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auroraexpress2020-01-03 06:51 pm
trainmasters) wrote in auroraexpress2020-01-03 06:51 pm
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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.
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!]
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!]
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[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 KETTLEThe 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.
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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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And even if she is trying to be better she is fucking STUPID.
However, she thinks about this further and she wants to ask What about the Instructor? but she knows he loves him, worse, he knows that SHE knows he loves him, so that is probably? A can of worms? That she is going to stare at, but not open. Not even to win an argument.
Probably
Her tone is still light, but she does consider what he's said.]
That is fair, but there are ways to get plenty without giving back at all. The lines can be philosophically blurry.
I think you could be if suitably motivated. You're incredibly driven.
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....No. He doesn't think of himself as selfless at all. ]
There's definitely ways of taking without giving back, but the fact I don't do that doesn't make me selfless-- it just means I'm not an asshole.
[ He shrugs loosely. ]
I could probably find a reason to act that way if I really wanted to, I'll give you that.
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I am glad you agree, and I will, in turn, concede the point of basic decency, I suppose.
[she doesn't always know what that looks like, even now, so.]
I have something for you, later.
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[She says this exasperatedly, but in a way that is clearly good-natured.]
You are like a child.
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[She's almost done tho.]
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[She sounds so innocent!]
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[She lets some time pass by before she lifts her hands and the water dissipates.]
Treatment complete, it is good as new. I apologise for the wait.
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Did you have some time, currently?
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I can give you your present, then.
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Sure, let's see what it is!
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it's just hard. super hard.]
Very well, follow me.
[we're going to Jaaaasmine. Once she gets there, she'll put on her usual slippers, which is kind of funny because they're like baby blue and cute compared to the sensual severity of her gothic lolita combat uniform
which it totally is, shut up.]
Would you like anything? Coffee?
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I'm up for some coffee, yeah.
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But she puts the kettle on.]
Please take a seat and close your eyes.
[She will wait until he does so to place an opaque cake box in front of him.
Inside is a fruit-topped cheesecake that has "Congratulations for doing the bare minimum" in chocolate.
you know, because he asked for it]
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If she is even more honest, it is why she did it.
Her tone is easy, light.]
Yes, well, far be it from me to deny you your due.
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Of course not! I'm glad you remembered.
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My CPU is occasionally good for some things.
[But she will go and make his coffee the way he likes it before placing it in front of him]
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