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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2021-03-01 05:44 am

A New Platform [Intro Post March]

On the Train

Once again passengers are awoken by the morning announcement.

"Good morning passengers, it is day One of the month of Kazoo. 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 is thick, the air is warm and humid and there are rumbles of thunder, the air heavy with the promise of rain.

As usual the first to leave the train notice nothing as they walk silently, rucksacks on their backs, towards the barriers: Alfredo Martini, Daia, Enna Alchiba, Lord El-Melloi II, Natsuno Yuuki, Nita Callahan, Saku Gyousou, Sakura, V and Wen Qing

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, and seems smaller with twenty-seven 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.

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'). Those not new to the train will note the addition of an eighth sleeper carriage. The store rooms have been restocked with fresh ingredients, it seems the month of Kazoo is defined by the tomato and there are plenty of them.

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 as thunder rumbles further and the storm threatens to break. 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!
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[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-03-03 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh?" Bulma stops for a moment as the question registers about the games. Of course, she tends to come in to the car to game from time to time, a little break for her mind from near-constant brains storms on how the hell she was going to do what she wanted to, or needed to, for her family's comfort.

Granted, a car with a GR was strictly for Vegeta's benefit, but sue her for spoiling her husband in true form.

"Oh, my family and I play Space Racer all the time. It's great for making my husband pissed off at the world for having fish thrown at him." And yes, she's laughing about it. What else is marriage for if not torturing your spouse's life with alien fish?
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[personal profile] canyounoct 2021-03-08 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Hang on, let me get this straight," Noctis asked, starting to grin in delight. "You get fish as an equippable weapon in a racing game?"

That sounded hilarious. He smiled like a dork, "Are they shot from a cannon? A catapult? Er. Carp-apult, rather."
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[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-03-08 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)

"Yep. It's pretty comical, actually." And plenty confusing to her alien husband, which is ultimately always Bulma's goal when it comes to these things. She'd spent so long trying to get Vegeta to even play a game, she's got to keep it all very interesting for him at the same time so he keeps playing them.

"It depends on what you equip, actually. You can get both!" She laughs, clearly entertained that he seems so thrilled by all of this.

"Definitely worth a play if it sounds good to you."
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[personal profile] canyounoct 2021-03-09 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Noctis would agree to that, "It sounds hilarious. I'm definitely gonna have to play it."

Though - he chuckled a little and admitted, "But really I'm probably going to play all of them. I've never been stuck on a train like this with nothing to do, before. It's a weird change of pace."
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[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-03-09 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)

"There is some down time." Which had been hell to entertain the family through if she's honest. Particularly when they're not exactly at their usual compound full of things to do and places to go when they want.

"But the missions do break it up some. If you aren't massively in to really big fights unlike my husband you should be ok."
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[personal profile] canyounoct 2021-03-15 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Noctis tried not to wince. It's not as if he tried to find trouble - but it's also unfair to say that trouble usually found him? He had a habit of wanting to help others out, and that's how he usually ran into troubles, ninety percent of the time. Of course, with the empire dropping MTs on top of him all the time ...

And the whole, covenant thing ...

"I'll try to keep my head down, but," Noctis figured he should at least be honest, "if there's going to be people who need a hand, I can't just sit around. Even if I don't want to be here, it's not their fault I was abducted."