☬ Game 87: Let's See How Far We've Come〖Final Trial〗

[Spell Craft]

Over time, everyone congregates back into the King's Tower.

It was about time to finish this nightmare once and for all.

The demon lord rises above his thrown, his tattered cape fluttering around.

His voice booms and echos throughout the gigantic room.

"I see we are all here... Or at least what's left of us."

He looks to Sthetho and Meiga.

"Let us waste no time. We will begin."

"I will ask you a series of questions, about this world and your friends in it."

"They will start easy, and progress in difficulty as the questions continue."

"You will have a total of 15 questions to answer."

"You may discuss answers in a group, but only 1 person may come forth and answer my question directly to me."

"This delegated person can be someone different per question, or the same person the entire time."

"You may not, however, answer any questions specific about your own past."

"If a question is ask regarding yourself or your backstory, you must only speak in riddles or in a convoluted manner."

"Why? Because, it would be unfair to just answer a question about you so easily without any obstacle."

"Once you have answered ALL 15 questions, then I will score you on how well you did."

"To pass, you must get at least 10 questions correct."

"To ace, you must get all 15 questions correct."

"The difference between passing and acing are prevalent. Aim for an ace."

"If anyone has any questions about this test or more on how to do it, Toyomi will be more than happy to answer."

He shoots a glare at Toyomi, and she kneels and nods.

"If everyone is ready..."

The group looks tense, but squares up.

"Alright."

"First question: How many brothers set off to learn some crafts?"

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Small things to note:

♢ You may talk to one another when discussing questions.
However, only 1 person may approach the demon lord and officially answer the question.
All other attempts, such as yelling or multiple people at once, will be negated.

♢ You have 5 NPCs who also are here to help you.
There may be more or less as the trial proceeds.

♢ Poll may or may not be posted for questions later down the road.
This means it may change per question at a later time.

♢ Don't forget, activity will get you a sticker! Dead CAN PARTICIPATE in the trial.

Three stickers (1 per trial) will be redeemable for free art (made by yours truly) of your next character for the next DRG game.

♢ Questions? Ask Toyomi!

[Sachi]

As perhaps the first thing he's done of his own volition since getting here, Sour steps forward confidently. 
"Four brothers," he says.

[SmolOverlord]

A girl some may recognize stands in the tower, her hands clutched around the body of a girl in a similar uniform. Her eyes are puffy and her hairs a mess. Clothing is singed, and she doesn't look happy at all. Those of you who were in her class recognize her instantly. It's Chuya. In cradelled in her arms... is the corpse of Meiga, who you also recognise.

"...we're... getting the f-ck out of here. you all better have searched for clues."
Her face flushes red in anger and her grip on the body tightens.

"DO YOU F-CKING HEAR ME?! GET UP, DISCUSS! EVERY F-CKING QUESTION. WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT!"

[Ktoasty]

Shizue steps up to the plate. "This thing about brothers is from the pages we found, right? Can we all share our pages to make this test easier?"

"Here's what I've got." He pulls out his pages.

The 3/15 Pages

SPOILER: Click to show

page 3

The second brother also met a man, who, when he found out what he was setting out upon, asked him what craft he meant to follow. ‘I do not know yet,’ said he. ‘Then come with me, and be a star-gazer. It is a noble art, for nothing can be hidden from you, when once you understand the stars.’ The plan pleased him much, and he soon became such a skilful star-gazer, that when he had served out his time, and wanted to leave his master, he gave him a glass, and said, ‘With this you can see all that is passing in the sky and on earth, and nothing can be hidden from you.’

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So each brother went his way; and as the eldest was hastening on a man met him, and asked him where he was going, and what he wanted. ‘I am going to try my luck in the world, and should like to begin by learning some art or trade,’ answered he. ‘Then,’ said the man, ‘go with me, and I will teach you to become the cunningest thief that ever was.’ ‘No,’ said the other, ‘that is not an honest calling, and what can one look to earn by it in the end but the gallows?’ ‘Oh!’ said the man, ‘you need not fear the gallows; for I will only teach you to steal what will be fair game: I meddle with nothing but what no one else can get or care anything about, and where no one can find you out.’ So the young man agreed to follow his trade, and he soon showed himself so clever, that nothing could escape him that he had once set his mind upon.

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[Spell Craft]

Second Question: What craft or trade did the elder brother and second brother learn?

[SmolOverlord]

"HERE ARE MY PAGES, USE THEM GODDAMN WISELY BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T I'LL ACTUALLY F-CUKING END YOU"

page 10:

Not long after this there was a great bustle in the country; for the king’s daughter had been carried off by a mighty dragon, and the king mourned over his loss day and night, and made it known that whoever brought her back to him should have her for a wife. Then the four brothers said to each other, ‘Here is a chance for us; let us try what we can do.’ And they agreed to see whether they could not set the princess free. ‘I will soon find out where she is, however,’ said the star-gazer, as he looked through his glass; and he soon cried out, ‘I see her afar off, sitting upon a rock in the sea, and I can spy the dragon close by, guarding her.’ Then he went to the king, and asked for a ship for himself and his brothers; and they sailed together over the sea, till they came to the right place. There they found the princess sitting, as the star-gazer had said, on the rock; and the dragon was lying asleep, with his head upon her lap. ‘I dare not shoot at him,’ said the huntsman, ‘for I should kill the beautiful young lady also.’ ‘Then I will try my skill,’ said the thief, and went and stole her away from under the dragon, so quietly and gently that the beast did not know it, but went on snoring. 

