Newbies + Monthly Prompts!

[trainmasters]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 47, morning
Where: the Aurora

[It's that time again: this morning, you're awoken by the jingle associated with an official message from your Chain -- the usual "newbie time" balloon animation and text:]

WELCOME NEW HEROES

[This round's newbies are waking up in their rooms, in the usual nondescript undies or team pyjamas.

Outside, the cold snap has broken. It's back to jungle warmth, though the sudden change in temperature appears to have caused a thick fog. So thick, in fact, that you can't see more than a few feet in front of you -- and it doesn't burn off with the daylight.

For the next few days, Origin Star will be lost in the mist, and should you venture too far, you may be too. Because out there in the humid dim are willow-the-wisps, faint lights in the fog that will lead you to perilous terrain or into the jaws of beasts.

Sometimes, you may also hear a voice -- a distant song from across the sea, in the direction of the corrupted island. If you get too close, long and spindly arms will reach out of the water and pull you down, for a kiss from a scaly human-like being that sucks all the emotion out of you and leaves you feeling hollow and lacking empathy for others. The cure is time -- you'll be better in a day or so, but you can speed it up by basking in the warm feelings of others.]

[[OOC NOTES: As the monthly prompts, the fog and mermaids will continue until next month's placements. If you have any questions, please ping the mods via the q&a. Thank you!]]

Comments

[ruinatings]

[.....Well. Okay.]

Good morning.

[daydreamshimmer]

[She looks up, and pauses. And. Well, she likes Faito, so might as well be friendly with Gingers.]

Good morning. You new?

[ruinatings]

Not at all. I've simply been asleep for some time. You, on the other hand, must be relatively new yourself.

[daydreamshimmer]

A few days.

What do you mean asleep?

[ruinatings]

Occasionally, passengers disappear in the night and return days later feeling as though they've simply been asleep. I'm not sure where they've gone or why, but it does happen. If someone's personal belongings have yet to be removed from their team's carriage, they are almost certain to wake. If their things have gone, it's much less likely they'll return, but not unheard of. Although it's possible they won't remember their previous stay.

[daydreamshimmer]

....great.

More existential dread.

[Sulky sip of her drink.]

[ruinatings]

That does seem to be the norm. Perhaps we should quiz our dear prince about that, next time he sees fit to show his face.

[daydreamshimmer]

I certainly do have a lot of questions for him.