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December Event: No Rest for the Wicked

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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lesbeau: (« [Skeptical] fuck those cards)

[personal profile] lesbeau 2019-03-06 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Beau can't help but chuckle a little at ass force, because at least that's on her mind now and not this stupid fucking hellscape. Her shoulders drop, even as she's cracking her knuckles, shaking the... well, the death out of her shoulders.]

Trust me, I'm an everyone gets a shot sort of person. But I'll take the first one. Knock 'em off their damn perch. Trial of patience my goddamn ass.

[She drums her fingers against the stone, thinking about the feeling of it, the fantasy of it giving way under her fingers.]

Can't wait to get out of this stupid thing. Bust into where everyone else is and get this shit back on track.
bitch4bitch: (i'm not saying it looks better on me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-03-18 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
God, for sure. I dunno what this is even supposed to teach us... ‘cept that I am sure as hell going to appreciate being able to charge into shit when it’s all said and done.

[She snorts quietly.] Yeah, for sure. Whichever ‘shit’ you’re talkin’ about. [Really, it doesn’t matter. As long as they’re out of here.]
lesbeau: (« [Frown] thanks i hate it)

[personal profile] lesbeau 2019-03-20 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[She just replies with a resounding shrug, before leaning back and letting herself plop down on her back. Fuck it, it's a pressure plate, what does she have to meditate on it mom?]

Doesn't matter. Whatever shit is mine. That's what's important.

[But wow, Erika, you pulled off the god move- getting Beau to calm down enough to keep going. Must be no doubt she likes you now. But like, she won't say that.]

Just wake me up when the stupid bridge is ready so we can do this dumb shit again.
bitch4bitch: (don't make eye contact with me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-03-25 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Y'know, I can respect that.

[Even if she doesn't quite know Beau well enough yet to understand the gravity of this, she is pretty pleased with herself for managing it. Even if it's kind of a mixed reaction, seeing as how she... also does super get where Beau was coming from with freaking out. Hopefully, though, this will get them out of here sooner.]

No problem.
lesbeau: (« [Breathe] i have -7 patience)

[personal profile] lesbeau 2019-03-27 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Erika, you're so fucking valid. Beau continues to lie on her back, but she will raise her right hand in a thumbs up for a few seconds before letting her arm flop back down onto the stone like a dead fish.

Fantastic.]