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]

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]

I wouldn't be surprised...though that takes a hell of a lot of dedication, especially to work on someone like me. Even more to work on McBurn. I'd be impressed, if I wasn't so busy being disgusted instead.

Makes me wonder...just how long have we really been in this world?

[lightnen]

I know the feeling. It'd take a LOT of torture to actually do something to me as my body's kinda accustomed to that kind of thing as it is..

[ So disgusted and angry right now. ]

Probably much longer than we think it's been.

[carries_war]

And my body doesn't even process pain the way a human's does, I just consider it a nuisance.

They must've used more personalized methods for some of us...and you don't come up with those overnight for people you just met, no matter how twisted your imagination is.

[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?

[strangerpeople]

Thalmor...we do not...we do not submit to lesser beings!

[Meanwhile this said Thalmor is goddamn terrified of everyone who is left.]

[carries_war]

Well, if we've kicked your goddamn asses six ways to Sunday, I'm pretty sure that makes you the lesser beings.

[Plus Albedo would have a bunch of garbage to spew about how URTVs are superior to natural beings, but he can stuff it.]

[strangerpeople]

Y...you just got lucky we were focusing on that orb!

[He's not being petty!!]

[carries_war]

Oh, really? You want me to have Camilla let you up so I can kick your ass again?

[He grins, open bloodlust in his eyes.]

It'd be fun, for me. But y'know, non-lethal really isn't my specialty. If we fight, I can't promise you'll get to keep all your vital organs.

[bythewaves]

[ the wolf has been dozing, apparently disinterested, but he wakes when Junior promises that, eyeing the mook with calculated interest, jaw opening in a yawn to display those teeth, a growl rumbling in his chest.

Bite time? ]

[zephyranthe]

[Okay, so throughout this, Fie's been content to let everyone else ask the big questions, so when all's said and done, she only has one thing left--]

Do you like bread?

[strangerpeople]

Wh...what?

[zephyranthe]

So is that a yes?

[She moves to pull something out of her bag of goodies.]

[strangerpeople]

Well, I...yes, but what does this have to do with anything!?

[zephyranthe]

Revenge.

[And without further ado, she moves to stuff a loaf of Papyrus' (probably now stale) bread into the mook's mouth. Because that isn't overkill.]