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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-05-16 01:01 am

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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.]
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-16 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
It's too bad 'cause it works.
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[personal profile] aesculapian 2019-05-16 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ dipping their head a little before resuming their meander, adjusting course to check out the lobby while they talk ]

That is why I usually wear flowers.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-16 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
You should talk to Naeva, then. She had a bunch of 'em recently for flower crowns.
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[personal profile] aesculapian 2019-05-16 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ —never mind, hello, you have her full focus now ]

What does she look like?
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-16 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
She's about this tall-- [ He gestures with his hand. ] White hair, gold eyes, an intensely bratty aura. You can't miss her.
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[personal profile] aesculapian 2019-05-16 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ very wide-eyed under the skull. excited? ]

Thank you very much.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-16 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
No problem! So, skulls and flowers are your thing, huh?
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[personal profile] aesculapian 2019-05-19 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Flowers are ... the skull is not a choice.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-19 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Then why are you wearing it?

[ He's genuinely curious. ]
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[personal profile] aesculapian 2019-05-19 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...hums, pensive ]

It is attached, but ...

It is truer to say I am wearing this body.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-19 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
So wait, you are the skull?
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[personal profile] aesculapian 2019-05-19 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
I am.

[ paying close attention to his reaction ]
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-19 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Is... the body okay with being worn?

[ Mostly he's trying to wrap his mind around this. ]
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[personal profile] aesculapian 2019-05-19 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
... the body is empty.

[ looking away ]

But ... he chose me when he was still there. We do not take involuntary hosts.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-05-19 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Then that's all that matters, really.

[ It's not like Crow figures he has any way of verifying any of that. ]