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EVENT: BLANKET FIC

Who: All the lovely Heroes!
When: Day 44, morning
Where: Around the train

[ It may have been only a few days, but did that heatwave feel like it lasted forever to anyone else? No? Either way, it's gone now. Bringing with it a blessed coolness. Actually wait, it's cold-- too cold! Worse yet, not even going into the train seems to really help. Fortunately, someone seems to have been kind enough to leave some nice, fuzzy blankets lying around. Too bad it doesn't seem to help much unless you share them with someone...

Either way, you're in luck because you've got some new teammates on the train! The notification appears cheerfully on everyone's Chains:

WELCOME NEW HEROES

Enjoy the cold...? ]

[[ NOTES: You're welcome to make team posts if you like, or intro directly into this mingle if you haven't already. Until next month's placements, the cold snap will persist-- along with the lovely blankets lying around. Enjoy! ]]

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A. Senna

[ There is a young woman with long black hair wearing the Senna pajamas and boots, acting for all the world as though it's a proper outfit on its own. If you haven't seen her before, it's because she's only just showed up. Rather than reacting in any severe way, however, she seems instead intent on exploring the living room area. ]

...It's not bad.

[ That's all she has to say about that. ]

B. Out and About

[ After she's taken a bit of time to get used to her new digs, Rin can be seen walking around in the same outfit as above. Isn't she affected by the cold? Well yes, judging by the slight shiver you might see from her, but she otherwise doesn't seem to care. She's making her way through each of the train's cars, determined to explore on her own. Or so it seems-- she just brushed right past you, deftly avoiding so much as touching you even as she breezes on by. ]

[Sunset actually is wearing more clothes now. Because it's COLD and that's why you WEAR clothes, when coats and manes aren't enough. She's still unsure on the shoes, she's thinking about those, but at least wearing socks.]

[And coming down in a daze, her hair a mess, and not looking at all ready to face the day. She hasn't even noticed the newbie yet as she heads to the kitchen.]

[ That is why you wear clothes! Unless you're so dedicated to your aesthetic that you eschew common sense and reason, which Rin is more than happy to. She glances up at Sunset-- the hair doesn't phase her-- strange and seemingly unnatural hair runs in certain members of the family, even if she happened to luck out in that department. The amber yellow skin, however, is slightly more unusual.

She isn't going to comment on it, however, not without reason. She does glance up warily when she sees her there. ]

...Hello.

[Humans and clothes are Weird.]

[She's looking through the cabinets, trying to find something she can eat. Don't know that, don't know that, don't know-oh, that's oats ready for oatmeal? That works. Pulling that and the milk out.]

[She looks over at the voice. At least she doesn't freak out, she assumes people should be around.]

Hi. Which one are you?

[Super polite.]

[ "Which one are you?" An interesting way to put it. ]

...My name is Isuzu.

[ "Rin" is a very personal nickname, one she's loathe to give out easily. ]

Who are you?

I'm Solar Flare. Woke up the other day.

I'm gonna make oatmeal.

Try anyway. Want any?

...I'm not hungry.

[ It's a lie, but Rin has. Issues. One of which includes not eating in front of people. ]

You "woke up the other day"...? Does that mean no one's been here very long?

Kay. [Okay, so, some parts oats, this part milk....]

....yes? Wait, you don't know?

Did you just wake up?

[ She nods slightly, her arms crossed over her chest. ]

About five minutes ago.

Oh.

[Pause.]

One minute.

[Turning to the sink and turning on the water and going to splash a bunch of it on her face, slapping her cheeks.] Okay. [Grabbing a towel to dry her face.] I'm awake now.

[Turning to Isuzu.] You still have your memories or no?

[ She raises an eyebrow. ]

Not having them was a possibility?

[ She'd glanced through her Chain enough to get the vaguest idea of what was going on but she'd missed that detail. Apparently. ]

Yeah.

Yeah, it is. It's a great time.

[ Rin lets out an inelegant snort at that. ]

I'm sure.

[ It's a pretty horrifying thought, honestly. ]

Yeah. I hate it.

Penric remembers and I think Desdemona does too. Don't know about anyone else on the team. [She....she isn't sure who all IS on the team other than Naeva, she only came last night to sleep in a bed.] But they've lost skills, so watch that.

Lost... skills, was it?

[ She's not even sure what she'd lose. There's no way the curse would count, she's sure of it. ]

...I'll keep an eye out for that.

Yeah. I don't know what that all entails, but other than general culture things, I can remember information for magic spells and like. Stuff I can operate even though I don't necessarily thing of those items as 'common.'

[She's gonna make this oatmeal.]

Did you look on stuff on the phone? Or 'chain' as this place likes to disturbingly call it.

Why do they call it that? But yes, that's the first thing I did.

[ It gave her enough information that she wasn't nearly as startled as she might have otherwise been, at least. ]

Either someone is not subtle at villainy or is completely divorced from reality to think 'chain' is going to sound like a good thing. [She has Opinions and very little trust.]

Then first thing might be do you have questions and we can go from there.