FINAL TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

FINAL TRIAL

[The doors at the other end of the city do not open for the Titled. However, whatever is going on in there still brings forth bright lights from within, and ultimately, it is to the steps of the entrance that everyone is drawn to. It's not the most formal setting for figuring out the truth of the matter before them.

Eric's brought the snacks, at least.

The Dragonborn sits at the top of the stairs, looking down as everyone congregates.]

...Having this key...I am certain I can open the door with little difficulty. But before I do we must make certain we know and understand exactly what we will be facing. What we are facing. These people...they are doing something and we must ensure we can somehow stop it.


[The end is near. The objectives of this quest are simple:

Who is the Mastermind? What is going on in this world? And...of course...why did the Mastermind want to kill 15 strangers?

Good luck, Titled.]

Comments

[strangerpeople]

Ow ow ow! I'm unarmed already! No need to do that!

[carries_war]

If she doesn't, we don't have any way of making sure you don't run off. But maybe if you behave, I'll tell her to ease up on the heel.

There was a second group of Titled, the one she was part of. Where are they? And don't pretend you don't know, we found two lists of names.

[strangerpeople]

How many times do I have to tell you?! I have no idea! We didn't even know there was another group!

[carries_war]

Then what was that second list of names about? Don't tell me you just had two copies, different names were crossed off each one!

[strangerpeople]

Second list?

Look, I just do what I'm told without question! I really don't know about it and the person who probably does is now dead!

[carries_war]

Tch...and even if she did know, she was damn determined to lie about it. Damn fanatics.

She said it was too late to stop what she'd set in motion. Do you know if it can really work with seven of us still alive?

[strangerpeople]

Well, she wanted all of you dead. So even one living would be a thorn in her side.

[carries_war]

Yeah, I'll bet the Daedric Princes whose artifacts we embody will be a real nuisance. And I think you're gonna help us make it even more of one: where did she get those fruits she offered us that second week?

[strangerpeople]

I...they're from the Reach!! The Reach, but...but I don't know how they work!!

[carries_war]

Camilla, ease up on the heel a bit, but don't let him up.

Now then, did you keep the ones you offered us?

[carnageandclass]

[Only reason why she does is because he's giving out some decent intel. Be a lucky mook.]

[strangerpeople]

Wh--no! I wasn't involved in it, but they aren't here, they weren't kept...!

[carries_war]

Damn, things are never easy, are they? Fine, just knowing where they're from will do for now.

How about our powers? A lot of us had special abilities, like magic, that we haven't been able to use since we got here. What did you bastards do to suppress them?

[strangerpeople]

I don't know! I...I don't! I wasn't a part of that, please let me go...!!

[lightnen]

Then do you know who does, or where we can find them?

[ There's a tone of annoyance in his voice, eyes narrowed even while he tossed his knife up into the air and caught it by the handle with ease. ]

[strangerpeople]

I...!! A-all I know is...you were given witbane! That's...that's all, I swear!! I don't know how!!

[lightnen]

Witbane... is that some kind of drug?

[ A pause. Something doesn't sit well with him right now. ]

Second. I read something about 'unmaking' before, in a room filled with torture implements. Do you know anything about that?

[strangerpeople]

A...a disease!

I...

[Gulp]

That might have been...part of preparing you for...for what you were meant to do, but I had no part in it! I was a guard here the whole time!

[carries_war]

If it's a disease, shouldn't the restorative potions Babette gave us have cured it?

CW: Suicide mention

[lightnen]

No... I think there's more to it, Junior...

[ Killua's blood ran cold as he recalled that letter he'd found and remembered the guy had killed himself because he couldn't take all the screams of terror as he did this 'unmaking' and it was in a room filled with torture implements and a place that held fifteen cages. ]

...Damn it...

[ Suddenly he looks a little pale and REALLY angry. ]

If i'm right... that area I explored... our memory loss could naturally be tied to it. What if it was US who were tortured to the point where it forced us to forget things against our wills?

[carries_war]

Yeah, there's no way Elenwen was the only one who knew anything. She can't have done everything that matters personally.

[strangerpeople]

I-I swear I....I only was a guard!!

[They are starting to get very, very panicked - the opposite of Elenwen, honestly.]

[carries_war]

So where are all the important people? The city was pretty damn empty...

[He's starting to sound disinterested. Who can say if this is a good thing or a bad thing...]

[strangerpeople]

You killed them all!!

[carries_war]

I said to take prisoners...dammit, did none of the Thalmor go down to non-lethel force?