Shangag peers down the chute, "A garbage disposal?".
"Yeah." Tamaya rolls her eyes, "I'll do it. Sure, it's scary, but I'm the Troublemaker.".
"You will?" Bryan asks.
"Yeah! I'll do it! That's the switch."
Daniel hits the switch, and the disposal whirs to life, prompting screams from the group, an "oh, no" from Mary and an "Oh my god" from Daniel, who immediately turns it back off.
"Oh, kayyyy!" Bryan's laughs nervously, failing to lighten the mood, "Tamaya! Are you sure you wanna do that?".
Tamaya faces the dangerous disposal. "Like I said, it's the challenge of fear. I'm the Troublemaker. I'm not supposed to be scared.".
Tamaya I may not be the smartest when it comes to these puzzles and I may not be the strongest. But I'm the bravest.
Even though the garbage disposal might rip her hand off if she does this wrong, she'll take on the job anyway.
Tamaya Because that's what a true Troublemaker would do! I'm owning up to my FUCKING role!
"Do you wanna take your jacket off?" suggests Alec. "Yeah," she replies. "You're right." She slips out of her jacket and hands it to Octavia. "Roll your sleeves up, too.." Shangag warns her as she does just that, "You sure don't want that pretty dress getting dirty when your hand gets chopped off.".
Despite her attitude, a rush of terror runs through Tamaya's body when he says that. She likes her hand. She doesn't want to lose it to this machine. "Okay," she breathes. As Daniel switches the disposal back on, she drops her mask of bravery for a moment, and she lets herself be scared.
The moment doesn't last. Soon enough, she's the fearless Troublemaker again. She plunges her hand into the disposal.
Rita claps, "You got this, Tamaya!".
Everyone starts counting. Tamaya screams in unison with their voices throughout the most nerve-racking ten seconds of her life. The blades of the disposal shred through garbage just inches beneath her fingers. Just when she's beginning to worry, time's up, and she pulls her hand out of harm's way.
Mary winces, "Are you okay?".
"Yeah," says Tamaya, "I'm fine.".
"You still have your hand." observes the Professor.
Tamaya looks at her hand, which, of course, is still in one piece. "Yeah." She made it. She observes her gorgeous nails and smiles, nothing happened to her after all. A compartment opens, and everyone screams.
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Pull the lever if you can handle the pain. It's quite shocking how hard it is to hang on to.
This must be the trial of pain, thinks Bryan. He just saw Tamaya go through the trial of fear.
Bryan If Tamaya can risk her life for the group, then obviously so will I!
"I'll do it." He grabs the lever. A jolt of electricity runs through his arm. "Oh, shit!" He drops it, shocked.
Mary and Sophia look worried, "Are you okay?".
"It's zappy." remarks Shangag.
"Well you have wanted to get shocked or electrocuted." Shaadira says, chucking a little. Bryan smiles at her. So, he takes the lever once more, and he fights against the electricity as he pulls it over to the other side. It hurts quite a lot, but it's nothing anything he can't take. But someone's got to do it.
Shouts of "Come on!" and "Push!" surround him. The agony starts to build up, but then he completes the chore.
"Got it." says Tamaya.
Once he lets go of the lever, Bryan simply shakes his arm out. The pain will go away soon, he reassures himself.
"Look, look, look!" shouts Kyler.
A panel in the wall has opened, complete with another note.
The group must be divided in two. One will return to the warehouse to claim the blood doll which can open the Maiden's frame. The other group must remain and solve the trial of blood. But hurry, the twins are coming. Sooner or later, you must lead them to the jail cell and lock them up...or they'll stab you, and you'll find yourself in the voting box.
Rita thinks of the ticket box, which is now a burial ground for the cards that once belonged to ten of her friends. Then, she thinks of her own card. The Journalist has yet to be chosen by Calliope.
Rita If I have to die, I best lose a challenge first. Don't let this end with me getting murdered by a doll while running from one place to another. That wouldn't be fair!
"All right, guys, we don't have much time," says Mortimer.
"Okay, let's go." Amarie heads for the door. Sophia, Rita, Shaadira, Alec, Olivia, Bethany, Devon and Nyadhol follow her. "All right. Good luck, guys!"
A mental list of things to do forms in Rita's mind. First, their group have to find the blood doll. Then, they have to reunite with the other group, who (hopefully) will have completed the trial of blood and locked up the twins.
Rita Then finally, we have to unearth the Maiden of Madness...whatever that is.
Honestly, the sooner they cleanse the Night Killer's doll, the better off they'll be.
