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Who: everyone
When: Day 35 morning
Where: the lounge car

[This morning, or whenever you wake up, you will find that there are delicious smells wafting from the lounge car. Upon investigation, one will discover a beautiful spread of hot cocoa and tea and coffee and many marshmallow animals, ideal for putting in your drinks or simply eating wholesale. It isn't just cats either, but many animals of a similar quality of marshmallow, whatever kinds you'd like. But you may find the warm fuzzies they impart might be a bit more than internal.

In a conspicuous place is a note in handwriting many of you may find quite familiar at this point:

Thanks for your help.

- Hazel

His signature isn't alone, either. There are a couple of others, though somehow they're far less readable? Some are definitely just little drawings. Weird.]

[[ooc notes: 10% furry event!! many marshmallows have no effect, but those that do will instill temporary animal parts up to a kemonomimi level! enjoy your ears and tails, folks. and your newbies.]]

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Magic. And these things simply happen from time to time. I take it you are newly-arrived?

[she's so happy, goodness gracious.]

[ Magic!! She's practically sparkling. ]

Uh huh, I woke up just a couple of hours ago. I'm still finding my feet, so please be patient with me.

[ A beat. ]

When you say magic, you mean ... actual, for real magic?

...Is there another sort?

Yeah! Stage magic, with sleight of hand.

[ Stage magic is Good Magic too okok ]

Ah, I see. Parlour tricks. No, I do not know what sort of magic you are familiar with otherwise for it to qualify as real, but I can assure you, the train is fueled by it.

Calling them "parlour tricks" make them sound way less cool than they are …

[ Looks around the lounge, at all of the people with animal bits and also just, the train as a whole. ]

But maybe it's comparing apples to oranges.

Ah, my apologies. [She dips her head for a long moment in courtesy.] I did not mean to offend. Certainly, there are stage performances, but those are people who have honed their magical talent for spectacle. It is very inundated in my world. I must concede ignorance on the matter, otherwise.

Edited 2019-07-20 21:10 (UTC)

Eh? Ah, no, no! I'm not offended! [ Waves her hands, nooo. ] It's just, it's all so amazing to me — everyone comes from different, interesting places, with different backgrounds and experiences. I'd to find out more.

Can I ask you what your world's like?

It is true, you are right about that.

[It...was--is? Something she's interested in, herself, but something's changed about that, hasn't it.

My, how time has passed. She takes a moment before she replies.]

Dangerous. Beautiful.

[ That's an interesting answer ... ]

... Do you mean that there's a high crime rate?

No, I mean it is fraught with monsters and other mystical dangers that often feed on magical individuals.