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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-08-10 09:37 pm

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!]
schrodingerscockroach: (Sigh)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-08-14 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.]

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.
fuckyew: (pic#13245144)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-08-25 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the reminder that you're kind of a pain sometimes.

[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.
schrodingerscockroach: (If you say so)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-08-25 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know.

[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.
fuckyew: (pic#13245141)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-08-25 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Gotta figure out what workin' with comrades are like first, don't I?
schrodingerscockroach: (That's adorable)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-08-25 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you already have to an extent. [Lifting up his hand with the seal.]
fuckyew: (pic#13245160)

1/2

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-09-02 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
fuckyew: (Default)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-09-02 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Nope. You're the boss here, thanks.
schrodingerscockroach: (She's a terrorist)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-02 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He snorts.]

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.
fuckyew: (pic#13245144)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-09-15 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Or maybe I just got tired of hearing people telling me that I shouldn't disappear.

[Looking away, perhaps a little sheepish..]
schrodingerscockroach: (Learning to have fun)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-16 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Annoyance can apparently be a very effective bonding method.

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.
fuckyew: (pic#13245146)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-09-16 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
...

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.
schrodingerscockroach: (Hey)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-16 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
...honestly I'm now curious if I could catch it. [Listen]

[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.
fuckyew: (pic#13245145)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-09-26 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
You'd have to be able to find me to do so.
schrodingerscockroach: (Too many cats to hold)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-26 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't that depend how silent the arrows are?
fuckyew: (pic#13245145)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-09-29 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't make it easy~
schrodingerscockroach: (...what)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-29 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess the real question is magic or no magic?

Because no magic I think I have a shot.
fuckyew: (pic#13245141)

[personal profile] fuckyew 2019-10-09 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I'll tell you this much since you're my "master" and all. I can shoot an arrow without magic, sure. That's only natural. However, there are ~magical~ options for me. I just don't really remember the details that explains all of that.
schrodingerscockroach: (Well we could)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-10-09 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Even after remembering the magical fight in the woods?