Partners In Peril: Felix and Loki

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[Whether willing or just, there comes a magical shove to force you and someone else through the door leading down into the earth.]

[The passageway is cold, but at least it's well lit. Albeit with flames of blue fire.]

[It goes down, down, down, until you reach the first part....]

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RULES

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SPECIAL ABILITIES ARE OFF. If a regular human isn't capable of it, neither is your character.

There is one takeback. Your characters will be progressing through rooms in this trial. One character may decide to go back however far they wish ONCE. So they could be all the way at the end and choose to go back to the beginning, or just back one room, but they can only make this decision one time. The characters will understand this fact.

Injury and death are possibilities.

Direct questions to trials-a so we can avoid bogging down the general chat.

ROOM ONE

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[There is a door to proceed to the first room and on it is an inscription:
A fall not so dangerous from height,
But rather in footing.
Is there a way for stability?]

[You find yourself in a cave, on top of a ledge. Upon which you can see a solid stone door at the far end of the cavern. On the floor of the ledge is a message. ’You can only choose to go back once.’]

[The height of the ledge itself does not seem particularly dangerous, it’s only roughly as tall as a two story building. With a bit of care, it’d be possible to climb down without any harm.]

[The harm comes from the sea of spikes.]

[From the very front of the ledge to some distance away, there are tall spikes, packed together. There are, however, spots in the spikes where there’s enough room to put one foot. If someone was incredibly careful, it would be possible to maneuver through the spikes, even stand in places. Though one slight misstep could easily mean getting cut or poked with the spikes. Making a jump for those spots would take a miracle to not end up with a worse injury.]

[There are also two metal scissor gates along the wall, one past the spikes at ground level. The other is at the end of the ledge, and it seems to have a lift of sorts inside.]

[There is a sign. OCCUPANCY: 1]

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

Of course. The one time I can't use my wings, there's spikes.

Re: DISCUSSION

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QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

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These questions are to be answered OOCly about your character’s emotional/mental state, not what they would necessarily say or believe ICly. So if they tell themselves they're happy and are ignoring feelings of anger, the answer is anger.

How does your character feel about their partner?
How does your character feel about the solution to the challenge?
How is your character feeling right now?

Re: QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

[bestbrotherever]

* Loki feels fairly positive about Felix. Annoyed that his wings don't work, but since that's not his fault and Loki's had his own abilities turned off, it's not translating into personal ire. He's fine with sticking with Felix, thinks they're much better off together than apart.

* Loki thinks not being able to send the lift back is unfair. Sending one down and having them help the other as he climbs down is... practical as a solution and reinforces the lesson in cooperation, but boring. He feels like there should have been an easier option or more danger.

* Loki is feeling aggravated at being turned human, particularly since it led to him getting more tired and injured than he should be as a god. He's also feeling worried for probably-Solar and wants to get through this as fast as possible so he can hopefully help her. And thanks to bad thought paths towards the end, he's got some of his old self-disgust over the whole Jotunheim thing fresh in his head.

Re: QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

[malignstar]

He sees him as decently pragmatic and reasonable to work with.
He thinks they made the best of a lousy situation. And hey, they got out without horrible injuries. Teamwork did seem the best approach here.
Annoyed at the lift but overall good about their chances so long as they think things through.

ROOM TWO

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[Another inscription on the door:
'Nothing is zero.
First one’s free.
What’s the price for two?']

[You have stepped further into the cave, and it seems to be almost a foyer of sorts. You can see old tapestries, torn, of alicorns circle around a sun or a moon, and half decayed carpeting. There are two crumbling Pegasus statues that can be seen on either side of a doorway glowing with red magic. On one side of each Pegasus is also a switch.]

[There is also a painting on the wall.]

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

Looks like we can either get the bad end, the neutral end or one person gets the bad end the other person gets the good end. I know there's a term for this sort of thing.

QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

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How does your character feel about their partner?
How does your character feel about the solution to the challenge?
How is your character feeling right now?

Re: QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

[malignstar]

He doesn't trust Loki at all. He figures Loki only came back because he somehow needs them. Though he's not yet sure how.
He thinks it was stupid and would have honestly preferred to remain in the room, which seems overall safe.
Really, really angry at Felix, Loki and Solar.

Re: QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

[bestbrotherever]

* Loki feels comfortable enough with Felix to tease him about maybe leaving him behind and is glad Felix didn't hold it against him and they're on the same page about sticking together even if it makes things more difficult.

* He wishes he could have experimented a bit more and maybe found a way to cheat, but since it looks like what they do in one room has no effect on the next (barring the obvious of leaving your partner behind), he's okay with leaving it as it is and getting through as fast as possible. The puzzle itself isn't as important as the big one of how to help Solar.

* Right as he's going through the portal, in pain? MAJOR FLASHBACKS TO THANOS TORTURE. But he got through that, this is nowhere near as bad, and he knows there is a way to win and have a place to be once it's over. He won't give in to hopelessness.

ROOM THREE

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[Another inscription, this time on the floor:
'Often those below look to those on high,
For those on high often have an easier time.
Though those below often find themselves blind,
To what they can see.']

[You get through the door and find yourself faced with another wall made of black glass, about three stories tall. There is a doorway and a staircase in front of you. Each has a panel of green light in front of them.]

[Engrave between the stairs and doorway is a simple message. GREEN: 1]

DISCUSSION

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[bestbrotherever]

Green... as in the portal in the other room?

[Oh well, he's going to climb the staircase and carefully touch the panels and doorway, looking for any oddities.]

Re: DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

[ Well, Felix is snarling in pain now. ]

Of all the foolish, ill-thought buffoonery...

Choices Above

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[As Loki enters the building, the faintly see through glass suddenly lights up, clear and easy to see the path. He can also hear Loki.]

[For the most part. The places below the pedestals are also blacked out.]

[Felix will get a map in his inbox.]

Choices Below

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[And probably predictably, as the glass door shuts behind Loki, he suddenly has darkness cover his eyes, rendering him completely blind. His other senses, however, are fine. And now that he's inside, he can hear things.]

[There's a crackle of energy somewhere. The sloshing of water. And the room area is on the cold side.]

[Its probably fine.]

[And to help say where Loki goes: A board]

Path Discussion

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QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

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How does your character feel about their partner?
How does your character feel about the solution to the challenge?
How is your character feeling right now?

Is there any unconfronted conflict between your character and their partner? If yes, what is it and how do they feel about it?
On a scale of 0 to 10, from none to completely, how much does your character trust their partner right now?

ROOM FOUR

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[One sentence is on the door to the final room. 'What in return did springtime ask?']

[You have made it past the labyrinth and found yourself in a large cavern. And it seems to be just that. A large cavern, with the only oddity being a few lines on the ground that seems to be dividing the area up into thirds. And at the far, far end, you can see a glimpse of light from the outside.]

[The cavern itself is very windy, the cold cutting for at least Fatalis. It's hard for Loki to feel much difference at all.]

[There is also ice on the walls, slowly spreading at the moment, but very much present, and both Loki and Fatalis can feel EYES on them.]

Re: ROOM FOUR

[bestbrotherever]

[HE WAS HOPING FOR RELIEF NOT MORE COLD]

[But he is noting the lines dividing the area into thirds.]

I d-do hope w-we did n-not have a th-third companion we o-overlooked.