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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!
knifewithnoname: (But I don't want that)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-02-04 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
She blinks at it, realising they have caught her. Not surprising, they are good at hiding as well.

She wrinkled her nose at the figurine as it came closer. "What does it even be being?"

She reached out slowly to poke it, gently in greeting. It doesn't look like an animal at all, not even a pokemon.
subcircuits: (go young lover)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-02-04 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Devero beams at him as Koumyou meets him in the aisle, and is more than willing to hand the trunk off to the priest for the trip back to the stage.

"Thank you," he says. "It's all packages from the shop. I... may have req'd a lot of things this morning..." He chuckles sheepishly. "Had enough points for it all, at least!"
knifewithnoname: (worry)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-02-04 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. A place where people didn't wear clothes. Was as weird as anything else she had come across on the train, she shrugged. "Some clothes do be being uncomfortable and shoes do be being pretty stupid. Do you be having your ticket? I can be showing you where you do be being meant to be being."

She can understand being lost and confused on this train after all. Especially if she hadn't been on a train before.
yondu: (0 7 3)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-02-04 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I noticed it was kinda mixed up."

He glares back into his coffee, not in a particularly hateful way but in that 'my head hurts from thinkin' about it' way.

"Things here I ain't ever run into either, an' I've been around. About as far out in the systems as you can get in my world."

gentle_jim: (don't talk to me im angy)

[personal profile] gentle_jim 2021-02-04 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
"What the hell is an eleven-year-old doing in dark alleys?" Jack honestly can't believe he has to keep asking stuff like this. What kind of kids are you picking up, train??
knifewithnoname: (fascinating)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-02-04 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
She wrinkled her nose both at the plants and at him. "Can plants even be disobeying? They do be being just plants."

Except.

"Well except stupid trees that do be fighting you. They did be being very badly behaved."

But also weren't real? She is still confused about what she even spent the last week doing.
nutkrusher: (Proud Sergeant)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-02-04 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Cassie's been around some firm handshakers. She can take it.

"A plethora of purple people," she says.

She doesn't pause too long for that one.

"I'm the team quartermaster. Come to me before the missions for your ready kit, or if you've got any questions about supplies when we're on site."
yondu: (0 5 8)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-02-04 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
"The reason y'all got turned to stone?"

He knows some people strong enough to pull off that kind of thing. Ones that you probably wouldn't want to mess with alone. Though Yondu wasn't great at exacting justice or revenge. Most he did was rob the Kree blind here and there, and his first big act of direct defiance was more to save Quill. Havin' at Ego was just a happy aside.

"Guess someone must have pissed 'em off pretty bad if they didn't even wanna settle. Just turned y'all to stone an' left."
longforgottenpromise: (turn)

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2021-02-04 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Xion!"

He had no idea what was happening, but the man, whoever he was, was not acting violently, his hands were low and his voice was not angry. But Xion... She drew her weapon regardless.

She would feel a flood of fear, of sorrow, of nervousness, of extreme discomfort of being so close to a weapon.

"Please... Let's listen to him first." His eyes flickered to the man, nervous but determined. "He is not armed."
miseris_socios: (haha!)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-02-04 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
He hangs around Jin too much, honestly.

"Points... what are the points for? Just bragging rights, or can you do anything with them?" Interests... hm. "... I saw there was a movie theater as I passed through. Are there any superhero movies in there?"
miseris_socios: (grr...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-02-04 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Surviving." He drops his arm to the side, clutching the Evoker in the slightly too long sleeve. "Some people don't have access to giant gold busts of their stupid faces."
sciencegirl: (06)

[personal profile] sciencegirl 2021-02-04 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
"They looked a lot like them. Maybe it'd be worth learning the game in any case. If these are just a standard version of them, when you come across a magic version you'd have a better idea what it was about."

Hell, she's half thinking out loud, too. And also not taking into considering she's occasionally a creeper. At least she said hello eventually, right?

"What are the video games in here like?"
tactlesstantei: (thinking)

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-02-04 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
No, I guess I wouldn't be good at spotting them, huh?

[She'd have to rely entirely on others to spot organization members, since she had no idea who to look for. Not ideal.]

I doubt they'd show up in the passenger roster with codenames, so I wouldn't be able to spot them that way either. I assume you might know what names to look out for?
10billionpercent: (Default)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-02-04 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm dying to know." Senku admitted with a little huff and a shrug. "But we won't know until we get those answers, and for those answers I've got to get up into space and to do that, I need supplies. We're working on a real complex roadmap right now."

He considered his thoughts for a moment. "We've moved from the stone age to the industrial revolution in some ways, but others are still stuck in the past. It's a complex thing."
bakegarasu: (can you feel the sunshine?)

