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aurorastation2018-10-26 09:27 pm
trainmasters) wrote in aurorastation2018-10-26 09:27 pm
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TEST DRIVE MEME (1)
Your character wakes up in a neat bedroom in their team carriage, in nondescript underwear. They might be missing their memories, or their special abilities, or they may just feel a little queasy. Next to them is what seems to be a smartphone, which they know how to use even if they never had before, even if they don't know if they have before. On the screen is a simple message:
Welcome aboard the Aurora!★ One
You have been selected by the Star Prince as a potential hero, tasked with saving the universe from Malice. As a passenger I, your Construct and Conductor, will attempt to provide you with quality lodgings and safety. In return, we ask that you join your fellows in making bonds and doing your utmost to bring joy back to the Stars.
Due to the process of restoring your body, you may find some things are missing. We apologise for the inconvenience and hope to return them to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.
Upon investigation, you'll find some basic clothes matching your team's theme in the storage provided in your room. Or, perhaps, you're wandering out of the room still undressed. Either way, downstairs you'll find someone has left a tray of cups of hot tea on the living room table. Drinking it may be simply pleasant, or it may cause you to feel a sudden need to warm up to the others in your carriage -- emotionally or physically. Welcome to the team, newbie!
☆ Two
Outside the train, a large, strangely spinning cube floats over a pedestal, hissing discordantly and shedding strange black light onto the surrounding area. Beyond lies only shadows and slithering noises, a landscape of tangley thorns and eyes that glow in the dark. Your phone says it's noon, but out here it's midnight under a starless sky. As you step into the dark, an alarm blares -- your phone is sending you an alert.
"Goal: clear the area of snakes," it says. "Remember to use the buddy system!"
Soon you realise that the ground just a few feet away is actually writhing in black snakes with crimson eyes. They'll bite if you approach alone, but as long as you're touching another passenger, they're totally docile. You could easily move them away from the clearing, or toss them into the spooky-looking pit at the edge of it.
★ Three
You've been here awhile -- at least, long enough to have made some friends. Currently the TV in the public lounge is playing a weird puppet show, where all the puppets look and act like exaggerated versions of you and other passengers. What kind of person do the puppets think you are? Dramatic? Over-affectionate? Surly?It's all in good fun but it's definitely painting you in a light that, if not unpleasant, is certainly embarrassing.
☆ Four
Wildcard. Make up your own prompt! Check out the setting and team pages for info on the train. If you have any questions you'd like to ask before the game starts, ask on the q&a page. Otherwise, apps open on November 8! In the meantime you're free to join us on Discord.
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Then she's downstairs, and spots a girl helping herself with tea. Their clothes somehow match, and heeding the advice from that message despite being wary of it, she comes up to make a friendly approach. She's so confused, feeling like there is something missing within her indeed, but bad impressions don't make for good progress in figuring out what the hell is going on. ]
Hello. Do you mind if I join you?
[ Eli smiles, as friendly as she can muster in this bizzarre situation. ]
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O-Oh! No, I don’t mind at all! Please, sit. [she nodded to the chair next to her]
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[ Eli slides up to the chair next to the girl and pours herself a portion of the tea in another cup. The smell is already doing wonders to her conditions, but she doesn't know the half of it. In fact, once she takes a sip, it's like her health had been restored in full and a brighter smile graces her features as a result. Every ailment oppressing her is gone, and suddenly being next to the stranger feels pleasant too. What an abrupt shift in her mood - so strange... but she'll figure it out later. ]
This is quite possibly the most delicious tea I've ever had!
[ Not like she remembers when she last drank one... ]
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It is, isn’t it? I feel the same way! I can’t quite put my finger on what flavor it is, I just know that I really like it.
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[ She gently takes another sip, sighing through her nose as she feels the aroma and taste engulf her like a fluffy blanket. Warm, so good, so peaceful.
After coming down from her weird high, she addresses the girl again. ]
Forgive me for asking, but... do you know what this place is, or why we're here?
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I’m afraid I only know what the phone told me. It said we are on a train called the Aurora, and that we need to help the... erm... Star Prince, somehow?
[...wow, that sounds stupid when she says it out loud. Riko flushes from embarrassment, even though she is just repeating what she read]
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[ A light sigh. Eli doesn't appreciate the confusing situation, and neither does she want to believe this is not a dream... although the tea's taste is way too good to be just a figment of her wild imagination. ]
To be quite honest with you, I feel like a part of me was gone when I woke up here. Have you felt the same?
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[ What after effects, though, is what she'd like to know. Eli takes a couple more sips of her delicious tea and closes her eyes. ]
We are supposed to "make bonds", as the message said. What would that mean?
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I think that means to make friends. [hopefully? she smiles] That’s what it sounds like to me.
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[ Eli can't help but snort at that. What sort of development is this? ]
Well... until we know exactly what's going on, I suppose we may give it a shot.