Senescence watched as everyone finally ate their mushrooms. Truly, she was a touch disappointed at the fact she didn't get to violently stuff a bunch of the mushrooms down someone's throat, but oh well. Their discomfort would have to be enough, she supposed. Of anyone, Lux's reaction was perhaps the most interesting to her, if only for the reason that he'd been a Proxy alongside her before, so it was unusual to get a chance to see him reduced to this, all in an attempt to get is position back.

As if the tortoiseshell hadn't even noticed his rigidity, Lorah sauntered forward, trying to look cool as a cucumber, whatever that was, though when he caught sight of the handsome toms, really truly looked at them, the young hunter managed to trip and fall spectacularly, rolling head over head until he came to a stop sitting in front of the mushrooms, head tilted and wearing a somewhat bewildered look on his face. After a moment, he snapped back to himself, Funk's voice cutting through his mind. Oh yes, that's what he was here for again. "For the sake of your ears, let's hope these don't cause any permanent harm. Though, let's be honest, it takes a lot to ruin perfection." He sifted through the mushrooms, not even bothering with the plain ones. After all, the tom knew full well what Funk was capable of. These were no ordinary mushrooms, he'd bet on it. So, may as well go wild. Picking out three in quick succession, he marveled at their bright colors for a moment. The first was flat and wide, fiery red blending out into yellow at the very edges, with a short stem. The second was relatively average in shape, round and about as big as his paw. The top was frosted white-lavender, the underside a deep violet, and the bottom of the stem, where it had been picked, a rich green. It almost didn't look real. The last was a pinky-white flesh tone, irregular and small, with deep crimson droplets erupting from it that looked a little bit too close to blood, only held back from spilling over by a whisker thin clear film.

Without a second thought, he ate each of the crazy colored mushrooms, even the one that appeared to be bleeding, the red stuff indeed some sort of liquid that seemed to stick around in his mouth. Now, just to wait and see what Funk's drugs had done to him.

Nora watched the odd tom come in, unsure of his wild behavior. She was fully aware the league has their fair share of crazy but this one seemed a bit too much. She seemed frozen as she lifted a front paw is if she was going to step forward. Only to set it back down as she nearly tipped over. It would seem all four paws were needed to remain upright. The spasms had traveled up her spine, giving the appearance of a shiver. This was so not fun, not that she had expected it to be a party but she had heard stories of proxy trials just being fights to the death. This mushroom business seemed so removed from her expectations.

“Is he alright?” She spoke softly mostly to herself as the tom ate three mushrooms. The question was directed towards his mental state. It was clear from the other reactions that three mushrooms could prove very dangerous, possibly deadly. Was this tom Innocentia’s challenge? Or was this unrelated? The timing to her seemed almost to perfect for it to just be completely random, right? Nora was trying her hardest to wrap her head around this nonsensical event that was the proxy trials.

Lux blinked several times, staring at Innocentia with owl eyes as he tried to focus, he was feeling more lightheaded than anything and wasn't sure if he could keep this up. Still he forced that ever so vexing g grin of his, his tone as chipper as ever. "Is that all?" He asked. "Darling, I could do this in my sleep" he purred. Carefully he would rise up on his hind paws, wobbling profusely for several moments before raising one of his paws up, to brace it against his other leg similar to that of a flaming go. Closing his eyes he would press his two front paws together in front of him. Fighting off the spinning feeling he had to trick himself into thinking he was standing still. He was quiet only for a moment before he let out a deep breath and began to chant "oom" in s deep humming voice over and over.

It wasn't long before Reprise's balance gave way and she straightened up. Of course, the sight she saw in front of her, was, well, slightly strange to say the least. Lux, was... he was, meditating? No, it was cool. Things were just dandy. Reprise's tummy didn't feel so good, but she ignored the pain. Pssh. Mediation? Oh, yeah. She should have thought of that! With all honesty, she could imagine her version of Lux's peaceful, graceful mediation wouldn't be quite... the same. It was a sight to see for sure. A bunch of cats standing around, everything typical... nothing strange. Well, if you don't count that one cat standing there, on one leg, not wobbling, defying all science... (Not that Reprise knew much about science). And we must not forget the weird "ooom" noise he was making.

In Reprise's defense, she'd never seen something so amusing in her life, that she couldn't help but a let a slight chuckle out, that ended sounding more of a choke. Why did she find this so funny? Lux certainly had confidence. "Oh, dear me." She wheezed. "Can we all get a second shot at this meditation?"

( These may be over, but I still want to have Senescence's trial because it's fun, so feel free to continue rping. xD )

Unfortunately for the cats, things weren't quite over. Senescence didn't waste much time after this rising to her paws. "Come along. I want to get started before those mushrooms wear off, though I doubt I have to worry much about it." She commented, and without much further explanation, they were off, towards the city, the part beyond their borders actually inhabited by twolegs.

It wasn't too much of a walk, considering they lived right next to it, but she didn't hesitate to lead them into the heart of the city, until they eventually stopped in a side alley, with the cats now waiting for her trial to begin. On the way there, she'd stepped back only a moment to whisper something in Lux's ear about preparing to kill something. It was vague, but all in all, the former Proxy probably would best be able to come up with something along the lines of what she'd do. After all, Senescence didn't usually kill just any cat or creature she came across. And she wouldn't be so kind as to give them a simple trial.

So, while he left himself wondering what sort of death would come at his paws today, she waited a few moments after they arrived, simply watching the humans go about their daily lives. Eventually, however, she did turn to speak. "Your trial is a rather simple one. Kill a twoleg and bring back the skull once you've stripped it of its flesh." Of course, that wasn't so simple at all. Kill a twoleg? In the heart of the city no less? If one didn't know better, they'd wonder if she was serious, but Senescence hardly seemed the joking type.