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EVENT ✨ The Answer is Always C

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KEY POINTS

Arthur announces the results of the polls and that he spoke to Celliwig's people, they will be testing Camelot the week of the full moon.

A series of choice-based enchanted scenarios is presented based loosely on a modernized seven sins/virtuous responses (power imbalance, cruelty or mercy, excess/greed or restraint, sloth or work ethic, desire/lust or self-control and bravery or cowardice, and sacrifice or self-preservation)

With the polls closed, the decision is made, and King Arthur takes the opportunity to address the kingdom via a streamed press conference. Though it is not an open post, anyone is welcome to comment on it and talk to each other about it. However, it is unlikely that Arthur himself will respond to comments. A notification does appear on everyone's smart devices to invite everyone to watch live; if they tap it too late, it'll still show the recorded stream.

"People of Camelot, I wish that we had better news that spoke of an easier path to the calamity that stands before us. Celliwig's charge is with protecting Avalon even in the face of protecting Camelot and those of you who chose to use your voices have shown that you choose to respect their way of handling things. However, it was only just over half of you who chose this path. I think it is important that with such a great portion of people believing that bypassing Celliwig and going directly to Elphame, as much as it may take patience, we take this action into consideration. There is no sense in ignoring the voices of so many when there is nothing to say we cannot approach from two fronts. As Camelot's king, I have issued our intent to accept Celliwig's challenge to a descendant of Glewlwyd, a man who was much trouble for my knights in our time. They have said after failing one, we shall be tested on multiple fronts, the week of the full moon's rise. Bear in mind that this is our final chance at this."

Merlin sidles up to Arthur in the video, one arm around his shoulders and leaning in to speak into the mics in a much-too-familiar manner. At least his sunglasses are off this time.

"Now then, anyone who wanted to go to Elphame, you'll want to head to the docks around, oh, say, the first of June. Step one to flirting with fae is to put on a good show before the traders leave. It's a good time whether the Celliwig's dooming us or not."

A wink accompanies that odd note, and Arthur orders him off stage before thanking everyone for their time.

With the consent of its people, Celliwig performs a ritual to place Camelot under a rather strange spell. Much is the same, but there's a sense that everything is just slightly off from what it should be. Fog covers the grounds throughout the entire city throughout the entire day. It's just a little too quiet, the usual hustle and bustle of the city falling just a little too distant on your ears. You can go about your day as normal, but feel as if something is simply off. And eventually, you'll walk through a door, and it will be. Part of the enchantment, however, includes a strange inability to connect these doors with being part of a test-- they seem real, regardless of how absurd the scenario would be were your characters thinking straight.

Day One: Power Imbalance
The door you walk through is into a club of some kind. It wasn't your intended destination and yet, here you are, and you're being handed a glass of your favorite drink and being ushered to your seat. The show is fantastical, some kind of circus-esque show with gymnasts and magical effects making it impossible to take your eyes off of. That is, until the spotlight falls upon you and urges you down to join the show. A volunteer! Well, one of two. Another volunteer is brought up along with yours, and the ring leader of the circus gives you both bracelets-- one with selenite embedded in it, another with andara. The ring leader explains that they're both known for creating high frequency connections, though one is known to spiritually be associated with finding one's path and the other with manifesting one's true self. When enchanted together, this makes it so that the person with the andara bracelet can order the person with the selenite bracelet to do anything they please-- making their true self the person's purpose. Very dangerous, very intruiging, very tempting, very morally wrong to do it for real, so please keep it to the stage! A quick demonstration of this dark use of magic as part of the show... and it seems that afterward, they forget to take the bracelets back. What will you do with your newfound control over your partner? The choice is, after all, yours. (Or theirs, if you're the unlucky partner with the selenite bracelet-- only the person with the andara can remove the bracelets, after all.)

