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[You suddenly find yourselves standing at the beginning of a large hedge maze, one with walls that extend so far above your head you're not quite certain where they end. There is no entrance behind you, and the bushes are so thick and full of thorns that attempting to crawl through them will result in numerous scratches]

[There is no way to go but forward]

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[On your right you find a large, wooden shelf with twelve jars sitting on top of it]

- A jar of rat tails
- A jar of tiger eyes
- A jar of rabbit feet
- A jar of dragon hearts
- A jar of snake tongues
- A jar of horse stomachs
- A jar of goat horns
- A jar of monkey fingers
- A jar of rooster claws
- A jar of pig ears

[Each jar is clearly labeled, and the contents are exactly what the labels purport them to be. Choose three!]

[You move forward through the maze, the hedges looming ominously around you. And thankfully, it isn't long before you run into your first checkpoint]

[In front of you, and stretched across the path, is a large sphinx with a striped lioness' body. her wings are tucked at her sides, and she regards the group with a lazy, bored expression]

Mmmm. . . I would like something with rhythm that I can dance to the beat of. Do you have that for me, dears?

Edited 2015-02-21 19:47 (UTC)

[You walk through the maze's pathways for quite some time, taking sharp turns to the point of where you feel like you're going in circles. But eventually. . .]

[You stumble across another sphinx. Large, with blue fur and black hair, tiny wings protruding from his shoulders like stubs. he grumps at you all, chest puffed out formally.]

Give me something that makes a magnificent headdress.

Edited 2015-02-21 20:04 (UTC)

[You walk, and walk, and walk some more, until your feet begin to hurt and you start to wonder. . . how long is this maze anyway?]

[Until you find them. The last phoenix, crouched low on all fours and watching you with golden eyes. its lips are curled back in a snarl, but it doesn't pounce]

Something that amplifies the echoes you hear in a cavern. Quickly!

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[I'M DEAD AND STIFF AND THERE'S A MAGICAL TALISMAN STUCK TO MY FOREHEAD

staring at the jars]

Edited 2015-02-21 19:01 (UTC)

[sorry I'm also kind of useless because I'm trying to get off another panic attack

...clinging to one of the tails nervously while trying to consider the jars but having trouble with the concentration thing because panic

also maybe standing a little too far away from you]

[i can't take you anywhere]

Has to be....a correlation....with other....teams.

[hops a bit closer to inspect them, speaking is obviously a huge effort]

Which....teams....do you want....to leave....alone?

[I'm sorry I don't know how to deal with bad things when I can't just stop thinking about them :(

But he starts a little when you speak, because trying to get off of panic and being distracted is not a good combo for not being jumpy.]

Um... Leave alone... Dawon. And us. And maybe Haunt's team? They don't need to... deal with more.

[gently squirts with water bottle]

My...choices....are....Epona and....Takshaka. To....spare. Along...with....us.

That leaves....us.....seven.

[since styx is a winner and left out two jars]

[see that might even actually help is the thing

attempting to think, attempting to think]

...would sphynxes really want to eat teeth?

[nts actually invest in a squirt bottle]

...Sol.

I could....eat...anything....right now. It...wouldn't....matter....to this...body.

Somehow....I doubt....that sphinxes...are any...different.

[I'm sure Jo would give you a quick and easy quest for one?]

I guess... The whole process of elimination thing won't work then, huh.

[maybe she'll take pity on me and just make me eat like fifty cookies or something]

Not like...that.

Better to just...close...your eyes....and point.

[Especially if you tell her it's to help Sol out. Surely she can't have not heard the scream the other day...

...but he nods, tentatively.]

I can do that, if that's how you want to do it.

I...can't. So...you...have to.

[BECAUSE HER FUCKING EYELIDS WON'T WORK ANYMORE]

It's...as fair...as we...can manage.

[He nods, then takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and points.

Random.org says dragons, goats, and dogs. ...Which he then picks up off the shelves because he has a feeling Gloss won't be able to easily if at all.]

- A jar of dragon hearts
- A jar of goat horns
- A jar of dog noses

[she still has motor control in her hands but.....can't bend her arms, or even move them from how they're stuck out in front of her, plus she has to hop everywhere

SO YEAH don't trust her with moving things]

....thanks.

Any time.

[THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT ONE OF HIS DERPY SMILES.

...It's a genuine attempt, he's failing at it at the moment but he is trying.]

[you get a hideous twitching hell-rictus of a smile in return

it's hard to smile when you're a corpse]

[+1 hearts, horns and noses for your inventory. the rest of the jars disappear in a wisp of smoke]

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