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undergrounds2017-01-22 11:27 pm
undergroundmods) wrote in undergrounds2017-01-22 11:27 pm
The Night Train
It's the 22nd of January and the sun has disappeared behind the horizon. You're waiting at your nearest station when a sleek, metallic grey train pulls up at the platform. No one else can see it, only those who are aware of the supernatural world. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Night Train. Tonight the leaders of the Night Council will be making their annual introduction to the supernatural community – aboard a train that will make stops in every borough with a significant supernatural presence. Hop on and off whenever you like: this event is designed to be open to all. (Though for some reason the train won't be passing through East End or Seelie/Unseelie territory...)
The event takes place from 7pm-12 midnight Sunday 22nd January.
Rules of entry
• No weapons. Any weapons or objects that could be used as weapons will be confiscated.
• No drugs or alcohol except that provided at the event. Don't try to sneak any in.
• No violence. The train is cursed with a hex that will punish any trouble-causing passengers with a lightning strike. The Council doesn't mess around here.
Carriages
The train has five carriages, each one with a different theme. While the Night Council members are dispersed throughout the train, they are under no obligation to stay in their carriage and will likely move around to network and meet fellow members of the supernatural community. There are cameras and security guards in every carriage to ensure there is no trouble.
1) PRESIDENT / VICE PRESIDENT. At the front of the train is a carriage decked out as if for royalty. Surprisingly spacious, the carriage is decorated with gilt trimmings, a thick wine-red carpet and leather seating. Portraits of previous Presidents and Vice Presidents line the wall. Coffee, tea and wine is being served at tables interspersed throughout the carriage and finger sandwiches are available.
2) WITCH REPRESENTATIVE. The next carriage along belongs to the Witch Representative. It's rather like walking into a greenhouse: the entire place is full of herbs and other plants, and there are tables where you can sit and ask for advice or magical favours from witches with varying specialities: a healer, a herbalist, a psychic, a medium and a potions maker. Magical butterflies flutter along the ceiling and among the flowers like colourful lights. A small bar at the end of the carriage serves a variety of herbal teas.
3) VAMPIRE REPRESENTATIVE. The next carriage along belongs to the Vampire Representative. Decorated in a tasteful dark red, about half the carriage's length is taken up by a wine bar that serves a variety of alcoholic and blood-based drinks and snacks. The other half consists of leather seating where the seats face each other to allow guests to talk while enjoying a drink.
4) SHAPESHIFTER/META HUMAN REPRESENTATIVE. It seems that Yasmine decided her aim for the night was to let loose and avoid talking, since this carriage is basically a narrow dance floor. Club music blares out from speakers on the ceiling, there's a disco ball and strobe lighting, and all the windows are blacked out. A magical seal ensures that the noise is contained within this carriage, so you won't hear any of it until you step inside.
5) EMPTY CARRIAGE. There's nothing here apart from rows of seats that you might find on any ordinary train. A sign on the door says "WARNING: THIS CARRIAGE IS HAUNTED. KEEP OUT." If you ignore the sign and go in anyway, you might feel a sense of unease. The shadows seem unnaturally long and the lights will flicker on and off. Magically sensitive types will feel a strong sense of impending death and may experience visions of the seats being ripped apart and blood spattered on the walls. If you stick around even after that, the most magically sensitive person in the carriage will experience a vivid hallucination of their own death at the hands of a vampire. If you manage to endure that without fleeing, PM the mod to continue. (Don't worry, no one will die.)
OTA
[Sirius starts the night in the Shapeshifter carriage. He figures he at least ought to make an appearance at this thing. Show the Night Council that there's no hard feelings or anything and that he's being good. Plus you never know when you might learn something useful.
Although he doesn't quite look like he fits in in this car. While this might have been his scene at one point, interest seems to have faded. So he's mostly hugging the wall
[Witch's Carriage]
[While this might not be the best place for him either, Sirius finds himself spending his time here among the greenery. At the very least, it's quieter than the Shapeshifter carriage and if all else fails he can hide among the plants. Not that he's planning to.
At some point he ends up with a cup of tea, and is admiring the butterflies. And certainly not thinking of chasing one.]
shapeshifter carriage
He's not exactly dressed to the nines with his torn black clothes and dirty red hair, but he's got a swagger that makes him look like he belongs here as he walks over to Sirius to lean against the wall next to him. ]
Not feelin' the music?
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[He replies, absently, He hadn't really been expecting a conversation, given his wallflower status, but he welcomes it.]
Although, you look like you're ready for a good time in here.
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[ He grins, because it's maybe not 100% true, but it's true enough. Most of the time, he's pretty dedicated to enjoying himself and the things around him, even if it's just enjoying destroying them. ]
You more of a watcher?
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[It was a bit easier when he had a crew to run with. Then he'd have a reason to be in the middle of things, causing trouble somehow. Not that this is the best place for it.]
There's some fun in it. If you can find the right thing to watch.
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[ Especially things that he's not supposed to touch. Those are the things that really call to him and his itchy fingers the most. ]
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[And even then there were times when he still wasn't very good at it.]
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Might be a hopeless case. Too much energy to even try.
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[Granted, a good number of years in prison did have that effect.]
But nothing wrong with being a hopeless case either.
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One guy's flaw is another's virtue, right?
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[ He laughs. ]
Name's Party, by the way.
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Sirius, nice to meet you.
[And he'll offer his hand.]
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Ain't never had a tab for dick jokes before.
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