Day Two: Schadenfreude
Yesterday seems like a dream, and you may even feel the need to write it off as such unless you run into the same person again and realize no, they too remember it. But if that's not the case, it doesn't matter. You'll be able to find yourself in your definitely normal and usual mideval city, where someone is in the stocks. Your memories seem a little fuzzy on whether or not you're supposed to be in medieval times or not, but this seems right, and there's a fruit vendor right next to you selling soft fruits to throw at the poor sap in the stocks. There are also a number of other ways to mess with the person, including feathers to tickle them, a riding crop, some ink if you want to grafitti the person.. a good number of ways just to humiliate the person without causing them permanent harm. The crowd is cheering you on, but you also see the keys to set them out just sitting on a table nearby. Do you engage in a little sadistic fun or do you embark in a daring rescue? (Or are you the punished in someone else's scenario?)

Day Three: Indulge Me
Back to the modern day like it didn't happen, you and a friend walk into a door to your favorite convenience store and as you finish up your purchase, you win an all expenses paid trip to the Black Knight's Castle, formerly the home of the Black Knight and turned into a lavish tourist attraction by Yvaine and Laudine's descendents, who have become worshippers of Dionysus. You're transported there in a puff of sparkling magic dust, right before an extravagant golden fountain in the middle of the lobby. The owners explain their policy for the Black Knight's Castle that you can have anything you desire, however much you desire. Anything at all, consequence free. The only thing that they ask is that you give a blood offering to their god to help feed his dead worshippers on the other side of the veil, which will ultimately tie your soul to him as well. Just a quick cut of the palm and you're welcome to come back any time, have anything you want, for the rest of your life. Taking the deal means you really will get what you want! ...For the day, anyway. (This is just a spell, after all, even if your character doesn't want it.) If you choose not to, you'll find yourself magically deposited back to the convenience store.

Day Four: What's the Meaning of Stongehenge?
This fourth day, there's certainly something to be said about a hard day's work. When you walk through today's door, you find yourself in the middle of a grassy field, strange markings on the ground, and surrounded by oddly shaped boulders. The markings on the ground seem to indicate where some the stones should be placed. There aren't really any directions, but there's always the option of waiting for someone else to solve this problem for you... There is a very comfortable looking patch of grass anyone able to relax in. So the choice is yours: wait for someone else to move the rocks or move them yourself?

Day Five: Pooling Desire
Day five is a trip to the pools. But not just any pools! These are special, underground pools hidden deep within a cave. You're sure whoever told you to head through this door mentioned something about them being a special relaxation package at the Red Springs. As you head into the pools, however, you find someone in there with you: the subject of your desires. Regardless of who or what they are, they seem to have a crown upon their head, aren't wearing anything in that water, and seem to have a lovely singing voice judging by the tune they're humming to lure you in before you even notice they're there. It is at that point they will try to seduce you, even if that same person is standing right there with you. The seduction, of course, needn't be sexual-- a strong lusting for a turkey leg wrapped in bacon may be just as powerful as a desire for a brand new Ninblendo Swatch or something you should definitely label as NSFW if you want to thread it that way. Give into them, or.. maybe listen to the person who came in with you that they're definitely some kind of weird half-otter bottomed monster under the water before they try to drown you. Or if you're the one trying to stop this, are you brave enough to get in between a stranger and a monster to try to snap them out of the siren's thrall, even if it means fighting both of them?

Day Six: #ChaliceChallenge
The sixth and final door sets you walking outside on a beach. There's nothing else there really except for nature. The sounds of the waves crashing against the sound is soothing, and real, and sharper than anything you've felt in the last five days of haze. There is no fog today. Clear, blue skies stretch forever above you, not a cloud in sight. The only man-made thing you see is a small woode table and two chairs. Upon that table, two chalices. Nothing will happen and there seems to be no way off of the beach until both parties sit down at the table, at which point a strange old man with huge, rippling muscles of at least 7 feet tall and a long, scraggly beard will appear. He informs your characters of the rules: in one chalice, deadly poison. In the other, water and bitter flavor. Each must drink from one cup, or you will both perish of starvation on this beach. Choose wisely.

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[Why even is there a tail. Would it be rude to ask? It would probably be rude to ask.]

Of course. I should be able to manage that.

[Oh thank God, that he can do. Existing in a Place is easy.]

I think I can manage that.

