FINAL TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

FINAL TRIAL

[The Strangers manage to escape. By the time anyone has realized they have left, the Analemma is already on a course to a new destination, one not intended by their Conductor-who was certainly surprised to find their ride gone, hours later.

Cardia has turned off radar and other equipment that would allow anyone to find the train easily. There is no barrier around this train, so everyone can see the Clockwork Sun as it gets closer and closer.

They aren't going to London, obviously. Cardia manages to explain that, originally, the Throne of Hours was located there, but after Victoria became Twice-Renewed, the Throne was ordered moved closer to the Sun. Now, it is connected to the station called Sunspur-a desolate place, formerly an exhibition hall, where only the Sun's engineers and wayward captains now go. No one dares to cross the bridge that connects the Throne to it, when they are there.

That will change, but not immediately. Even at top speed, it will take several hours for the train to reach its destination. Cardia suggests everyone relax in the Lounge of this new train. Apparently, this one was going to pick up its newest passengers very shortly, and so the bar and kitchens are stocked with food and drink, at least.

There is much to talk about. Much to look through, and much to consider. The past four weeks have been difficult to process, but the evidence from Perdurance has been especially daunting. It only shows just how stark the situation is-and it's up to the Strangers to figure out just what they will do when they do, at last, confront Her Enduring Majesty.
After all.

Whatever happens, a reckoning cannot be postponed. Not indefinitely. And the bill is almost due...]





[It's time! The objectives are simple in this trial: untangle the story of this place and decide what to ultimately do when they finally confront Victoria, the Mastermind of the Little Courtesy! It will not be easy and the truth, as ever, will not be a light one.

Will they triumph? Will they go home? What else might happen? What else could be in store? There's only way to find out!

Have fun, and good luck! And remember-

All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.]

Comments

[katzenpfote]

... Horisal, Misuthar, Dualahei, Thunsheer, Unndilar, Brussendar, Sydenstar, Fessuran, Quen'pillar, Cuersaar, Duscar. Eleven.

... Do you have different days of the week, too?

[biddentodance]

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Seven days of the week, roughly four weeks to a month - a little over, actually... 365 days in most years.

[You know what, this is a much-needed reprieve. Normal, non-emotional conversation.]

[katzenpfote]

Miresen, Grissen, Whelson, Conthsen, Folsen, Yulisen, Da'leysen.

Quen'pillar has 27 days, Unndilar has 28 days, Horisal, Fessuran, and Cuersaar have 29, Misuthar and Dualahei have 30, Thunsheer and Brussendar have 31, Sydenstar and Duscar have 32. 328 days total.

[biddentodance]

"Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November"... The rest all have thirty-one, except for February, which has twenty-eight - except every four years there's a "leap year" where it has twenty-nine.

Swear there's a reason it's like that.

[katzenpfote]

There's been a lot of reshuffling months in the past... I'm not a hundred percent sure on the history.

[biddentodance]

Yeah, same for Earth. "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", and "deci" refer to seven, eight, nine, and ten respectively, but they're the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months...not to mention all the shifting around different cultures. And that's the solar calendar, the lunar is different.

[katzenpfote]

Lunar... but which moon?