Unlock! (2)

[trainmasters]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 36, early morning
Where: around :)

[In the wee hours of the night, you may be woken by an increasingly loud clear, bell-like tone, a beautiful resonating sound that fills the air. Then, suddenly, a flood of strange square-shaped sparkles appear, floating around like magical fireflies, bringing with them a pleasant warmth. They increase in size and volume until the air itself whites out with a bright but pleasant light. While you can't see, you can hear the bell, and the distant rushing of water.

Abruptly, the sound stops, and the bright light fades to reveal... no particular changes in the immediate area. No visible ones, anyway, besides a break in the rain. Audibly, on the other hand... suddenly, the air is full of birdsong. While a few tropical birds already existed in the nearby jungle, there are far more of them now, especially in the direction of the abandoned town.

Should you head that way, you'll find that the area has been purified -- while the buildings are still a bit damaged and overgrown, the monsters have been replaced by normal lizards and a few chattering monkeys, and the plantlife is now mostly harmless. As the sun rises, millions of new flowers will bloom in its warm rays. Unfortunately, there are still no residents. But their belongings are now yours to shuffle through, or to preserve for their potential return -- it's up to you!

Past the town you'll see that the wetlands on the opposite coast of the island have also been revived. A mangrove swamp grows lush and mossy, with remarkably clear waters full of tasty fish. Wetland birds nest in the trees, and frogs (now without any poisonous ones mixed in) chirp away in the night. This area, however, is not completely harmless -- while free of corruption, there are still perfectly normal alligators!

Head back towards the Prism on the beach, and you'll see that it's now glowing green, and the sea is clear and beautiful much further out than before. In fact, it seems the entire island you're on is now purified -- you can swim all the way around with no trouble. The island itself turns out to be about 8km in diameter -- the rest of the surface is taken up by ocean, now full of healthy fish and even some dolphins!

However, you haven't cleared this Star yet... about 2km from the Prism shore there's another, smaller island, mostly taken up by a some kind of ancient ruin, the sea immediately near the island is black and oddly still -- should you enter it, you'll find the water is still alive, reaching up to try to drag you down into the waiting mouths of unseen horrors. Get past this and you'll find the ruin a trap-filled nest of corrupted snakes, tiger monsters, giant man-eating geckos, and an overgrowth of plants that are almost entirely deeply poisonous. The halls and passages are full of caustic slimes that take on the form of your fears -- basically every enemy you've faced so far is now concentrated on this tiny island. The last baston of Malice on this Star is a deadly one.

But you've made some amazing progress! Almost as if in celebration, a flock of little blue birds settles in the Aurora's clearing, chirping away in the trees. Their song makes you feel celebratory, too -- hearing it greatly increases one of your positive emotions. Joy, love, trust -- some part of you is feeling great!

What a good time to respond to that ChainChat Message asking for upgrade suggestions...]

[[OOC NOTES: CONGRATULATIONS on your TWO levels of Prism purification, guys! There is a toplevel for ICly suggesting train upgrades here, so check it out! You can submit more than one suggestion if you wish, as there will be two upgrades added. Next week we'll post a poll, and the week after the upgrade will be implemented.

The updates to the Setting page to reflect this post will be made soon, so keep an eye out!]]

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UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS

[trainmasters]

[At some point this morning, an official message appears:]
Congratulations: A new level of Prism purification has been reached. With this, we are able to offer an improvement to the Aurora's facilities. Please reply to this message with your request for:

- A new train car
OR
- An upgrade to the current communal facilities

After we have collected requests, a final decision will be made via a poll. Thank you very much for your hard work.

[Please respond to this top-level with any IC suggestions for a train upgrade. Do not reply to others' suggestions in this thread: if you'd like to debate, please do so within your own toplevels. Thank you!]

Re: UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS

[bad_crowmance]

Crow: CASINO

Re: UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS

[ruinatings]

Rufus: We need a proper training hall.

[voreaciously]

Lorelei: A training hall, please.

Re: UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS

[luckyheart]

Lucky: BAR PLZ

Re: UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS

[bluediligence]

Faito: Ooh! Training hall, please!