[Just keep it in one place? That should be easy, he hopes. He's been practicing, but he also seems to do a lot better under duress with his magic.]

Just here--?

[There's probably more to that question, but it stops as he sees the blood. The stone does move a bit, probably because of Din's surprise.]

[Strangely enough...? Once the magic starts to fade away so does the effect on Izuku. But it takes about one whole hour for Izuku to wake. It's like he's dead the entire time, breathless and skin cold... Poor Maribelle will have to panic all alone for now-

But soon enough... There's a small weak cough from his lips.]

That would be my first guess.

[Unless there's something more to the ruins than he thinks. He tries taking in the whole surroundings, the only other thing of note being the patch of grass.]

And I would assume we pass.

[Even though her light magic is pretty useless for moving the rocks. He can still appreciate that spotlight she shines over herself, it's cool!]

Woah, you can place a light over yourself? That skill must come in handy for the stage, or even to be dramatic on the spot!

[Well, since they ruled out the use of the magic, it's time to get down to manual labor. Crow stretches his body to prepare for the strenuous work ahead.]

So how strong are you? Think you can push a stone by yourself or do you need help?

Got it.

[For not knowing Zidane for very long, he does seem like a trustworthy person. He's nodding.

When they exit their spot Izuku keeps himself from moving too quickly. But as they sneak away the magic really does fade away as they go. It reveals the path to the real Camelot.]

[You don't want Crow to fight you, Azul.]

I guess that makes sense.

[Though, he can't escape this nagging feeling that they're missing something. After a while, he shrugs and continues to push the next rock to another marking. He rubs the sweat off his brow with his sleeve.]

There! How many more we got to go?

That makes sense. Where I'm from, "trials" of this sort are generally more... violence oriented, I suppose you could say.

[Escorting the Chosen on her Journey of Regeneration? ENDLESS COMBAT. Want to make a pack with a summon spirit? FIGHT IT. You know what, this place actually isn't so bad in comparison.]

[ By the time, Jyushi reaches Crow. The Vocalist has his feet on the back of the stocks and he's trying to pry the restraints open with his bare hands. However, it's to no avail!]

Jyushi!

[ He's stunned as the other singer shields him against the shower of fruits and vegetables being hurled in his direction. He hears each THUD when a fruit makes contact with Jyushi's body. Jyushi didn't deserve such treatment either, so much that Crow starts to curse out the crowd.]

Watch when I get out these things! I'm gonna kick all of your asses!

[Crow tries even harder to break free, but it seems like he's stuck! Shit!]

It's hard to be calm, but what are you gonna do? You can't just stand up there the whole time! There's gotta be a key, or something to break me out!

Hey, it's fine. We're thinking of it now before I ended up moving another boulder. Though... hm...

[Looking between the two boulders and the phone himself, hard to say which one.]

... They're pretty identical. Maybe we should find a similar mark? Or maybe this boulder isn't expected to be placed on this side.

...It's strange, but it did look as everyone was human here. Perhaps you being a duck played into some kind of discrimination.

[Soon they'll enter an alleyway, the sounds of pursuers distant, so Fenton will be able to take off the cloak if he feels comfortable enough.]

[This is just so much worse than the time they had to hold hands to help rescue people out of the fallen rubble. At least then Izuku still had control of most of his body and they were actually able to somewhat get along enough to be able to help out. But this? Izuku is stranded and unable to move and he feels this heavy dread in his stomach for it! He lets out a frustrated noise and then-

That dreaded feather.]

Ah- Aha- N-no!!

[Guess who might have ticklish feet...]

Stop! Stop! Stop! Toga!!!

Anywhere is better than here, is it not?

[ she takes a moment to call up some of the botanical knowledge from when she took up gardening. she needs highly flammable plants—juniper, cypress, rosemary—the fireball in byleth's free hand dissipates as tangled roots, grasses and vines surge up along the ground before the stockade's stage. they don't need to be pretty, or healthy, they just need to be right.

with a quick shot of fire at two points, the line is lit, creating a wall of fire between them and the mob. ]

That should buy us some time. This way. [ the crowd's outrage over the witch's escape doesn't miss byleth's notice, but: ]

I'll save the questions for later. [ as they round a corner, the look of camelot begins to... normalize, though around the edges at first—like the dream is fading, or they're exiting a radius. ]

[Tsuna does have a million questions, but he's a little scared to ask them. He doesn't like to pry, nor does he want to put Gokudera in an uncomfortable situation. One day the truth will probably come out, but for now, he's content not knowing.

