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Ars Arcana Mods ([personal profile] arsholes) wrote in [community profile] arsarcana2022-04-30 12:54 pm
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fifth trial

[With the last piece of evidence collected, Heisenberg's voice abruptly comes from everywhere and nowhere once again.]

Ready when you are. Come on up, Apprentices. You know the drill by now.

[Time to get in your weekly cardio climbing all these goddamn stairs again. Per usual, the ascension takes several minutes, with one final door remaining locked than that first time. The shimmer of purple shield magic remains, blocking the apprentices from accessing it but they'll know soon enough if they make it through this trial.

Finally they reach the courtroom door. It's a bit singed and a little splattered with dried blood. You'd think the tower would have eagerly drunk it up...but perhaps someone left it as a message. The door swings open to reveal a small set of steps, leading up to an imposing round chamber with a tapered roof. Twenty podiums stand in a circle in the center, lit brightly from below. Each podium is made of dark metal with a colored crystal matching the individual dorms enclosed on a thick glass dome on top of it. As always, greyed out portraits of the deceased have been added- Olive and Bruno. The courtroom looks completely unharmed from Hubert's attempt on Wednesday.

Heisenberg once again is up on his scaffold. He pulls a gas mask off of his head and runs a hand through his hair, before settling his hat back in its usual place.]


Hope you've brought your best. And all the evidence. You know how this goes by now. Either one person leaves here, or ten of you get the reward of going back down to the Institute.

Better get started.
thealchemist: (in shadow)

Voting

[personal profile] thealchemist 2022-05-01 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Heisenberg watches Loki's confession with an imperceptible expression.]

You know the part that comes next.

[With a wave of his gloved hand, the podiums of the surviving apprentices all light up with the surviving apprentices' names.]

Vote, and get your goodbyes out of the way.
replacementshield: (> Hm)

[personal profile] replacementshield 2022-05-01 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't hesitate. ]

> Loki of Asgard
pegasinister: (15)

[personal profile] pegasinister 2022-05-01 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
> Loki
sunshade: pixiv id 167342 (➺ blood from the mouth)

[personal profile] sunshade 2022-05-01 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
>Loki
reresurrected: (Gurenge)

[personal profile] reresurrected 2022-05-01 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
> Loki
Edited 2022-05-01 02:42 (UTC)
cuttingremark: (facing death)

Re: Voting

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-05-01 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He probably doesn't need to vote for himself, but he's going to anyways.]

> Loki of Asgard
rikonstructed: (1)

[personal profile] rikonstructed 2022-05-01 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives Loki a nod of acknowledgment before he enters it.]

>Loki of Asgard
ghostsguysgyuudon: Subdued. (well that sucks)

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-05-01 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
>Loki of Asgard

I'm sorry.
encelevenemus: (trust me to be strong)

[personal profile] encelevenemus 2022-05-01 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Every other week, there had not been an instant's hesitation. Now, his hand hovered barely an inch over the podium--steady, but frozen.]

['The gods have spoken,' echoed a distant memory, 'and I, Somnus Lucis Caelum, am king-']

[Somehow, it was harder to do again when raising a sword wasn't involved.]


>Loki of Asgard

Mei, come over here. Until this is over.
cuttingremark: (:/)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-05-01 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Loki gives him a nod of thanks.]
encelevenemus: (there's no sacrifice that i won't make)

[personal profile] encelevenemus 2022-05-01 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Somnus did not look at him directly. But the hand that wore the Ring of The Lucii was curled into a very tight fist on his podium, probably still bleeding from where he had been gripping the prophecy's shard.]
ghostsguysgyuudon: Melancholy thought. (which way is throwing your life away)

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-05-01 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
...Okay!

[She nods and walks to Somnus's podium. Looks again at what must be her motive card, then at Loki.]
encelevenemus: (i would die)

[personal profile] encelevenemus 2022-05-01 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[stiffly putting his hands on her shoulders and gently turning her away from any eyeline of the impending execution]

[he is not great with kids despite having had one, but he tries]
rikonstructed: (11)

[personal profile] rikonstructed 2022-05-01 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[After the last week, Nuadha gives that pause a long, unwavering look. But he doesn't say anything. When Somnus calls for Mei, he just inclines his head in a shallow bow.]
encelevenemus: (i'm here to protect you)

[personal profile] encelevenemus 2022-05-01 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[he is nothing if not prepared to commit no matter how much he hates this]
twibeast: (true 03)

[personal profile] twibeast 2022-05-01 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ this fucking sucks but... it's easier than some previous times. He actually votes for the first time since Jasper:

>Loki

When that's done and they wait he's going to take his harp (brought with him as it was last trial) and just absentmindedly play a little bit ]