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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-02-14 08:01 pm

Love on the Railway!

Who: Everyone
When: Day 12, morning into afternoon
Where: the Aurora

[Morning today comes easily, the early stars of a false sunrise shining in with the same cool softness as usual. Though it remains the eternal darkness of the corrupted jungle, it's a little warmer than it's been so far, as if something somewhere is emitting a comforting heat. If you're outside you can hear a faint ringing like the chime of a bell, off in the direction of the beach. It's a bit far to walk through dangerous jungle, but you could try, if you're determined.

Back at the Aurora, however, things are also awfully... cheery. When you wake up in the morning and leave your carriages, you'll find the hallways and public areas lit with tiny pink, red, and golden hearts, shifting and glowing on the walls with no apparent source. On your Chain is a message that comes without any annoying jingle:
Good morning, heroes! You've had a hard time so far, so here's a little gift from me. Today is the Star Kingdom's most lovey-dovey holiday: Heartbeat Festival Day! First, let me tell you the local legend:

"Once upon a time, a beautiful girl lost her home to war. After wandering the universe for awhile, she noticed that the further she traveled, the more a certain pink constellation began to resemble a heart. With no destination in mind, she followed it until she arrived here, in the Star Kingdom. Stopping to warm her hands with a hot drink, by chance she bumped into a handsome young man at the same stall -- a man who happened to be the newly crowned Star King! Under the light of the Heartbeat constellation, the two fell in love at first sight. Their union was blessed by the universe, and when they had a child, she was born with twinkling stars in her hair and eyes. And that's where the royal line got their sparkles!"

The festival is a celebration of love -- for friends, lovers, family, and the whole universe. It's a time to show your appreciation with gifts, kisses, and a whole lotta drinking! We could use some love right now, so even though my kingdom can't celebrate today, you can do it for us.

To foster some affection, the drinks we've provided will give you a bit of a boost... but it's all harmless, I promise! So cozy up and show some affection. If you're lucky, you might stumble into the most heart-racing kind of love: romance!

In accordance with the message, the dining area in the lounge car has plates of various desserts in chocolate or strawberry flavours, and trays of champagne glasses full of drinks with several different colours of edible shimmer. Each one has a different effect, and is more alcoholic than the last:
☆ Gold: Those who drink this sweet, vanilla-flavoured concoction will find their hand gravitates towards the nearest person's. Once you're holding hands you're glued together, for an hour or until you're both having a good time. The drink has a star-shaped charm around the stem.

★ Pink: Strawberry champagne is valentine's Heartbeat Festival in a glass! Drinking it unfortunately roots you in place, along with the first person you see. You're stuck until you share a kiss -- any kind of kiss will do! This drink has a pursed lips charm around the stem.

☆ Red: A bright raspberry liquor, this drink is berry tasty, and makes your heart flutter. After drinking, you'll find your affection for other people enhanced. It's based on what you already feel, so you won't be attached to someone you dislike, but you'll feel extra adoring towards your friends, and any crush you might have will turn into true love! Effects last anywhere from one to four hours. This drink has a heart-shaped charm around the stem.

★ Brown: Though this drink smells and tastes like hot chocolate, it's actually very potent, both in its alcoholic effects and its nudge towards love. Drinking it enhances your desire for physical affection -- platonic or sexual is a real coin toss. Effects last anywhere from one to four hours. This drink has a rose-shaped charm around the stem.

Drinking multiple drinks will stack effects -- you can have all four at once if you like. This will go on til evening -- where something else magical might just happen!]

[[OOC NOTES: This is a harmless cute Valentine's post! It has the potential for NSFW threads, so please be aware, and remember to put a warning in the subject line or move such threads offcomm.

Placements are tomorrow: and with them comes a major IC update! Please look forward to it!]]
ewestmarch: (sly)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-18 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Actually cracks a little bit of a smile - she was kidding.]

Good enough for me.
purrtagonist: (Is mayonnaise an element?)

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-18 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ppppauses]

Is it considered rude to ask how you died? Cleverly change the subject on me if it is.
ewestmarch: (Default)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-19 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Almost all of us died to a plague that was deliberately spread across the entire country.

[Shrugs, adjusts her gloves. Takes another sip of coffee.]

I just got sick. It wasn't too violent.
Edited 2019-02-20 00:51 (UTC)
purrtagonist: (we can punch them we have a dwarf)

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-20 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
-- ah. That still sucks. I'm sorry.

[maybe it hadn't been too violent, but Akira can't imagine dying being pleasant in any form]

What brought you back?
ewestmarch: (light)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-20 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
The same thing. The Plague of Undeath raised everyone it killed. It happened to so many people it's weird to have to explain it, I guess. It was started by the Scourge, who wanted to bring down the country and create a mindless undead army at the same time, but some of us later got control of ourselves.
purrtagonist: (You take a quiet moment to hate wolves)

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-20 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[. . . . . . . . oh]

Zombies??
ewestmarch: (Default)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-21 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
You're the second person who's guessed that. I think what you'd call a zombie and what I'm thinking of are different.
ewestmarch: (Default)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-23 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
What happened with the Plague was arcane necromancy. Zombies come from voodoo. Don't even know if they're undead or just mind-controlled, I've never seen one.
purrtagonist: (Can I seduce the flying snakes)

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-23 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Not all zombies.

[HASHTAG]

Well, depending on the source of fiction, that is. I've seen stories that had zombie outbreaks begin with viruses, and others that had them begin with magic. I guess it's all dependent on genre.

[the difference is he's talking about fictional zombies and she's not]
ewestmarch: (wait wait)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-23 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sigh.]

No. Zombies are also real. But what I was is called a ghoul.
purrtagonist: I know I’ve done the right thing (As long as I hear screaming)

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-23 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[oooooooh]

I see. Yeah, ghouls are a completely different class of monster.

[wait]

Do you. . . eat human flesh?

[RUDE QUESTION]
ewestmarch: (Default)

cannibalism content warning 🎉

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-23 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Emilia's entire body tenses up and bunches together, like there's a drawstring threaded through her that's been pulled tight.]

I ...can.
purrtagonist: (Can I summon a steak elemental?)

WHOOPS

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-23 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[. . . he takes note of that reaction, and of her response]

"Can" isn't the same as actually doing.

[and from said response? he's assuming that she can, but chooses not to]
ewestmarch: (light)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-23 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't like it. It's not clean.

[She fidgets with her gloves, takes another sip. Hot liquid kills germs, right?]

It isn't strange for the Forsaken to eat corpses, to answer what I think was the question.
purrtagonist: (I’m trying to listen to the flavour!)

[personal profile] purrtagonist 2019-02-24 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
That was the question, yeah.

[and he offers her a lopsided, apologetic smile]

Sorry about that. I know that was kind of a personal question.
ewestmarch: (dead)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-24 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ghouls eat flesh. Ghouls are mindless. The Forsaken weren't all the same kind of undead, but we're all undead that have regained our senses.