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

[everythinghappens]

[ new ginger has an armful of assorted chocolates.

when did she even get out her room. when did she get here. who knows. all that seems clear is that she absolutely did not do anything to clean up from "4/5ths asleep and in pyajamas" and is very excited to eat like 50 chocolates.

also that she's purposely bumping into you. ]

Hey, hey! Are you the one in charge here?

[awakenerd]

[He's kind of just looking at her openly. Because that's ginger pjs alright.]

Huh? No. I'm not.

[everythinghappens]

Seriously? I get shipped off across reality and there's not even a welcoming committee? Sheesh.

[awakenerd]

He'll probably turn up eventually. He does visit sometimes.

[everythinghappens]

Only sometimes, eh? Well, that's upper management for you.

[ eyeing him ]

So you're one of the kids I'm rooming with? You've got the right colour.

[awakenerd]

Yep. I'm Rean. You?

[everythinghappens]

Professor Victoria Gin, Iteration...uh, 23? 24. One of those.

[voreaciously]

Madam, I am a child.

[everythinghappens]

Well how am I supposed to know that! Or that you're not the oldest!

[voreaciously]

...I am pretty old. [she concedes] B-but I think you might be bigger than me.

[everythinghappens]

Whether or not I'm bigger than anyone at any given time isn't actually a fixed value. Especially not here, apparently?

[ she pulls a blue chocolate out of her pile. ]

I wonder if these would work on me? The idea that it might sort of suggests the chocolate's sentient, which seems like a huuuuuge ethical breach.

[voreaciously]

Is that...a candy?

[she eyes it like you know, an excited child

forgetting that she has already had it.]

I do not understand, what do you want to work on you?

[everythinghappens]

Observation has revealed these candies have a myriad of effects, likely based on colour. As a scientist, it's my sworn duty to experience each one firsthand.

You can also have some if you want, I'd have let my actual son try it so I'm not gonna stop someone else's kid.

[malignstar]

[ This kid looks a little annoyed by the question. ]

Do I look like an adult?

[everythinghappens]

Looks are literally always deceiving! Besides, age is just a number. You've read Lord of the Flies, right?

[malignstar]

No. They only have borin' books. Where nothin' happens.

[everythinghappens]

Man that sucks. Well, where I come from, the oldest one's the one in charge. So I gotta ask! You just never know.

[malignstar]

I've seen a lot of older people here.

[everythinghappens]

I haven't 'cause I'm neeeeew. Newly kidnapped, newly put in ugly colours, saddest day of my life.

[ruinatings]

[Oh, a new teammate. Rufus is artfully dodging the bump, but smiling like the kind of warm and friendly person who isn't that on-guard at all.]

Fortunately, no.

[Who'd want to be that guy? He's lame.]

But I see you've arrived on Ginger, so allow me to offer you welcome.

[everythinghappens]

Thanks for the welcome, at least someone's got the decency for that!

...

Wait, fortunately?

[ruinatings]

I wouldn't want to be responsible for this disaster of a situation, nor would I want to be the sort of person I've observed.

[everythinghappens]

Tell me more, tell me more!

[ruinatings]

Well... From what I can tell, the Prince of Stars is an immature young man who barely passes for an adult and is grasping at straws with minimal planning. He seems to care more about having fun than the gravity of his station, so we can only hope the people he's surrounded himself with are more capable.

[everythinghappens]

Oh, reminds me of a girl I knew once. Is he all about ideals, too?