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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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Train

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-02 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Demyx was surprised to say the least when someone just said 'Hi' to him. Even on board, he didn't get out that much.

He smiled brightly in return. "Hi."
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Re: Train

[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-02 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Have you been here for very long?" He doesn't look as lost as she feels, but he could just be keeping his face under control. She's happy to talk either way but it would be really different questions.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-02 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
"A long while, yeah." Demyx said agreeably. "The next mission will be my third one so...I guess I've been here three months? Something like that?"

He shrugged helplessly.
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-02 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"What were those missions like?" She's only heard vague talk of missions so far. SHe's not really sure about the whole going on missions thing. It sounds like interfering to her.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-03 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
"The last one was a bunch of demons running at us, trying to kill us, you know how it is." It had been basic monster fighting.

"The one before that was weird and you got to be in a computer program that changed your powers. Weird stuff."
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-03 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"I do know how that is." Usually from the aftermath perspective. So at the very least she knows how it ends.

"In a computer program." She isn't quite sure what to make of that. Though her universe does contain a sentient equation so it's not so far out there.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-03 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"It was really weird. Suddenly I could do plant stuff. I felt like Marly. Ick." Demyx made a face.
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-04 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Not a plant fan?" She wouldn't have expected that the be the part of all that that stood out. But everyone has their thing.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-04 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Plants or okay, but the guy who has that power is an asshole." Demyx said with cheer as though that was just a fact.
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-05 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay, I guess that makes sense." She can understand being uncomfortable about that. "That's a lot for a computer to manage."
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-05 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah, maybe, but I don't know how computers work." Demyx said easily and shrugged. "So I had weird powers but it was okay, I have my usual powers back now." They'd still won, that was what mattered right?
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-06 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, no permanent damage then." She's just going to set her expectation to Lantern Corps levels and hopefully that will be enough. "I don't usually act directly among mortals."
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-07 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, are you some kind of God then?" Demyx asked. He knew a few. They didn't like him very much. It might've helped if he wasn't trying to steal from them.

"And yeah, no, I was fine."
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-08 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Not a god." It would be more normal for a god to interfere. THey can be troublesome. "Gods require people believe in them. I'm more fundamental than that, I exist even if people don't believe."

She's about as far from mortal as it gets. It wouldn't even work.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-08 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Huh really?" Demyx blinked and looked confused before he shrugged. It didn't really matter did it.

"Sounds okay then. I don't know that much about gods anyway."
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-09 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Most people don't. Probably better for them." Gods tend to cause a lot of trouble for mortals considering how much they actually need them. "Even less know about anthropomorphic personifications of fundamental aspects of the universe."
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-09 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, okay, I didn't get any of that." Demyx said with a bit of a huff. Those words were a bit above his paygrade.

"But sure. The gods I do know were kinda you know, happy to throw lightning bolts or fire at you."
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-09 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Basically I'm an idea given shape." In this case the idea of... death. It's a common concept.

"That sounds about right for gods. They always feel like they have something to prove." It can cause all sorts of problems.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-09 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't they?" Demyx laughed a little bit. "They're so touchy! It doesn't matter which one really."
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-10 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I find the thunder gods tend to be the worst. Always arguing about who has the biggest lightning bolt." Especially if Zeus actually stopped arguing with the rest of his pantheon long enough to show up. Why was Zeus. "But they can all be awfully petty.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-10 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Demyx couldn't help but chuckle at that. "How did you guess? Man, those lightning bolts are no joke, you know?"
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-11 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"There must be somethin about the noise and flash that gives them such egos." Really more a question for philosophers to ponder. She doesn't need to know why they're like that. But she can't help noticing that they definitely are. "They shouldn't be invited to the same parties."
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-11 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Haha." Demyx chuckled lightly. "Well you never know, I've never been to one of their parties, just had the fun of playing dodge that lightning bolt." He smiled innocently.
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-05-12 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
"It's pretty rare for me to attend a party outside of work purposes. But lightning bolts can lead to those if someone's not very good at dodging." She doesn't usually judge the circumstances of a person's death. But she does occasionally judge gods for inappropriate application of power.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-05-12 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Ha, my job didn't even have parties for me to go to." Demyx chuckled. "Fortunately I'm pretty decent in the dodging department, he didn't get me."

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