The Fifteen Strangers Mods (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
strangerpeople) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
15strangers2019-08-16 10:56 pm
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2019-08-16 10:56 pm
Entry tags:
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.]
no subject
[Minato...isn't fully sure how to proceed with this. He cannot be angry with her, not someone who, like him, couldn't grieve properly. Someone who has so completely lost herself, to love and loss.]
Doesn't sound like the kind of person who'd hurt anyone, especially not you. Are you - absolutely sure it's him, up there? Not someone else lying to you...?
[This is reckless, but....god, it might be the only way. He doesn't want to. He glances around at his fellow survivors. They wouldn't want him to - well, McBurn might. But if it gets them out of here safely...]
no subject
[A deep breath.]
I saw it myself, after God brought me here. I saw them bring him back. But not as a human. Not anymore! No...they made him perfect. They brought him here, where the Sun was dying...and in the core...his soul...
[Her eye brightens at the memory.]
I watched as the golden eye of the Sun turned mint. Just like his eyes. And I knew. He was alive again! He was alive and he'll be alive...forever!
no subject
[He walks forward, toward the light coming in through the window.]
They change, and consume... I'm sorry, but I-- I'm not sure he's still the same V-san you knew. Maybe he is, what do I know, but... Was V-san the kind of person who'd bind people to him, regardless of their wishes?
no subject
no subject
People exposed to his light directly....become unable to think of anything else, and eventually turn to glass. Would he-- have taken that, from friends and strangers alike?
[He's still heading - slowly - for the light. He's also toying with his own fingers. They're so brittle...]
Think it's possible....when he became a Sun, he lost some of himself.
no subject
[and then]
no subject
no subject
At the same time The Empress doesn't seem to understand, or acknowledge, what they mean about the glass. And Minato is their best bet in showing her proof that something is happening. Proof other than herself that she cannot deny.
So really ... he lowkey has Mithos' approval if he choose to go that route. If he catches it, Mithos will be giving him a understand look as he glances around. ]