Crown of Dreams | Role play

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Oh, don't rush, lightning, we have to determine the rules and the terrain. It's a special prize so you need special tests, not just a simple riddle." He stopped Yoshioka's words.

"What do you mean... erh, sir????" the Yokai asked

"oh please Sasha, you guys can call me Griven."

"How do you know Yoshioka and Sasha's names?" Noah asked, still alert but to a lesser extent.

"Because I am the forger of form, every look that Yoshioka wore in her life was because I forged them, every particle in your body, your appearance throughout your life was made by me and my master, your are all my works, before you ask, no, I don't create all things 100%, I am not the GOD, I am the one who makes the forms but not the ideas, think about the artist of one book, i made the drawings but i did not write down their qualities or how they will act in the future" Griven answer.

"But I'm getting off topic, lets Back to topic, there are 7 riddles and 5 challenges, if you one you go to the next round, but if you lose one, well, you better not lose" he said with a small sinister laugh in his voice.

"As always, you, my guests, choose how to start, do you want the challenges first or do you want the riddles first?"

 

[Backbackback]

"As always, you, my guests, choose how to start, do you want the challenges first or do you want the riddles first?"

"I'd suggest Challenges..." said Konoe, with Yoshioka looking behind her, "Hm?"

"We complete harder ones so it's gonna be easier when we do the riddles..." Konoe explained.

"Right..." she nodded back.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"I'd suggest Challenges..." said Konoe, with Yoshioka looking behind her, "Hm?"

"We complete harder ones so it's gonna be easier when we do the riddles..." Konoe explained.

"Right..." she nodded back.

"Great" he applauds which generates a sound like a hammer hitting something, for a moment everyone's vision darkens in the dark and limitless void, and then a stage comes to life, now they were in another place, in what It appeared to be a theater and there is a glass chamber and several large cubes that you cannot see its content.

"Okay, one brave participant who wants to start?" he ask

 

[Backbackback]

"Okay, one brave participant who wants to start?" he ask

"Hmmm...." Konoe would place a hand under her chin, before trying to raise her hand, "I'll..." she hands over Xordenia to Yoshioka, "...go first..."

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Hmmm...." Konoe would place a hand under her chin, before trying to raise her hand, "I'll..." she hands over Xordenia to Yoshioka, "...go first..."

"Well, first of all, let's prevent you from cheating."

 

[Backbackback]

"Well, first of all, let's prevent you from cheating."

"Okay..." Konoe nodded.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Okay..." Konoe nodded.

"Life." he said, Konoe felt strange almost as if she was beaten by the passage of time, her body was burning and her mind spun.

 

[Backbackback]

"Life." he said, Konoe felt strange almost as if she was beaten by the passage of time, her body was burning and her mind spun.

"Kch!" Konoe would try to get her footing solid as she held on to her staff planted to the floor, wanting to willpower through it.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

''I'm sorry, although the glass Konoe design is good, it wouldn't be fair to have it at this moment, that's why it made a slight change, tell me how does it feel to have flesh and blood again?'' He told Konoe in the last part of his sentence, Konoe may not have changed her external appearance but internally she became a human with a soul and everything included, everyone can sense it.

 

[ZoroNotZolo]

"What the-?!" Zeb asked, seeing this happen. This was unusual, unlike anything he had ever seen. Taeka looked at it with more of an analytical perception.

"Odorless and colorless source of fuel for simultaneous ignition? Maybe laced in that gravitational field we felt on the way here, one that induces instantaneous heat syncope?" She muttered to herself, "There's always magic, which would make sense given what it said about itself, but that seems too good to be true... It's really going to expect me to blindly believe it's some kind of divine machination?"

Then what happened with Konoe occurred.

"With enhanced soul magic and transmutative properties?" Taeka asked herself, "But wait, even Konoe could do transmutation magic, I heard her learning it... What makes this thing any different?"

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"What the-?!" Zeb asked, seeing this happen. This was unusual, unlike anything he had ever seen. Taeka looked at it with more of an analytical perception.

