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[trainmasters]

Who: newbies + you
When: Day 22, evening
Where: around

[This evening, out of nowhere, Hazel's carriage disappears. There's a shower of sparkles, a bright light, and after that... it's gone. Anyone who was in its hallway is now in the Garden entrance. The Garden car itself is now hooked to Clover's carriage, as if it had aways been and Hazel was never real. Clover itself is currently bare as well -- the lock screen is dull, completely turned off, and there are no lights inside. No one is there, now, but at least the space remains.

In some carriages, that loss of vibrancy is countered by the appearance of some new heroes. In general, the gloomy mood throughout the train is only heightened by the onset of a heavy storm. Outside there's a crack of thunder that rattles the train, and it begins to pour so hard the edge of the clearing is barely visible through the windows.

The rain, the thunder, and the strobe-light effect of constant lightning will continue til dawn.]

Comments

ginger, and elsewhere later

[aesculapian]

[ it's maybe an hour after SPOOKY MCLOUDVOICE'S announcement before someone else finally opens the door of their new room and pads quietly downstairs to look around. hello Ginger, meet your new teammate. who is wearing a giant toothy skull? this is fine.


later they can be found taking in the rest of the train (and the storm going on outside) with the same quiet-seeming calm, or just. standing in the Garden car, staring into space. this... is still fine? ...maybe? ]

[awakenerd]

[Still in Ginger getting used? to the situation?

Whoa cool skull.]

Hello?

[aesculapian]

[ the new club that all the cool kids are in!

they tilt their head at him, birdlike ]

Hello. ... Was that you?

[awakenerd]

Pardon?

[desirestruth]

[Oh hey a person wearing a skull that's neat.

Naeva's up to her elbows in dirt. Still kind of freaked out about Many Things but it's fine. This is fine.]

....You're new here?

[aesculapian]

[ visibly reorienting at the sound of her voice ]

I am. ... Are you well?

[desirestruth]

I am as well as could be expected.

[she's just pruning the rosebushes we're fine.

Also there's a jackal with a collar eyeing you, near naeva.]

Have you been given any explanations.

[ruinatings]

Oh, there's two.

[ALAS for his quiet home.]

Welcome.

[aesculapian]

[ rip. at least she's quiet... when she isn't meddling.

r i p. ]

Thank you.

[ruinatings]

[you also have to deal with Leonie the friendly golden, btw. part of the team!!]

I'm afraid you've wandered into a tough situation. Did you read the message?

[bad_crowmance]

[ I just need you to know that my brain went "MCLOUDVOICE" > "MCLOUD" > "MACLEOD".

That being said, Crow's still chilling an the lounge an hour after the SPOOPY VOICE, once again reading--- he glances up them and lifts a hand in greeting. ]

Love the skull, it's a hell of a statement.

[aesculapian]

[ looking up sharply— not quite startled, but visibly reorienting. after a moment, they reply: ]

It is not meant as one.

[ they sound faintly amused, though. ]

[bad_crowmance]

It's too bad 'cause it works.

[unaffective]

[ a little later on just very transparently like

staring at them, kind of taken aback by the skull in particular ]

[aesculapian]

[ returning that stare, at first kind of blankly but then going visibly wide-eyed under the skull ]

... Congratulations ... ?

[ ...it comes out sounding faintly awkward, but very definitely excited ]

[unaffective]

[ visibly relaxing, ]

... I see. Thank you very much.

Though, were we to meet again greater circumstances than these would have been preferred, by far...

Re: ginger, and elsewhere later

[bowtiedbones]

[stares at the skull]




[the three dragon skeletons--two massive, one tiny--digging up a vacant plot also stare]

[aesculapian]

[

tilting their head slightly to one side ]

Hello.

[bowtiedbones]

[the tiny skeleton, only the size of a bird, spreads its bony wings and gapes in an itty bitty threat display]

Hi.

Re: ginger, and elsewhere later

[unrepairable]

[ he was just wandering around the Garden car, investigating. he gets through maybe the tenth garden room before he starts to get bored and thinks to leave, turning around to do so when-- ]

Ke- [ JOLTS hand flying to his sword when he sees her.

wh.

what-- ]

Kebishii--!? [ HE IS DRAWING HIS SWORD he may be the only sword here but he cannot let a kebishii escape unharmed ]

[aesculapian]

I am not ... ?

[ in the politely puzzled tones of "I have no idea what you're talking about" ]

[unrepairable]

Tsk-- [ alright usually kebishii do not talk and also are not polite

however, what other conclusion is he to make? ]

I don't know what trickery you're trying to pull on me, but you must be the source of this disturbance. Which means that if I kill you... I may return home.

[ that's the logic here.

so he has to win.

and he's suddenly moving-- fast, and his skill is apparent as he swings his sword towards her ]

Re: ginger, and elsewhere later

[nihilmancy]

[Yo, you look fucking rad and hot

anyway, she's in the lounge, using telekinesis on silverware to make them twirl and dance around.]

Oh, uh, h-hello.

[aesculapian]

[ polite headtilt/nod combo ]

Hello.

[nihilmancy]

Er, good day. You must be new.