Fourth Trial

[neverhadafriend]

[Same time. Same place. Same old murder. Thus is the cycle on Pleasure Island, and thus are the circumstances you find yourself trapped in.

The birds are unusually quiet when you enter the room, peering down at the crowd with some curiosity. The Genie is center stage, his eyebrows knit together in concern.]

...You know what to do, folks. [He rubs the back of his neck, somehow looking even more anxious than previous trials.] Just a, uh, fair warning, my master's getting real antsy about this whole exercise.

[ TRIAL START! ]

Comments

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ She frowns. ]

Sure, but... how do we test that? If you can shapeshift, it's easy to just... not.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but... if they could shapeshift into an animal... maybe they're a werewolf?

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

I mean... there was someone where I come from who had that mutant power.

[ Shoutout to Rahne, wherever you are. ]

Wouldn't there be more damage, though?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

I can believe it.

[She's seen stranger. Although, she's never officially met the werewolf of Corona.]

Maybe not... if they were being careful?

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ if we end in such a way that x-23 goes to corona and meets catalina it's over for everyone

she nods ]

Werewolves aren't exactly known for being careful, but... they also aren't known for existing.

[prodigalhairess]

Werewolves are a thing in Corona!

[... This is probably news to Cass.]

It's... more of a curse than a "transferred through a bite" thing, but I know one! She's a really sweet girl...

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

Huh.

[ You learn something new every day! Or a lot of somethings, if you're X-23, but. ]

How does the curse work?

[prodigalhairess]

There's this... spirit. The wolf spirit, who attaches to a host and can turn them into a werewolf. It's attracted to people with anger, people who are frustrated and try to hide it. It tries to use that anger...

Oh, but it's easy to control it! She was able to talk and act normally once she calmed down.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ well at least she's safe, x-23 is openly angry all the time- ]

I guess without that wolf spirit here, no one could be that kind of werewolf, right?

[prodigalhairess]

Yeah. There's only the one spirit, and it's still with her. So there's no way for it to be here, even if the mastermind wanted it to be.

[prodigalhairess]

There was a full moon here while we were here, too. If someone was a werewolf, we'd know by now if they were.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Maybe they were careful, locked themselves in their room when it happened.

[Maybe this whole thing is stupid.]