"Odorless and colorless source of fuel for simultaneous ignition? Maybe laced in that gravitational field we felt on the way here, one that induces instantaneous heat syncope?" She muttered to herself, "There's always magic, which would make sense given what it said about itself, but that seems too good to be true... It's really going to expect me to blindly believe it's some kind of divine machination?"

Then what happened with Konoe occurred.

"With enhanced soul magic and transmutative properties?" Taeka asked herself, "But wait, even Konoe could do transmutation magic, I heard her learning it... What makes this thing any different?"

"Oh my dear Taeka, always so analytical, I really like that we have interesting reactions, not just lifeless actions." Griven said with a chuckle.

"Konoe lost her soul and of course, her body was almost completely destroyed, before I intervened, she was something as simple as a duplicate made of crystal with the memories extracted, i simply took the design from the past and adjusted it to what she currently has in the present, is now a sack of meat instead of glass with its original investiture restored instead of a borrowed one." He explained as he approached.

 

[Backbackback]

''I'm sorry, although the glass Konoe design is good, it wouldn't be fair to have it at this moment, that's why it made a slight change, tell me how does it feel to have flesh and blood again?'' He told Konoe in the last part of his sentence, Konoe may not have changed her external appearance but internally she became a human with a soul and everything included, everyone can sense it.

"So the Investiture that Yoshioka gave me, is no longer there?" Konoe asked, with the latter looking at her with Yoshi observing and remaining silent— thinking. "I will admit that I was a lot stronger when Yoshioka remade me, but... it's now strange that I'm in my original body... flesh and all..."

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"So the Investiture that Yoshioka gave me, is no longer there?" Konoe asked, with the latter looking at her with Yoshi observing and remaining silent— thinking. "I will admit that I was a lot stronger when Yoshioka remade me, but... it's now strange that I'm in my original body... flesh and all..."

"Oh, don't worry, it's temporary, when we finish these tests, you will return to being made of glass, I am the one who gives you shape but it is you who has to find a way to recover your flesh and soul after this challenge"

 

[ZoroNotZolo]

"Oh my dear Taeka, always so analytical, I really like that we have interesting reactions, not just lifeless actions." Griven said with a chuckle.

"Konoe lost her soul and of course, her body was almost completely destroyed, before I intervened, she was something as simple as a duplicate made of crystal with the memories extracted, i simply took the design from the past and adjusted it to what she currently has in the present, is now a sack of meat instead of glass with its original investiture restored instead of a borrowed one." He explained as he approached.

"So you're good at magic. I'll give you that," Taeka said, "But I find it hard to believe you're anything more than a really proficient magic entity. Maybe even a machine with someone puppeteering it..."

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"So you're good at magic. I'll give you that," Taeka said, "But I find it hard to believe you're anything more than a really proficient magic entity. Maybe even a machine with someone puppeteering it..."

"Heh, magic?, if you only knew, girl, magic ain't my thing, that's someone else's job, what I do is with my own thing, water does not do the work of fire, just as fire does not do the work of water.".

 

[Backbackback]

"Oh, don't worry, it's temporary, when we finish these tests, you will return to being made of glass, I am the one who gives you shape but it is you who has to find a way to recover your flesh and soul after this challenge"

"Right... about that....." remembering what Rex told her, something Yoshioka knows from her nod, it was something related elsewhere, but not now.

"I guess I'm ready...."

 

[ZoroNotZolo]

"Heh, magic?, if you only knew, girl, magic ain't my thing, that's someone else's job, what I do is with my own thing, water does not do the work of fire, just as fire does not do the work of water.".

"What other explanation is there for you being able to transmutate Konoe like that?" Taeka said.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Right... about that....." remembering what Rex told her, something Yoshioka knows from her nod, it was something related elsewhere, but not now.

"I guess I'm ready...."

