hot_mess_express ([personal profile] hot_mess_express) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-02-09 03:29 pm

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. ]

SIGN-UPSPRE-GAME MINGLERULESROOMS
purrtagonist: (Maybe it’s a land octopus)

Re: ENDGAME

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-11 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[falling silent, trying to mull this over]

. . . you're thinking they're trying to get us to hate the Star Prince on purpose?

[he's already not the Star Prince's biggest fan]
legis_vox: (think it through)

Re: ENDGAME

[personal profile] legis_vox 2019-02-11 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
It fits. We've been told that positive feelings are the key to victory, so it makes sense that the opposition would try to disrupt them.
purrtagonist: i’ve ever hidden behind (that was the scariest rock)

Re: ENDGAME

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-12 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Who is the opposition, then?
legis_vox: (remain silent)

Re: ENDGAME

[personal profile] legis_vox 2019-02-12 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Apparently the same force as whatever creates those monsters. Or so the claim goes.

I haven't made up my mind whether I believe that completely, yet. But the behavior fits.
purrtagonist: (This rock is now crawling away)

Re: ENDGAME

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-15 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
So. . . the malice.

[tch]
legis_vox: (think it through)

Re: ENDGAME

[personal profile] legis_vox 2019-02-15 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[nods]

When I spoke with the Prince, he mentioned the possibility of intelligence behind it.