Final Trial

[pleasureislanders]

[It seems as though the badge that Tadashi found fits neatly into the indent in the broken statue in the main room. Once inserted, the ground quakes as the statue begins to shift to the right, revealing a narrow, spiral staircase leading down, down into the ground.

Lots of secret passages in this place, huh?

Lit torches line the walls of the stairwell--clearly, someone is anticipating your arrival. As you descend down the staircase, the air grows cooler, not unlike the atmosphere when descending towards the trial room back on the island. The passage grows more and more narrow, until, eventually, you're forced to shimmy between the walls.

Eventually, however, there is a doorway. As you push yourselves out of the stairwell, you find yourself in a ruined chamber. Ancient stone carvings decorate the walls, crumbling and defiled after centuries of wear and tear. One of the walls of the chamber has been torn down to reveal an expansive cavern, wooden bridges spanning any drops and rope and pitons marking off certain areas where dig sites have been abandoned. The area is dimly lit by gas lanterns strung up around the rocky walls.

This isn't a trial room. It's an excavation site.

On the far side of one of the rickety bridges, shrouded in shadow, is a slim figure. They stand at attention, holding a cane in the crook of their arm. They slowly lift their hands and begin a slow, sarcastic clap that is heard throughout the cavern.]

Congratulations. You've made it here, no thanks to that ridiculous, cowardly genie.

[The voice echoes throughout the chamber, amplified by the acoustics of the cave. The speaker is male, and although his tone is otherwise friendly, there's a certain cold quality about it. Sweet, in the way that antifreeze tastes before it kills you.]

I must say, you are a tenacious bunch. But, unfortunately, this is where we end our little affair. But, before you make any rash decisions, I must remind you that I have your little friend in my possession.

[He shifts slightly, revealing the Genie's lamp tucked in his jacket. The artifact shines in what little light it can reflect, before he folds his jacket back. He chuckles to himself.]

You wouldn't want anything dire to happen to this lamp, now would you? [A pause.] Though, if you must know, he's the one who came up with the "murder game" concept. He's the one that kidnapped you and brought you to this place. So, really...if anything, you're going after the wrong guy.

Comments

[jawhereveryouare]

[Jafar turns with a start, raising his snake staff at her with a menacing expression, before it begins to fade away, replaced by a look of confusion and...pain.]

...What?

[Just as her surrondings begin to change, so does he.

Jafar begins withering down to nothing more than a husk, nearly as lifeless as everything around her...

[neverhadafriend]

[... Huh.]

Gotta say Lettuce girl having terrifying death powers is Not something I expected to see today. Or any day for that matter.

[hells_angles]

[From Chicken Little's hands-]

Fucking PARDON?

[primafacie]

Miss Rapunzel is currently turning the horrible sorcerer man into a desiccated husk of a human being. Awful. Unfortunate you can't see it, William, I'm sure you'd love the senseless violence.

[hells_angles]

...Okay! When she said she was gonna do a thing, I was thinking more friendship and sunshine, but that works too! And yes. I would absolutely love to see it, I'm gonna have to pick someone's brain for the image after all this.

[madmadam]

I knew she had it in her!

[throws a thumbs up from her vantage point of Still Bleeding On The Floor.]

[prodigalhairess]

[Even as the man before her withers, Rapunzel doesn't back up, or even pull her hand off him. She seems... under a trance, and in a dull, monotone voice, she sings again.]

wither and decay
end this destiny.....

1/2

[jawhereveryouare]

[Jafar tries to speak, but all the life is getting sucked out of him that nothing comes out.

As he dies, he raises his scepter and casts a beam of light.

He turns to dust, and the cave starts shaking heavily.]

[neverhadafriend]

[The quake grows and rocks start falling. This is probably not a good sign.]

Uh, Cass? Anyone else? One of you guys might want to make a wish right about now.

[Because this is getting dangerously close to a cave in.]

[hells_angles]

[Is he still a Dorito? He's probably still a Dorito.]

I WISH FOR STAN PINES' HEAD ON A PLATTER!

[Helpful.]

[bottlerockets]

He meant something that will help us get out of the cave!!

[Like how is stans head on a plate gonna prevent a cave in bill]

[hells_angles]

It would help ME escape. Emotionally. In these trying times.

[neverhadafriend]

Wish denied.

[YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE LAMP YOU STUPID CORN CHIP.]

[hells_angles]

I wanna complain to corporate.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Yup, these rocks aren't good at all. But Cassandra's more worried about her girlfriend who's locked into a trance right now.]

Raps? Raps! Come back to me!

[Nothing? Ugggggh. She spins around to the Genie. Last wish time.]

Genie! I wish we were all outside!

[neverhadafriend]

On it!

[The Genie snaps his fingers and they all warp outside the bunker. With the last wish, the Genie is back in the lamp, but since he was holding Chicken Little, the lamp luckily ends up in his hands.]

You guys are out, and the mastermind (and Jafar) are dead. Congratulations!]

[bottlerockets]

[Chicken Little stumbles a bit as he is now no longer being held by Genie, but thankfully lands on his feet and doesn't drop the lamp or crush Bill.]

Did we--did we do it?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Almost... Rapunzel?

[She could care less about her wishes now. Where's her girl??]

[prodigalhairess]

[Come back to me

It's a lot going on, the wishing and the sudden change in scenery. Even under the thrall of the decay spell, Rapunzel is still vaguely aware of what's going on around her. So all of that, and the voice of one of the people she loves most in the world... like Varian's desperate cries, it's enough to bring her back.

She lets out a gasp, the inky black hair fading back to brown... and immediately flops onto the ground.]

Is... is everyone okay????

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[She would flop to the ground, if Cassandra wasn't around to catch her in her arms.]

I've got you. We're okay.

[It worked this time, Raps.]

Well... more or less.

[prodigalhairess]

[RIGHT PEOPLE WERE HURT. As nice as it is to come fully back into consciousness in Cass's arms, Rapunzel tries to sit up straight, looking around.]

Mim-! Let me try to heal her! And anyone else who got hurt!

[madmadam]

[hooray]

[primafacie]

Ah. Perhaps we should. [Gestures vaguely at Mim.] Do something about her?

[bottlerockets]

... Oh, yeah.

[So while we're sure Cass is taking care of Raps, we should probably do something about the people who got shot real quick, so Chicken Little starts rubbing his hand against the lamp here to get Genie back out.]

[neverhadafriend]

[The Genie appears again!]

Hey, kid! Missed me while I was gone for three minutes?