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auroraexpress2019-08-10 09:37 pm
trainmasters) wrote in auroraexpress2019-08-10 09:37 pm
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EVENT: Upgrades x2!
Who: everyone
When: Day 39, morning
Where: the train!
[Morning dawns on the Aurora with a bang -- literally. A huge crack in the air, like nearby lightning, rattling the train. Look outside in the direction of the still-corrupted island, and you'll see a towering ray of black, malevolent light shooting out into the stars. It continues for a few seconds, flickers, and dies out, leaving no trace of its brief presence.
In its wake is a silence that makes your ears ring, interrupted shortly by the sound of an alert on your Chain. There's an administrator message for you:
★: Hi everyone and good morning!
★: Thanks to all your hard work, we've been able to add two new communal cars to the train. Enjoy your new gym and library! We weren't sure what books you'd like, so we grabbed whatever came to mind. Hope they suit you!
★: Oh, and we noticed a spike of malicious energy just now. No idea what it was, but I'd keep your eyes peeled extra until we've figured it out. It might have something to do with how close we've gotten to purifying this Star.
★: Anyway, thanks as always. And remember, keep positive!
True to the prince's word, you'll find your two new cars attached to the back of the train. Pass through the garden car to find the new gym. It consists of several rooms: a weight room, a room of various machines, a studio for yoga or dance, and a training hall fully equipped with practice weapons according to the tastes of everyone already on the train. Each room is entered from a small lobby containing a few couches and a vending machine that pops out custom smoothies and cold water bottles -- which somehow only works after you've had a workout.
Behind the gym is the library. Near the entrance from the hall you'll find a terminal with a list of all available books. Searching a title will give you the location of the book on the shelves. If a title isn't currently in the library, you may request a copy be added, and it will show up within a few minutes. The library currently has two floors of shelves, containing books that characters who are or have been on the train would find familiar. If the book is common in your character's world or they have a close knowledge of it, they can probably find it here. There are, however, a disproportionate number of romances...
There's also a central reading area, with tables and comfortable chairs for studying or lounging. And a good thing, because if you attempt to remove a book from the library it'll disappear right from your hands to return to the shelves. No late returns for you,Crow lazybones!
For now there's no further activity on the corrupted island, so you may as well enjoy the fruits of your labour!]
When: Day 39, morning
Where: the train!
[Morning dawns on the Aurora with a bang -- literally. A huge crack in the air, like nearby lightning, rattling the train. Look outside in the direction of the still-corrupted island, and you'll see a towering ray of black, malevolent light shooting out into the stars. It continues for a few seconds, flickers, and dies out, leaving no trace of its brief presence.
In its wake is a silence that makes your ears ring, interrupted shortly by the sound of an alert on your Chain. There's an administrator message for you:
★: Hi everyone and good morning!
★: Thanks to all your hard work, we've been able to add two new communal cars to the train. Enjoy your new gym and library! We weren't sure what books you'd like, so we grabbed whatever came to mind. Hope they suit you!
★: Oh, and we noticed a spike of malicious energy just now. No idea what it was, but I'd keep your eyes peeled extra until we've figured it out. It might have something to do with how close we've gotten to purifying this Star.
★: Anyway, thanks as always. And remember, keep positive!
True to the prince's word, you'll find your two new cars attached to the back of the train. Pass through the garden car to find the new gym. It consists of several rooms: a weight room, a room of various machines, a studio for yoga or dance, and a training hall fully equipped with practice weapons according to the tastes of everyone already on the train. Each room is entered from a small lobby containing a few couches and a vending machine that pops out custom smoothies and cold water bottles -- which somehow only works after you've had a workout.
Behind the gym is the library. Near the entrance from the hall you'll find a terminal with a list of all available books. Searching a title will give you the location of the book on the shelves. If a title isn't currently in the library, you may request a copy be added, and it will show up within a few minutes. The library currently has two floors of shelves, containing books that characters who are or have been on the train would find familiar. If the book is common in your character's world or they have a close knowledge of it, they can probably find it here. There are, however, a disproportionate number of romances...
There's also a central reading area, with tables and comfortable chairs for studying or lounging. And a good thing, because if you attempt to remove a book from the library it'll disappear right from your hands to return to the shelves. No late returns for you,
For now there's no further activity on the corrupted island, so you may as well enjoy the fruits of your labour!]
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You're a pretty good shot.
[Considering the bows for a few moments, before sorting through some of the other weapons.]
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[Doing a test swing of the various training weapons, seeing what he's used too.]
Not that what you have so far is anything to scoff at. I'm curious, what do you think a good soldier should be?
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[just gonna take care of some basic watering, nonchalantly ofc]
Dunno, never was one, never cared to be one. Seems like a drag if you ask me.
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[Pauses after swinging a training knife. Hums, tossing it up and catching it a few times, flipping with ease.]
Kinda is. Certainly not easy. A good solider's priority is to keep as many of their people alive as possible. Civilians, then your comrades and yourself. Things like honor and nobility....its usually a bad way to accomplish those goals, if the war is bad enough.
Once I had to save a base from forces with a lot more firepower than us. If the base fell, all the civilians we were responsible for were dead. Luckily, it was the start of the rainy season. [Moving over to a target.] So we prepared sinkholes in the ground. Fought until the rain started. Let our enemies drown in mud and holed up behind the walls. [Throws the knife, dull blade still sinking into the material of the target.] Survived until back up showed up.
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What can I say? Kind of rubs me the wrong way, someone going on about how 'soldiers follow orders' and then kind of ignores the whole point of a soldier.
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[SIGHS.]
Listen, from what I've seen and heard, you might be a master that is better suited to what I do, I get it. But I know one thing and that's I'm not a soldier so your lesson is just wasting your breath.
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[He glances at Noon with a thoughtful look.]
I don't know, what you do is pretty good for a soldier. At least for special ops.
But you seem like you might admire the noble warrior types than soldiers.
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Trust, Noon.
The first step to working with people is trusting them. You don't always have to get along. Hell, you don't even need to like each other.
But if you can believe they have the same goal as you, then you can trust them to want the big things to succeed. Everything else you just figure out along the way.
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[Looking away, perhaps a little sheepish..]
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Whatever the reason, you're still choosing to trust and to work with others. There's a lot of people who can't even get that far.
And it's not like even being experienced at it avoids all the bumps. A good chunk of my memories, I'm arguing with my team. All that matters is you're trying.
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One day, I'm gonna shoot an arrow at your forehead if you keep talking this much. I thought the old fart loved to hear himself speak.
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[There's a reason he can catch knives thrown at him.]
I think chattiness is just a thing back home. Even the near mute had a lot to say if you knew how to listen.
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Because no magic I think I have a shot.
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