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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[Heading straight from Room 1, you enter a long, narrow hallway with a stone tile floor and many shallow alcoves in the walls. The hall is heavily damaged by overgrowth, and cracks in the ceiling have let in the rain overtime, leaving the floor to be covered in a layer of slippery moss.

You can continue ahead, or stay to investigate.]

[ Going to examine moss ]

[Fortunately, it appears to be totally normal moss. It's just gross.]

[ He would be disappointed, but after the slime adventures... maybe not so much. Let's poke around those alcoves then. ]

[They have statues in them!

Also the group has pressed a floor switch.]

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[Checking out those alcoves]

[In the first alcove, you find a small statue of a deer, with stars dangling from its antlers. It appears there are more such figures in the other ones near you, but it is a long hallway...

As you get about halfway down, you hear a loud click, and a tile under your foot sinks just slightly.

There's a scraping in the distance, and an increasingly loud rumble...]

...Ohhhh I just set off a trap.

[Grabs a deer statue and getting back]

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[ Time to investigate those alcoves! ]

[After the totem is cleansed, heading back to explore this room with the others]

Okay, careful for traps this time.

[Coming along because needs to DO Things.]

[also here!]

Hello, again. [to everyone, and then to mao]

Did you choose a name?

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Good advice that.

It looks like it might be easier this time round.

[The floor is kinda lit up]

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[ Meri shrinks down to the size of a house cat, flapping about in circles while she waits for everyone ]

Can't set off traps if I don't touch anything!

Flying will come in handy for that.

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I've got my shield at the ready, just in case.

That'll be helpful, thanks Faito.

[This room doesn't appear much different, except that the moss appears to have receded back to the corners. You can now see the floor better, and that some of the tiles, including the trapped one from before, are a slightly different colour.]

[Staring at the floor, are the spikey metal balls still there?]

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[ Flaps her way steadily down the hallway, mindful not to touch the walls, floor, or ceiling. ]

[Going to carefully make his way down, avoiding the different colored tiles and listening for any sudden sounds or movement.]

[is going to be especially careful w here she's stepping]

[ Practically tiptoeing down the hallway... ]