Re: UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS

[bowtiedbones]

Eliza: I still want a gym!!!!
Eliza: separate from a training hall
Eliza: at least separated with a racquet ball window or something???
Eliza: i’m not going to use it if i have to be next to people fighting

Re: UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS

[awakenerd]

Rean: A library would be nice.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[On one hand, Dusk isn't suffering much of a hangover. He can't be sure if the headache is hangover or just the one he's been suffering from since he arrived. It could be either. What's more disorientating is he can't]

[Remember much]

[After he started drinking. Bits and pieces, but it's mostly blank. He thinks he drank a lot.]

[He did not drink a lot, he's a lightweight, but alcohol plus his head is a bad mix.]

[Either way, he wakes up early despite probably needing more sleep and has wandered out of Jasmine in last's night clothes. He may be heading back to Clover to change. Or it might be later where he's actually looking at the changes that happened outside.]

[luckyheart]

[As Wash is passing through Licorice's hallway: There's a very flashy redhead drinking a smoothie and taking in the sunrise through the windows.]

Oh, hey. Am I witnessing a walk of shame?

[wellhanged]

[does anyone remember a grey-ish, scaly-ish tanned skinned guy with green eyes, weirdly slightly too long limbs, and a neck brace on Jasmine?

no?

well, he's walking out of the ocean like he's lived there the whole time.

and immediately dumps a pile of fishythings onto the sands on the beach before spreading his arms in a long stretch, fingers bending at nigh-awkward angles]

Fresh air! What a relief!

((what up guys info/pings are here))

[crimeson]

[that'sourcolor.gif]

... Welcome back?

[bowtiedbones]

[well she was going to go swimming, but]



[offers him her towel]

Hi?

[fuckyew]

...

[dont wanna mess with THIS mess, bye]

[fisherofmen]

[ . . .

huh

well, this is a cat that sees this, notes those pings, and then immediately skedaddles

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? whomst ]

[wontforbidtherain]

[why does this seem so normal for her. Oh, right, because she's vaguely aquatic herself, and has some of the same 'not quite right' proportions, even if all she remembers is 'long-lived', and 'metamorphosis to water-breathers']

I don't suppose you intend on sharing those fish?

[survivaltricks]

[SOMEONE IS PRACTICING THEIR DISNEY POWERS TODAY]

[which is to say, there is a pink. . . blob. . . with floppy ears (read: a young man with a unicorn kigurumi on) crouched down outside in the clearing, one hand extended towards the chirruping birds. he’s trying to beckon one towards him, fingers wagging]

Tweet tweet— no. . . twitter twitter?

[hm]

I don't speak bird. . .

[that is mostly mumbled to himself, idly and nonchalantly]

[wellhanged]

That is very bad at birdspeak, it's true.

[hi, there's this guy who just came out of the ocean with arms full of fish which are now on the beach.]

[fuckyew]

[Noon was just gonna get a breath of fresh air out of the stuffy train when he stumbles upon the blob.

...

There is a brief moment where he considers destroying it, but he instead he just tries to leave quietly.

Except the birds are now following him...]

[bowtiedbones]

[one of the birds is... very bony. and with extra legs. and spikes.

cheep cheep feed the dragon skeleton]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[PINK]

[Who is trying to charm birds. He'll approach slowly so as to not startle birds away and crouch down nearby. Give him a minute to notice more pink.]

[fisherofmen]

[ but do you speak cat

because there's this striking white-and-black cat hanging out, watching the birds (and also you???) carefully ]

[rolebreaker]

[ ... another one.


he considers just leaving this one to his own devices, but. ... this is frustrating to watch. ]

Just use bread.

[bowtiedbones]

[Eliza has a sleeping roll and a backpack, and is heading for the jungle with both her dragonwolf skeletons following

WOODS ARE SAFE TIME TO GO CAMPING]

[wontforbidtherain]

[Cat has walked around, and is staring at the new island]

I might be able to swim to that, but I think it would be a terrible decision.