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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2021-02-01 06:00 am

A New Platform [Intro Post February]

On the Train

Three days after the Voidtreckers return to the void after their adventures on the biosphere world, they are awoken by a familiar announcement.

"Good morning passengers, it is day Sixteen of the month of Jelly. Points have been updated on the system."

They have indeed, and everyone can spend the morning shopping. Those who have been on the train for a while will also be expecting the second announcement that comes a few hours later.

"Shortly arriving into a designated void platform. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." A lurch and a jolt and the windows fill with the fog that means they are at a platform. The fog seems thicker than usual and as they step out onto the platform they will find it is cold, very cold. Icy fog sticks to their clothing, makes it hard to see very far; the atmosphere is dark and gloomy.

As usual the first to leave the train notice nothing as they walk silently, rucksacks on their backs, towards the barriers: Alexis Rhodes, Elfnein, Itsuki Myoudouin, Ken Ichijouji, MT, Neku Sakuraba, Nike Lemercier, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Rainbow Dash, Rei Saotome, Taichi Yagami, Tsubomi Hanasaki, Yuri Tsukikage and Zechs Merquise all pass through the platform, not looking back before they disappear through the barriers and into the fog beyond.

But on the platform itself there are new faces. Wearing hoodies in all four colours, in various states of confusion.

For New Passengers

At first all they can see is steam, billowing around them as they come to their senses. As their eyes adjust, they will see they are on a platform, glass and dark stone rising in sturdy arches around them. Behind them is a set of barriers, and in front of them is a single track extending both ways into thick fog.

They are standing, in clothes that are not their own and a style they might not even recognise. They are carrying a rucksack on their back. For a moment it seems to just be them, alone in the white haze; then the steam begins to fade and they realise they aren’t alone.

The platform is not large with sixteen figures scattered around, all facing the tracks, all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies. To both the left and right, tracks disappear into the mist. Then there is a roaring sound and out of the fog arrives a train. Jet black with gold writing on the side. The Voidtrecker Express. There is a hiss as the doors slide open and out step a strange assortment of people. Some are human, some are less so. Most are wearing the same hoodie in one of the four colours, red, orange, blue and purple, though some are sporting different clothes in a variety of styles.

The Train

After a short time, the doors hiss open again. Those from the train may encourage those on the platform to board. It’s not like there's anywhere else to go and even if there was, you feel a pull. A need to board, a feeling that staying on the platform would lead to something terrible. If that is not enough, there are plenty of people on the platform now, to encourage them onto the train.

Each ICP shows the same message and next to the screens there are stacks of leaflets written by those on the train, with further information (see
'Publications'). The store rooms have been restocked with fresh ingredients, including several crates of avocados, the ingredient of the month of Jelly, as well as all sundries.

For passengers that have bought items, these are also scattered around the luggage carriage in various suitcases and bags.

New passengers will find their ticket allows them into their cabins. They may need to negotiate for beds, especially if they want a top bunk!

Room is tight but there are storage cubbies at the head of each bed, beds fold up and the bottom bunks double as benches for the small table. There is storage under those benches full of spare blankets and pillows.

Departure

A second horn sounds to encourage any stragglers braving the freezing fog, and the doors slide shut. Veteran passengers know what will happen next, but they may wish to brief their new companions.

The train sets off, the fog obscuring the view again as it picks up speed.

"Welcome aboard, passengers of the Voidtrecker Express." A female-coded artificial sounding voice echoes throughout the train. "Please take the time to read the passenger information displayed on the Information and Communication points and familiarise yourself with the layout and emergency exits."

The train begins to tilt, leaving the ground and rising up into the fog-filled sky.

"Entrance into Voidspace imminent. New passengers are advised to remain seated. Entry into Voidspace in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

A shudder, a jolt, a lurch to the left. A flash of light, colourful and blinding. As quick as it happens it is done. The train seems to steady itself. The fog from the windows is gone now, replaced with a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours.

Welcome to the Void!
achickenformylove: (mdzs 5)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2021-02-14 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, breath, Wei Ying. He wasn't going to wander off somewhere.

"Yes, we can go find him so that you can meet yourself."

Not a phrase that was said every day, but then again this was not an every day sort of location for them.

"Uncle is not here. My brother is."
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2021-02-14 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin chuckled. "Even if the cause for some of your talents is not so great, I still think that you are great, Rapunzel!"

