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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-01-15 10:48 pm

Event: A Prelude

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.]]
malignstar: (who are unable to resist)

Re: Thyme

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-01-19 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that's a strange question to ask right out of the blue. Must come up a lot...
friskmanagement: (Act: Listening)

Re: Thyme

[personal profile] friskmanagement 2019-01-19 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[You can probably take that as a yes.]

Me and Saber and Fang don't remember anything before we woke up. Only Eliza and Nanashi do.

Those, uh. Those are your other teammates.
malignstar: (vogue)

Re: Thyme

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-01-19 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
How come the other two skip the amnesia thing? And what's this about teammates?
friskmanagement: (Act: Confused)

Re: Thyme

[personal profile] friskmanagement 2019-01-19 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[You shrug.]

I dunno. But, uh, we're on a team, called Thyme.

Aaaand now you are too.

I think your Chain might have some info on it? I kinda have trouble keeping it all straight but basically, uh.

The world sorta ended? And a prince saved us? And we're on a train to save the world.
malignstar: (who can face this world alone)

Re: Thyme

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-01-19 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Chain?

[ He looks at himself or anything resembling a chain but stops when brisk mentions the prince. ]

Wait, you mean that weird phone message? I thought that was just some weird role-playing thing. You're saying that shit's real?
friskmanagement: (Act: Confused)

Re: Thyme

[personal profile] friskmanagement 2019-01-19 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

The phone is your Chain. And this is...very, very real.
malignstar: https://www.plurk.com/sakurapetal (tried to chase after mysefl)

Re: Thyme

[personal profile] malignstar 2019-01-19 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe you should start at the beginning...