Fifth trial

[letsplayamod]

[Just as you believe you’ve gathered enough to make a case, the sky crackles a hazy red.]

Enough! Enter the arena at once!

[There’s a change in Typhon’s tone. The bluster of his usual pride replaced with a more tangible frustration. Like the thunder he summons, his rage punctuates every word.

That matter aside, all the survivors eventually return to the arena. The mood is dour, not helped by the surrounding. For the first time, this place was a fresh murder scene; bloodstains and scorch marks continue to stain the stones. It seems that there just wasn't time to remove Ferdinand's body from the scene. So it remains, impaled on his own spear, left to fill the void of Ferdinand's absence from the surviving party in the worst way.

Again, a rift opens beyond the barrier, and Typhon forces his head through.]

You know why you are here, do you not? Now, go! Complete your task, find the culprit or die trying!

[TRIAL START]

Comments

[stringup]

[ It's a good thing Velvet is already used to dead bodies, or she might have actually dissociated right here. ]

[latinumsbetter]

[he is decidedly Not Looking that way, but he does step slightly closer, pressing his shoulder a bit against her arm]

[raisethemoon]

[ Luna is not feeling bold enough to actually join any of this but she does kinda like. Sidle in that direction a little. ]

[pariunt]

[Astarion is still nearby, of course.]

[sweetsynergy]

[Ah. Hm. Awkward.]

[Vanity shuffles over and pulls an apple out of her bundle of calories, hesitantly offering it to Velvet.]

You should eat.

[Especially since, you know. Ferd literally kind of died for it.]

[stringup]

Oh.

[ ...She can't quite find it in her to eat right now, but she does keep holding onto the apple. ]

[sweetsynergy]

[It's fine, Vanity has consumed enough fruit and veggies this morning for a few people, despite everything.]

[Sometimes it's enough to just contemplate the apple for a while.]

[She looks like she's about to say something, then thinks better of it and shuffles away in awkward silence. Good talk, Vel.]