final trial

[arsholes]

[After a harrowing couple of hours, some illuminating discoveries, a couple of new allies, and a couple of new injuries, eventually Garfield's warning comes to mind. Shit's popping off. And now that you've got all of the ritual components (minus the hammer which, well, you have its owner), it might be time to return to the trial room and see if you can do something about it.

Reconvene in the Great Hall and make your way upstairs.]

Comments

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Eh? Is the knife special for that?

[sunshade]

I found a book in the workshop.

[ levitating it and floating it over ]

It details how to make monsters out of corpses.

[ninehundredlives]

What.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Monster? Corpse? ...You did what, Heisenberg-san?!

[replacementshield]

...he did WHAT?

[rikonstructed]

Patchouli hypothesized that they were the bodies of Loki, Jasper, and Zenos. I assume the one that escaped was Loki's.

[ninehundredlives]

[OHHHH NO HE FUCKING DIDN'T]

It wasn't bad enough to get him killed twice? You had to mutilate his corpse, too?

[reresurrected]

[Ah.]

About that, actually... it seems to be on rather good terms with us, at least as long as Heisenberg-san is around.

[twibeast]

He what.

[ WHAT! THE ACTUAL! FUCK!! ]

[thealchemist]

[mlelelelem.

Yes Junior is also here. It seems slightly wary of Team Fuck Around but not enough to aggro.

Heisenberg is just going to. Put himself between the others and Junior.]

Yeah, it's a forgemaster's knife.

Thought it'd be a fitting way to let them get revenge on the Patron.

[spitessier]

Were you going to do that with von Vestra's corpse too?

[He did find the knife in the same room with the body, after all]

[thealchemist]

That's the plan.

[Present tense.]

I didn't have time to do it before, though. I was getting better at them as I went, and I wanted to make sure he became something truly extraordinary.

[sunshade]

Absolutely not.

If that's what you need this knife for, I won't be handing it over.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Even if that was your thought process, it's still a little...

[ninehundredlives]

Psychotic?

[don't make it sound like some kind of generous thing, you turned the bodies of your victims into pets???]

[thealchemist]

[Rolls his eyes. Nobody appreciates a genius.]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

I wouldn't say that it's not... Even if you think it's a good thing, Heisenberg-san, you really haven't been helping your case!

[rikonstructed]

What a convenient way to look at it.

[thealchemist]

...I didn't make this one [Junior] until I was sure that I was switching plans.

[rikonstructed]

I'm not hypocritical enough to care how you make use of an empty shell of a corpse.

[Maybe lying through his teeth, but also, Zenos chose to irradiate that body all on his own so.]

But what you made are just tools. I don't see a reason to dress it up otherwise.

[replacementshield]

[ His hand grips the hilt of his blade tighter.

He looks about ready to unsheathe it at any point...this is probably not really the time, though... ]

[reresurrected]

[Just gonna put a hand on his shoulder here. He loves you, Felix, but let's not right now.]

[rikonstructed]

[About to move in too and... yeah, he nods to Baldr. He's in agreement with Felix but the timing is bad.]

[replacementshield]

[ Thank goodness for the both of them. THAT will get him to somewhat...settle.

You know, as much as he can, at this point. But it's something. For now.

Better keep a close eye. ]

[reresurrected]

[... oh.]