O FORTUNA | Hostage Trial

[starmods]

[you're ushered into a sitting room with your own team, away from everyone else. the door shuts and locks behind you.

straight ahead, sitting on the coffee table, is an indestructible clock with an indestructible starry globe... that seems to contain a small plastic figurine that looks exactly like Kometa—the one teammate missing from this room.

the outer lord's voice rings overhead:]

I've taken from you one of your teammates, and now I'd like to see how far you'd go to protect them.

Comments

DECISIONS

[starmods]

[encompassing the entirety of one wall is a large chart of the night sky's constellations, with several of the constellations and their names lit up—you instinctively understand that it's a touch-screen where you select one of the highlighted constellations to initiate the team's challenge for that round.

the constellations highlighted are as follows:]

★ Aquarius: "the waterbearer"
★ Boötes: "the herdsman"
★ Caelum: "the engraving tool"
★ Canes Venatici: "the hunting dogs"
★ Crater: "the cup"
★ Cassiopeia: "the seated queen"
★ Pyxis: "the compass"
★ Taurus: "the bull"

[comment to the R1/R2/R3 header below this toplevel with your choice; a new thread with the challenge, where you can play it out, will come up. when characters complete a challenge its constellation is no longer lit and can't be chosen again]

R1 DECISION

[starmods]

Re: R1 DECISION

[westartedthefire]

★ Caelum: "the engraving tool"

R2 DECISION

[starmods]

Re: R2 DECISION

[westartedthefire]

★ Taurus: "the bull"

R3 DECISION

[starmods]

Re: R3 DECISION

[westartedthefire]

★ Canes Venatici: "the hunting dogs"

R4 DECISION

[starmods]

Re: R4 DECISION

[westartedthefire]

★ Cassiopeia: "the seated queen"

DISCUSSION

[starmods]

Re: DISCUSSION

[westartedthefire]

[ have you ever seen a girl doing her best not to hyperventilate, becuase

now you have.

also she's gripping her axe tightly like she's about ten seconds away from caving someone's face in with it. ]

So, what? They won't even tell us what these challenges are until we choose one?

Re: DISCUSSION

[desireslove]

What? You can't use your imagination? It's obvious the constellations are hints.

Re: DISCUSSION

[desireslove]

[ circling around the globe-clock, arms crossed like ah yes this shit again ]

So they expect us to choose our own fate? This should be interesting.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fromgreatheights]

[ why are u circling me like a shark please be kind ]

R1

[starmods]

★ Caelum: "the engraving tool"

An engraving tool floating in the night sky, dotted with weak stars.

[You are given engraving tools—more simply, a series of chisels in different sizes and different ranges of sharpness.

You understand the instructions as follows:]

"You must use these tools in some manner to remove the eye of a teammate."

Re: R1

[westartedthefire]

[ oh that's not what she thought that'd be - ]

Lord fucking DAMN IT!

Re: R1

[desireslove]

[ god. he can't help it he just. he just laughs. ]

HAHAHA!! So much for "playing it safe"! You still want to take that, little girl? Or is it too much for you?

Re: R1

[extremelycursedenergy]

[ GUESS WHO IS HERE. ]

Any volunteers?

Re: R1

[desireslove]

[ it's cool he's volunteering by talking shit ]

R2

[starmods]

★ Taurus: "the bull"

The goddess, Ishtar, sent this bull to kill Gilgamesh for his advances.

[You are provided with a branding iron and a container of molted heat.

You understand the instructions as follows:]

"You must heat this iron as hot as possible and brand one of your teammates with it."


[NOTE: the branding iron is star shaped.]

Re: R2

[extremelycursedenergy]

[ picking up the brand

looking at Volk. ]

In for a penny, in for a pound?

R3

[starmods]

★ Canes Venatici: "the hunting dogs"

These are Boötes' hunting dogs. Let's throw them a bone.

[You are provided with an axe, a chainsaw, and a bonesaw.

You understand the instructions as follows:]

"You must saw off someone's arm at the elbow, or someone's leg below the knee."

Re: R3

[extremelycursedenergy]

[ he's not even asking he's just going for the chainsaw. ]

I have easier ways of doing this, but...

R4

[starmods]

★ Cassiopeia: "the seated queen"

The vain queen of Aethiopia who sat upon her throne with pride.

[You are provided with a large thorny crown of dried vines.

You understand the instructions as follows:]

"One person must wear this crown for the rest of the trial. Removing it at any point is the same as failing the challenge."

Re: R4

[westartedthefire]

...

I'll take this one. Tired of fucking sitting around watching a guy get mauled for something that's my responsibility.

[ so she's like

gonna put this crown on her head if nobody stops her. if sukuna specifically doesn't stop her because volk is busy uhhhhhhh with all of that over there. ]