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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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That's a pretty self-assured viewpoint.

[He can respect it! Not necessarily agree entirely, but not disagree either.]

I view 'em as words to live by.

[ Which probably says a lot about him, honestly. ]

That's good to know.

Try it sometime. Any other questions?

Yeah. What do you want to do now that I've failed to kick your ass at poker?

There's so many other games to beat you at! Darts, pool, chess....

[ They have none of the tools necessary to play any of those but shhh. ]

I never quite finished that tour though, if you wanted to do that? There's still the clinic up front and the garden towards the back.

Ha let's finish that tour.

Alright, let's hit up the clinic first since it's closer.

[ Off we goooooo. ]

[Following! Taking it all in like a good Rean.]

[ He explains the pods and how they work-- they can heal any injury and even bring back the dead, but they need sparks to run. The worse the injury, the more sparks are needed. ]

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That's handy at least. Do people get injured a lot?

Not a lot, but it's not unheard of. If you're low on sparks, you can also see if 80H is up for healing. She's got some handy water magic she can use... although I'm not sure what her upper limits are.

Ah... thanks for the tip. I... heal on my own pretty well, when I have enough mana.

That sounds pretty handy. Is that why you need a contractor?

Ah, well for me it's hard to do much without mana. With a contractor they provide the mana and I supply my power. That's why they have to be at least strong enough to overcome a trial. And the stronger they are, the more mana they can give me, the more I can do for longer.

So.... how are you gonna know if someone's strong enough for you without that trial?

I guess I won't. I could run one but I'm not even sure I have the mana to manage right now.

I guess I could rely on secondary contractors if the first isn't enough, but I'm not sure how to arrange for that. Honestly this is all so out of the realm of normal I'm not entirely sure if I can successfully bind a contract in the first place.

Probably best to assume you can secure one for now. I doubt you would've been brought here just to slowly fade back into whatever state you're usually in.

That would seem counterproductive.

Pretty much! And I doubt the prince has the resources to waste on it. So all you've gotta do is talk to people and figure out what you want.

Haha... Yeah. Thanks, Crow.

Heh. Anytime, Rean.

[It's been so long since he personally had to figure out what he wants! And he doesn't even remember like 99% of his life right now, but he's Rean so he's still thinking about Crow's advice seriously.]

So, show me the rest?

[ Crow's pretty pleased with that piece of advice, so he'd be gratified to know Rean's seriously taking it into consideration. ]

Alright, next stop's the garden carriage! This one's interesting because we didn't always have it. Right around the time I showed up, there was this big vote to decide what it would be and this is what won.

How does that work?