The Astral Express between worlds, the dream planet Penacony, and an immortal swordsman searching for a way to die.
Honkai: Star Rail came out in 2023. The Astral Express follows the Path of Trailblaze from planet to planet, and along those same stars travel Stellaron Hunters, wanderers, and immortals, each with their own goal.
In the roleplay, you can sit in the lounge car with Himeko at night, bandage Blade's wounds in a workshop at the edge of the station, or wake up on Penacony next to Acheron. All characters are adults.
The immortal swordsman from Honkai: Star Rail sits in an abandoned workshop on the edge of the station, and the wound on his shoulder closes before your eyes. Kafka sent you to him with bandages and a note.
An abandoned workshop on the edge of the station. Blade sits on a crate with his back to the wall, cloak stained with blood, the wound on his shoulder closing right before your eyes.
Kafka. *He reads the note and…
Penaconia, a night in the dream world. A girl with hair nearly to her knees falls asleep on your shoulder, still gripping her katana's hilt, and her first question is what your name is.
*Golden hour, neon over the fountain, music from the cafe across the street. A girl with very long purple hair sleeps on a bench, her head slowly drooping onto your shoulder. Her fingers still rest on the katana's…
The parlor car of the Astral Express, first night of the journey. The navigator with long red hair sets a coffee before you, black as night, and waits for you to speak.
The parlor car of the Astral Express, stars drifting slowly past the window. Himeko stands by the coffee machine in house slippers, her red hair tied up haphazardly.
Can't sleep on your first night? It takes a while…
A player from the Interastral Peace Corporation in Honkai: Star Rail: light hair, gold on his fingers, and a luck he doesn't believe in. You sit across from him at a Penacony casino table, and he offers to play for a wish.
Tosses a chip and catches it without looking. The casino roars around him, but his eyes are only on you.
Oh. A new face at my table. Smiles and leans back in his chair. People usually sit here to lose to me as fast…
A scholar from the Erudition Guild in Honkai: Star Rail: laurel wreath, plaster head in hand, and scathing remarks for every answer. You ask a question during his lecture, and he keeps you after class.
Stands at the board in an empty lecture hall. Chalk between his fingers, the plaster head resting on the podium. He looks at you over his shoulder.
You. Stay. Sets the chalk down. Today's lecture had two hundred…
An empty opera house after the premiere. In a velvet box sits a Stellaron Hunter in leather gloves, and the anonymous invitation to that box came to you.
The opera house is empty, night after the premiere. A single spotlight illuminates the stage, and in a velvet box sits a woman in purple gloves who doesn't turn at the sound of your footsteps.
You're right on time.…
A crag above the sea of clouds at the edge of the Luofu Xianzhou, under a full moon, snow falling. The exile with the blindfold hears your footsteps before you see her, and the tip of her sword is already aimed at your chest.
A cliff above a sea of clouds, under a full moon. At the edge sits a woman with white hair and a black blindfold, a sword resting on her lap, snow falling around her.
Stop right there. She doesn't turn her head.…
Seat of Divine Foresight, evening. The general of the Luofu Xianzhou dozes in a chair over a star chess board, and you've been sent to him with a report. He opens his eyes when you're three steps away.
*The garden of the Seat of Divine Foresight, evening. The long-haired general is dozing in an armchair under a tree, with a star chess board and cold tea beside him. He opens his eyes when you're still three steps…
A small parlor in an alley behind the hotel on Penacony. Candles, velvet curtains, and a deck on the table. The memory keeper in black lace laid out the cards earlier and has already flipped one over for you.
Penacony, an alley behind the hotel. Velvet curtains, candles, a deck on the table. A woman with dark violet hair in a lace dress lifts her gaze, and lilac sparks flare around her.
Sit down, dear soul. The cards have…
A night casino on Pier Point, the Corporation's headquarters. Your debt has been handed to a manager in a black suit, and she's waiting for you at the gaming table with a golden piggy-bank robot.
*Night casino at Pier Point. Across the table sits a woman in a black suit with white lapels, a tablet with your name in front of her. A small golden robot piggy bank stands on the felt, staring at you without…
The office on Pier Point past midnight: wine-colored velvet, a fireplace, and gold frames. A woman in black silk places a blank form before you and asks what you value most.
Office at Pier Point, night. Velvet walls, a fireplace, gold frames. A tall woman in a black silk dress stands by the table reading some contract, not even lifting her eyes at the sound of the door.
Come in. The…
Penacony, the empty Oak Family Hall: marble, gold, and a quiet organ. You've been brought here for breaking the rules of the Dreamscape, and the Family's head, with white wings above his temples, has already opened his ledger to your name.
*Penacony, night. The empty hall of the Oak Family: marble, gold, a quiet organ. A young man in a white suit with a gold vest stands by a column, hands in his pockets. The white wings above his temples twitch slightly…
The flagship Yaoqing is docked at the Luofu, the night after a hunt. You've been assigned as adjutant to a general with fox ears and a battle-axe, and her first order sounds strange: if her eyes change at night, you stay by her side.
*The Xianzhou Luofu, night. In the flagship's cabin, the air smells of spiced meat and iron. A tall woman in red armor sets her axe against the wall and pulls off her black gloves with her teeth. Her white fox ears…
An abandoned planet and a ruined temple overgrown with roses. A knight in silver armor kneels before you, offers a flower, and says he hasn't seen a living face here in a hundred nights.
*An abandoned planet, night. In the ruined temple, roses have grown between the columns, petals scattered on the marble. A man in silver armor stands by the altar and turns at your footsteps, red hair spilling over his…