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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2021-10-01 04:51 am

A New Platform [Intro Post October]

On the Train

The train continues its journey

"Good morning Voidtreckers, it is day sixteen of the month of Nebula. 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 doors open. As usual, those who leave first notice nothing, walking silently, rucksacks on their backs, towards the barriers. Asch, Ayumi Uoshida, Cleopatra Selene, Della Duck, Ghost, Hanuel Min, Jaisyn Solo, Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Nie Huaisang, Vermouth; all pass across the platform, not looking back. And then they're gone, disappeared through the barriers and into the fog beyond.

But on the platform itself there are four new faces. Wearing hoodies, three in purple one orange, 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. The platform is relatively small, a brick wall behind them and cracked flagstones on the floor. It is cold, icy cold but the wall at least shelters them a little.

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 on the foggy, freezing platform; then the fog begins to fade and they realise they aren’t alone.

The platform isn't large, but it is enough to hold the four 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, perhaps ten minutes or so, 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 yadon tail, 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. In most rooms, the occupied beds are obvious, leaving the spotless, empty spaces for the newcomers. 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 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] blue_ice 2021-10-02 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
The threats we face are often like fairy tales. Or sci-fi novels.

But we know the difference between those battles and...for example, Pokémon. There are a few trainers here already, and we know the difference.

[ And that's where he recognizes this man from, Seto realizes. ]

Are you Eva's partner?
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[personal profile] administreetion 2021-10-02 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[There's an eyebrow raised, skeptical of those words. Sure, he saw a guy with cat ears and a tail on the platform and thought he was some kind of cosplayer, but seeing those ears and tail move on their own was its own thing.]

So what you're telling me, is that those things are just as real as pokemon then. Uh... huh.. 'kay then.

She's my girlfriend, but how d'you know her? You some trainer that got pulled here too and knew her from somewhere?
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[personal profile] blue_ice 2021-10-02 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
You'll see for yourself once the missions start up again. But I know what that's like. Accepting that magic is real was...a process.

[ He can laugh now, with distance, but. That was fun. ]

I first met Eva here on the train, actually. She showed me an old picture of the two of you. And I'm not from a world where Pokémon exist, but she summoned one here for me to train because she believed it would keep me focused.
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[personal profile] administreetion 2021-10-02 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'll take your word for it, I'd like to see these monsters for myself. How often do missions happen?

[Hopefully not too soon, he could do without that kind of chaos for a while. But aside from that, a snort and a nod at the answer.]

How much of a pain has she been? Wait-- you said you come from a place where they don't exist...
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[personal profile] blue_ice 2021-10-02 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
She reminds me to take care of myself. She's...essentially an older sister now.

[ Which is still strange...but he sighs and unclips his Pokéball, rolling it in his hand. ]

Every one of us comes from a different world. Some are just far more different than others. There's an overrepresentation of versions of my home planet, Earth, and many more. There are some where the sky is red, some from space colonies, some who've never seen a human before arriving here.
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[personal profile] administreetion 2021-10-02 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like her, she's a big sister back home too.

[Now the attention is focused on the ball in Seto's hands, more curious just what monster Eva got for him. Maybe even battle, if he can manage to let himself let Shirayuki out, that is.]

A different world, I see. Comics and fairy tales really are real then.
Since you know my name, why don't you tell me yours, 's only fair I know it. And while you're at it, mind telling me the pokemon she got you as well?
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[personal profile] blue_ice 2021-10-03 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Many of them are, yes.

[ He lightly tosses his ball in the air, and a happy little apple lizard poofs into existence. He immediately snatches her out of the air, smiles at her cute growl, and deposits her on his shoulder. ]

This is Snapper. Eva called her a kajicchu. She's a dragon, but smaller and cuter than I'd usually associate with that name.

And I'm Seto Kaiba. I've gone from one of the gaming industry's most powerful executives to...tech support. And training.
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Lags in late...

[personal profile] administreetion 2021-10-15 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He watches the cute little Applin come out of the ball and placed on Seto's shoulder, smiling at her. Definitely not something he should battle, not with Shirayuki who is likely far stronger by the looks of it.]

Nice to meet you then, Kaiba-san, and Snapper sure is a cute one for a dragon.

I'm a former Champion and from a well known family, but all that's useless here isn't it?

[All that fame back home, and no one but Eva to know it.]