New Arrivals (All new characters)

[utopiamods]

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 snow. 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."

Comments

[frozenmemories]

[Hope you didn't sit next to the small girl who is now shoving you off the seat while she still fights to stay asleep, despite the warmth. She mumbles out as she stretches across the seat.]

Too hot....

[adorned]

[That is definitely who Rapunzel is sitting next to! She's trying to be polite and not say anything, but after a few very close calls, she finally prods at the girl gently.]

Excuse me...

[allurprincess]

[ and another girl is staying fast asleep. Probably because that dream is basically all of her dreams ever but cooler, so she's not about to lose it.

Also because whoever she's leaning on is comfy. Sleeptalk into their shoulder is a go ]

... Yeah... gonna be... knight of justice....

[isur2ndprincess]

[Yuki, who had been asleep too this train must have had extra sleeping gas or something woke up at Sora's words. It was slow at first, a smile at knight of justice as memories of Sora filled her mind. But- that had to be Sora who spoke! Didn't it? So, Yuki woke with a jump, most likely jostling Sora in the process, to see who else was here.]

Sora!

[isur2ndprincess]

[After the whole Sora is from a different universe discovery, Yuki is wandering the train, looking in all the compartments for people she may know or anyone who looks familiar]

[Don't mind this meek looking girl peeking into your compartment]

[waddles]

[Inside this particular room is a man who, to all appearances, may very well be an angel. His clothing is similar to that of a white robe with a pale blue cloth draped over his shoulders and there is a pair of white wings sticking out of his back.

When Yuki peeks in, Rafiel will glance back at her in surprise looking... rather unsettled. He does make the effort to smile however.]

Good morning. [His voice, notably is rather soothing and... melodious.]

[greenspaces]

[ In stark contrast to the angel that Yuki may have seen, this girl looks like she might've been plucked from some sort of desert island. Her feet are bare and callused, skirt and shirt ripped to the point where it's not quite clear why she's still wearing them. Bloody hands are clenched in her lap as she stares straight ahead.

She's never been on a train before. And she's pretty sure she shouldn't be on it in the first place -- her memory is hazy, but she remembers falling over in the desert, and then...

Jade Harley thinks that she should be dead. This thought's consuming most of her attention right now, so she doesn't even notice when Yuki enters. ]

[babysage]

[And don't mind the tiny child crawling past you. He looks up and gives a bright smile.] Hello! Have you seen my brother? He's really tall and probably wearing a red pointy hat!

[heroiccia]

America turned to the sound of his compartment door opening. Looking over at the new comer for a moment before smiling widely and waving at her enthusiastically. "Hey there kiddo!"

[relentless_sentinel]

[Nephenee has been staring blearily at everything, and had just started to rise when Yuki poked her head in]

O-oh...hello...

[blink blink]

[greenspaces]

[ But she doesn't want to get off of the train.

People passing by may see Jade staring out the window, refusing to leave her seat. This dream is too nice, and she's not quite sure if she wants to accept the alternative right now. ]

It's just a dream...

[allurprincess]

It is? [ Sora is bumbling around in a confused daze, and flops down in the seat opposite Jade for a moment. ] Aah, that would make sense.

[babysage]

Is it? [At the end of the seat a blonde haired kid pops his head up from where he is sat on the floor to grin at her] Do you think so? [He grins, showing two small fangs]

[babysage]

"Aaaaaaaawn," the small boy who until he yawned had been curled up on one of the seats sat up. His eyes wern't open yet as he stretched, "I had the strangest dream," when no one answered him he opened one eye and then the other, slightly annoyed.

He bet his brother and Mimiko had went to eat breakfast without him! Brother would eat all the best fruit as well. Kotaro jumped up onto the bed and then promptly fell onto the floor as the room lurched.

"Huh?" Kotaro clambered up and took in his surroundings and realised he wasn't in his room. But on a train. He frowned. "Brother?" He saw the sunlight streaming into the window and fell to the floor again before it could hurt him.

He crawled along the train floor, "Brother? Big brother? Brother where are you?"

They must have had to leave quickly, maybe Cassa had come back and brother hadn't wanted to wake him so had carried him.

"Big brother?"

[relentless_sentinel]

[Nephenee was in the compartment beside Kotaro's, and her ears had perked up when she heard a little voice. Having several younger brothers, it had reminded her of them, and so she came over to the boy.
"Heya, little guy. You lost here too?"

