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auroraexpress2019-12-15 04:15 am
trainmasters) wrote in auroraexpress2019-12-15 04:15 am
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:]
[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!]]
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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Like what I was saying about making people bitter and resentful. Just taking people and doing things to them, or cutting them open, or any of that without their consent, it means they'll be a danger to the doctor. Or if they die, the people who love them could be.
Which means the doctor could die, or be arrested, or any multitude of things, and it would mean they couldn't do anymore work. Any lives they might have saved, any discoveries they could have made, those are all lost.
Waiting for five people to volunteer over a few years would mean the doctor could provide more valuable information then them kidnapping five people in a month because they could end up murdered before they even finished whatever they were trying to do.
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but, he makes a good point and she gasps]
No more work?
[that's awful the worst-case scenario, here.]
Okay...I think I understand a little. I suppose she must know about it, then. She's the best doctor ever.
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....do you not socialize a lot?
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[she thinks about this. "Ethics", huh.
ok, she will try to keep these in mind.]
Oh, yes! I have a lot of dolls that I've made. I talk to them all the time!
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That might be a mistake of your mother's then.
Ethics is about society figuring out what's good and right so we can continue to function. A lot of morality gets learned from experience and observation. Which means needing to socialize a lot with other people.
She may not have thought to teach you about ethics because she didn't realize you need to socialize more to learn it the way most people do.
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[her mother is PERFECT.]
I don't get to talk to other people because I'm very sick, so I have to stay home all the time.
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....you don't look very sick. What do you have?
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[as for what she's sick with.]
Instabilities and imperfections.
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[PROBABLY NOT.]
....instabilities. And what imperfections?
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[YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN, MY DUDE.]
...I dun--don't know exactly, but it's bad.
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You're a bright girl. You understand science. But she gave you such vague definitions.
I think your mother might be the kind of person whose so misguided to believe perfection is an actual achievable thing.
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And she didn't tell you what sickness you actually have so you could study it yourself.
Sounds like she doesn't think a lot of things she should to make things better for you.
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That's because I'm not well, but I still have so much to learn! I study every day.
She'll...she'll tell me when I'm ready to know, I'm just not there, yet.
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I mean, if she's a good parent, she has to know what those words apply to. Because imperfect, instability, those are adjectives. They describe 'something.' And no parent describes their child in general an imperfection, that's what a monster does, and you said she's a good mother. It seems far more likely she forgot to tell you the name when you could understand it.
Monsters use just the adjectives because they're emotional buzzwords.
Scientists use them to describe specific things, like an imperfection in the heart that leads to an instability in heart rate. And a scientist would realize the person has to know what's wrong with them because it's only then you can watch it. If the problem is in your heart, you need to know so you don't do things like sprinting, but it's fine to go on a nice swim.
Seems far more likely she just thought she told you, but really didn't. That's the only reasonable answer because you're more than smart enough to watch your health.
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Amane's defensiveness only grows, even if she falters for a moment.]
Well, she is a good parent, she's not a monster, don't say that! Don't say that! She and my father take good care of me, too. I know what I'm not supposed to do!
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Because its monsters who make kids think they're not good enough. That there's something wrong with them. Its monsters who think children deserve anything less than unconditional love and support of their parents. Because kids are growing and need guidance and kindness always gets better results. Like governmemts and ethics.
But she's a good mom. And even good parents sometimes forget to tell their kids things. Its good to know that, so you can remind them. A good parent would appreciate the reminder.
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I don't have biological children as far as I know, but I seem to act like a dad for several people.
[Who aren't even KIDS and it's terrible.]
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Yeah, that's kind of why it's complicated.
Provide guidance, support, protection. Worry at them. Encourage them to be better and proud of every bit of progress, but still love them regardless.
Terrible jokes and friendly teasing.
Yeah, pretty much a dad all the time.