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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-04-18 08:31 pm

Event: Mirror Image Part 2

Who: everyone
When: Day 20, afternoon
Where: on your Chain, and elsewhere!

[As the sun sails past noon, a bright light engulfs the Aurora. Like the train's namesake it's a shifting shimmer of greens and yellows and, mostly, a deep pink. There are the familiar square sparkles as well, floating around the colours for a few solid seconds.

When it fades, the previous heavy atmosphere lifts. Any characters still effected by the shadows will find themselves cured, and everyone's given a mild boost of soft, warm contentment. After a pause, a message arrives via Chain and on the lounge screen. The Construct's neutral voice reads it out over the intercom as well:
Attention, Heroes of Distant Stars.

Last night, due to an unexpected development, an agent of Malice was able to infiltrate the Aurora's defense systems. Fortunately, we have now succeeded in improving defensive parameters.

However, due to increased energy use, we require your aid to maintain current conditions. In order to foster positive energy production, the Prince of Stars has authorized heroes to organize Trials, with certain limits.

  • Trials must encourage Heroes to bond with one another.

  • Trials must be competitive, but must not value betrayal over cooperation.

  • Heroes or Teams who organize a Trial are not eligible to win.

  • Heroes or Teams who organize a Trial will receive 800 sparks as thanks.

Those who wish to organize a Trial will find an application option within my user interface. Organizers will be provided with materials and an appropriate illusory space, termed a "trial zone".

We offer our apologies for this breach of security. Please see your lockers for a compensation gift. The Prince of Stars and Circle of Knights remind all Heroes to beware the influence of Malice. Developments in our research will be reported via this method in the future.

As always, we thank you for your bravery and service to the Light.

After the message is sent, characters will in fact find a present in their lockers. Presents are single, small items personalized to each person. All are no bigger than a small kitchen appliance or craft set, and have a real-world value of less than $200 USD, but may be items specifically from home.

Additionally, in the lounge there is now a box on the wall with a slot in the top and a label that reads "feedback/suggestions". There are blank slips of paper and ballpoint pens provided. The box cannot be moved or destroyed.]

[personal profile] nihilmancy 2019-04-20 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Today, if you are in Licorice, you may find Hlasoh crouched over her locker, weeping quietly to herself as she holds- some kind of amulet? She's muttering something but it can't be made out.

Sorry she's always like this everyone!



Alternately you might see her out and about, now actually in a rather pleasant mood which definitely isn't the result of bottling up her feelings, and wearing a new wooden amulet in the shape of an eye! It's of simple make, but rather pretty. In her hand is what looks like an old fashioned bound book, fairly slim- it reads "Trial of the Mummy."]