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Cardamom ☆ Prince of Stars ([personal profile] joybound) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2020-03-09 08:57 pm

The Twenty-Eighth Trial

Who: trialgoers
When: Day 60 all day
Where: the trial zone and elsewhere

[Sometime this morning (morning? there's still no sun, so what's the difference), you feel the call to a new Trial.

The entrance to the Trial Zone is a new one: a tower has sprung up in the clearing, like a bit of a fairytale castle. It's made of a sparkling pink granite and has lovely star-themed carvings -- if you can see them behind the excess of neon and lights its been decorated with. If the fairy godmother made a dance club, this would be it!

Rather than a disembodied "come hither", your call is a video on a big screen above the entrance -- a young man in a masquerade mask and a flashy, witchy costume (including a big hat) stands... on top of the tower?? It's hard to see up there, but on the screen you can tell he's got twinkly star-filled hair and a black cat with blue eyes perched on his shoulder. He's also striking a pose.]

Heroes of Distant Stars, gather 'round! I, the mysterious and handsome witch of love, have a Trial for you! Come into my party tower and prove your love to me! If you're not a weenie, that is...

[Upon entering the tower, you find yourself in a vast ballroom. Lit with rainbow lights, magic sparkles, and an excess of blacklights and glowing things, it really does look like a club. Bubbly electronic pop blares over the speakers, though there are several tables and curtained-off booths if you'd prefer to avoid the dance floor. One table includes infinitely re-filling glasses of fruity soda, which lower inhibitions incrementally as you consume them (though only for positive urges). If you wish to get even more in the mood, there's a changing room with costumes -- all hybrids of fantasy and neon pop, just like the decor.

Time to get your love on!]

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malignstar: https://www.plurk.com/kabukimono (we call them cool)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-03-15 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm.

[ Thinks for a moment and thing unfurls wings so he can pull off a loose feather. ]

This work?
featherbeaned: (The expensive thing I have to break!)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-03-15 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh! Good idea!

[ The air around her shimmers vaguely, like a heat haze, as she transforms back into her dragon form just long enough to get him a feather in exchange. ]

malignstar: (just a drop of rain)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-03-15 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, yours are so much more colorful than mine.

[ Seeing as his are jet black. He's drawing them back in though. ]
featherbeaned: (I need that man's slippers.)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-03-15 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Tucks the feather into her hair. ]

I'm bright, right? I like yours, too, they look cool.
malignstar: https://www.plurk.com/sakurapetal (flame on)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-03-15 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
You're super bright and cheerful. Having one of these will be like having a good luck charm.

[ He mimics her action of tucking the feather into the side of his hair. ]

Oh, you think so? They're sleek at least.
featherbeaned: (Tell me "someday, we'll get there".)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-03-15 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yes good compliment her, she's practically preening ]

Take good care of it, okay? I'll put yours in my den.
malignstar: https://www.plurk.com/kaotome (breaking the habit)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-03-15 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll take extra good care of it. I'll let Fang hold onto it for me. He's a very good protector.

You have an actual den?
featherbeaned: (That's the shadow of a hunter.)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-03-15 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Fang?

Ah! It was my room, and then I made it better. It's much, much, much much bigger, and it's got trees and and a sandpit and hot springs-
malignstar: http://atelier-aria.tumblr.com/ (by the morning's light)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-03-15 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, he's one of our teammates, but he went back to sleep a while ago. So I got 80H to make this really awesome doll of him. I'm going to set your feather with him.

Why a sandpit?
featherbeaned: (I just hope it'll be you.)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-03-15 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ah. She's starting to know that feeling. ]

I'll trust it's in good hands.

Sand's fun to play and roll in, and it helps with preening, too.
malignstar: (hearts that have no scars to show)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-03-15 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? I would've thought it would just get everywhere. How do you use it to preen?
featherbeaned: (I have no idea what's happening.)

[personal profile] featherbeaned 2020-03-15 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhhhhhmmm ... It's like a bath, but sand instead.
malignstar: (just a drop of rain)

[personal profile] malignstar 2020-03-15 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds itchy.