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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.]]
ewestmarch: (Default)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-01-31 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I don't think you can charge the Scourge with that kind of thing...
bowtiedbones: (50)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-01-31 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Well it should be and they should be! Their mages seriously just go along with that?
ewestmarch: (darkness)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-01-31 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
None of them have wills of their own, they're under the thrall of a... murderous prick with a lot of magical power.
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[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-02-01 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
That kind of summoning work is going to blow up in his face one day, and I hope it does. That's everything magic and necromancy aren't for!
ewestmarch: (light)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-01 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it will.

[Emilia is struck by a thought, and frowns.]

Unless the... entire world is gone, I guess.

[Back to petting for a bit while she processes this.]
bowtiedbones: (24)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-02-01 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[waves a hand]

I'm sure the worlds are fine. Or will be fine. It would be ridiculous if they were all relying on only us.
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[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-01 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
It's what they told us... Not that I really believed it, but what if the construct was right?
bowtiedbones: (40)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-02-01 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
It's not really a hypothetical I care to entertain.
ewestmarch: (stare)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-01 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Emilia glances over, skeptical. Denial's not gonna help, man.]

If you want.
bowtiedbones: (31)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-02-02 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yep.

[simple and matter-of-fact, but Isildur's scales for a second go icy cold]
ewestmarch: (hmmm)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-02 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Emilia's sense of touch is pretty much shot, but she's not about to start a fight.]

Mm. ...You think we were kidnapped?

[it's a strong possibility, honestly, she'd buy that one too.]
bowtiedbones: (7)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-02-03 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Conscripted. Press-ganged. Kidnapped. Same difference.
ewestmarch: (stare)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-03 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Very possible.

[Deep frown.]

I'll admit all I've been focused on is my abomination not being here with me, no matter how it happened. I'll deal with the rest after I fix that.
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[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-02-03 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
[sighs]

Ugh, yeah. I still don't have Isildur's bones or the other three.
ewestmarch: (stare)

[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-03 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Did he come with you?

[Patting Isildur.]

Or did you... use sparks somehow? I've bought a spider to see if it can do living things, but that's as far as I've gone.
bowtiedbones: (21)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-02-03 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
No, it took a couple days, but calling him finally worked. I don't know if it was the distance or the powerloss that made it take a while, but he's the only one with a stable ghost like this.
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[personal profile] ewestmarch 2019-02-03 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry.

[Quiet, sincere.]