[heroiccia]

America blinked several times as the train came to a stop. They were there already? Wait, just where was here anyway? He had never heard of this Rakuen before.

Still... "Ah~! That was an awesome nap~!" Stretching his body out, and with a load yawn and a few popping joints and creaking bones later, America was starting to stand up and heading over to the exit. It seemed like it was time to see where he was supposed to go from here.

[catpaw]

When Nekoko first wakes up, she's pretty groggy. But that grogginess quickly fades as she sees all the new, strange surroundings. ... And it hits her quickly. She's here. The place she'd been searching for so long to find is here, and she's really here. It's not a dream, because Nekoko has never had a vivid dream in her life. Elation fills her small body and she jumps out of her seat, pointing at America.

"Hey, you! Stop in the name of the law! We're in the fairies' home, right? Yeah? We are! I knew it!! Yahoo!"

[fifty]

Alfred had been pretty sure he'd fallen asleep in a plane and not a train, so he gets up with a bit more of a jolt, trying to remember when he'd left the plane and switched to this. Maybe he was kidnapped? Was that a thing that happened, they took people off planes while they were asleep or maybe drugged and put them on trains to use as mutant slave labor?

The kid--and he is a kid, looking a bit younger than his fifteen years--is immediately distracted from his train of thought by the next person he sees. Since it's himself. An older himself, but still.

"...Oh, I'm dreaming."

He expects that to wake him up properly, so when he's still on the train, staring at whoever this is, he's not really sure what to do.

[sewperbully]

[Kanji sits forward in his seat, it feels like he's just had a weird dream-- nightmare? and while he rubs his neck he looks around, narrowing his eyes at the features of the train. Not like any he's been on before, and it's hot and sunny. Nothing feels right.

And he's not alone, apparently.] The hell is going on?

[greenspaces]

[ Wow, he looks scary. ]

Um. I think we've been kidnapped.

[babysage]

[A blonde haired fanged child looks up from where he is crawling.] Are you alright?

[adorned]

[Rapunzel is creeping along the train, looking incredibly out of her depth and very jumpy. She stops when she hears Kanji speak, peeking her head into his compartment.]

You don't know where we are either?

[merde]

Tear awoke using a whole seat for a bed. She was quite possibly the most comfortable person on the train. Her glasses were slightly askew, and her wings were neatly folded behind her. As she woke up, she took flight, taking a moment to buff her lenses on a handkerchief.

"Recette!" she called. She had no idea how she could have ended up on a train. She was sure that thief had something to do with this. At least she didn't smell like alcohol. That was a bonus. So she flew down the main aisle of the train, calling out for her business partner. She'd try the names of their adventurers too, but for some reason, she just couldn't remember them.

[keepscalm]

England was probably way too used to falling asleep at places of work, because instead of being sprawled across a seat, he's crammed quite efficiently into a corner, head supported against his shoulder in a way that will definitely leave him with a crick in his neck when he wakes up.

Which happened to be just as the falling sensation left him with the feeling that he was about to hit the ground. He jolted awake none-too-pleasantly (and sure enough, pinched something between his neck and shoulder that resulted in a muted "fucking hell" out of his mouth). After rubbing the kink to a bearable ache, he narrowed his eyes, glancing up for the source of the voice. An announcement? But he's never heard of any place by the name of Rakuen.

There were others here too. He didn't recognize most of them. What the hell is going on?

[relentless_sentinel]

ephenee was wandering around the train at this point, trying to figure out from everyone what was going on, when she passed by the man in a few compartments over from where she had found herself. Stopping and backing up, she found herself slightly intimidated by the grumpy looking fellow, but also wondering if he was alright, favoring part of his neck like that...

So in her internal squabble whether to say anything or not, she managed to merely stand there, looking blankly at him.

[relentless_sentinel]

[The train finally lurched to a stop, and Nephenee found herself not in the most comfortable of positions. The last she had been conscious, it had been a cold night in her home back in Tellius, and she had been nestled under a blanket in her bed. Now, she felt that whatever she was laying on, it wasn't her bed, and it was getting more than a little warm. Opening her eyes, she stared at her surroundings bleary-eyed, before wondering what in Yune's name was going on.]

H-hello?