Re: Morning chores

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2021-02-04 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
He looks up and gives him a brief wave. "You don't have to stay so far away. ... I'm growing peonies and begonias. You can use both for medicine." He stands up and dusts off his hands before walking towards Thanatos. "... I'm not going to attack you or something. I'm not happy about being dragged by the soul, but you're Ryo's friend."

That's enough reason to not attack someone, right there.
longforgottenpromise: (confused)

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2021-02-04 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
He is still nearby and he draws a little closer, listening to the two of them. "Did... Sorry..." Eyes flickering to Lord Gyousou, hopefully he wouldn't mind the interruption.

"Did you belong to a religious order?"
bakegarasu: (i heard a tapping)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2021-02-04 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Here, let's get on the train. There's no point in us standing out in the cold." He's not sure if she can feel it, but either way it's just going to make warming up harder. "We can find most people there anyway. And the roster is on a terminal inside... I can show you there."
bakegarasu: (i hear you)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2021-02-04 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay." He leaves the origami paper on the counter, taking a step back to be less interjecting and more conversational. "... I -" He looks at Yurine and can't help a surprised chuckle.

"I've never had someone defending me. I appreciate it." He rests a hand on Yurine's shoulder. It's okay. The situation has calmed down. "I'm pretty sure she knows how to cook even less than I do, so try to be a little understanding on that front."

Jokes are still good, yeah?
tactlesstantei: (thinking)

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-02-04 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was weird having powers once we got to the virtual part of it.

[That was a new one for her, since no other world had done that.]

I was with Blue this time, since Purple usually has more than enough people on its own. I was pretty much keeping an eye out for danger all the way to the Great Spring since it wasn't really clear at the time what the threat was beyond the malfunctioning helpmates.
thawed_pride: (Nort-What IS that?!)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-02-04 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
He stepped back at the sight of the Keyblade, shoulders tilted and one arm forward as though braced to catch an attack on it. He didn't want to draw Frozen Pride on the girl, and might well have allowed her a barehanded strike if she needed to take her anger out on him, but he wasn't fool enough to let her attack him with that weapon. If she moved to swing, he might well have to manifest his shield.

"Please, child, do as he advises. I have no wish to fight, you of all people!"
bakegarasu: (brooding like a demon)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2021-02-04 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
"That's good. ... It does help, I think. I'm... learning that, too. I didn't really stay a bully... I got teased about being too soft outside of fighting."

He can't say that they're wrong, but it did hurt at the time. "... I got picked on a lot, I guess. Yakuza's got a strict hierarchy and I would have been lower-rank if I wasn't the boss' biological rather than metaphorical brother. I got shit for that, for my refusal to use guns, for not being able to feel pain..."

A lot, honestly.
yondu: (1 4 6)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-02-04 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Doesn't surprise me much. My home planet was a lot like that. Half of 'em all progressive, half of 'em seein' tech as some kinda corruption."

From what he remembers of it, anyway. It's a foggy memory, and a lot of it that he could hang onto was thanks to reminders that other Centaurians the Kree kept ran by him.

"Guess it doesn't matter so long as you get just enough people to do your thing."
Edited 2021-02-04 06:23 (UTC)
10billionpercent: (Huh?)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-02-04 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Since I decide the science projects, and they get done based on what's needed at any given time, we're a little all over the place. I've been considering running water, but where the village is makes that a logistical nightmare." Senku admitted. "If only because someone was talking to me about that. We have reliable power, that gets used in very specific ways, so most people don't have it. But we did build a ship capable of oceanic travel, that was one of our latest projects."

He tilted his head. "We have about a hundred and fifty. It's enough to maintain how things are right now, without facing the consequences of overpopulation, but we don't have reliable food sources, so waking up more people would be a challenge, people might begin dying of starvation again."
controlsthedie: painterly side profile of Thanatos with purple butterfly (If you take my advice)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-02-04 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thanatos tilts his head at the man. That was an interesting conclusion to draw so rapidly without much information, but there is merit to what the man thinks. If the train was aware, then it would see how important Thanatos is to his world. Instead, he's here.

It still doesn't satisfy Thanatos, however. His world suffers, and the damage will be greater than last time. But then he repeats the man's words in his head again. He was already assisting worlds other than his own?

"You know how to travel to different worlds?"
worthallthis: (friendly)

Store room

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-02-04 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
"There's some in the ICP, but I've been doing some experimenting," Soldat answers, coming in to get more supplies for the snacks they're making for the rest of the newcomers. They've got a big mixing bowl they're just dumping things into, balanced against their hip and supported by the metal arm, sleeves rolled up to expose more of the plating.