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

[arsholes]

[As Orthrus' shield begins to fail, he feels a cold spot (that isn't his own) at his back. Like spiderweb-thin cracks of ice forming over a crystalline lake, his shield is bolstered, and the weight is taken off of him.]

2/3 i lied

[twibeast]

[ And then he feels that cold spot and the bolstered shield-- ]

3/3

[twibeast]

[ His shield is bolstered and the golden light also flares back up again, bright like dawn, as he pushes back to shove Death away. ]

And I will be there with them to protect and nurture them, like the sun itself! For I am Orthrus, 10309th son of Allmother Goddess Echidna and Volcano Lord Typhon, and most of all the Guardian Beast of Aeaea and all life itself!!

vomit mention (no vomit)

[unfinishedwork]

[Between that and Felix getting him good, Death does indeed reel back.]

Stop, you're going to make me puke.