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15strangers2019-08-16 10:56 pm
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2019-08-16 10:56 pm
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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.]
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[- before he slaps her. It won't hurt much - he's not all that strong - but hopefully it's enough to shock her out of it.]
No. We don't solve this in that way, Charlotte.
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But she's - if it's like the ghosts said he'll be alone!
[She can't bear the thought of that. She has people she cares for here, yes, people she wants in the same way she's yearned for Jonathan since she realized that was allowed, but this is the longest she's ever been without her partner. To learn he's still alive, and "freed" like a marooned pirate in this hell -
She is wild-eyed and her voice is shot to hell but that, at least, means she can growl at Caleb - ]
Didn't you hear her? We can't go home!
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Do you think I don't understand that? But fighting against that thing is only going to get you killed. We will think of a solution. Please do not fuck it up by getting yourself obliterated? I have started to actually... make friends. Please do not take them away.
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[She's still pretty far removed from reason, but not so far that she doesn't look genuinely hurt at what he said.]
I'm tired of holding back, damn it!
[She even stomps a foot as she says it, like the child she knows she is, the scared child whose monster couldn't even fit under God's own bed and has just been told she can't try to make it go away....]
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We will find a way. I promise you. If not, you can hit me back.