He nodded, too. "I guess it would pay to take some time to make that decision, which car's walls should be the canvas for that large painting."

He waited for her to speak again. The topic of the departing passengers and the explanation for their silence and obliviousness. . . that was an uncomfortable topic. "I agree. I don't like it that people just vanish, no chance to say goodbye, and none of those speculations really comforts me."

He folded his arms thoughtfully. "Since I have Elvish foresight, I've wondered if I might have an intimation or a dream or a vision ahead of time, if I was going to leave the train. If that ever happens, I'll get on the network and tell everyone that I think I might be leaving, and thank everybody for all the good companionship and the joint projects and the missions, all the positive things I've experienced on the Voidtrecker. I just hope that doesn't happen. I'd like to be with the train until it completes its goals, whatever exactly those are."
Edited 2021-02-14 02:43 (UTC)
soldier_blade: (30-unphased)

[personal profile] soldier_blade 2021-02-14 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Kinda missing the point of what I was saying," Though she did find it interesting that another world had nightshade plants; or perhaps different but with a similar name. "The seeds you're trying to grow have the affect of stunning someone, why not experiment and see if they can't be used for a more wider array of uses. Just because it hasn't been done before, doesn't mean it can't be done."

This would just be a first step of course.
so_dark_a_road: (in the unmeasured night #2)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2021-02-14 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin smiled. "A teenager can be a force of nature! When he or she has a good enough reason to launch off into action with a goal in mind. I'm glad other people came to recognize your worth."

He nodded thoughtfully. "I'm still not one-hundred-percent certain that I would go back to my world. I'd have so much to make up for, and I'm not sure that everybody I ever wronged would be willing to accept reparations from me. But I suppose that if I did go back, I could help my people achieve their goals, to defeat the Dark Lord and create a better world for Elves and mortals to live in. Of course, that would partly depend on what point in the timeline of my world I arrived at. And as for the very first thing I would do, I think I'd go searching for my brother Maglor, who was rumored to be wandering the coast of Middle-earth, still a musician, but now a hermit. I love him and owe him so much, and he'd be my very first concern."

yondu: (1 4 6)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-02-14 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I was about to say...." he snorts a little huff of a laugh. Not one that he bares his jagged smile for, though.

"Yeah well... Whatever was responsible, he turned out alright."

And he was proud of him. He accomplished one good thing in his trashbin of a life, he supposes, and that's seeing Peter Quill to adulthood.

"Sounds like you got some strong opinions on the subject."
gundamofthedesert: (contemplative)

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2021-02-14 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
"That is true. I'd say hopefully we don't have to do it often, but there is always someone leaving."
achickenformylove: (mdzs 1)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2021-02-14 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah I see. Then it will take some getting used to. I have never seen something quite like that before."

As might be obvious by his own attire.
weifinder: (huh? | for a reason)

[personal profile] weifinder 2021-02-14 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
If he did, chances are Wei Wuxian would trot along at his heels, trying to catch up to his side. He was the only reassuring part of any of this so far.

"Zewu-Jun?" He paused, pursing his lips for a moment, then nodding his head. "How is he?"
yondu: (1 3 3)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-02-14 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Not all spacers live the gritty life Yondu does. Some of them live well and live in finery.

"It's a fin. This one's cybernetic, but we got 'em naturally, too. And the one I had before-" he feels the top of that one, trying to gauge its distance from the bunk wall. He hates it. He did this to himself. "-Was shorter. Like just yay much bigger. But this one works better."

Long justification for inconveniencing himself. But he'd put off putting it on for that reason. Good thing he did.
light_of_willpower: (long hair profile talking)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-14 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I was planning on doing some hard thinking, while in the sauna." Trunks responded, rather than continue the argument about the talking bust. Cleary Jack thought that was the greatest idea ever.
blue_ice: (floof)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2021-02-14 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Seto takes hold of Yugi's hand as they survey the skybox. It's all code, not real...but he's capable of crafting things so striking they're almost real in the digital realm, now. And he's proud of his work.

"If you think this is something, just wait...a few more weeks of work and we'll have a masterpiece on hand. You've been doing amazing work, Yugi, and I want to honor that."
blue_ice: (could it be)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2021-02-14 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
"No, everyone picks their own deck based on what strategy they like," he explains. "Pick cards that interest you. There are different archetypes---wizards, machines, elves, dragons...and you'll want spells and traps to give you more attack options."

controlsthedie: painterly side profile of Thanatos with purple butterfly (If you take my advice)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-02-14 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
"I bring the souls of those who died peacefully to the Underworld. I am Death Incarnate in my world."

