FINAL TRIAL

[faentasy]

Final Trial

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This Friday morning you've investigated as has become commonplace, even if the circumstances have shifted. And now it's time to take stock of what you've found, what options you have, what options you don't, in the lull of action you have left.

The abyss in the fountain beckons, but doesn't demand quite yet. Who knows when that will change, though.

[OOC NOTE: You'll have the first hour of trial to discuss what you found in final investigation yesterday, and then we'll get this show on the road! ]

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[incompletely]

[ Also hushed: ]

Of course we're not. We don't even know if she'll make good on her word, anyway.

[biyishuangfei]

She definitely seems exactly like the type of creature who would say 'just kidding' and stab you in the back, so...

[incompletely]

Absolutely.

[sempiternel]

We should take this chance to figure out what she can and cannot do. In addition, we need a clue on how to save the dead. Shall we ask for one of them to be brought back right now?

[incompletely]

Based on what Edelgard said, I don't know if that's a safe bet.

[crimson_flamel]

[She'll shake her head.]

She can't pull that trick in a demonstration, though. If she returns one of them to us, then she'll have to do it legitimately or reveal she has no intention of doing so.

[incompletely]

...That's true.

[ He's still kind of wary, though. ]

Before we resort to them specifically, though, isn't there anything else we can try this on?

[ideismo]

[...He hates this.]

The spirits in the ice maze are a possibility.

[McGillis and Yeager are going to judge him, but whatever.]

[vogelfrei]

[ideismo]

What.

[vogelfrei]

It's a reasonable idea, as expected of a technical thinker.

[biqe]

[ nods! ]

[scythegun]

[HE'S TRYING VERY HARD TO KEEP HIS VOICE DOWN, BUT—]

What the fuck, milord.

[IT'S HIS ONE SWEAR OF THE GAME BUT LIKE???? DUDE????]

[ideismo]

Do you have a better idea, because I would love to hear it.

[scythegun]

Did you have to be the one to suggest it?

[He's not even opposed to the idea necessarily but like!!!!! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SAY IT.]

[biqe]

To be fair, they probably can't get much worse off than they are now, and there's at least some possibility this could save them.

[scythegun]

No, I know that and I agree, it's just...

[mmmnngh he is not getting into that ever, actually!!]

Never mind. It's fine.

[at least they still exist and he has seen them running around so he knows that but goddamn alexei!!!!]

[biqe]

Oh, yes, I think that would be good.

[ideismo]

Thank you, Phil.

[crimson_flamel]

The offer as is would be appealing, but I am deeply suspicious. Everything we know about her relies on the idea that she lures people in using things that they want and doesn't let them go. I don't think she's actually desperate enough to give up this much this easily without a fight.

[incompletely]

[ He nods. This is a very good point. ]

Yeah. There's no way she's letting us go that easily. It feels more like a test than anything.

[ideismo]

We don't accept without proof of whatever it is she's claiming we should do. That seems an acceptable start.

Even if she can prove it, we should likely have an...outside consultation before anything else happens.

[aka we unleash hamelin, unleashing hamelin seems acceptable.]

[incompletely]

I'll play it by ear, then. We challenge her, and if she starts working on her end of our requests, then I'll summon Hamelin and we fight.

[ ... ]

That's just what I think, at least.

[biqe]

If we're confident enough that he'll be able to restore our usual abilities, maybe we could make that into an additional challenge if needed — some kind of match she has to win. Hopefully we'd be able to catch her off guard if she isn't expecting us at full power.