Sixth Trial

[letsplayamod]

That will be enough. Enter the arena, now.

[Typhon sounds almost reserved now. His tone no less commanding, he knows you'll need to enter the arena eventually. And, when you do arrive, he's already waiting. Emerged halfway out of the rift to watch you're approach

The wounds accrued in last week's shitshow have been healing, but marks remain. What you did - what Omega did - ate away at parts of him that Typhon is still growing back. At first, he's silent, tentacles of teeth gnashing over his shoulders, bellying a rage.]

Look at you all, a pantheon that shrinks day by day. This is the godly burden Athena has forced upon you. And if she were here, able to...

[He catches himself.]

This... is certain to be an exciting trial, I'm sure. Begin, if you can. I shall be watching intently.

[TRIAL START]

[Evidence]

Comments

cw: slight suicidal ideation

[taintedfayth]

To what end?

[It sounds as though he's about to laugh.]

You see, I am already dead. I will return to Spira, destroy it - save it - and then disappear.

[As has always been fated. Because there is no ending that does not involve his death.]

[pariunt]

Do you think you're the only one who is already dead?

I have a gravestone still present in the city. I was dying, when Cazador found me. When he turned me.

To be a vampire is to die, so why, why couldn't you join us?

cw: suicidal ideation

[taintedfayth]

[The little smile he gives Astarion in response says it all, even without words.

There is no future for him, and he has accepted this long ago.]