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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-02-15 09:27 pm

Unlock! (1)

Who: Everyone
When: Day 12, evening into night
Where: the Aurora

[As evening approaches, you hear the jingle associated with an official message from your Chain. It's the same balloons and confetti animation as the last time newbies arrived, and the same message as well:]
WELCOME NEW HEROES

[As anticipated, some newbies are waking up in their rooms, in the usual nondescript undies or team pyjamas.

Just after this, however, something much more startling happens...

Outisde, the bell tone gets all the louder, a beautiful resonating sound that fills the air. Then, suddenly, a flood of strange square-shaped sparkles appear, floating around like magical fireflies, bringing with them a pleasant warmth. They increase in size and volume until the air itself whites out with a bright but pleasant light. While you can't see, you can hear the bell, and the distant rumbling of stone.

Abruptly, the sound stops, and the bright light fades to reveal a sky painted in sunset hues. Where there was once a dark and hostile jungle with cracks in the ground, there's now a colourful rainforest environment and a floor thick with bright moss. The sounds of birds and insects and regular wildlife rise over the previous silence, and the aggressive plantlife is replaced by large flowers and succulent fruits. In one direction, a dirt path winds through the trees, and in the opposite, the brush gives way to a stone formation with a flat top and an opening flanked in carvings of water and plants.

If one were to enter the new cave entrance, they'd find the previous moon crystals replaced by rainbow ones that reflect sparkling light onto the floor, and feel soothingly warm to the touch. Further into the caves, there's a carved stone path that leads to the beach you initially arrived on. There stands the Prism: a large floating cube in the center of gyproscope-like concentric rings. Where it had been glowing black, it's now a royal purple, and the light and energy from it are significantly less malicious than before -- though still far from pure. The beach itself is now covered in fine white sand, and the sea no longer tries to pull you in -- provided you don't go out too far.

Because not all is well on this Star just yet. While the nearby water contains a reef of colourful fish, 100 meters or so out to sea the water turns black again. While under water in the safe area, you can occasionally see the shadows of great and terrible monsters deep in the dark.

Likewise, should you choose to follow the first path, after ~1km you'll find the forest fades back into the previous dense, dark jungle. At the edge of the darkness, there's something new -- the remains of what looks like a modern town. It's all overgrown, cottages twisted into ruins and streets covered in vines and prowled by tiger monsters and a new threat: towering reptilian creatures that climb the crumbling shells of apartment buildings and the empty City Hall, like geckos increased to dinosaur size. They're fast, and if they catch you they'll swallow you whole. On the one side, that makes it easier for someone to save you -- they could cut you out. On the other, those unable to be rescued will find their skin and muscles becoming slowly more transparent and stiff, the colour and feeling leaving them until their minds are trapped in a useless shell. Those found in that condition later must be saved via the healing pods -- but they'll remember their stay in their glass bodies, with their blood running and heart pumping like a living anatomical model of their organs.

On the Aurora, however, you're welcome to enjoy the first sight of the sun in 12 days. As the brilliant sunset moves into a night reigned over by a gentle moon, the Heartbeat Festival remains in full swing. So celebrate your victory with a glass of shimmery alcohol and a kiss, because you've done it -- your love has purified a part of this Star!]

[[OOC NOTES: CONGRATULATIONS on your first Prism purification, guys! There is a toplevel for ICly suggesting train upgrades here, so check it out! Next week we'll post a poll, and the week after the upgrade will be implemented.

The updates to the Setting page to reflect this post will be made soon, so keep an eye out!]]
ruinatings: (025)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
[OUTSIDE, with the newly purified landscape, Rufus is (finally) not being sneaky about [Miss Dog], who still has not been named.

So he's sitting on the step outside ginger's carriage, watching his very happy golden retriever roll around in the grass. He'd been taking her out when no one's around to avoid castmates but. Eh. It's nice and the dog deserves to enjoy the first rays of sun they've had.]

It appears to be working after all... Hmm.
crimeson: (find a way)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-02-17 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
[that's a dog

that's a dog!!!]

--New teammate?
ruinatings: (004)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no. This one's been around since the last batch.

[as if he wasn't being sneaky at all]
crimeson: (just by the side of the tin man)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-02-17 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Shame on me, failing to notice a gorgeous lady like this.

[kneeling to give her attention]
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[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
[despite their similar appearance, she's very excitable and way more openly affectionate than Rufus]

Oh, yes. How could you be so cold?
crimeson: (no these days i tend to lie)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-02-17 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
[yessss laughing and ruffling her fur]

You have my greatest apologies, milady!
ruinatings: (014)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
It seems you're forgiven already.

[as Randy is being thoroughly licked]
crimeson: (well these days i'm fine)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-02-17 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
How magnanimous!!

So, when did this lady come into your life?
ruinatings: (074)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
About four days ago. I figured you'd notice eventually.
crimeson: (believe me)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-02-17 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
[does the mental math

kicks himself]

Yeah, I'd have probably noticed sooner if you weren't hiding her from me! So, what's her name?
ruinatings: (003)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
[why would he ever--]

I haven't decided.

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-02-17 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
...Four days in and you haven't named her.
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[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
Frankly I'm still adjusting to her presence. If you'd rather take charge you're welcome to.

[take this dog!!! or don't cause then Rufus will have to pretend it doesn't bother him]

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[personal profile] saddleclub 2019-02-17 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
[!! A dog.]

You have a dog?
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[personal profile] saddleclub 2019-02-17 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Sitting next to Rufus to watch dog!]

Since when?
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[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm... about four days ago.

[y'know that day when he was fuckin wasted]
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[personal profile] saddleclub 2019-02-17 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
I... See.

....

Were you lonely?
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[personal profile] saddleclub 2019-02-17 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
[You know what ignoring that.]

Does it have a name?
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[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
[o...kay...?]

Not yet.
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[personal profile] saddleclub 2019-02-17 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
You should think of one soon.
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[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-02-17 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Miss Dog" seems to work so far.

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desirestruth: (The heart that couldn't bear it)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-18 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[DOG. DOG!!!

sorry bro this pale-ass white chick just kind of appeared out of nowhere to come coo at your dog. She doesn't even have powers back she just really loves dogs.

...she'll realize you're there eventually.]