Just have to focus on one thing at a time.]

Let me try with the water first. Hold still...

[Said more as a reflex, usually he's having to clean up Lambo.]

[As long as the time waiting for answers doesn't make him think Gokudera is actively hiding anything from him, it'll be fine. The bomber knows his friend worries about him... as a friend. But then there are things about his flames, and what people have seen of them... that they tried to take them from him, out of him, by ignorant violent force... it's best if he doesn't tell.]

I will. It doesn't hurt.

[Because with all that red, burn-marred skin, it certainly looks like it hurts. It may be a bit sensitive, but Gokudera can easily be still. The way the Tenth says it makes him smile and he relaxes some as he waits.]

[Izuku stops and flails in place for a minute as the rocks seem to slot together and...]

D-did we do it?

[It's hard to tell. But the runes seem to be lighting up like they did something right? Hopefully?]

... This was supposed to be a trial, isn't that right?

[Izuku ponders those ideas and nods.]

I- I could try! Or even if I just shape the stones into large whole wheels we could roll them into the slots?

[Teamwork brainstorming! Izuku puts his hands together as electric green magic sparks of alchemy glow.]

If you can help with some healing magic I think I can give that a try. I'll try my best.

[He wouldn't be the first to ask.]

Good! Alright! Things are already shaping up!

[Hahaha... we'll challenge that ease of existence.]

[The old man then proceeds to tell Zuko that Sokka isn't dead and will wake up when the potion stops affecting him. After that they can just leave. He does, now that the trials has ended.]

[He really could go without the hot-headedness but he's just so eager! He wants to do the right thing in everything he does. And sometimes that makes him a little too gung-ho! To a reckless fault!

The prospect of some lunch and to calm down from all of that is very welcomed. His cheeks get a little pink in embarrassment but he nods.]

I'd like that, Lizzie-san! But- C-can I pay for it? After you went through all that to save me, I'd like to do that.

[One thing Zidane needs to remember while they escape is that he might climb a little too fast? But getting a higher ground the grant them a brie vantage and ability to slip into another disconnected alley if they need to.]

Izuku, never break and enter again, okay?

[There's a teasing chuckle at the end of that. He's kidding; he probably didn't do anything.]

[Izuku frowns deeply.]

Making difficult choices like this is... I know it's something I have to get used to. I want to be the kind of hero who can save everyone. But how do I make a choice like this? It's unfair.

[He worries but he knows they have to do something...]

If we both drink... I'll still try and save you.

Chris shoots the Siren an angry glare. "Stay back!" She warns, though given she's deprived of her sword, if it comes to a fight she'll be at something of a disadvantage. But she can tell its hold is breaking on Kratos, she just needs to figure out how to get him the rest of the way.

Watch your son grow up...

She looks back seriously at Kratos. "Your son. Tell me about him. Tell me what you remember about your boy." She says seriously.

[Izuku clenches his teeth hard. He knows he can believe Katsuki when he says things like that now. But that upset feeling of watching Katsuki die is still in his stomach. The flashing memory is still in his head. He starts to tremble again, eyes wet and angry.]

You can't expect me to sit there and watch you die either- I'm never going to let that happen again, Kacchan! I can't-! I can't lose y-

[They can scream at each other until they're blue in the face.]

Kacchan- It doesn't matter, if it comes down to it- you're the one who should go on if something happens-!!

[As long as it's Katsuki, it's okay.]

Ah, right.....I guess that makes sense. Helping each other would be cheating then if it's like a test?

[He had just helped her? Or did that not count? She isn't entirely sure what they are expected to do? In being testing on their choices? Their strengths and weaknesses? Colette bites her lower lip, unsure but she does at least stick close to him.]

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