"Well, this challenge is not pretty, do you know the saying about find a needle in a haystack? Well, you will have to find a key that is in one of these 3 containers/cubes, however, you will not be able to use your hands and cannot use your powers to locate the key" Griven said, if Konoe looked inside the container of 500 meters height and 100 cm wide, she could see that one had cockroaches, another had worms and other larvae

(Yeah, start to re-watched Fear Factor again, it make me thought about doing this challenge)

"What other explanation is there for you being able to transmutate Konoe like that?" Taeka said.

"Simple, the human body is more sensitive and is easily to disgust than a glass one when it touch bugs, it's a challenge, not something easy, I'm not going to let her do something that she could shrug her shoulders and do anyway, What is worse than testing your will by eating an insect? This"

 

[Backbackback]

"Well, this challenge is not pretty, do you know the saying about find a needle in a haystack? Well, you will have to find a key that is in one of these 3 containers/cubes, however, you will not be able to use your hands and cannot use your powers to locate the key" Griven said, if Konoe looked inside the container of 500 meters height and 100 cm wide, she could see that one had cockroaches, another had worms and other larvae

"So I could only choose one? Or do I have to eat them?" Konoe asked, "I'm assuming only the latter, yeah?"

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"You don't have to take it, but you have to grab the key that's inside one of the three with your mouth, you can choose two ."

 

[Backbackback]

"You don't have to take it, but you have to grab the key that's inside one of the three with your mouth, you can choose two ."

"Two chances, alright..." Konoe tilted her head, stuck her tongue out and reached down on one of the containers, larvae, before eating one herself.

"Good thing I like exotic foods, I wish I was her..." Yoshioka replied, smiling.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Two chances, alright..." Konoe tilted her head, stuck her tongue out and reached down on one of the containers, larvae, before eating one herself.

Several larvae stuck to her tongue when she tried to eat one, of course it was not poisonous but it was disgusting and potentially deadly and she would axiphyse with one that went badly down her throat.

"That doesn't change anything, it's looking for the key inside the container, not eating the larvae" Noah told her.

"Good thing I like exotic foods, I wish I was her..." Yoshioka replied, smiling.

"Oh, don't worry, there's something special for each of you." Griven say

That didn't give Rex a good feeling.

 

[Backbackback]

Several larvae stuck to her tongue when she tried to eat one, of course it was not poisonous but it was disgusting and potentially deadly and she would axiphyse with one that went badly down her throat.

"That doesn't change anything, it's looking for the key inside the container, not eating the larvae" Noah told her.

"I'm guessing she's having fun eating them!" Yoshioka exclaimed, as Konoe figured that eating them all and then finding the key would work...

"Oh, don't worry, there's something special for each of you." Griven say

That didn't give Rex a good feeling.

Yoshi looked at Rex and places a hand on his shoulder, "It'll be fine... We got this!"

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"I'm guessing she's having fun eating them!" Yoshioka exclaimed, as Konoe figured that eating them all and then finding the key would work...

Yoshi looked at Rex and places a hand on his shoulder, "It'll be fine... We got this!"

"Yes, of course, as long as Konoe forgets that her body is now functionally human, so she could get sick due to the amount she ingested or not being able to eat everything due to lack of space in her stomach" Rex said between joking and seriousness.

 

[Backbackback]

"Yes, of course, as long as Konoe forgets that her body is now functionally human, so she could get sick due to the amount she ingested or not being able to eat everything due to lack of space in her stomach" Rex said between joking and seriousness.

"I mean, not all, exactly. Just enough that she could find the key..." Yoshioka replied.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Well, let's hope she finds it" Rex said looking at his friend.

After some time searching Konoe was able to determine that the larvae container not have the key, she have to change it to the another container.

 

[Backbackback]

"Well, let's hope she finds it" Rex said looking at his friend.

After some time searching Konoe was able to determine that the larvae container not have the key, she have to change it to the another container.

Konoe would actually spit some of the larvae, as she didn't eat them all, she'd purposely puke some out to cleanse her stomach.

After a while it's within the cockroach and the worms.

