The five of them stood around a little awkward at first since they were all naked and they had made some decisions that they hoped the others would never find out about. They were all glad everyone was alive.
"For one to be wise, they must know themselves. The same applies to a party. When you are ready, answer the question on the wall and face your judgement"
They looked at the wall and read the question "Who are you?". Infy was wondering how they did that, they learn standard Solar from their minds or something.
The group started to recap each other experiences in the second room. Lisa was the shortest story and didn't have any surprises. Chris retold his story leaving out how emotional he had become at the death of his mother. The others could tell that it had been a traumatic experience for him.
Null retold his story without much emotion. The two of them were still broken from the experience and angry at themselves. They could tell that the others in the group had been affected by their story and had started to look at them differently.
'so they were willing to kill us all, just because fate dictated it' Chris didn't voice his thoughts but he found himself feeling afraid of the twins.
Jania had listened to the others and carefully watched the reaction to Null story. She was worried about what the others would say if they knew her story. She told most of her story stopping short before the end.
"so what happen at the end?" asked Chris as he was interested in her response he wanted to know if she chose differently from him.
Jania didn't want to answer and was playing with her hands.
"She sacrificed either myself or Null for her survival. She is a warrior and she values her own life. We would have made the same decision. I hope we would have made that decision but we couldn't even do that" Infy had answered for her.
Lisa had been listening and was starting to understand the purpose of this trial.
"I think we all learnt plenty about ourselves and the other party members from this unwinnable scenario. It showed who we truly are, I would also say it has exposed the core of our souls. I am a coward, I abandon the party to maintain my moral purity I didn't seek any other solutions." The experience had changed Lisa.
"We also were cowards, we decided not to choose. We delegated all our moral responsibility to fate."Infy was in a retrospective mood. The scenario had given them a look at their true self and they didn't like what they saw.
Jania was not used to thinking deeply about her values and her true self so this scenario had impacted her greatly. She left guilty that she offered Null life in exchange for her own but she didn't think it was wrong to want to live.
"I learnt that I'm a survivor. I will do what I need to survive even if that means sacrificing some of you. I would understand if you don't want me as part of the group anymore."
"I want to live to. There is nothing wrong with wanting to live. of course, we still want you in the party" Null had taken it upon himself to declare this statement for the whole party. The other followed up in agreement.
"I learn that I'm too reckless and gave up too quickly. I treated this like it was a game and didn't care for the consequence. I now understand my motives are to make myself righteous in the eyes of others. " Chris like the others had learnt a lot about himself. He hate the scenario for the emotions it had made him feel but he also appreciated its value in teaching everyone about their true self.
"This can be helpful, now that we each know other true selves we can factor that into any plans or it will help us predict how each of us will react in a given situation. We now have a deeper understanding of who we are as a party." Chris was finding the positive from this experience.
"I believe that was the purpose of the trial. It would either destroy a party or make it stronger. We still need an answer to the question." Replied Lisa.
"I believe whoever is running this trial stimulation has been monitoring our conversation so we shouldn't have to think too hard about the answer but just have the correct intent" Infy was sure they were in a spiritual realm, but an even better one than the Paragons.
"Are you sure this is a stimulation?" asked Chris.
"We suspected it during the trial, but it wasn't until we were all in the same room that it could be confirmed. We have been communicating with Chris without his earring and none of us is this well proportioned" Infy was then pointing at everyone body.
"How would you know?" Jania was a bit embarrassed at being called out like that.
"We can see through walls, do you think you hide anything with cloths?" asked Null
"Focus we need an answer" Lisa wanted to get an answer out before the group got derailed.
Christ had an idea to try "We are flawed but united, we are humans" he floated his idea with the others in the group. Before it could be discussed it the voice of the trial was back.
"Your answer is acceptable, You have been judged satisfactory. Please move to the next room for the 3rd and final trial"