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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2020-01-03 06:51 pm

Event: Worldhop #1

Who: E V E R Y O N E
When: Day 54 all-day
Where: E V E R Y W H E R E

This morning, just after dawn, you're awoken by a wail so deep and loud it makes your chest rumble. An eerie noise that feels supernaturally wrong, it's like a roar and a screech intertwined, multiple voices lashing out in anger and pain all at once. The sound last several long seconds, before facing into a distant hum.

Should you follow the noise towards the beach, you'll see that the corrupted island across the water is surrounded in a black miasma, floating into a sky that appears to be stained with bruise-like purple. For a little while it remains contained, but after a few minutes, there's a heart-beat like pulse.

Once

Twice

Thrice...

And the darkness rolls across the sky, bringing with it air filled with black dust motes that smell of mildew. The jungle is quiet, its wildlife in hiding from the Malice encroaching upon it, but you swear you can hear whispers out there. They're too quiet to understand, but you just know they're temping you:

Just let go. You don't need anyone but yourself. Everyone else should just go away.

Fortunately, as long as you stay inside the Aurora, the whispers won't actually cause you to act differently. They'll just be unsettling. Head outside, however, and you'll find yourself growing slowly more irritable and likely to say something nasty.

It takes a few minutes, but eventually everyone receives a message on their Chain, from The Construct. The same message is also aired in a robotic voice over the intercom.
Systems have detected imminent danger. Due to progression of purification, it appears the primary source of Malice on this Star has become enraged. This creature must be purified in order to complete Prism restoration.

Heroes willing to venture into the creature's lair, please make preparations and assemble in the lounge in two hours. A guide will be sent to transport you to your target location and aid your search. Please do not attempt to approach on your own.

Be aware, there is an increased likelihood of malicious creatures approaching at this time. It is advised that you remain inside the train as much as possible.

And remember: Stay Positive! The fate of the universe depends on your healthy bonds.

The announcement will prove quite true: periodically throughout the day, monsters common in corrupted areas of this Star may appear around the Aurora. They will appear one at a time and may be driven off -- it seems the overall purification of the jungle has made them weaker than they were before, but they're still dangerous!

It's time to wrap things up in this part of the universe -- good luck!

[NOTES: Please use this post to mingle freely, make IC plans, and general deal with the overall day of the event! To go and purify the island, there will be three sessions of mod-guided exploradora: 3pm PST & 7pm PST on Saturday, and 6pm PST on Sunday! Sessions happen sequentially ICly, so you can go to as few or as many as you like. If you intend to play, please to go sign up in this toplevel just so the mods have a rough idea of numbers. You can play even if you don't sign up, though!

Also, please check out this toplevel to leave your submissions for your new team bond! Submissions must be in by 6pm on the 6th, or the mods will pick a second bond for you. Thank you very much!]
schrodingerscockroach: (Calm instruction)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-06 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
First room. In the trees.

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. I did not investigate those...I see. That is good to know.

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[The blood is washed away as well and her hooves are good]
schrodingerscockroach: (Coffee)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-06 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
Might not be there anymore with the purification though.
daydreamshimmer: illumnious @ DA (Pony: And where did these come from)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-01-06 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh that certainly makes it a lot easier. Blood our of fur is a pain.]

Wow....you are good.
bestbrotherever: (anguish)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2020-01-06 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[A long silence, with maybe a few muffled sobs. Finally, in a hoarse, faint voice:]

Solar. You were right.

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
I am still learning. But that should do.

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
I will take care to check and heal regardless.
daydreamshimmer: mit-boy @ DA (Pony: Oh no...)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-01-06 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
.....

[Okay, with how he was acting, admittance probably means he's good.]

[Boulder away and she'll come inside, shaking her head.]

This place likes it's mind whammies. I think I have a natural resistance to them, but... [Rubbing at her forehead and looking him over worriedly.]
daydreamshimmer: illumnious @ DA (Pony: And where did these come from)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-01-06 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Gotta master heads, huh?

[She yawns.]

Thanks. I owe you.
schrodingerscockroach: (Will let a man fight gravity)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-06 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Nods.] Dahlia probably still needs help too.

Thank you.

