hot_mess_express ([personal profile] hot_mess_express) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-02-09 03:29 pm

The Fifth Trial

Who: ALL
When: Day 11, noon
Where: Outer Space

Come hither, Heroes. Prove thy worth.

[ That familiar silence befalls everything following the call, and just like before the third trial there’s a glittering void, points of light twinkling in the air. As you step into the space it expands, seeming to consume you, the Aurora, and all that exists in general. There’s a feeling of vertigo as this happens, frozen lights swirling all about you and once again it's all accompanied by obnoxious giggling.

This time, however, when the darkness fades, you're...

Back inside of the Aurora? No, this is actually an entirely different train. Outside the windows, you can only see wispy, dancing lights illuminating the surroundings, which you can't quite make out. The doors outside don't open. ]

SIGN-UPSPRE-GAME MINGLERULESROOMS
fisherofmen: (but the stain will not be gone)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ taking a moment ]

What is a zombie?
lapofluxury: (err)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Uh. A body that's come back to life and wants to eat people. Basically.
lapofluxury: (upset)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was... not great.
fisherofmen: (bitter and sweet,)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ glancing over to the clovers and other jasmines briefly ]

Who shot her?

[ quiet, low in his voice - it isn't concern in his tone and maybe that's the dangerous part about it, that it's soft and curious at most ]
lapofluxury: (look away)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[DEEP INHALE, keeping his voice down too]

She wanted to sacrifice herself and stay behind to fight the zombies alone. Randy shot her to subdue her and bring her back onto the train.
fisherofmen: (of their fingers)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
. . .



. . . What?
lapofluxury: (upset)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
It's complicated. If she had tried to stay, others were going to stay, and it was just... a big shit show.
fisherofmen: (so loud it screamed)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
No one wanted to stay to fight? I mean, that sounds gross, so . . . why did she even want to do that?
lapofluxury: (upset)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Randy and her did, Randy got talked down, but when she wouldn't budge, everyone was threatening to go down with her.

And like. The powers that be were basically laughing at us, telling us we had to be heroic and sacrifice ourselves to win... people were getting mad at being toyed with and stuff.

I just-- ugh. As I said. It's complicated. I'm still kind of processing the whole thing.
fisherofmen: (the flesh and skin)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Yeah, sorry.

[ trying to find his hand, carefully holding it ]

Sounds tough. Want to go back to our car?
lapofluxury: (err)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[--oh. well ok. he didn't mind that so much, actually.]

Yeah, I do.
fisherofmen: (give me more!)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ leading him back, then ]

I'm not really sure what you do to de-stress, but I've got two ears and a few sparks if you need 'em.
lapofluxury: (err)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[wow you're cute?? wtf]

Usually I'd do gratuitous amounts of shopping, but that's a little harder here.

[grumble grumble no atms grumble]

So I guess I'll have to settle on something else.
fisherofmen: (and the touch of their fingers)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
What kind of shopping? We've got a shop, it just sucks, so I mean. . . we can still probably do something with that, right?
lapofluxury: (hmm)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Mostly anything? I like being able to look at things and try them on and stuff, though. Clothes are always fun for that reason... but maybe we should just, like, buy a bunch of food and eat it and then pass out for a few hours.
fisherofmen: (you are what you eat after all!)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ taking out his chain ]

Food it is! Any preferences?
lapofluxury: (huh.)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmmmmm. Salty snacks and soda.

...Do you know what soda is.
fisherofmen: (give me more!)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
I don't remember anything, so. . . no.

But I can read, so I can order soda.
lapofluxury: (hmm)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, word? So you don't have a name or anything?

Also, get Coke, it's better than Pepsi.
fisherofmen: (I still demand:)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, roger that.

[ ordering coke and some salty snacks, chips and beef jerky and crackers etc ]

I haven't really needed one yet! I mean, a name is what you use when you're talking to other people about someone else, right? If someone needs my attention they'll just say 'hey you' or something, and I can do the same, so I haven't really thought it was necessary.

Oh, I guess it's a little inconvenient for you guys, though.
lapofluxury: (hmm)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it'd be nice to have something to call you.

Do you have any preferences? Otherwise I could come up with something... I guess...
fisherofmen: (exactly like our mother's words)

[personal profile] fisherofmen 2019-02-10 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
As long as it doesn't sound stupid, I don't really care? It's not like it's for my benefit or anything.
lapofluxury: (huh.)

[personal profile] lapofluxury 2019-02-10 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
god this is so much pressure uuuuuuuUUHHHH.

What about Cadence?

[music name buddies??]