The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[metagame]

The corpse sinks to the floor
Even the brightest gold, even the sharpest blade
Becomes sand, becomes dust

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[metagame]

"You all should know the answer already. It's something you can show, but you can't see," Mana says.

Mahaad and Mana end the fight!

And for your troubles, Mana casts Mediarahan on almost the whole party. Except for Shalem. Shalem can eat shit and die for all she cares. She almost didn't cast it on Soujuurou too, but she can put aside that grudge for the greater good.

[privatedomicile]

Hold on, like the--the riddle!

[Jesse's eyes light up in recognition, but that quickly dims.]

I said the answer was "Balls."

[moodwrecker]

[Just. Staring.]

[privatedomicile]

As in, you know, courage! You can't flash somebody, but you can prove you got balls with actions and shit!

[beathollow]

... Might I suggest "Courage"?

[privatedomicile]

...okay, fine, next time I'll just call it courage since apparently it ain't above board to tell somebody they got balls.

[He is only slightly sulking.]

[metagame]

Mana sees Jesse sulking, and she can't hold it in any longer.

"No, don't be sad! The Prince loved how you answered his riddle the first time. He says it too!!"

"Mana!"

this is not a gagtag they are literally staring at jesse like this

[metagame]

[emptyself]

Like the ones in gym class?

[privatedomicile]

...not this time, mountain man.

[emptyself]

Okay.

[emptyself]

Feelings?

[moodwrecker]

...Character.

[beathollow]

( joshua. joshua, stop saying words. shhh. )

....

Faith.

[cleansewithfire]

...Courage?

[beautifulknight]

Yes, I do. It's...

Love.

[ Argenti remembers this riddle, because his answer was the same when he answered it, at the very beginning of this, when Atem asked everyone. ]

[townmusician]

[Oh... That was the first thing he thought of, too, but he doesn't vocalize that.

He really doesn't want to answer, so he's just Here.]

[metagame]

"You, the green one," Mahaad addresses Haruka, curious, "what do you have under your arm? A scroll?"

[townmusician]

Huh? Oh, yeah.

[He untucks it from under his arm and holds it out.]

A huge bug jumped at me over it so I thought it was important enough to grab.

[metagame]

Mahaad has obtained the scroll! And he thanks Haruka for it.

[finalmix]

[ at this point mafuyu has presumably removed her hand from josh's mouth so he can talk i guess.

also: ] ... Trust.

[metagame]

Joshua gets the stare too.

[finalmix]

[ gives a look that says you asked for an answer????? ]

[strawsandals]

[ Oh hey guys what's going on- ]

...Courage.

[ledbythewind]

... friendship.