Third trial

[letsplayamod]

That... should suffice, I believe. Enter the arena, your time of judgement has come.

[Short, terse. Typhon is wasting little time today, and it seems you shouldn't either.


Dark soldiers from veins in the earth flank your entrance to the area. Overhead, the clouds give a burst of lightning and a clap of thunder. Past the barrier, Typhon's rift is wrenched open by a giant fist, slowing growing... until Typhon's upper half is revealed.]

You have done well... once again, proving that you are beholden to these squalid natures the gods imprinted on you, in their own hubris!

[Typhon raises his fist... but it falls back.]

...Now, begin. Give the performance I'm sure your darling goddess would give. I will be watching.

[You have your evidence. He's waiting.]

[TRIAL START]

Comments

[stringup]

They did take the ribbon for...all that, yes.

[eeeonetwothree]

ELABORATE.

[stringup]

The green ribbon that was around Ai's neck is the same as the one that was cut from the bookmark.

[eeeonetwothree]

THAT WE KNEW. I AM SUGGESTING THAT THE RIBBON WAS TAKEN FROM THE SPELLBOOK BECAUSE THE SPELLBOOK WAS MAGICAL, NOT BECAUSE THE SPELLBOOK CONTAINED ANY USEFUL SPELLS.

[yourheroine]

Then the ribbon might have a charm on it?

[stringup]

[ To Omega: ] Oh, I misunderstood. Sorry.

...But the thing is, I sensed no magic from the ribbon itself. So whatever role the ribbon had to play in this, it wasn't because it was a medium or had any inherent magic. It might have been there only to be the symbolic "thing that holds Ai's neck together".

[eeeonetwothree]

..I SEE. THEN I WAS INCORRECT.

[ Damn. ]

[fillets]

Maybe. Do any of us have the ability to sense something like that?

[ AND VELVET IMMEDIATELY ANSWERS HER QUESTION UPTHREAD ]

[cannotunravel]

Could anyone here sense if there's a charm on the ribbon itself?

[stringup]

I gave it a shot, but...