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A New Platform [Intro Post March]
PLATFORM STOP: MONTH 17
(QUICKSAND)
(QUICKSAND)
BEFORE ARRIVAL
The voice of the Voidtrecker Express welcomes passengers at the same time as always, sometime after breakfast. With points updated, everyone can spend the morning shopping. Most people will be expecting the second announcement that comes a few hours later, as the colours of the void outside the windows blur more and more.
A lurch and a jolt, and the windows fill with the fog that means they are at a platform.
ON THE PLATFORM
1. THE ARRIVAL
At first, all your character can see is steam billowing around them as they come to their senses. But as their eyes adjust, they find themselves on a platform.
It is cold, a slush of ice and rain on the ground underneath their feet. It's not currently raining though. The platform is made of black cobbles, slippy under their feet, dark stone gates serving as barriers giving the impression of a severe and grim place.
They stand in clothes not their own, in a style they might not even recognise. They're carrying a rucksack on their person, and for a moment it seems to just be them, alone on this platform. Before the fog starts to subside, and they'll see they're one of eleven figures: all facing the tracks, and all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies, the latter in one of four colours. Purple, red, blue or orange.
But then there's a roaring sound to get their attention, and out from the fog arrives a train. A sleek black, it it reads The Voidtrecker Express in gold lettering on the side. Every one of the doors hiss as they open automatically, and out pours a strange assortment of people, over a hundred at least. Some are human, some less so, with a majority wearing the same hoodie of four colours as they do, though some sport outfits in a variety of styles.
The train doors close behind them, and the vehicle is cloaked in the same fog that hides the world beyond the platform. A group of people head towards the gates of the platform, their expressions blank and unaffected by their surroundings. Ansem, Connor, Curufin, Elle Days, Freddy Fazbear, Margulis, Murderbot, Potato, Vexen, Will Stanton and Yota They disappear through the barriers, but no one else can - all people can do is wait until the train re-emerges, finishing whatever changes it's making.
It is cold, a slush of ice and rain on the ground underneath their feet. It's not currently raining though. The platform is made of black cobbles, slippy under their feet, dark stone gates serving as barriers giving the impression of a severe and grim place.
They stand in clothes not their own, in a style they might not even recognise. They're carrying a rucksack on their person, and for a moment it seems to just be them, alone on this platform. Before the fog starts to subside, and they'll see they're one of eleven figures: all facing the tracks, and all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies, the latter in one of four colours. Purple, red, blue or orange.
But then there's a roaring sound to get their attention, and out from the fog arrives a train. A sleek black, it it reads The Voidtrecker Express in gold lettering on the side. Every one of the doors hiss as they open automatically, and out pours a strange assortment of people, over a hundred at least. Some are human, some less so, with a majority wearing the same hoodie of four colours as they do, though some sport outfits in a variety of styles.
The train doors close behind them, and the vehicle is cloaked in the same fog that hides the world beyond the platform. A group of people head towards the gates of the platform, their expressions blank and unaffected by their surroundings. Ansem, Connor, Curufin, Elle Days, Freddy Fazbear, Margulis, Murderbot, Potato, Vexen, Will Stanton and Yota They disappear through the barriers, but no one else can - all people can do is wait until the train re-emerges, finishing whatever changes it's making.
2. BOARDING THE TRAIN
After a short time, perhaps ten minutes or so, the fog clears and the doors hiss open again. Everyone will feel a pull when they do, a need to board, and those from the train may encourage new arrivals to board. This feeling grows into one of apprehension and turns worse the longer they stay off-board.
For those that do board, they may find themselves in a few different carriages, but most likely the standard coach. A row of seats sit available, with a few tables between each. More likely than not, some cookies have been set out with jugs of drink, and cups available for pouring.
For those that don't, however, they're likely to attract attention if they're spotted. And if that fails... an unfortunate end will await them.
