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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2018-11-21 08:07 pm

Event: Power Returns

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 2, evening
Where: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Well, uh, that red dolphin seems to have been successfully fended off! Good job everyone, you are truly terrifying.

A five minute warning is issued by the pleasant robotic voice from last time: the six hour wait is over. Right as the countdown is finishing up, the power flickers on in the remaining powerless cars, with the startling sound of every single mechanical door in the train closing at once. So those are working now.

Similarly, your previously nonfunctional Chains are coming to life, displaying a helpful little welcome message:

Welcome aboard the Aurora!

You have been selected by the Star Prince as a potential hero, tasked with saving the universe from Malice. As a passenger I, your Construct and Conductor, will attempt to provide you with quality lodgings and safety. In return, we ask that you join your fellows in making bonds and doing your utmost to bring joy back to the Stars.

Due to the process of restoring your body, you may find some things are missing. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to return them to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.


You are also now able to access and fill out your profiles.

With that, the train shudders into motion. Except rather than moving strictly horizontally, it's slanting up after it's moved only a few feet, picking itself up off the hazardous beach car by car and snaking through thin air. Here's hoping you got the message to hold onto something during takeoff when the cars started tilting.

The trip only lasts a few short minutes before the train shudders again, worryingly, and descends abruptly into the jungle below. It's less of a crash-landing than the one that presumably woke you up in the first place, but it's not the smoothest, either, what with all the plant life the train is crashing into. Do try not to hit your heads, everyone.]

[[OOC NOTE: The train has moved into the jungle. The power is on in every carriage! This means food is now in the fridges, the doors all actually work, and characters now have access to the sparks shop.

This is an event post, so you can take 300 points for participating!]]
bowtiedbones: (43)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2018-11-26 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The beach wasn't safe. The dolphin was killed, but other things might have come up next.
s2g: (well ain't this a drag)

[personal profile] s2g 2018-11-27 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, but now we're crashed in the thick of it all. Buncha sitting ducks.

[ wolfwood do you even know what ducks are ]

You alright?
bowtiedbones: (60)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2018-11-27 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine, just stressed. Thanks for asking, though!
s2g: just a suggestion. (we could try acting like civil adults)

[personal profile] s2g 2018-11-27 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ nodding ]

Grace under pressure is a virtue.

[ he gives her a proper looking over, just. taking inventory, so to speak. there's nothing leery or lecherous about it. with an arched brow, ] This place is real fond of its colour themes, huh.
bowtiedbones: (22)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2018-11-27 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
It's an interesting aesthetic choice, for sure. My closet is all black and lime.

[she gives him a quick lookover in return, noting the style differences between Thyme's clean lines and Jasmine's looser fits]

What does the inside of your carriage look like? Ours is super Ikea-modern.
s2g: (i have an idea: no)

[personal profile] s2g 2018-11-28 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wolfwood likes looser fits, but he's gotta admit he's not married to these clothes. what the hell happened to his, huh? ]

A real mess is what. Everything's filled with water. [ makes him uneasy. you don't exactly learn to swim on a planet comprised entirely of sand ] Feel free to see for yourself, but if this thing's gonna keep crashin' about like this, there's gonna be a problem.
bowtiedbones: (46)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2018-11-29 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yikes! I'd like to see, please, and preferably before you guys get flooded out.