Event: A Prelude

[trainmasters]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 8, evening
Where: around

[It's a beautiful evening in the jungle tonight. It's warmer than usual, and some new plants have appeared, black vines that climb up the trees near the Aurora, opening hundreds of tiny white flowers that glow in the darkness. They let of a sweet smell that's soothing like a chamomile tea, and are filled with a dew that, if consumed, leaves characters feeling relaxed and just a little more likely to act on positive impulses.

However, the vines of this plant aren't so harmless. When broken they drip a milky white substance which irritates the skin, leaving red welts that burn and last anywhere from an hour to a full day, depending on how long the substance is in contact. Eating this won't kill you but it'll give you really intense heartburn and nausea for a few hours.

Additionally, if you're walking around in the nearby jungle, you might trip over one of the small cracks that have appeared in the forest floor. Mostly they're not visible underneath the grass and underbrush, but the bigger ones have caused a slight unevenness in the ground that can catch careless toes. There doesn't seem to be any particular pattern or origin to the cracks, nor do they have any other affect on their surroundings. They're just there, suddenly, in a roughly 100-foot radius from the train.

But there's plenty of reason to ignore these natural phenomenon, because there are some new teammates waking up in your carriages! In response to this new wave of arrivals, existing players will hear a cute jingling ringtone come from their Chain. Upon checking, the screen displays... a silly animation of balloons and confetti and the words "WELCOME NEW HEROES", which goes away on its own after a few seconds or when characters tap it. The same display is shown on the big screen in the lounge, in which trays full of colourful drinks have mysteriously appeared. The drinks taste like Kool-Aid and change some part of you the corresponding colour -- pink hair, blue skin, purple eyes, or maybe just a literal green thumb!]

[[OOC NOTE: Newbies can review the arrival scenario on the navigation page if necessary. The drinks in the lounge come in any colour you want, and cause colour shift in whatever and however large an area you want. It could just be a strand of hair or it could be your entire body, whatever you feel like playing with.]]

Comments

ginger

[ruinatings]

[When new Ginger teammates come down from their rooms they'll be greeted by a very happy golden retriever.

After that there's an elegant blond man sitting at the kitchen table drinking tea, who looks surprised and a little affronted for a moment before he smiles gracefully.]

Good evening. It seems I've got company.

[feel free to use this toplevel for team intros if you want to!]

[thereisnowhy]

[IMMEDIATELY GETTING DOWN ON THE FLOOR SO HE'S ON DOGGIE'S LEVEL oh hey there's a person over there too.]

Good evening! Sora is to greet someone when seeing them for the first time! Good evening to Miss Dog, too!

[ruinatings]

["Miss Dog"... Well. She doesn't have a name yet so Rufus can't correct him. Not that he's terribly inclined to anyway. He's... He has mixed feelings about this new teammates thing. On the one hand he liked the idea of privacy, on the other won't it be easier to win those weird trials if he has teammates? So he wants to be Pleasant.

But...

He was really drunk like 6 hours ago. He's not ready.]

"Sora", is it? Welcome to Ginger. And to this entire "save the world with your feelings" business in general I suppose. I'm Rufus.

[thereisnowhy]

Yes, thank you! Sora is Sora Harukawa! It is nice to meet you, Mister Rufus. [He's giving the dog some tentative pats while looking over her at Rufus for a moment.] ...But Sora is sorry for intruding. Sora can leave and come back later if that is better?

[ruinatings]

No, it's alright.

[Just... a little stressful.]

This is your home now too, like it or not.

[thereisnowhy]

[hm. The patting slows.]

Sora... does not dislike it. But Sora's home is not here. [...] Mister Rufus said that we are to "save the world with feelings"? Construct and Conductor says that we are to "bring joy back to the stars"? It sounds like a game, so Sora can probably figure it out himself... but if Mister Rufus can tell Sora where to start Sora would appreciate it?

[potestatem]

[ this man is coming out of his room, with his tiger ears perked up and his tail waving lazily behind him. he blinks at the golden retriever as it comes towards him but he lets out a small smile as he reaches down to pet it before looking up ]

Company... Is that what I am?

[ruinatings]

A "teammate", technically. But company all the same, yes.

Do you know your name?

[potestatem]

[ a brief pause ]

No, I don't believe I do.

[ruinatings]

So just one of us, again...

[And it's the one with fuzzy ears again, too!]

My condolences. Sometimes people wake up missing their memories. I can give you suggestions, if you like.

[potestatem]

[ clearly it's not because we're from the same world.




clearly not ]

Suggestions for what?

[thereisnowhy]

[from the other yellow haired creature on the floor right now:]

Sora is company too! Hello, Mister Tiger! Sora is Sora Harukawa! Sora is to introduce himself when he meets someone new.

[potestatem]

[ i only see two dogs here ]

Mister Tiger... [ well. not wrong there ]

Hello. I'd introduce myself as well, but I don't remember who I am.

[thereisnowhy]

Mister Tiger does not remember? Is Mister Tiger feeling okay?

[potestatem]

Fine, for the most part.

The amnesia is bothersome.

[legis_vox]

Seems like that's what we all are.

[turning an assessing look on the newcomer]

[potestatem]

[ asides from the tiger ear and tail, that sure is a hella scar across one of his eyes that's poking out from under his eye patch. he's looking around curiously ]

That's... comforting, to say the least.

[legis_vox]

I'd call it interesting, myself.

Re: ginger

[legis_vox]

It seems you do.

[this young man is standing straight-backed in the entry, gaze assessing; he looks a little puzzled at the dog, but reaches down a hand for it to sniff]

[ruinatings]

[The dog is very friendly despite having just been materialized onto a magic train maybe three hours ago, and is all wagging tail and licks. Her owner is a lot less enthusiastic but still nice enough -- refined and polite and warm-seeming.]

Several of you, even. And here I thought they were leaving me to my own devices.

[legis_vox]

And "they" would be?

[rubbing the dog's ears absently]

[ruinatings]

The mysterious prince and his little computer. Have you picked up the device they gave you?

[thereisnowhy]

[Once the conversation with Rufus has gone on a bit... from a kid currently scaling a bookshelf over >>> there to peek into the higher shelves:]

Hello! It seems we are all new? Sora is also new!

[legis_vox]

Seems we all are but him.

[he gives the kid an assessing look, but whatever conclusion he comes to, it seems to relax him a bit]

We'll be working together for a while...Sora, is it?

[thereisnowhy]

Sora is Sora Harukawa! Sora is to introduce himself when he meets someone new! [He lightly hops on down and goes to look this other person over, too.] Let's do our best together?