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Rakuen Moderators ([personal profile] utopiamods) wrote in [community profile] rakuen2012-01-07 08:00 pm

and then they fell. [rakuen revolution opening post]

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 as it winds its way through white drifts of now. Sunlight streams through the window, heating the air and making the seats almost uncomfortably warm. A puff of steam from the train winds its way lazily past the windows when the wind is right.

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.

"We have arrived at Rakuen City. All passengers must leave the train. This train is terminating here. This is Rakuen."
hugling: Teddy Altman looking SUSPICIOUS (I smell TROUBLE)

[personal profile] hugling 2012-01-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know, the train might be safer. And if we stay on maybe it'll take us home.
shakes: (curious)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Wh-what is your name?
duchy: (they don't know)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Lithuania.

[He sizes her up, trying to figure out how dangerous she might be. It's hard to tell, though. She might just be a human, and that would be--alright, maybe.]

Have you been on a train before?
shakes: (y-yes?)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I n-need to find Mr Russia, have y...ou seen him?
duchy: (left and right)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-07 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Lithuania.

[He climbs down to the floor from the baggage containers.]

Are you related to Latvia? Last time I saw him, he shook all the time.
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
P-please, I need t-to find Mr Russia.

[He has no clue who this is but hopes that the name "Russia" will let them think of the danger that the large nation is to everyone who tries to take territory from him, and that that will make them let go of him.]
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
A-are you alright?

[He has stopped and stands there awkwardly - he needs to carry on but this man looks nice and as if he might need help.]
shakes: (ah...)

[personal profile] shakes 2012-01-07 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I-I am Latvia.

[Just looking

down

...he can look down on Lithuania.]


A-are y- [Looking around nervously. Is this something that Russia did, and if yes, why, and if not, into how much trouble will it get them? WHERE IS ESTONIA WHEN YOU NEED HIM.]
savedbyasong: (unsure)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2012-01-07 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never been on a train before... [Shion looks around, taking in his surroundings for the first time]

There's no such place... [He knows this for a fact, there are only six cities in the entire world that are still habitable anyways. He stares again not understanding and not being able to cope with not understanding.]
trollofthree: (these antics confuse gino)

[personal profile] trollofthree 2012-01-07 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice t'meet you, Red. Wish it could've been somewhere else, though. [ and without asking, he swipes the card to have a better look. ] 1996? [ but the guy looks older in person, so maybe it's outdated.

Really, really outdated. ]


What do you train? Are you a sports coach?
duchy: (they don't know)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-07 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Taking a step back.]

You can't be Latvia. Latvia's smaller than I am.

[but he could be a country pretending to be Latvia for some reason.]
savedbyasong: (unsure)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2012-01-07 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Shion blinked, everything he learnt made everything make less sense. This was not how it was supposed to happen.

"There are no trains in No. 6..." He said quietly.
countryofassholes: (how are you so resilient?)

[personal profile] countryofassholes 2012-01-07 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least she's stopped leaning on you, that has to be a plus.]

Why are you looking for Ivan? Aren't you neutral? [A pause, she's apparently still a little sleepy.]
drawsdeath: (Side Eyes)

[personal profile] drawsdeath 2012-01-07 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It said it's stopping.
sciioniic: (Default)

[personal profile] sciioniic 2012-01-07 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[well, that doesn't sound like any name Sollux recognises. He frowns.] I haven't got a glubbing clue. It sounds like a rail guided transport cubicle ...

[he looks around again, out of habit, but obviously this does not help.] Look, dude, can you give me a grasp prong here because I'm kind of visually boned right now, what does it look like?
drawsdeath: (Sadness)

[personal profile] drawsdeath 2012-01-07 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
No. I've never had to go anywhere far enough to take a train.

[She's pathetically thin. If she were a country, she's definitely in famine times.]
drawsdeath: (Side Eyes)

[personal profile] drawsdeath 2012-01-07 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
'Mr. Russia'?
sciioniic: (Default)

[personal profile] sciioniic 2012-01-07 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhh, never mind. Where are we?
bloodbrother: (srs fucking business)

[personal profile] bloodbrother 2012-01-07 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid I agree with you there. [He pats his pockets looking for his cell phone. And then he checks all of his jacket pockets. Suddenly he's kind of anxious.] No no no no... Where is it? [Looks under the seat]
drawsdeath: (Side Eyes)

[personal profile] drawsdeath 2012-01-07 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"No. 6?" she asked curiously, not having the faintest clue what he was on about. "What's that?"
swordofzero: (traitors die here!)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2012-01-07 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I said stand down." Suzaku tried his best Knight of Zero voice but it did not work as he was tackled into his seat by who he could only assume was one of the Black Knights.

"Arresting you Zero for crimes against Brit..." Wait... hadn't Lelouch taken over Britannia, wasn't Zero... neutralized in some way? They hadn't fought him in a while. They had changed Britannia, why was Zero still fighting?

He felt dizzy and when he shook the feeling away, forgetting his train of thought he saw Gino and blinked.

"Gino." It sounded like a mixture of horrified surprise and an attempt at a threat. He really wished he had a weapon.
secondtoone: (surprised)

[personal profile] secondtoone 2012-01-07 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Red instinctively begins to reach for the card back, but as Gino begins reading it, he gives up. He doesn't respond to Gino's comment on the year; it's not that long without updating his card, is it?]

[The question takes him by surprise. Sports? Why would he do sports? He shakes his head slowly, not sure how to answer such a weird question without words. Then he thinks to reach for his belt and show a pokeball--]

[He gasps as his hand meets an empty belt pouch. Pushing his jacket aside, he looks at the belt -- completely clear. They're all gone. There's a moment where he freezes; then Red is fishing through his bag frantically, looking at the seat, looking everywhere his pokeballs could possibly have gone. Please say they're not gone, please say they're not...]
duchy: (they don't know)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-07 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, apparently trolls aren't just naturally blind. He looks around.]

There's a lot of chairs in rows, with some of them next to each other, and there's windows, it's a really big--train?

[He hesitates on that because Sollux called it something different.]
duchy: (left and right)

[personal profile] duchy 2012-01-07 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I usually just walk everywhere. How far do trains go?
cullscuttlefish: (carefree~)

[personal profile] cullscuttlefish 2012-01-07 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Go right ahead! A friend of mine used to braid it all the time.

It looks cold. All the snow...

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