"Hmm..." as if nothing happened, she tried to think.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Oh, there is only one chance left but two container there is, choose wisely, otherwise eat a cockrack will be nothing" Griven said looking at Konoe

 

[Backbackback]

"Oh, there is only one chance left but two container there is, choose wisely, otherwise eat a cockrack will be nothing" Griven said looking at Konoe

Konoe looked at the others, trying to get a suggestion from them.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Rex shrugged, Noah was thoughtful.

Sasha watched everything with Disgust, she had vomited a while ago after seeing Konoe eating bugs.

The old man's face was as mysterious as ever, difficult to read.

 

[Backbackback]

Rex shrugged, Noah was thoughtful.

Sasha watched everything with Disgust, she had vomited a while ago after seeing Konoe eating bugs.

The old man's face was as mysterious as ever, difficult to read.

"A-any thoughts?" Konoe asked, with Yoshioka not saying anything.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"A-any thoughts?" Konoe asked, with Yoshioka not saying anything.

''Ah, try Worms?'' Noah said unsure if it is the good option or not.

 

[Backbackback]

''Ah, try Worms?'' Noah said unsure if it is the good option or not.

Konoe trusted Noah's judgement and went for the worms.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Konoe trusted Noah's judgement and went for the worms.

After a while, she finally found the key.

"Well, congratulations girl, you have won the first key, now you want to return to be a normal crystal person or do you want to pass the rest of these tests as a human of flesh and bones? After this you will return to being a crystal regardless, it's just a little more time with your human body" Griven say, taking the key and making the bugs disappear.

 

[Backbackback]

After a while, she finally found the key.

"Well, congratulations girl, you have won the first key, now you want to return to be a normal crystal person or do you want to pass the rest of these tests as a human of flesh and bones? After this you will return to being a crystal regardless, it's just a little more time with your human body" Griven say, taking the key and making the bugs disappear.

"Well, I'd rather..." Konoe spits the worms she's chewing, "I'll try to enjoy being a human before I go back being a crystal, just... just for nostalgia, I-I guess..." she shrugged.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Griven nodded "Well, one of the challenges is completed, who will be next?"

 

[ZoroNotZolo]

Taeka, ever skeptical of Griven, stepped forward.

"I'll go next," She said.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Oh, this test is going to hurt you, Taeka" Griven said as he laughed and snapped his fingers.

Now the whole place was deformed again, now they were in a stage full of plateaus with places where you could prepare food, with a stove, refrigerator and kitchen utensils, next to it there is a mini store full of endless ingredients and spices .

"Well, this test will be an eating contest, let's introduce the judges" said Griven giving way to three people.

"On this side we have Remy, the Chef rat, then there is our beloved Grandmaster Chef Gordon Ramsay and last but not least, Sanji, the Chef of the Straw Hat Pirates"

Each of Griven's guests had a different appearance, it was as if reality itself did not apply at all, one looked too realistic for this world, another very cartoonish, and the last a rat.

"You Taeka can prepare the dish you prefer but first, lets present your rival, everyone give a good welcome to the fabulous EQOWIR!" Griven said as he made the drums appear and a woman stepped out of the shadows.

"Thank you for participating Eqowir, I know you are busy in Henosis doing your things but you are perfect for this, but well I know that you don't mind making a good dish for people who need it" Griven said to the woman, apparently both she and Griven knew each other beforehand

 

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"Thank you for participating Eqowir, I know you are busy in Henosis doing your things but you are perfect for this, but well I know that you don't mind making a good dish for people who need it" Griven said to the woman, apparently both she and Griven knew each other beforehand

"Glad to hear that!" the woman replied, "I was just talking to Soma and Nuntius about this, so... it's nice they let me meet you again!"

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

"Glad to hear that!" the woman replied, "I was just talking to Soma and Nuntius about this, so... it's nice they let me meet you again!"

"Well, you know the rules, the best dish wins, you have 2 hours." Griven said moving from there, giving the two girls free space to begin.




"Those people... are strange to say the least, especially the woman, they give off some energy that I have never seen before," Rex said to the others, all of the team were on one side, if they wanted they could sit in a chair that was there for them.

"Hey, what do you think will happen if Taeka loses?" Noah asked.