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The second brother also met a man, who, when he found out what he was setting out upon, asked him what craft he meant to follow. ‘I do not know yet,’ said he. ‘Then come with me, and be a star-gazer. It is a noble art, for nothing can be hidden from you, when once you understand the stars.’ The plan pleased him much, and he soon became such a skilful star-gazer, that when he had served out his time, and wanted to leave his master, he gave him a glass, and said, ‘With this you can see all that is passing in the sky and on earth, and nothing can be hidden from you.’

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The youngest brother likewise met a man who asked him what he wished to do. ‘Would not you like,’ said he, ‘to be a tailor?’ ‘Oh, no!’ said the young man; ‘sitting cross-legged from morning to night, working backwards and forwards with a needle and goose, will never suit me.’ ‘Oh!’ answered the man, ‘that is not my sort of tailoring; come with me, and you will learn quite another kind of craft from that.’ Not knowing what better to do, he came into the plan, and learnt tailoring from the beginning; and when he left his master, he gave him a needle, and said, ‘You can sew anything with this, be it as soft as an egg or as hard as steel; and the joint will be so fine that no seam will be seen.’

[Ktoasty]

Shizue goes to answer Question 2 now. "Stealing, and Stargazing."

[Spell Craft]

Third Question: What craft or trade did the third brother and youngest brother learn?

[Tetsu]

Mes looks around, however, her face features are not readable as she stood next to a stoned Stheno. When she spoke her voice was cold and distant. 

"I have two pages here...and she has one..I'll grab it soon when it's over." Mes spoke and then throws the two pages on the floor.

Page 11

Then away they hastened with her full of joy in their boat towards the ship; but soon came the dragon roaring behind them through the air; for he awoke and missed the princess. But when he got over the boat, and wanted to pounce upon them and carry off the princess, the huntsman took up his bow and shot him straight through the heart so that he fell down dead. They were still not safe; for he was such a great beast that in his fall he overset the boat, and they had to swim in the open sea upon a few planks. So the tailor took his needle, and with a few large stitches put some of the planks together; and he sat down upon these, and sailed about and gathered up all pieces of the boat; and then tacked them together so quickly that the boat was soon ready, and they then reached the ship and got home safe.

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After the space of four years, at the time agreed upon, the four brothers met at the four cross-roads; and having welcomed each other, set off towards their father’s home, where they told him all that had happened to them, and how each had learned some craft.



Mes then spoke "To answer the question, third brother was a hunter and youngest was a tailor."

[Spell Craft]

Fourth Question: After 4 years, where did the brothers meet, and what was the first thing their father told them to do with their newfound skills?

[Misaki]

Ghost Ruka speaks up

"I do recall finding one page while I was still alive. I hope this will help..."

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‘Now comes your turn,’ said he to the young tailor; ‘sew the eggs and the young birds in them together again, so neatly that the shot shall have done them no harm.’ Then the tailor took his needle, and sewed the eggs as he was told; and when he had done, the thief was sent to take them back to the nest, and put them under the bird without its knowing it. Then she went on sitting, and hatched them: and in a few days they crawled out, and had only a little red streak across their necks, where the tailor had sewn them together.

[Hansbulla]

Two crumpled pages are tossed to the ground by small, spectral hands. A ghostly (and grumpy) Sweet rolled her eyes as she shooed her hands at the papers.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Pages}Pg. 4
The third brother met a huntsman, who took him with him, and taught him so well all that belonged to hunting, that he became very clever in the craft of the woods; and when he left his master he gave him a bow, and said, ‘Whatever you shoot at with this bow you will be sure to hit.’

Pg. 7
Then, one day, as they were sitting before the house under a very high tree, the father said, ‘I should like to try what each of you can do in this way.’ So he looked up, and said to the second son, ‘At the top of this tree there is a chaffinch’s nest; tell me how many eggs there are in it.’ The star-gazer took his glass, looked up, and said, ‘Five.’ ‘Now,’ said the father to the eldest son, ‘take away the eggs without letting the bird that is sitting upon them and hatching them know anything of what you are doing.’ So the cunning thief climbed up the tree, and brought away to his father the five eggs from under the bird; and it never saw or felt what he was doing, but kept sitting on at its ease. Then the father took the eggs, and put one on each corner of the table, and the fifth in the middle, and said to the huntsman, ‘Cut all the eggs in two pieces at one shot.’ The huntsman took up his bow, and at one shot struck all the five eggs as his father wished.

[Spell Craft]

Aiya looks at the pages, and then towards the group.

"It looks like all of the information is here. Does anyone want to step forward?"

[Ktoasty]

Shizue steps forward again. "They met at the four cross-roads, and the father tested their new skills on the bird's eggs."

[Spell Craft]

Fifth Question: When the princess is kidnapped, who saves her?