The Night Train

[undergroundmods]

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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.)

Comments

[ghoulaid]

"You've got some weird as hell hobbies." Okay, maybe the crossbow thing is kind of badass. And it's true. As someone who spends most of his free time destroying property, he has no right to judge. But he's going to anyway.

He sighs heavily few seconds later. "It's real messed up, but all this talk has me wanting some of those sandwiches I saw in the other car. So fuck you for that." Ghoul stands, shaking his head. "I'm gettin' out of here before you say somethin' nasty that ruins my appetite." Or makes it worse. Bunch of disgusting animal bullshit. Geez.

[dirtyredneck]

"Hunting's a weird hobby now? Even the stints hunt," Daryl chuckled. He watched the kid stand up and waited until he was a good three fee before calling after him. Loudly. "Bring me back a plate. And a beer if you can find one, too!"

Because why else would he announce where he was going unless he was offering?

[ghoulaid]

Ghoul doesn't turn back around or say anything, but he does flap his hand oddly behind himself at Daryl as he moves away. Sort of a way of saying what the fuck ever.

It's not like he's honor bound to bring him back anything. But, at some point after raiding the food options, he realizes he's stuck carrying around a plate with a few varieties of tiny sandwiches he's decided he doesn't like all that much. And since he's wandering along the length of the train again anyway, he might as well set the plate down where Daryl will either eventually see it or smell it. He doesn't announce his presence or draw attention, just plants it and leaves again before he's spotted.

There is, however, no beer in sight, because Ghoul believes that to be way too much of a housewife-level request. Fuck that.

[dirtyredneck]

When Ghoul leaves the plate, he may happen to do so while Daryl is otherwise distracted and acting like a kid with a crush who doesn't know what to do with himself oddly.