INTROS + MONTHLIES

[trainmasters]

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!]]

Comments

[overworker]

[Towa exits the room designated from Thyme only once she's put together in one of the outfits left for her. She looks-- tired.]

...why did it have to be another train...?

[She hasn't had any reason (yet) to turn down the snacks on a train though. Thanks to one of the silver chocolates, she's a little more "fox"y than usual, with white ears and a tail befitting an arctic fox.]

Um... nope. No way. This is not happening...

[awakenerd]

[Huh. That's a vaguely nostalgic voice, it makes his chest tighten oddly? But, well it's a new girl. He doesn't recognize her.]

Don't worry, it'll wear off eventually.

[overworker]

I guess I should have been more careful--

[It only clicks after she's opened her mouth. This isn't a familiar face she expected.]

R-Rean?!

1/2

[awakenerd]

[awakenerd]

That's right...

....I'm afraid you have the advantage of me though.

[crimeson]

Somehow it's always trains...

[says an extremely beefy redheaded lady who then

pauses

and then, just,

]

[overworker]

[Towa almost just nods her head, but-- no. No it couldn't be. But...]

Is that... are you... I mean. I know you, right?

[Just some healthy caution.]

[crimeson]

... Randy, yeah.

[scratches the back of his head then shrugs.]

It's funny. I was pretty sure I couldn't possibly get embarrassed about this, but I stand corrected! Welcome to the train, Towa. There's a lot going on right now, but it's the fun kind.

[bad_crowmance]

[ So on the one hand, it's Crow! On the other hand, he's eleven years old!

WHAT DO YOU DO?

For his part, he's staring over at Towa without a hint of recognition. Which is fair because he's... eleven years old. ]

You got a problem with trains?

[overworker]

[On one hand, it's definitely Crow. On another, of course he wouldn't recognize her.

As a completely different matter, she doesn't have to look up to see him.]

Several, actually... Buuuut those aren't stories for little boys.

[She's just gonna reach over and fluff his hair.]

[bad_crowmance]

Hey, watch the hair!

[ Crow reaches up and swats at her hand. ]

Anyway, I'm not a little boy. I'm eleven years old!

[ruinatings]

[Oh, another one. Somehow it's always the familiar people from home who end up on this train... He's beginning to wonder why.

But now's the time for being sociable, not for overthinking, so he's approaching with his own fox features and a neutral smile.]

Well, if it isn't Ms Herschel.

[overworker]

[She's gotten used to seeing familiar faces, strange as it seemed at first. As the last one she would have expected, that somehow makes him the most normal to see.]

Ah-- Governor General. It's a pleasure to see you again.

[Or a heart attack waiting to happen. Definitely one of those.]

[ruinatings]

[Ah. That title brings a lot of complicated feelings at this point, but Rufus isn't inclined to show them, so he just waves it off.]

An irrelevant title in our situation. Rufus is more than acceptable. I'm glad to see you're in good health, of course.

[wontforbidtherain]

[your call if this is before or after Cat goes for one of the chocolates, and ends up a few decades older... which means she's decidedly less human-looking thanks to her family's Lovecraftian connection to the deep ocean; normally, she's just a slightly off-looking human]

Another train?

[overworker]

[Towa's seen some interesting things and people now-- she doesn't mind the Lovecraftian connection.]

Ah-- yes. But I don't think they have any connection. Even the atmosphere here is... very different. [...] In a good way.

[wontforbidtherain]

Well, it's a good sign that you remember where you were before you were here. Not all of us do.

[beeknighted]

Do you remember a train before?

[overworker]

Yes, I do. Actually-- where I work, I got to go on a train a lot.

[beeknighted]

Really? But you didn't sound very fond of it.

[malignstar]

[ This is definitely a Thyme. A smol Thyme who is peering at her in utter confusion. ]

You're a werefox!

[overworker]

[Alright Towa-- think fast! You don't want to scare the poor kid.]

Oh-- so you can see me, tiny human?

[bowtiedbones]

[a much older woman also in Thyme colors perks up]

Oh, is this what day it is? Welcome aboard.

[overworker]

[Everyone in her team seems so nice.]

Oh-- thank you very much. I wasn't expecting a party like this, but it's nice.

[voreaciously]

[There is a tiny girl with vibrant blue hair and light blue eyes staring.]

...Another train?