Event: Mirror Image

[trainmasters]

Who: everyone!
When: Day 19 evening and on
Where: outside

[As darkness falls in the jungle, an unusually chill breeze rustles through the trees. In its wake is silence, the purified fauna going quiet as if in dread.

Is it just you, or is the night darker tonight?

You may find the cause if you leave the train. Those who are caught alone outside will see the shadows grow suddenly long. The darkness coalesces into a vaguely human form, vague and faceless but radiating cold.

Before you can react the shadows surround you. Deep within, your most bitter, unpleasant feelings rise up in your chest. It's overwhelming, threatening to consume you, but just before it can it suddenly stops. The shadows recoil, dissipating into the jungle.

You're safe, but those negative feelings might be closer to the surface than usual.

Good luck, especially if you're one of the newbies just waking up.]

[NOTES: This event will OOCly end on Wednesday, but feel free to ICly push time forward as much as you like. There will be a followup post at that time, and you can schedule player-run trials any time after.

The emotional effect of this event can be as severe as you want. Your character could just be a bit grumpy, or they could find their emotions totally out of control. The effect lasts a couple of hours or until the character counters it with happier feelings.]

Comments

[saddleclub]

....Well don't demonstrate it. I don't want to have to crush you on your arrival.

[playerkiller]

[ one one hand, try it

on the other...... he's narrowing his eyes and not giving up his stance at all, but he's not stabbing him so that's a huge plus. ]

What scenario is this?

[saddleclub]

Scenario? Well about what you've experienced, whatever that is.

Do you remember your name? Or anything else?

[playerkiller]

[ The look Jusis is getting is like this guy is watching snakes pour out of his eyes. ]

Of course I remember my name.

[saddleclub]

It's hardly a given. I'd say more people don't recall themselves than do.

[playerkiller]

... you're better at giving answers than the last weird guy, at least.

[saddleclub]

What?

[playerkiller]

[ shaking his head... looks like he doesn't care about answering this. at least he's putting the frying pan down. ]

This isn't my first time being displaced like this.

[saddleclub]

So you've had other adventures on cosmic trains to save the universe with a bunch of confused amnesiacs?

[playerkiller]

Just move the words around a bit. And there's no amnesiacs.

[ there's snark there but he's not exactly bullshitting, either. he's terrible at lying. ]

[saddleclub]

Good for you. I suppose I don't have to explain anything then.

[playerkiller]

You're going to explain everything.

[ just because he's done some shit like this doesn't mean he's not a stupid simple dog. ]

[saddleclub]

I don't feel like it, ask Ceylon.

[playerkiller]

Like the tea?

[saddleclub]

Yes. Though he's not nearly so refined.

[playerkiller]

Then he's a useless person.

[saddleclub]

You certainly aren't wrong, but I'll only allow you to say so since we share this team.

[playerkiller]

[ oh. hold on. ]

You are companions?

[saddleclub]

As are you. The three of us make up the team known as "Clover."

[hissoff]

Jusiiiiis, I can't believe you would just send him after me like this!

[saddleclub]

Why not? You can explain things as well as I can.

[hissoff]

You're just shoving the work on me! While calling me useless!

[saddleclub]

That's true.

[He's not denying it but what're you gonna do about it.]

[hissoff]

[ ... huff. ]

Honestly. You're such a spoiled child.

[saddleclub]

....


Moving on, at least try to be a good influence. He's a violent hooligan with some nonsense idea that murder is an acceptable problem solving solution.