FINAL TRIAL

[foundationmods]

...Finally, it was time to begin.

The unlit pyre rose before them, tall and massive.
The smell of smoke wafted around them, as the Witch stood before them - flanked by all her demons and her servants.
The Pieces she had taken.🗈

There was no audience, no trial.

It was just them...and the Witch.

The Witch who stood before the pyre, as if accepting her fate.


In this, this final hour... Music could be heard by both the pieces and those that looked on from another plane.

Their forms were changed again, for the final time - to those of the trial.

A trial that could easily turn into an execution...or a redemption.

But it still had to happen.
If something heals improperly, you must cause pain and reopen the wounds to make it heal correctly.
But.
There was always the risk of infection...

....Would this end....in a happy ending...?

...Nothing was certain.

Nothing, except the knowledge in their own hearts and minds.

Comments

[goldenmaniac]

Well, that's a good sign!

[excavated]

Do you really think so?

[ he's a bit... skeptical ]

[goldenmaniac]

Even if it's a sign that something bad is coming, it's a sign that we're doing something- so I'll take it.

[excavated]

We'll just have to see. Hopefully our efforts aren't going to be in vain in the end. Just... a little more.

[goldenmaniac]

[He puts his hand on his arm]

Tsubasa... There's a difference between being careful and losing hope. You're the one that sent me that message- don't tell me you're doubting what Sakura-san would say now?

[excavated]

Ah- [ He shakes his head. ] No, I'm not. "Everything will surely be alright." I don't doubt it for a second. I'm just... [ He glances at Nirrti. ] I'm just a little worried.

[goldenmaniac]

If this is a trap... then we'll be ready.

[excavated]

[ He nods at him. ] Right, of course. We're all prepared for anything that will come at us. And we'll do it together. Because we aren't alone.

[rikuchi]

We will. We've come too far to be defeated now.