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Rakuen Moderators ([personal profile] utopiamods) wrote in [community profile] rakuen2012-03-17 12:09 pm

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. Fog envelopes the windows, obstructing your view and reminding you of an unsettling dream simultaneously. The air is humid inside the carriages, a vent beside your feet heating the air and making the seats almost uncomfortably warm. A puff of steam from the train winds its way lazily past the windows, a slightly different shade and consistency as the grey fog.

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, the shape of buildings and people only now barely visible as shadows beyond the windows.

"We have arrived at Rakuen City. All passengers must leave the train. This train is terminating here. This is Rakuen."
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[personal profile] afraid_of_my_shadow 2012-03-27 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Her home country at times. She liked it there." Again, he just acted like nothing happened. He hadn't yet read the manual and learned about the memory charms. As far as he realized so far, the dream was only that, a dream.
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[personal profile] scarredchick 2012-03-29 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then why did she leave if she liked it?" she asked. She would read the manual from back to front later when she found out about it.
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[personal profile] afraid_of_my_shadow 2012-04-06 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, there were b-better opportunities in America, s-so Father moved, an' that's where I grew up." He shrugged a bit, looking a bit awkward. He wasn't too fond talking about his father.
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[personal profile] scarredchick 2012-04-07 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Considering she only had an ancient nation she recognized as a father figure and no one she recognized as a mother figure, she really couldn't understand. It was one of those things about humans she didn't get.

"Well Amerika always claims she has the freest country," she said. She didn't really agree though.
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[personal profile] afraid_of_my_shadow 2012-04-07 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex looked puzzled for a second. "Y-you're talking like America's a p-person...?" Inflections on voices he wasn't very good with, but that was a simple matter of grammar. 'She has' indicates the country personified, which wasn't too weird, but the way it was used reflexively was. Usually people would use 'they', referring to the people in America, right?
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[personal profile] scarredchick 2012-04-08 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ja, she is," she said casually. "So am I, a country and a person, that is."
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[personal profile] afraid_of_my_shadow 2012-04-13 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
"... How d-does that work?" At least he could believe it, even if he wasn't sure how it worked. How much weirder would it be than the aliens that called themselves trolls?
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[personal profile] scarredchick 2012-04-16 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
She thought for a moment, "Hmmm~ Not actually sure, never thought about it. I get sick when the economy doesn't do well. I go to war when my boss tells me to." She shrugs, "It's just what I am."
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[personal profile] afraid_of_my_shadow 2012-04-17 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex listens with interest and nods when she finishes, "I-it's interesting."
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[personal profile] scarredchick 2012-04-23 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
She nods in agreement, "Ja, life is never boring for a nation!" Except, when they weren't one anymore. She doesn't mention that fact.
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[personal profile] afraid_of_my_shadow 2012-05-01 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Alex laughed a bit and smiled, "P-personally, the most e-excitement I l-like is a good c-computer game."
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[personal profile] scarredchick 2012-05-07 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Kesesese~ Video games are awesome! Japan makes the best ones!" Prussia said.
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[personal profile] afraid_of_my_shadow 2012-05-25 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I m-make the best ones," Alex jokes. "B-but yeah, Japan h-has some of the b-best, but a f-few American artists a-are making s-some g-good things lately."