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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2021-05-01 07:50 am

A New Platform [Intro Post May]

On the Train

Like clockwork, the Voidtreckers are awoken by a familiar message this morning.

"Good morning Voidtreckers, it is day one of the month of Llama. Points have been updated on the system."

With points updated, everyone can spend the morning shopping. Most people will 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 air is sticky and warm, the windows almost immediately dewing over with the humidity outside.

As usual the first to leave the train notice nothing, walking silently, rucksacks on their backs, towards the barriers. Azula, Prisoner, Amery Vallet, Dyme Graydon, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Yoite, Piccolo, Bulla Brief, Xie Lian, Kurosaki Ichigo, Hua Cheng, Renee Corbin, and Ran Mouri; 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 find themselves on a platform, rich wood and pale stone forming a natural, tree-like structure overhead. Behind them is a set of barriers, and in front of them is a single set of tracks extending both ways into thick fog. The air is rainforest-hot, and the sound of frogsong can be faintly heard over the drip of the artificial canopy.

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 fog begins to fade and they realise they aren’t alone.

The platform isn't large, and seems smaller with twenty-eight figures scattered around, all facing the tracks, all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies. 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 pours a strange assortment of people, over a hundred at least. 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.

Behind them, the doors close, and the train is cloaked in the same fog that hides the world beyond the platform.

The Train

After a short time, the fog clears and 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 nori, the ingredient of the month of Llama, as well as all sundries.

For passengers that have bought items, these are also scattered around the luggage carriage in various suitcases and bags. For each member of Purple Team, a small silver box with their name on it contains a glittery cupcake.

New passengers will find their ticket allows them into their cabins. They may need to negotiate for beds, but at least they won't be alone in their confusion - since the sleeper carriages are now double-decker, and experience isn't going to avail the passengers in finding their rooms.

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.

The new double carriage's transfer ICP is active, allowing people to move to a double room should they meet the requirements with another person, though they'll have to move their belongings themselves.

Departure

A second horn sounds to encourage any stragglers taking advantage of the fresh air, 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!
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2021-05-01 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd appreciate it."

He nods at her belt. "A new friend?"
mtsilver_conquor: (Unsure of this path)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2021-05-02 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Yea. You can meet him later - he won't sit on you. Promise." Eva says withe a grin beforw she sombers somwhat. "Ran-san's gone home."

She's assuming home until there's proof it's not the case.

"Vineyard-san was looking for you when where gone. She..." and there's no easy way to ask this, so... "She's got a dangerous air, Yakuza?"
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2021-05-02 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Worse. She works for the Organization."

His expression blanks. "Jounouchi filled me in. Seems like she's gone home ahead of me."
mtsilver_conquor: (Rivals can be a pain in the arse.)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2021-05-02 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
"She'll be fine. I have faith in that." Because the alternative is... not something she wants to think about. Not at all.

More so with the news she just got, and Eva's own face blanks as she finally addresses the Sharon-issue.

"Wonderful." From Eva's tone and based on what she knows about everything, it's anything but. "And given she was looking for you..."

There's a Look. One that says 'Your life is a Mess.'
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2021-05-04 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I expect I can expect a visit from her soon." There was no doubt about it.
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2021-05-05 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"That doesn't exactly fill me with confidence," Eva sighs then shakes her head as she centres herself.

"Just.... Let me know if there's anything I can do in the meantime, alright? Or if you'd like an Escape Rope. One use 'get out of trouble in seconds' item from my world. "
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2021-05-15 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Conan waves it off.

"I'll be fine. I do have some experience with this kind of situation."
mtsilver_conquor: (Sunglasses)

literally the grin in the icon here

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2021-05-16 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
There's a sigh as she shakes her head; as much as she really wants to argue the point, it is his choice in the end.

"Offer's always open." Eva quips instead, then grins, almost mimicking Kaito KID's grin (then again, given who she decided was a brother to her...). "Just out of curiosity- kitsune aren't real in your world, right?"
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2021-05-16 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course not." He gives her a suspicious look. "Why are you asking?"
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2021-05-16 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
If anything the grin just seems to grow. "You'll end up seeing mine at some point today. Nine orange-red tipped tails with golden fur."
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2021-05-18 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
His suspicions just keep growing. She definitely seemed to be enjoying this.

"Is it as well behaved as Princess?"
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2021-05-18 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
"About the same," Eva says with a shrug, then turns more serious. "But, 'Nona won't sit on you; the only person he sits on is me."
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2021-05-19 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Is this something all of your pokemon do?"