Elaris carries Erouno through the moonlit canopy inside a cage of pale ice and living roots. The Devil follows beside her, still marked by smoke along his scorched sleeve.
Erouno
These roots are borrowed from the forest. They will remember whose blood taught them to grow.
Above the den, ancient standing stones rise from the earth in a broad ring, their weathered faces glowing faintly beneath old moonlight. Escaped creatures gather beyond them, watching with wary silence.
Elaris
Here, before Arteris and those you endangered, your curse will answer for its reach.
The sealed marks beneath Erouno's gaunt skin pulse once. The ice cage tightens, roots knotting across his limbs as thin red symbols crawl toward its inner wall.
Erouno
You sealed my voice, not my intention. Let the stones witness how judgment teaches the prisoner to speak.
Elaris
The binding is holding, but the curse is probing every boundary. I must judge him before it finds a weakness.
✓ Quest Accepted
Take Erouno into custody
“I pray he gets his legit punishment and help pass him into binded”
SUCCESS (Superb Willpower, rolled +0)
The Devil lowers his vast head and offers a silent prayer over the ice cage, asking that Erouno receive rightful punishment and be carried into binding.
Orange radiance gathers beneath the scorched sleeve, then flows through the standing stones. Their old runes awaken and answer the prayer with a deep, balanced chime.
The roots cease probing and become a lawful chain. Pale ice seals around Erouno's limbs while red symbols close every path from his curse to the forest.
Erouno
No! The stones cannot weigh my intention. They know only the shape of punishment!
The standing stones divide the binding into two rings: one confines Erouno's body, the other holds his curse accountable without letting it touch the gathered creatures.
Elaris
They know enough. Your reach is ended, your voice is contained, and your punishment will answer what you chose to do.
Elaris guides the completed binding toward the ring's center. Erouno passes into its custody, suspended in silent ice as the forest's stolen roots withdraw unharmed.
Quest Complete
Take Erouno into custody
Skill Upgrade: Athletics Mediocre→Fair