Cardamom ☆ Prince of Stars ([personal profile] joybound) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-11-26 01:21 pm

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Who: you??
When: Day 48, evening and night
Where: the library and beyond

[As sun sets today, everyone will receive a message on their Chain:
☆: Good Evening my precious, charming heroes!
☆: It's been awhile since we had a party, so I was thinking you guys could use a pick-me-up.
☆: If you're interested, come down to the library ♥

Should you take the suggestion, you'll find the library has been decked out in fairy lights, with pink glittery star-shaped decorations all around. In the hallway are tables with trays of fruit tarts and fizzy drinks, and there's cheerful electronic music playing over the intercom.

In the center of the library, there's a new hexagonal bookshelf, accessible from every angle. It spins, allowing passengers to browse without bumping eachother around, and on it are a new collection of books. Some you might recognize from home -- if you ever wrote a book yourself, or had one written about you, it's here. Everything from formal biographies to grade school story projects has been brought in, in a delightfully embarrassing celebration of the passengers.

And if that wasn't enough to make you blush, there's also a slew of new books about you... The trains Heroes have been written in to a variety of fairy tales. In one story, you may find yourself a knight on a white horse rescuing your teammate and riding off into the sunset. In another you're a fairy godmother. You may even be a witch or a dragon! Given enough time, you'll probably find a story that puts you in just about every role, in a cast with just about every other passenger, teammate or no.

Be careful, though -- at random chance, reading a story about yourself might make you feel like acting out that role in real life! Those effected by this will consider other characters from that story to be their roles as well -- if your teammate was your Prince Charming in the story, you'll think they are in real life! All in a harmless, bond-promoting way, of course. This effect will wear off after an hour or so, and one character can be afflicted multiple times.

Will you get lovingly teased by over-the-top fanfiction? Probably. Will the library be covered in glitter forever? Definitely. Is it worth it...?

Well. Prince Cardamom thinks so. He's also joined in for the night, and will gladly play out stories with you, or face your ire. Enjoy the party!]

[[OOC: There's a prince toplevel here, though as always threads are subject to mod energy levels. If you'd like to handwave your character asking questions/etc, please feel free to poke Cleo#9893 @ discord and I'll work out what kind of information you might get! Thank you!]
awakenerd: (195)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-11-28 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
...To get people distracted by your looks?
ruinatings: (036)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-11-30 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Charm is a key point of diplomacy, Rean. Make people love you and they won't question your decisions.
awakenerd: (192)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-01 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
That is a frightening line of thought.
ruinatings: (024)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-12-01 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
I've been called a frightening man many times.
awakenerd: (116)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-01 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Because you are!
ruinatings: (036)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-12-01 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Ahaha!

[Rean's not wrong!]

But it's much easier to make progress if I convince people otherwise. Thus, this book.
awakenerd: (77)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-01 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
I get it. I'm just kind of impressed.
ruinatings: (025)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-12-07 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not the only one who had one made, you know.

[The SHARPEST smile]
awakenerd: (114)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-07 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...

[Now he's worried.]
ruinatings: (071)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-12-07 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Reeaches over to his left, pulling a book from the shelves...

...it's YOUR photobook, Rean!]

Your popularity was also a valuable playing piece.
awakenerd: (159)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-07 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
[He is NOT taking that.]

Oh no...
ruinatings: (001)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-12-07 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
It sold quite well.

[Flipping through, where Rean can't see of course.]

Of course, racy images don't suit you, but that might be your appeal.
awakenerd: (91)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-07 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
Can we not talk about my appeal?!
ruinatings: (036)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-12-27 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
Aren't you too old to be embarrassed?
awakenerd: (159)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-27 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
No??