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.]]

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"Here are some fucked up scenarios, make the moral choice" and "Hey nice party just kidding it's a murder mystery now" are the ones I've seen. But there was one before I showed up where they uhhh. Poisoned everyone? And the object was to make the antidotes for yourselves.

So, you know. Cool, fun, relaxing times, those.

Oh joy. Sounds like exactly the kind of time I'd like to have.

[absolutely dripping with sarcasm]

Right? A joy to participate in.

This seems like the exact opposite of the kind of way you should treat the people that are supposed to be saving the world for you.

Yeah... Well, we don't know if they're affiliated with the Prince. Guess it comes down to if he's got enemies who want the world to burn?

You'd think he'd offer us more protection in that case.

I wish! He couldn't even bring people's memories with them in a lot of cases. I dunno if he could throw his weight around enough to actually protect us more than having this train.

Oh, word? That sucks.

[squints internally... he doesn't think he's missing anything, but if he was missing memories, it's not like he'd REMEMBER]

When are we supposed to get moving again, anyways? Or are we supposed to like... mess around until this world is saved through the magic of bonds, or whatever.

Hard to say. I haven't been here while it's moved, but it doesn't look like it's been here very long, so... I guess the second? Or maybe we're on a schedule.

What exactly does making bonds entail, anyways? If I'm gonna have to be doing it and all.

I think it's mostly just like... make friends? Get to know people? We do have specific team-based tasks to do, though. Ours is talking people into things.

So the worlds are relying on my ability to be nice and make friends. Got it.

[he isn't exactly rollin' in friends, but that doesn't sound toooo hard...]

Does bribing count?

Dunno. Worth a shot?

Just point me to the nearest ATM, the train'll be rolling onward in no time.

The nearest what?

...You don't know what an ATM is? Automated teller machine? The thing you get money from?

I know about tellers, but there aren't any orbal machines for that where I'm from.

I guess we really are from different worlds, huh?

[that's gonna take some getting used to...]

Is there anything that dispenses money on the train? Even a person?

Seems like it.

[he shrugs.]

Not so much? We win points from those "games", and we can buy stuff with those, but that's the only real currency. No mira or anything.

Boooo.

[how the fuck is he supposed to get whatever he wants if he has to get paid through hard work and effort? that's for people that aren't him!]

Do we at least like, get fed and stuff?

[oh buddy you've got a storm coming

Randy just seems mildly amused though.]

Yeah, the fridge is automatically stocked, no worries.

[look. he has expensive tastes, and the powerset to satiate them. how's he supposed to have all the shiny nice things he wants if he has to buy them the old fashioned way!! what's the point in walking through walls when there's nothing behind them to take!!]

Good. At least I don't have to buy everything.

Yeah, I don't know that we're being protected, but at least we won't starve.

Ah, right-- you don't seem to be missing anything? Can I ask your name, then? I'm Randy.

Edited 2019-01-27 00:04 (UTC)

Nope. Fit as a fiddle and seemingly in one piece.

[he thinks!]

I'm Aria. Nice to meet you.

[offers him a hand, friendly.]

Nice to meetcha, Aria.

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