auroraexpress | INTROS + MONTHLIES

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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!]]

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[Team Carriage]

[ There's a certain new Clover who eventually manages to make her way into the main area of her team carriage. She's dressed properly-- though she looks fairly overwhelmed. She stumbles in, looking a little dizzy.]

I-- ah, um... h-hello...

[ A prince wants to task her with helping save the universe and she's apparently supposed to be a hero? Is she dreaming...? Maybe she's actually still dreaming. ]

[Chocolates!]

[ Someone has finally made it outside of her team carriage. She's peering out the window toward the jungle with a small frown, a couple of silver chocolates in hand. Somehow or other she doesn't seem to notice the ears atop her head that twitch or the tail she now sports. ]

From here, it looks so pretty outside...

[As she does, she will get to smell dinner. Nothing super fancy, some meat and potatoes and some veggies, but FOOD IS TO BE HAD.]

[But she will also have someone watching her because he didn't recognize those footsteps and]

[Ah, teenage girl.]

[Welp.]

Hello. Welcome to Clover. Have a seat, I can answer your questions.

[Have a brickhouse soldier man with a lot of scars.]

[ It definitely smells good at least! She's a little queasy...but maybe food would help settle her stomach?

She isn't sure who or what she was expecting when she went entered the room, but-- hello there tall sir. He looks very tough but maybe the setting of the room softens the image. ]

Oh-! Um... thank you very much! [ BOWING POLITELY ]

I just arrived...

[ That... yeah it's obvious. ]

For some reason, I-- don't know how to introduce myself to you.

[He is also wearing a lot of pink. Only so scary in can be in a baggy pink hoody.]

[It's good for hiding guns too.]

You don't? Well, that answers that. You lost your memories. It happens to some of us. I lost mine too. [He'll gesture for her to come over to the breakfast bar area to sit.]

[He also approaches and pulls something from his pocket.]

[It's a kitten. A sleepy one, but he's setting her down in front of Tohru.] Come on, Sunset, wake up. Got a newbie to meet.

Have you remembered anything...?

[ . . . Losing her memories makes sense. But-- it's a pretty alarming situation! He pulls a kitten out of his pocket, though, and-- ]

[ !!! ]

Kitty-san...! Oh... she's so cute.

[ That's certainly one method to calm someone's nerves. She reaches a hand out carefully toward it. Can... can she pet it? ]

[This is why he brought out the cat.]

[Sunset is a winner.]

[Also yes, Tohru can pet the cat. Cat will sleepily look up and bat at her hand, trying to get it closer. Peeeeeet meeeeeeee.]

I have. Bits and pieces, it takes time and work, but you can get things back.

And Clover will be here to help you. We're your team. Anyone in pink.