...And checkmate.
[With the defeat of the trials, the current characters involved in
this log and
this log: while you did solve the puzzles, and perhaps you even already got the key, the "pillar" you're all standing on will suddenly distort, crack, and crumble away. And you will Fall. Despite the two groups being at separate parts, all of you will ultimately end up in the same place. Your character will hit ice and that will be what will break their fall as they slide the rest of the way to some form of a solid surface.
They'll ultimately end up in a setting very similar to an
ice crystal cavern (or
this, whatever your imagination prefers).
Have fun, take a look around, because after a few moments a very unhappy Ice Magister will emerge from the shadows. It's easy to see he's not exactly well, and he's certainly not himself. Best be careful of him.]
ooc: tl; dr ---> if your character was on a pillar for the trials, the pillars collapsed upon solving the puzzles and your characters have either been a) sent to the above described place (ice crystal cavern with Caim) or b) thrown back out into the cathedral where the entrance to the tree was/the portals were. Your choice. If you want your character to go to the caverns at this point to join in, just jump in the log (we'll make it simple: they entered to tree via a portal and just... fell since there isn't a pillar anymore to land on).
first part of plot twist starts here. this is an action log. other characters not involved in the situation may also respond with voice/text posts even if they're aren't involved in plot, just keep it separate from the "log" thread.
edit: posting order is currently a free for all until otherwise noted! (aka, there is no posting order. So if you want to tag, go for it.)