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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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Pretty sure that's what it is, yeah. I think the idea is that we purify worlds one at a time and the energy that comes from that is enough to do more with the train? ....Or something like that.

I see. So we should work hard to purify this world.

[ He nods, tucking his hands behind his head. ]

Yeah, through bonds and whatnot.

Well it's not like you can force getting along or getting close to someone... So I can see how it's a challenge.

Yeah... actually on that note, anyone tell you about the trials they sometimes run here?

No one's mentioned them.

Alright, here we go then. Well-- first of all, I say "they" but we can run 'em too now. That's a recent development though, it's normally been the prince and his buddies. Anyway! They're these sort of.... tests, you could say, that are meant to bring people closer together? But they can range from "go socialize with each other in these specific ways" to "put on a play" to "behead your trammate."

[ Whoops that escalated quickly. ]

Wh-what?!

I don't think that last one happens too often-- but it does happen so you really should be warned.

How does that help??

I think there was some other weird shit going on with that one... I don't actually think it helps at all.

Weird... how?

There was something wrong with the guy that ran it. Something to do with the Malice?

...Was he corrupted?

[ He nods, his expression serious. ]

That's what it sounded like.

Well that doesn't sound great...

Yeah.... it's something to meep an eye out for. ....Though I haven't heard much about it since.

Seems like we're in a pretty serious situation.

Now you're getting it.

[ Not that he thinks Rean wasn't taking it seriously before, but a clearer picture always brings things into focus. ]

....Anyway, here's the garden carriage.

[Time to admire the garden??]

Honestly this is a pretty incredible train.

Yeah.... there's worse places we could've ended up.

[ At least trains are nice. Crow looks around the garden. ]

I wanted a casino, but.... the garden's not too bad.