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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!]]
nihilmancy: (Neutral)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-19 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
That can happen, or not, on its own timeline.
desirestruth: (Of hatred and scarcity)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
...What team are you on?

[SHE'S FINDING SOMEONE TO TAKE YOU HOME AND PUT YOU TO BED.]
nihilmancy: (Angry)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-19 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not that drunk, leave me alone.
desirestruth: (Have you forgiven me?)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
Can you stand under your own power?
nihilmancy: (Smile)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-19 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course I can. I choose not to.
desirestruth: (Of a future that only)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Stepping back to look her outfit up and town.]

Purple team. Got it.
nihilmancy: (Angry)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-19 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[hisssss

she stands up, but too quickly, and wobbles, looking a bit queasy as she has to brace herself against the couch.]


I told you!
desirestruth: (This would have been easier)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Turning and just. Pressing on Hlasoh's forehead with a hand until she sits back down.]

Stop that before you throw up, or I will make this more embarrassing for you.

[You hear that tone of voice? Strict and clearly unimpressed, without raising in volume?

That's the Doctor Voice.

You hecked up.]
nihilmancy: (Shout)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-19 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's small and drunk, so she goes down easily.

She does groan again though.]


You're not my mom, my mom is dead!
desirestruth: (Have you forgiven me?)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but I am a healer, so stop fighting my on this and stay put.

[DO NOT MAKE HER BUST OUT GRANDMA VOICE.]
nihilmancy: (Wistful)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-19 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just sinking back into the sofa because there's nothing she can do right now and also she's tired.]
desirestruth: (Of all the mythical stories)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[RIGHT TIME TO GO FIND THE FIRST PURPLE I SEE.]
crimeboy: (2u11)

[personal profile] crimeboy 2019-02-19 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Here he is, the first purple you run into, the boy with the devil bits.]
desirestruth: (Mother--Mother)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[YOU'LL DO.]

Hey--come with me. I need your help.
crimeboy: (059)

[personal profile] crimeboy 2019-02-19 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh???

[Doesn't understand, but he is a Protagonist, so like. He'll follow.]

Uh. Ok?
desirestruth: (Of a future that only)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Your teammate--I think she's yours, anyway--is drunk. She needs to be put to bed. She will argue that she is fine--this is a lie.

[JUST DEADPANNING ALL THAT WHILE SHE TAKES HIM BACK TO HLASOH.]
crimeboy: (041)

[personal profile] crimeboy 2019-02-19 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmhhh. Okay? I can probably handle that. [Not the BEST person for the job, but he is sure he can handle JUST ONE DRUNK GAL, right?]

She okay otherwise?
desirestruth: (Ran away on it's own)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-19 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
She seems to be belligerent to cover for deep emotional issues and mentions having had a hard time lately, but friend, I don't know what she's normally like to judge if she's alright.

[Well. That's blunt.]
crimeboy: (059)

[personal profile] crimeboy 2019-02-20 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
...Well that's a lot to unpack, but I'm just going to go ahead and throw out the whole suitcase.

I'm just going to assume she doesn't seem to be in any physically bad state, thanks.
desirestruth: (Ran away on it's own)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-20 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[SHRUGGO.]

You didn't specify. She's going to have a pretty spectacular hangover, but she'll be fine otherwise.
crimeboy: (003)

[personal profile] crimeboy 2019-02-20 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Right, so water at her bedside. I got it! I can handle that just fine.
desirestruth: (If I knew I wasn't loved)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-02-20 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm counting on you, then.

[RIGHT. into the lounge let's pick up your new best friend, Akira.]
nihilmancy: (Blush)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-20 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[uuugh why this

just let me get drunk in peace

anyway, Hlasoh is in the lounge, sitting upright now, as she sips her second glass of water, casting a rueful but also embarrassed look at those coming to get her.]
crimeboy: (024)

[personal profile] crimeboy 2019-02-20 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Helloooo~

[He doesn't look disappointed in her or anything, just waving a little.]

I'm here to make sure you get tucked in to bed!
nihilmancy: (Wistful)

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-02-20 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She sighs, and stands up slowly, still wobbling.]

Good evening.

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