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

[bowtiedbones]

[there's an older woman— blonde, in Thyme colors, and pinging of DEAD THINGS —looking around the lounge with some confusion]

Oh gosh.

[wontforbidtherain]

[this sure is a bipedal fish-headed person in your team's colors]

I should have warned you about the chocolates.

[bowtiedbones]

Too late now. Hello, Cat.

[wontforbidtherain]

Hello. I'm glad you recognized me.

[bowtiedbones]

Everyone's looking a bit different today.

[wontforbidtherain]

A bit, yes.

[some more than others]

[bowtiedbones]

Did you see we have new teammates?

[malignstar]

[ Also in Thyme is this smol trying to sneak away before she notices him ]

[bowtiedbones]

[oh geez]

Felix.

[malignstar]

[ Going to keep sneaking since she's obviously not talking to him. Or wait, is that his name? He can't remember... ]

[bowtiedbones]

Little boy with the red hair.

[malignstar]

[ Dammit. He stops where is, his shoulders slumping. ]

I didn't do anything. Just let me see Mira.

[everythinghappens]

[ some new temporarily de-aged ginger pouts loudly in her general direction ]

Aw man, I got the short end of the stick, didn't I? Please tell me that's how you always look and not candy-induced.

[bowtiedbones]

Sorry, it was the candies.

[everythinghappens]

[ POUTS ]

I wanna be old and cool! Being a kid's fun but I can't reach the top shelf like this! I can't even reach the shelf that's fourth from the bottom! How does anyone live like this, now I know why I never was a kid before!

[voreaciously]

[whooooa

this lady is like super old, probably? but still really pretty? whoa.

tiny child with deep and vibrant blue hair and light blue eyes is just staring from afar[

[bowtiedbones]

Hello, sweetie.

[voreaciously]

[she starts a little]

D-do you mean me, ma'am?

[no one calls her that, anymore.]

[bowtiedbones]

Who else could I mean?

[voreaciously]

[She shuffles her feet]

Well, there could be someone else nearby...

[schrodingerscockroach]

....Eliza?

[bowtiedbones]

Hi!

[schrodingerscockroach]

Wow.

....what happened?

[bowtiedbones]

[STRAIGHT FACED]

Stress.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Snorts.]

I guess there is a lot of that.