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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2020-01-16 02:14 am

INTROS + MONTHLIES

Who: newbies + everyone
When: Day 56, late morning
Where: The Aurora and surrounding area

[Yet again this morning, you get an announcement on your Chain:
WELCOME NEW HEROES
Newbies are waking up in their rooms, in pyjamas or in nondescript team-coloured underwear. As usual they get the basic welcome message, as well as a prompt to view the IC guide.

When you're done welcoming them, or while you're at it, you'll notice that while clocks say it's late morning, the sun has still not risen. As it was on the first Star, the sky remains dark and empty and the air somewhat cold. Not cold enough for the frost you see on the windows, though...

From a distance, the frost looks like a typical wintery pattern of ice, beautiful and delicate. But on inspection it's not frost at all -- it's a sugary mold climbing up the sides of the train and, outside the immediate clearing, growing in thick fuzzy patches on the trees and bushes.

Touching or inhaling this mold will cause your skin to start to crystallize painfully into sugar. Physical affection will heal you, but it'll also give you a psychic link to the person you touched. For a few hours you can sense eachothers emotions, and in some cases even share thoughts or memories.

The mold will last for the remainder of the OOC month, but who knows what else tomorrow will bring!]
whatsmytalentagain: (And I don't want the world to see me)

[personal profile] whatsmytalentagain 2020-01-18 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Thanks for the warning, he's gonna try his best not to touch frost... Well. This seems very concerning. Excuse him while he types something on his Chain...

He waves Loki over and shows him the screen.]


Thanks. Now what do you mean by "prepared for a fight?"
bestbrotherever: (*sigh*)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2020-01-18 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Loki huffs a little at the inconvenience of having to stop what he's doing and go over to read the other's Chain, but he does so.]

There are monsters roaming outside, as big as a man, but much tougher than humans, and even when torn to pieces they can pull themselves back together.

[A pause.]

Why do you use that to speak? Do you not use your voice?
whatsmytalentagain: (You can't take me and throw me away)

[personal profile] whatsmytalentagain 2020-01-20 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Whelp. Thanks for making him delete his response to the monster thing and write three words.]

Lost my voice

[. . . Yeah.]
bestbrotherever: (frown)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2020-01-20 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Frown.]

Did you lose it upon your arrival here, or before then?
whatsmytalentagain: (Hold me fast)

[personal profile] whatsmytalentagain 2020-01-21 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Before. Long story.
bestbrotherever: (*sigh*)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2020-01-21 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. I had not heard of anyone's voice being lost in the restoration. I suppose it is not exactly good that that is not what happened, as if it were, your voice could be returned eventually.
whatsmytalentagain: (And how can you learn)

[personal profile] whatsmytalentagain 2020-01-21 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ He gives Loki a weird look before shaking his head. ]

Could be a lot worse.
bestbrotherever: (smirk)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2020-01-22 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, there are some here who have lost their memories, and with them most of their sense of self. You are still you, and able to communicate, if not in the most convenient of ways.
whatsmytalentagain: (That I'll ever be)

[personal profile] whatsmytalentagain 2020-01-23 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nod, nod. ]