Let's Play 20 Questions

[trainmasters]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 30, afternoon
Where: the Aurora

[Though the sun should be high in the air, just after noon the sky clouds over, and a steady drizzle begins. While gloomy, it's not particularly harsh, and the warm weather means you might even enjoy being out in it! In fact, the relatively thin and patchy clouds mean you may seem rainbows here and there. It's quite nice, really -- except, that is, that there are now tiny frogs everywhere. Near the train they're safe, but closer to the corrupt areas they're toxic.

At the same time, you hear the jingle associated with an official message from your Chain -- the usual "newbie time" balloon animation and text:]

WELCOME NEW HEROES

[This round's new blood are waking up in their rooms, in the usual nondescript undies or team pyjamas.

For the first hour or so, it seems that'll all that'll happen today. But then there's that all too familiar Trial feeling...

...Aaaand a flashy pink convertible has arrived in the clearing. It's followed up by another message:]

Hello, everyone. Your ever-grateful Prince speaking. It's been awhile and we've got some new faces, so I'm here to answer a few questions.

Buut to spare myself a little, I'm limiting it to one question per hero. I'll tell the truth, no matter what you ask, as long as it's at all reasonable! After that though, I reserve the right to cut you off -- but I won't, probably, if you play nice.

Sooo, how about you come outside and see me?

[Message sent, Cardamom gets out of his car and unfurls a big, incredibly sparkly silver umbrella. It looks like the most intensely holographic nail polish you can buy, and the raindrops only make it worse.]

[[OOC NOTES: As the monthly prompts, the rain and frogs will continue until next month's placements. You can find more info on them in the announcements over here!

If you want to tag Cardamom, there's a toplevel here. If you have any questions, please ping the mods via the q&a. Thank you!]]

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IN JASMINE

[bondkeeper]

[ a very well-built, very shirtless man with a pink metal statue of a woman tucked under one arm and a length of chain slung across and coiled haphazardly around both wrists emerges from a previously empty room, the new arrival telegraphed by a small chorus of rattling metal and neck vertebrae crackling from a roll of the head ]

Hey, this place's pretty sweet.

[voreaciously]

[It's a deceptively warm, grey afternoon, and even if it seems dreary outside, inside could not be further from the truth. The car is beautiful and a pleasing blend of aromas wafts throughout the Jasmine car as 80H makes lunch for her team, oblivious, for the moment, that that number has increased by one.]

[bondkeeper]

[ follows the smell and pads down the stairs ]

'Scuse me, where do I get-

[bondkeeper]

80H?

[voreaciously]

[She is keeping it simple, today. Sound and sandwiches, easy comfort food.

"Simple".

She's baking the bread herself, the loaves rising nicely in the oven and is in the midst of slicing roa--]

80H?

[The knife slips and she cuts into her finger. It stings far less than it should, the sensation relegated to the back of her mind as she whirls around and stares, silently.

Her blood drips onto the floor. One beat, two beats.]

You...you...[know who I am?]

Breeze-san?

[She draws it out a little, speaking nearly as airily as the name she utters. She cannot hold onto her voice. She has not spoken it in...over a month now.]

[bondkeeper]

Holy shit, you're bleeding, dumbass. You keep bandages anywhere around here-?

[voreaciously]

You said my name.

[She hears and processes the words, immediately files them away as unimportant. It's not a serious wound, and even if it were.

Well. It is not like she's alive anyway.]

Do you remember me, then?

[She never thought she'd hear Breeze call her a dumbass and be glad of it.]

[bondkeeper]

Uh, yeah?

[ like 2 seconds around 80H and she is immediately antsy. it's even more annoying to realize how fast her composure is going, and she just strides the rest of the way across the room to her ]

Seriously, give me your hand if you're just gonna leave it like that.

[voreaciously]

It is a minor laceration, I can mend it myself.

[But she makes no move to. If Breeze can touch her, maybe then she can know she is real.]

[bondkeeper]

[ just

grabbing for the nearest towel. kitchens have towels right.

and reaching out to take her hand to hold the towel to the cut ]

So mend it. You haven't changed at all.

[crimeson]

[IS THAT!!! A NEWBIE!!!]

Yeah, it's not bad at all. Most people run around being mad about it first, though. Hello.

[bondkeeper]

Hey.

[ a jaunty wave ]

I'm new in town~ Know where a girl can get a shirt or something, stranger?

[crimeson]

[girl??

ok, shifting perspective a bit.]

Should be some clothes in the room you just left! Which is yours now, by the way.

[bondkeeper]

[ pretty much immediately just dropping back to a more masculine intonation, turning on her heel to duck back into her room ]

What, seriously? I didn't see any.

-Oh, shit, fuck, is that a closet?

[crimeson]

Yep!

[pokes his head in and points helpfully.]

There should be three sets of our uniform an' everything.

[bondkeeper]

[ laughs sheepishly, and just keeps talking as she sets down the statue on the floor and heads into the closet to go get some clothes ]

Hahah! Fuck, man, I forgot about closets. I feel like some kinda feral asshat who just got let loose into civilized society. Thanks, babe.

[crimeson]

[politely steps back out of her room but keeps talking]

Hey, shit happens. Haven't seen one in a while, I take it?

[bondkeeper]

[ opting for sweater + shirt + pants + sandals. ]

Not in a while, no.

[ hefting the statue back under her arm again and heading back out ]

So we're Jasmine, huh?

[acts_her_age]

[what is it with our new arrivals and leaving their rooms half-dressed,]

Go put a shirt on.

[bondkeeper]

Yeah, where do I get those?

[acts_her_age]

Your room should come with three sets of our team uniform. Welcome to Jasmine.

[bondkeeper]

Jasmine's the team? Happy to be aboard~

[ gives a mock-salute and does an about-face back towards the bedroom ]

[acts_her_age]

[nods and waves a hand to her like "go on"]

[.......when she gets back there will be an auburn-colored wolf cub where Ai previously was. hmm.]

[bondkeeper]

[ apparently forgot closets exist

but once she's back out and in real clothes. glances around a little but doesn't seem to think much of the girl being gone

at some point when it seems convenient though she'll stoop in front of this wolf cub, partly extending a hand ]

Hey, cutie.

[acts_her_age]

"Coral."

[politely nudges her hand.]