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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!]
bowtiedbones: (75)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-04 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[staying INSIDE the train, yes, and going along the corriders to double- and triple-check that windows are shut and locked]

Oh gosh, oh gosh oh gosh oh no...!
malignstar: http://atelier-aria.tumblr.com/ (clutching my cure)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-01-04 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Is it just me or did the world just scream?
bowtiedbones: (69)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-04 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't the world, check your phone.
malignstar: http://atelier-aria.tumblr.com/ (heaven and hell let's rock)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-01-04 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mr. Bed Head is doing just that, with a few groggy pokes at the keys. His expression immediately comes to life as he read. ]

Oh shit, sounds like a boss fight!
bowtiedbones: (81)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-04 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's not a game, Felix.
malignstar: (who are unable to resist)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-01-04 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, the message says to stay positive. I'm putting a positive spin on probably having to risk our life and limb to purify this thing.
bowtiedbones: (7)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-04 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
That kind of spin doesn't work for me. Sorry.
malignstar: http://atelier-aria.tumblr.com/ (this is how it ends)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-01-04 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
What sort of spin would help then? How about researching what happened to this thing? Why they got overwhelmed?
bowtiedbones: (66)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-04 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
I don't study that kind of thing for fun...

It's fine. I'll figure out something for me.
malignstar: (will you play this game)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-01-04 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
But you're good at it. You did pretty well with the last person we helped.
bowtiedbones: (26)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-04 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
You mean Thyme?
malignstar: (hell's angels)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-01-04 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the bird guy.
dereban: ❥ all icons are my own unless otherwise denoted. (Default)

[personal profile] dereban 2020-01-04 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Uhhhhh that sure did not sound good.

[ like.

yikes? ]
schrodingerscockroach: (Teen: Caution)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-04 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that's all grim, but you don't survive a warzone without listening to mass warning and bad feelings.]

[Which means he's setting up things for makeshift baricades. Bringing furniture and cloth to major doorways, ready to be moved in the way for a defensible wall.]

[Well, if there was doubt the teen in Dusk's currently far too big clothes was him, that is certainly Dusk like behavior.]
schrodingerscockroach: (Teen: Kid can use a gun)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-04 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You know what these creatures can do?

[Sure is a kid with Dusk's clothes. Obviously....way too big for him, but he's rolled and tied it up enough to stay on.]

[And dragging tables to the windows, looking them over critically.] Wonder if we can nail through that....?
featherbeaned: commission | dnt | <user name=saikou_everyday> (+ Maybe this is where I started.)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-01-04 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ looks like Dusk, smells like Dusk ]

[ HI DUSK ]

Hullo! Need a helping hand? [ Well, paw. Close enough. ]
schrodingerscockroach: (Teen: Shitshitshit)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-04 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, need it not be in the way, but still easy to get the pile in fr-holy shit!

[He's jerking back as he actually looks at Meridian, hand going to his side as he moves to get SPACE between them.]
featherbeaned: commission | dnt | <user name=saikou_everyday> (+ Might drive you crazy if you let it.)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-01-04 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She just. Sits down, with her floofy tail curled around herself and her ears pricked attentively. ]

What? What's the matter?
schrodingerscockroach: (Teen: Or we could do it a smart way)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2020-01-04 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's grabbing a chair and making sure it's between the two of them.]

You're definitely an alien.

Humans don't exactly have a great history with aliens, though that's kinda hard to miss.
featherbeaned: commission | dnt | <user name=saikou_everyday> (+ Maybe this is where I started.)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-01-04 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ RUDE ]

I'm not an alien, I'm a dragon!

[ She doesn't move, not overly worried about the chair. ]
bowtiedbones: (66)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-05 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
That was sort of a different case.
bowtiedbones: (1)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-05 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
It's bad! But it could become good?
malignstar: (hearts that have no scars to show)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-01-05 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
What do you mean?
bowtiedbones: (75)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-05 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
... Dusk!??
bowtiedbones: (38)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2020-01-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
That was someone we already knew of. We don't know who or what this thing is, it could just be an animal.

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