December Event: No Rest for the Wicked

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DECEMBER EVENT: NO REST FOR THE WICKED

Who: Anyone and everyone
What: Your trials by fire
When: December 15th - 18th
Where: On Maati and Ensō
Warnings: Character deaths and violence are both likely - please mark as you go!

The Trials: Only Then Can We Begin

As noted in the OOC info post, your Trials will all begin on December 15th. As many of you will not be deposited into your trials with food and water (or any items of your own at all, in most cases), the Trials will last only as long as December 18th. If you've failed to complete your Trial by this deadline but have not used up all the deaths allotted to you, you will awaken by Maati's mana pool at the event's conclusion. If you have not failed your Trial by using up all your deaths, this will not count as a character death, and you will not need to submit for a penalty; you simply won't be able to obtain the reward you would get if you had succeeded! When your character wakes in their allotted Trial, they will discover that their starting chamber has been inscribed with the name of the Trial, the names of those participating, and the number of deaths they have remaining - though the latter aren't labeled in any way. You'll simply have to learn it the hard way; every time your character suffers a death, the number will go down by one. If it wasn't obvious what those numbers stood for at first, by the time the dying starts properly, it certainly will be. And you probably don't want to see it go all the way down to zero...

Should you reach the end of your Trial, you will step out onto the rocky cliffs of Maati, exiting from one of the seven doors set into the cliffs at the seven points of the island's star shape. You see, those doors you discovered earlier weren't the entrances to the Trials at all. They were the exits. And set into the towering cliffs...why, those house the winding mazes that comprise the Trials themselves.

There will be a top-level below for each Trial. Remember to plan with your groups and communicate with your thread partners! Whether you choose to do mingle-style threads or lengthier group threads is up to you.

Once you know the outcome of your Trial, success OR failure, please do let us know so that we can ensure your character gets the reward that befits their triumph...or lackthereof.

Remember also to let us know if your character uses up ALL their deaths during this event. While death penalties will not be inflicted during Trial deaths, if you use up all the deaths allotted to you and die for real, your death penalty will NOT be reduced.

The Water: Don't Let Them Get Away

The rest of you have plenty to contend with as well, of course. If you've opted out of this month's event, be advise that the waters creeping across shores of Ensō, along with the rest of the island, aren't going to take evasion kindly. They'll seek you out, spread along every inch of the island if they can, until they can find you. There is a top-level below, if you're intrigued! Though if you end up top-leveling yourself, we may very well reach out and find you anyway...

Event Timeline

[ ♆ ] December 15th: The Trials on Maati begin, and the water begins to rise.
[ ♆ ] December 18th: The Trials reach their end.
[ ♆ ] December 19th: Those who have "perma"-died in their Trials are revived.
[ ♆ ] December 20th: The monthly Storytelling occurs.

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Comments

[lesbeau]

A what?

[She's not from a time that knows what conveyor belts are. She goes to take a quick step or two, but stops when she notices he's not coming along.]

Do you see something?

[piercetheheart]

I don't think running's a good idea, Beau.

[But he does stand and take a couple steps to catch up with her.]

Pretty sure the floor moves. [Here have an awkward rolling motion by way of explanation.]

[lesbeau]

How the hell would it do that?

[But ugh, alright, fine. She waits for him to catch up, but she already looks antsy.]

If it moves, where do you think it goes?

[piercetheheart]

It's a belt... like uh... fuck I dunno what you'd recognize. It just, loops around and spins in a circle.

[There's lots of gesticulation happening here but it's probably not terribly helpful.]

[lesbeau]

Spins? Why would it need to do that?

[She scuffs her heel, feeling the ridges.]

C'mon, can we at least walk a little faster? This isn't a leisure stroll, it's an escape mission.

[piercetheheart]

Good way to move things without having to carry shit.

Or to run in place if you don't have somewhere to exercise.

Gods fucking dammit we're on a treadmill. I've seen how these videos go. Hell Noct did it to me once.

[lesbeau]

So you're supposed to run on it?

[Beau, this is room 6, can't you learn a single fucking thing. Sure enough, she hops a bit, and takes a few too-quick steps ahead of the pack.

And everything starts to move.

Instantly, her eyes widen as she realizes her mistake, starting to try and scramble back as everything awakens.]

Shit shit shit shit--

[piercetheheart]

Run in place-

[He starts to correct her and then... and then.

The floor starts to move and he curses sharply, scrambling to his feet and trying to pace himself not to go any faster than the belt is moving. Maybe if they don't panic and run away it won't keep picking up speed?!]

It's really not fun when these things get going faster than you can run!!

godsfuckingdammit

[lesbeau]

[Sadly, the belts pick up quickly, meaning any pace any of them can keep is quickly shattered. Beau tries to get back to the group-- she's fast, incredibly so, but the belt always seems to be one step faster until she loses her footing and goes down, holding onto her shoulder right after it hits the ground.]

Son of a bitch--

[She knows what's coming. This isn't the first time she's failed. She just doesn't know how.]

Stay back there! It'll reset! Try and get on the walls!