?

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[ .... ]

What happened here?

[ it takes him probably just a second or two longer than it really should for him to answer-- as his eyes re-focus and he takes in a breath, and focuses on Ciabatta. ]

..... we all survived.

Hm. If you asked me, that's what matters.

... I tend to agree. Though evidently that wasn't the point of the trial.

Eventually we'll figure this kind of thing out.

[ he's morbidly joking. ]

[ he sort of laughs at that. kind of. he's tired. ]

... and you? What choice did you make?

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Uhm. . . so, am I just imagining things, or did something happen between our two teams?

[ his reaction is a bit slow. .. tilts head. trying to place who this even is.

ah, right. ]

I wasn't quite as involved. But my teammates were very keen on preventing anyone from sacrificing themselves in the last round of the last game. ... yours don't seem to have appreciated their efforts.

They're really prone to doing that! But why are they injured too. . .

Oh, that? There was an argument. That woman insisted on not staying on the train, so the perpetually-shirtless-redhead shot her. Repeatedly.

. . . But why did she want to get off in the first place!

[ hm... ] I think she said something about wanting to prove something.

To be honest I wasn't quite listening at that point. I was only hoping my own teammates wouldn't jump off after her.

Though if you're asking "why was jumping off of the train an option to begin with", it was a moral dilemma. We had to choose someone to sacrifice in order to save everyone who stayed on the train. The other members of my team all decided that they would rather none of us sacrifice ourselves, and that we would rather leave the so-called "citizens" to die instead.

I'm about as surprised as you might be by this.

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