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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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[Charlotte has heard enough to know what the King in question must be and must do. She approaches Minato, as unsteady as though she were wearing pinheels and not combat boots, and glances back at McBurn.]
He's right, everything's so insane that is sounding good, but... don't go all "Divine Wind" on me at the last minute, for Pete's sake....
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[Ugh, he feels like they just keep chasing their tails...
...Wait. "Divine".]
...What precisely can you tell us about the Saphir'd King? He sounds a far less reasonable bloke than Time, but... Well, he did start this.
[He's sure someone already mentioned it, but in the midst of things he can't remember who.]
SUNLESS SKIES SPOILERS
Humans tried to wage war on him once.
They were erased from existence in seconds. }
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[He smiles. He feels...safe. Secure.]
Straightforward approaches aren't going to work, Her Majesty would've tried those already. Not going to be easily talked around, either, not when they're so very different from people...but there has to be a way.
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She still can't see a way out. After all of this, if anything she sees less of a possibility than before. But Minato is confident that there is a chance. So is Ris. Even McBurn... everyone has faith that things will work out.
She can't manage that, but she can have faith in them. She can have faith in a promise to watch a real sunrise together.]
All right. Just don't go leaving me behind....
[And if that means dying together, well, it's better than dying alone.]