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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-12-15 04:15 am

INTROS + MONTHLIES

Who: Everyone
When: Day 51, evening
Where: the Aurora

[It's evening, and as the stars come out you get that text again:]
WELCOME NEW HEROES

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

Outside, the fog is gone. In its place is a pleasant evening, its beauty enhanced by tiny, softly-glowing flowers along the jungle paths. Unfortunately, should you peer closer toy may notice these flowers have blackened, curled leaves -- and the scent that wafts up when you step on them will either heighten or dull one of your senses.

But hey, why go in the jungle when you could eat questionable snacks in the lounge again? This time there are towers of round chocolates in varying colours, and sparkle blue and white snowflake decor on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. In typical Star Prince and Knights fashion there is a lot of glitter, and the chocolates definitely have a magical side-effect: in this case, transformation.

☆ Blue-wrapped chocolates cause your character to shift in age. They may get older or younger, and this transformation may be purely physical or may include mental shifting as well.

☆ Silver-wrapped chocolates cause your character to gain animal features -- anything from cat ears to fully becoming a cat is acceptable, and any animal real or mythical is game. It won't change you to a size that doesn't fit in the train, though.

☆ White-wrapped chocolates cause a transformation to a different physical sex.

☆ Black-wrapped chocolates cause you to take on the form of another person -- someone on the train or someone you remember from elsewhere. It won't turn you into anyone you don't personally know, however.

These effects wear off within a few hours, and you can combine more than one. Enjoy your icebreaker and make that fresh meat feel welcome!]

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

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-15 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Crow looks at the train, then up at Rean. ]

How is it doing that?
awakenerd: (221)

[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-15 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Magic. Literally.

[He's going to explain the concept if Aurora calmly in teacher mode.]

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-15 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
But I thought all magic was sleight-of-hand!

[ Because of course even a baby Crow knows all about that. ]
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[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-15 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm actually magic too, you know.

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-15 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
How can a person be magic?
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[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-15 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm actually more of a guardian spirit than an actual person. I'm what's called a divine knight.

There's a girl here who summons dragons, and a lot of incredible people who use magic. You'll probably meet them if you stick around.

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-15 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
A Divine Knight...? That sounds so cool! And real dragons too?
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[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-15 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Though they're just skeletons. Eliza's nice though.

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-15 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Is Eliza the one who summons them?
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[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-15 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
She is. Most people here are pretty kind, though a bit awkward.

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-15 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Why are they awkward?
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[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-16 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
They're not great at opening up to others.

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-16 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Why not? Talking to people's easy.
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[personal profile] awakenerd 2019-12-16 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh buddy.]

Sometimes.... people get hurt a kitty, emotionally. It makes it hard for them to be vulnerable after.

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-12-16 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's not like Crow will know anything about that when he's older. ]

Oh. ...That sucks. Is there any way to help 'em?