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
You do not owe me anything, it is fine. It was simply unsightly.
bad_crowmance: TOCS 3/4; Smile; Jerkbird; Conversational (12911533)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2020-01-06 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ The real answer is that there is plenty about himself that he realizes isn't even the slightest bit charming. He doesn't hate himself but that doesn't mean he thinks he's a good person either. No... he knows better than to hold those kind of delusions.

But that would be way too serious an answer to give and he'd rather keep this at lighthearted banter. So after his moment of consideration, he shakes his head and grins.
]

Nope! I can't think of a single non-charming aspect.
bestbrotherever: (anguish)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2020-01-06 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He's sitting on the floor, head in his arms. Hiding tears. Nearby his dagger is stuck in the wall up to the hilt.]

I thought I could resist. Because of my past experiences with mental manipulation. I thought- I would know, if something tried to put their thoughts in my head.
voreaciously: (107)

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
I would flick you if I were not busy fixing you, right now.
bad_crowmance: TOCS Manga; Smile; Sparkle; Wink (13226750)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2020-01-06 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
I can't help it if I'm very charming. It's my burden!
daydreamshimmer: mit-boy @ DA (Pony: Oh no...)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-01-06 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
....

[She moves over to him, sitting down beside him. Close enough for him to feel her body heat, but not quiiiite touching him in case that's too much.]

The way to become an alicorn is to make a unique magic. Something....something no other pony had done, something that would in theory be impossible for another.

The empathy telepathy thing I do, that's connected to my wings. Connected to what makes me a potential pony god.

I'm only resistant. With enough force, the mental manipulations of this place overpowers what lets me retain my sanity. That's what happened with the snake's game. I was fine until the moment Isuzu was gone, then the force was too much.

If I finished the ascension, I'd be a god of the mind. I'm geared specifically to handle things like that and it's not enough.

It's still terrifying to have something manipulating your mind, I understand that, but....it's not because you, in particular, are weak. It's just the force we're dealing with is that strong.

Which is why I wanted to come with you.
daydreamshimmer: illumnious @ DA (Pony: And where did these come from)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-01-06 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
Unsightly?
schrodingerscockroach: (Teen: ....)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-06 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
They're the clothes I woke up in.

So Dusk is the guy who kidnaps teenagers?

[I mean, being suspicious of himself is pretty on brand for Wash.]
bestbrotherever: (anguish)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2020-01-06 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head.]

I did not notice any new thoughts in my mind because there were none. Everything I thought- everything I said- they are things I have been thinking since I arrived. They are always on my mind.
daydreamshimmer: mit-boy @ DA (Pony: Oh no...)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2020-01-06 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
....okay, one, rude.

But two, yeah. This place likes to play with emotions. Nothing so far has been new thoughts. It's been manipulating baser, more generic things. Hunger, anger, protectiveness.

The enemy, whoever they are, isn't a puppeteer, with precise movements and nudges. They're going for a sledge hammer.

Push one thing that will make US act to the extreme. They don't care what that extreme is, as long as it's bad.
voreaciously: (107)

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Her voice grows flat:]

Alas, poor Crow-han. So selfless that the rest of us might not suffer.
bad_crowmance: TOCS 3/4; Smile; Body Language; Arms Crossed (12967703)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2020-01-06 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Crow snorts at that. ]

I thought we were talking about my charms. Selflessness is not a quality I possess.
voreaciously: (53)

[personal profile] voreaciously 2020-01-06 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
Mm?

[She looks up briefly--can afford the distraction--Oh, he actually believes that. Interesting.

She would not say Crow is a paragon of virtue, but his own estimation of qualities or lack thereof can leave something to be desired, sometimes.

POT MEET FUCKING KETTLE

The question is, does she want to push it.

Her tone is gave.]


Now now, do not be so hard on yourself, that's hardly a fair assessment. [A beat.] You are when it comes to the bedroom.
bad_crowmance: TOCS Manga; Smile; Confident; Body Language; Gesture (13226442)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2020-01-06 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hey did you choke on that mental hypocrisy, 80H?

Crow doesn't bother to move but he does open his eyes again at last, looking over at her.
]

Nah, that's not selflessness. I get plenty out of sex and I wouldn't leave the bedroom without being satisfied.

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