auroraexpress | Origin Star Finale: Session 1

Who: explorers
When: Day 54, morning
Where: The Final Island

[As promised, two hours after the initial announcement, the train shudders slightly as if in preparation for a Trial. On your Chain is a short message:

If you want to deal with this problem, come on out.

Step out of the lounge car and you'll find a cozy but sturdy-looking airship hovering a few inches above the ground. Its only occupant is Thyme himself -- a small young man with many white, feathery wings sprouting from his back and head. He's familiar to some and new to others, but regardless he looks like he's feeling a bit awkward to be here, and rather concerned about the situation in general.]

Before we start, get the idea of slaying the demon out of your head. This is Malice. You're going in to purify. That said, we're detecting three sources of corruption on the small island, so we'll be doing this in three steps. They're likely totems deliberately set by someone, so you'll need to find and deactivate one each trip.

You're probably going to be up against a lot of creatures, but you need to fight them with your feelings more than your weapons. When you find the totem, throw your positivity at it.

Got it? Let's go.

[Board the airship and it'll take off with lightning speed, though somehow the ride is quite smooth. The ship darts over the ocean and around the back of the island, where you get a breathtaking view of the ancient ruin that takes up a large part of it. The airship stops at a small outcrop, dominated by one large stone door, slightly ajar.]

Here you go. Try not to get killed.

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[ As you step into the room to investigate, you see something in the corner of your field of vision - something amorphous, without a solid form -

But as soon as you look to it, its shape transforms. It becomes something frightening - you should turn back now! You shouldn't be in here any longer! ]

[POINTS AT IT]

No, shoo.

[ it will not shoo! it will come closer and become something you fear! ]

[stamps a foot!!!]

What are you doing? Are you going to do like that gross slime and my hallucinations? Go ahead, keep it up. If you want to do another Seo, that's fine, I'll pet his cute muzzle! If you want to do some monsters, good! I didn't finish my observations of my cool griffin monster!

[ it's definitely, absolutely reminiscent of that gross slime - it shapes to her hallucination too, but. . .

a little more importantly, a little more urgently maybe, felix is coming her way, brandishing a sword as though he means to strike her down. ]

[shoves down the instinct to flinch or back away. her deer skeleton does step in front of her, tossing its antlers in a defensive display— if she's not going to act scared, she's still going to be cautious]

Felix, control your boss fight!

Ummm, maybe my boss fight could intervene here...

...If it works, it works!

[Shouting at his slime monster and pointing to felix]

Hey! What about that meal over there--

[Oh nope it's going for Faito oops]

[claps her hands at it]

Hey! No! Bad slime, no snacking! Dessert is after!

[ you're not its MOM ]

Ummm actually maybe the answer is carrots!

It tricked me! I'm trying!

[ Said as he's trying to catch the slime with his wings ]

Well hurry up unless you want to see what it looks to lose a fight to a nerd!

I'm okay with that. Nerd it up!

[whirling on the slime, POINTING AGAIN]

Do you know how to do APA citations?

[ . . .

what's that ]

And I need them listed alphabetically, by reference number, and by date of publication!

Great job! Ask it about Oxford style?

[ !!?!?!?

what does that mean? what is that even. the sheer ridiculousness of that seems to make the slimes - both your hallucination and slimefelix - falter, before slimefelix swings his sword at you anyway. stop not making sense and be scared already!! ]

That is not helping! That is not an submission-ready bibliography!

[YELPS and ducks behind her deer and throws a PIECE OF CHALK at it]

[ it is not. it does not care. you are not its teacher or its mom1!!!! it ALREADY GRADUATED SLIME SCHOOL

it absorbs the chalk, it seems, stalking after her now ]

Hey buddy, I think you need some pointers on being me. For one, if I'm stalking, I'm way more subtle about it. Where's your finesse?

[from behind her deer]

And Felix doesn't steal chalk either!

Definitely not when anyone's looking!

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