auroraexpress | 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.]]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Device?

[ Oh right, the cell phone! He whips it out of his pocket. ]

What am I checking for exactly?

It offers the best explanation you'll get for our purpose here.

You mean the thing that read like the start of a D&D campaign?

What? No, on your Chain.

[gestures!!!]

What chain?

[ Time to check himself out to see if he has new bling ]

The device.

[SLIGHTLY... IRRITABLE but trying to keep it under wraps]

The only device I've seen around here is the cell phone.

It's called a Chain here. Did you read it or not?

Yeah, that's the thing I was referring to when I mentioned the D&D campaign. It reads like one.

I don't know what that is.

Fantasy role-play game basically.

[I still don't know what that is]

Well, this is real. We cooperate to earn Sparks and protect others, as it says.

What's a spark? Is that like a type of currency?

Yes. We use them for items, as well as regaining our skills or memories. Did you lose anything, yourself?

I can't seem to catch my own name right now... that's pretty weird. What sort of skills are we talking about?

[shrugs]

I lost my memories, not my skills. I'm not entirely sure. I don't believe I know anyone that lost both.

But if you don't remember your skills, how are you supposed to use them?

[thinking that over]

...When I go to do things like try to cook, it comes to me in the moment. I don't know I can do it until I try, so there are probably more things I could be doing for Thyme that I don't remember at the moment.

So it's just a matter of activating an instinct?

I suppose so. Thyme has done well to earn sparks for ourselves, however, so I've been able to recover some memories.

How do you earn them?

Attending trials, or fulfilling our Bonds. ...You'll have to ask the others about the trials. I haven't been able to attend one yet.

[a little irritated with himself about that]

How does the bond thing work then?

As a team, our Bond is teaching others. There are more general ones that apply to all teams, such as comforting someone or showing affection, and such.

Teaching? Like anything?

(no subject)

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