It's a surprisingly quiet ride. The passenger cart is nothing more than wood and a bit of cotton to cushion the seats but for some reason, even as the train hurtles along down the track, the cart remains silent. It only starts filling with noise when the passengers begin to stir.
There isn't any indication on how you got here. No grogginess, no injuries -- in fact, those who arrive with injuries might find them healed up completely (of course there are others who won't be so lucky) -- but in one blink and the next, you are here, on this train. Maybe you're even sitting next to a friend. Maybe a stranger.
Won't be any time to talk either, the train suddenly slowing down with enough of a jerk to throw its passengers back into their seats. A few seconds later, it comes to a complete stop and with a whistle, the doors open and a voice calls from outside. It's male, with a slight mechanical twang behind it and anyone who looks out the window towards the station can just about spot the portly man out on the platform.
"You might as well come on out, folks. You won't be getting any answers on the train."
Once everyone is out on the platform, the man stands before them taking an assessing look at each person. There is something very off about him, though he looks human enough -- but his eyes are too white, his skin too dry, and his hair is doesn't shine quite right. He is dressed in a flannel shirt, suspenders, and jeans, a cowboy hat atop his head and a badge pinned to his shirt that reads "Sheriff". After a moment, he gives a gruff nod and speaks again.
"Howdy. Real happy to see all of you. Explanations will come... Sunday morning, yeah. Give y'all a bit of time to meet each other. Settle in. Keys are on the table over there, hat and pistol in your room. Don't, er... Don't shoot each other right away but if you do, my office is over there. Go get some dinner, sun's about to set. Wouldn't want any coyote trouble."
And that seems to be... it. The Sheriff tips his hat and turns to head to the building with the large "Sheriff" sign on the front. There is a table nearby, keys neatly laid out for everyone with nametags attached to each one. An owl hoots in the distance and a breeze passes through the group. It's quiet again.
Welcome to game start! Characters will find their items in their hotel rooms and anyone who goes to visit the Sheriff after he leaves will find the station empty. On top of that, rulebooks will not be available to find until later. The Sheriff might be forcing it a little but it seems like the intent here really is to get everyone to interact with each other. If there are any questions, PM or hit up the plurk at ![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico) robowest! |
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but she laughs lightly when he says she came up with the name, definitely not realizing he's serious, whoops. But she perks up pretty sharply at that last bit, enough that belly rubs almost pause.]
You're right! I didn't think about that. That makes it even weirder that we don't know where that man went... It almost doesn't seem like a real town, does it?
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[She seems surprisingly unperturbed by her own confusion, though? Part of it might be that she gets to pet a dog. That could be helping.]
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I don't know if I trust him either though. Why couldn't he just tell us everything yesterday? If we're all supposed to work together on whatever he wants a heads up would've helped. [He knows Yuna doesn't have the answers, but it's still frustrating...]
Have you met a lot of people so far?
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[But for now, she nods to answer his question, excited.] I'm trying to meet everyone, and I'm making good progress! And now I get to meet one— [A pause, and she ruffles Mrs. O'Leary's fur, makes some soft woofwoofwoof noises and laughs.] Two more! Haha! [Percy's close to her age, so she doesn't need to give him her usual Extra Formal introduction; sitting in the dirt is a completely fine place to say her name from.] I'm Yuna Yuki.
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Percy Jackson. It's nice to meet you. [He nods at his dog who's currently wagging her tail like crazy thanks to Yuna.] And you've already met Mrs. O'Leary. [But with Yuna saying she's trying to meet everyone...] You're not counting how many of us there are by chance, are you?
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[Sheepishly, she rubs the back of her head, and then realizes this is taking important attention from the puppy and immediately doubles down on belly rubs.]
I was trying to...but I think I lost count. There are a lot of us, though!
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You're doing better than me. I never even started. [He grins to show he's joking, but at the same time he's kind of wondering if anyone has.] It sort of looks like you picked enough flowers for everybody though.
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[SHE KNOWS WHAT HER PRIORITIES ARE]
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Daisies, I think. They look pretty cool, right? The white ones. [Do they even come in other colors? Who knows. He just knows that Annabeth likes them even if he has zero idea why.]
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Is that what you do back where you're from? Study flowers? [It's a different way of asking her what she was doing before coming here, he thinks.]
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Oh. That's...[Cute.] Way more crafty than I could be. [Nice save.] Might give you something to do here until we figure out what's really going on. All of us were kind of pulled away from our real lives without a ton of warning.
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[gotta get that outta the way first!! it's only after she's insisted on the importance of arts and crafts that she sighs.]
I really just wanna bring them home... They take a while if you're using a book and I don't wanna have to wait that long. But I can get started while we're here!
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We'll get out of here soon. [He says this confidently, and it'll probably come back to bite him in the ass, but he doesn't want to think about the alternative either.] Once we find out what the sheriff wants we'll be out of here in no time. For now we should all just relax a little and get to know each other. [A pointed look.] Rest a little, too.
[Not that he can talk since he's still running around in his Tartarus-wrecked clothes and nosing around town, but he's older, he's allowed.]
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I will, I will! Haha, I just got so excited about the farm, but I'm fine now! [She flexes an arm like that proves any of her points?? But she does appear to have bounced right back, hardly flushed at all and breathing normally again.] I'm almost all rested up, and I'm getting to know you and Mrs. O'Leary, so I think we're doing fine for now anyway.
[she hasn't said anything about the clothes yet because she thinks...they're some kind of fashion statement...???? yuna, honey]
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We're not really in any rush to get anywhere either. This is better than worrying just yet. [He's. Still worrying, but Yuna shouldn't have to. She's too optimistic for it.]