A God of Death rooms with two people of varying states of dead and an android. There's a joke in there somewhere.
luckydragonsfoot: (he ran into my fist 12 times honest offi)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2021-02-14 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Righ'!? I mean, I've mouthed off gods, but th's thing eats planets!!"

Somehow this might seem backward.
myblueskies: (Alfredo is speaking!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2021-02-14 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded, "That would be the best place to start because I don't know where her world is at all." Honestly he doesn't know where the heavens are either... It's a big task and a scary one. But one he will do his best at.

"You have lots of good ideas, mister Tidus."
azrthmtrnznthos: (casual conversation)

[personal profile] azrthmtrnznthos 2021-02-14 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
"There was definitely an adjustment period." Her tea was just about steeped too. "Dry for now. I'll be alright between it and the tea. Thank you."
azrthmtrnznthos: (....really?)

[personal profile] azrthmtrnznthos 2021-02-14 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
"No one told me anything about compensation. But otherwise, yes. You have the basics."
thawed_pride: (Nort-I had become a monster.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-02-14 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
He reached out toward Xion on impulse, only to pull his hand back before it reached her. Was she struggling with her faded memories? Maybe there was something he could do-but no, she hardly seemed like she wanted his help.

At least he could answer her questions.

"I made you myself, but it was Marluxia who tore Sora's memory apart. Things went...horribly out of control."

He pulled his arms in close to his body and looked to Taiki with a nod.

"I should leave her be...before I do any more harm."
controlsthedie: screenshot of Thanatos talking with Zagreus at the balcony (I'm not asking for much)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-02-14 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
"If it's any consolation... Ryo's helping me with the same thing. Him and Persephone." And a few others. But those two have really made him a project of theirs.

"Might want to try asking, see if he knows anything about spirits and how they live."
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971957)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2021-02-14 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Kitty couldn't help a slight frown, but still tries to keep her voice light and friendly as she replied, "This car? It's just a place for people to sit and hang out. People can meet here, or someone can sit by themselves for a little bit." She pointed over to the computer on the other side of the car. "People can also use the computer and the printer if they need it."
longforgottenpromise: (confused)

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2021-02-14 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't too hard to open and once she managed it she would find a book. An illustrated encyclopedia of animals. It was aimed at children but it was a thick hardback book filled with beautiful pictures and a lot of information about various animals, where they came from, what they ate and a little about efforts of conservation.

He didn't move, watching her.
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded Startlement)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2021-02-14 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
"You... made me? But... you weren't the one who tied me to Roxas?" she asked confused. Taiki's being sure he was a failure washed into her and she wasn't sure what she had done this time that made her a failure, just that she had messed something up somehow.

"....Why?" She was so very very confused. And not sure what she did wrong this time.
weifinder: (cup | i wanna help you)

beep-beep-boop, does not compute--

[personal profile] weifinder 2021-02-14 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Wei Wuxian had been more the kind of street urchin to survive off scraps than theft, but to say he didn't have the same sensibility of doing whatever was necessary to survive would have been underselling his willingness to survive. Also his sheer avoidance of all street dogs, who had a better nose than he for picking out scraps.

Thus he's watching the screen, curious, only looking back to A-Qing when she starts in on her explanation. One that has him twitch his lips up at the corners. "Mm, seems logical. Just like in life, trusting only one version of events can lead to blind spots. Oh, would you look at them go."

Them being the street urchin, who manages to lift the bag and make off with it through the market, a sputtering lead trailing after at a run. "I think they're about to realise they've found their real guide."
weifinder: (smile | who don't ever change)

[personal profile] weifinder 2021-02-14 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
He pauses, then nods to her, because he doesn't mind, he just... might need the materials. "Does this let you paint directly on it, like with a brush on paper?" He likewise gestures to the panel on the cabin wall. "Otherwise I'll need something to draw on."
nobodys_puppet: (Soft thoughts)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2021-02-14 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
She blinked as she opened the book, then stared wide eyed as she turned page after page, staring at the different illustrations. Somethings looked familiar from the worlds she had been to. And some looked a little like Heartless. But some she had never seen the like of before, at all.