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

[malignstar]

How can a train fly?

[bowtiedbones]

Would you believe magic?

[malignstar]

... there's were-people here.

[ So maybe magic isn't that hard to believe. ]

[bowtiedbones]

Oh, do you mean the ones with ears? Or the ones that can turn into wolves?

[malignstar]

There's ones that turn into wolves?

[bowtiedbones]

I can turn into a wolf. Would you like to see?

[malignstar]

Really?

[bowtiedbones]

It's very easy.

[POOF turns into a wolf with a greying muzzle]

[malignstar]

Whoa! You really did it!

[ Rushing back over to get a better look at her ]

Oh, you're an old wolf.

[bowtiedbones]

Oh, only a little grey.

[malignstar]

You're still a pretty wolf.

[ Reaching out a hand to touch her ruff ]

[bowtiedbones]

[she's still sooo very fluffy]

Thank you!

[malignstar]

[ Petting more eagerly, relaxing ]

Is that what this is? A place for magic people?

[bowtiedbones]

Not everyone is magic here, but we do have a lot of remarkable people. There's one girl that's a dragon and another is a unicorn.

[malignstar]

But I'm not magic. I'm cursed.

[bowtiedbones]

Oh? What kind of curse?

[malignstar]

I dunno. It's what everyone at the home says. My eyes are weird and bad things happen when I'm there.

[bowtiedbones]

Well, a curse doesn't always have to be something bad. They're given to you, and that makes them a little different than having your own magic already, but they can be worked with just the same. And I think your eyes are very pretty.

[malignstar]

You do?

[bowtiedbones]

Yes, they're very bright.

[malignstar]

[ Looks a bit more shy, as he rubs at the side of his neck ]

Um, thank you... I don't think anyone's ever said that before. They're scared.

[bowtiedbones]

People get scared of what they don't understand, but don't mind them. They can worry about their own looks first.

[taps the side of her nose, hmmm]

Do you want to see some more magic?

[malignstar]

[ Perks up more ]

Yeah!

[bowtiedbones]

[shifts back, dusting the skirt of her dress off]

How do you feel about skeletons?

[malignstar]

What about 'em?