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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!]

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More like... unexpected.

Why's that?

[ Crow shrugs. ]

I dunno, it just is.

[ It's hard to explain "it was just supposed to be a fling, nothing serious." ]

[You never go in to like people but you always do.]

I see. Well, if you've made up its fine?

[ Yeah, it's a problem! ]

...Yeah, it's fine now.

[ So why does he feel so dissatisfied still! ]

You don't sound convinced.

[ Crow considers, but he might as well get a second opinion, so: ]

It's just... even when I was apologizing, I wasn't satisfied with the response. Like I wanted to shake them and demand they have some respect for themself.

Well... you could just do that.

It might not work, given who I think you mean, but I don't think it's pointless, saying how you feel honestly.

[ He almost certainly knows. ]

Yeah but if they won't listen, won't that just drive them away? They're a lot of fun when they aren't... being down on themself.

[ He pauses. ]

...Man, I hate being that indecisive. You're right, I should give it a shot.

It's fine to be indecisive sometimes. You know, especially when you care about someone and want to make sure you approach them right.

If you think it'll damage your relationship it's worth mulling over. But saying what you feel isn't bad, in my opinion, even if it can be hard.

Whatever you think is the right thing, I'll support your decision.