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Rakuen Moderators ([personal profile] utopiamods) wrote in [community profile] rakuen2012-06-09 10:51 am

New Arrivals (All New Characters)

You're falling, and you can't remember why. It's a sickening feeling that makes your insides lurch; the darkness and the vertigo combine, and all you can think of is a story you heard once, somewhere.

Ah, I remember now. It's... a simple story that everyone knows. A legend of a Princess, the Demon Lord who kidnapped her, and the Knight who fought to save her. The Demon Lord had kidnapped the Princess countless times, but every time the Knight bested his challenges and rescued the Princess. No matter what tricks and ploys the Demon Lord used, the Knight would always triumph in the end. This was because--

The world tilts on its axis one last time, and the dream slips from your mind as easily as it arrived. A new voice intrudes on your sleep. Mechanical, monotonous.

"Next stop: Rakuen City. This train terminates here. The next stop is Rakuen. All change." The train rocks steadily. The sun shines through the window cheerfully and if you look out the window you will see the first of flowers beginning to grow in the grass. Steam drifts past the window, it is warm. A mixture of sunlight and the heating of the seats, it adds to the dreamlike atmosphere.

It's strangely difficult to shake off the sleep; the rhythm of the train seems to lull you back into slumber and the air is warm and heavy, making it hard to keep hold of a thought. Finally, though, the nausea settles, the last of the dream fades and you can take in your surroundings. And, perhaps more importantly, those around you in a similar state. The train judders to a stop, through the rain lined windows there is a building and people gathered on the platform.

"We have arrived at Rakuen City. All passengers must leave the train. This train is terminating here. This is Rakuen."
ecthelion: (wonderment)

log-style

[personal profile] ecthelion 2012-06-09 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Ein had never seen a train before, much less ridden on one.

He was still in a sort of trance-like haze as he stepped onto the station platform.
Edited 2012-06-09 15:47 (UTC)
leadscrows: (don't understand [confusion])

Re: log-style

[personal profile] leadscrows 2012-06-10 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
In the time she had to herself on the train, Aly has already searched (quite thoroughly) the cabin she was in, and appears next to Ein on the train platform, looking the very sight of a nervous sixteen year old. The atmosphere here is completely different -- who are these people? What is this machine? -- but she's not willing to let any of her suspicions show. Instead, she murmurs to Ein.

"This is all mighty suspicious, folks stealing us from our beds and all," her voice shakes a little. "I've never seen the likes of this moving contraption. Do you know what it is?"
ecthelion: (calm)

[personal profile] ecthelion 2012-06-10 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Naturally, he hadn't, either. Being trained as a warrior for years didn't leave him too much room to see things, and Riviera certainly hadn't had anything like this.

"I don't, actually. I think I'm going to ask someone else later."
leadscrows: (looking down [depressed])

[personal profile] leadscrows 2012-06-12 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Do you think there will be a later?" She sounds suspicious, but of course anyone would be. "They're not going to sell us into slavery or the like? Some sort of cheap way to make a bit of gold?"
ecthelion: (shock)

[personal profile] ecthelion 2012-06-12 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"That sure wouldn't be good."
leadscrows: (peering around [spying])

[personal profile] leadscrows 2012-06-13 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Most definitely not." Well, he doesn't seem to know much, but she keeps talking anyway. Useful to make acquaintances in a strange place. "I'm Aly, Aly Homewood. And you?"
ecthelion: (calm)

[personal profile] ecthelion 2012-06-13 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ein."

One simple word. He'd had a last name, once. Nothing could bring it back now.
leadscrows: (oho!)

[personal profile] leadscrows 2012-06-16 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"A pleasure, Sir Ein. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's stuck in some strange place."