For those that do board, they may find themselves in a few different carriages, but most likely the standard coach. A row of seats sit available, with a few tables between each. More likely than not, some cookies have been set out with jugs of drink, and cups available for pouring.
For those that don't, however, they're likely to attract attention if they're spotted. And if that fails... an unfortunate end will await them.
3. DEPARTURE
Do a little exploring, if you will. But people will have half an hour total from the train's arrival before a second horn sounds, encouraging any stragglers taking advantage of the fresh air to board. After five minutes from this, the doors slide shut. Veteran passengers know what will happen next, but they may wish to brief their new companions.
The train begins to rumble with activity, and the platform starts to disappear into a fog as the voidcraft moves. A female-coded artificial voice echoes throughout the train.
The train begins to tilt, leaving the ground and rising up into the fog-filled sky.
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.
The train begins to rumble with activity, and the platform starts to disappear into a fog as the voidcraft moves. A female-coded artificial voice echoes throughout the train.
"Welcome aboard, passengers of the Voidtrecker Express. 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.
ON THE TRAIN
1. EXPLORING
With nowhere to go but through the train's carriages, this is a good time for newcomers to explore. For veterans, it's back to your everyday life aboard the Voidtrecker Express.
¤ New arrivals will notice a screen and console in every carriage sharing the same message, and a stack of leaflets in holders by them offering further information to the curious (see 'Publications'). There are lavatories available on each carriage on one end, with another console with a deposit box under it at the other. This is the train shop.
¤ It'll take some time for newbies to figure out the layout, even if there's only two directions to go in. Go one end, and you'll find the food stores and washing utilities. This month's key ingredient is pineapple, and you're sure to bump into others curious about what's in the stock.
¤ Go to the other end, and you'll find the sleeper cabins. Plaques sit on the wall by each door with the names of their occupants, and one of these will be yours - hopefully, they'll figure out that swiping their ticket against the doorpad will open it up to them. 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.
¤ At the farthest end in this direction is the luggage carriage, where passengers who have bought items from the train shop will find their purchases. There are also medical kits for every one, each labelled with their full roster name. These are scattered around the luggage carriage in various suitcases and bags, but there's also a small fridge and kettle here with bottled water, for those who want a quiet drink.
For those of Purple team who go looking for their reward they will find simple boxes of cupcakes to share out. There's a cupcake for all of purple team, even the new arrivals, share in your new team's success!
¤ New arrivals will notice a screen and console in every carriage sharing the same message, and a stack of leaflets in holders by them offering further information to the curious (see 'Publications'). There are lavatories available on each carriage on one end, with another console with a deposit box under it at the other. This is the train shop.
¤ It'll take some time for newbies to figure out the layout, even if there's only two directions to go in. Go one end, and you'll find the food stores and washing utilities. This month's key ingredient is pineapple, and you're sure to bump into others curious about what's in the stock.
¤ Go to the other end, and you'll find the sleeper cabins. Plaques sit on the wall by each door with the names of their occupants, and one of these will be yours - hopefully, they'll figure out that swiping their ticket against the doorpad will open it up to them. 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.
¤ At the farthest end in this direction is the luggage carriage, where passengers who have bought items from the train shop will find their purchases. There are also medical kits for every one, each labelled with their full roster name. These are scattered around the luggage carriage in various suitcases and bags, but there's also a small fridge and kettle here with bottled water, for those who want a quiet drink.
For those of Purple team who go looking for their reward they will find simple boxes of cupcakes to share out. There's a cupcake for all of purple team, even the new arrivals, share in your new team's success!
2. ACTIVITIES
But of course, there's also everything in-between those two directions, and the people in them.
¤ Areas of note will be the training gym, where there's always regulars training to pass the time. There's a training board offering services, but maybe you'll find someone who catches your eye in here. Or even its gear?
¤ Is your character used to the appliances to be found in the kitchen? Depending on when your character wanders in, they may find someone testing out a recipe, preparing for lunch, or even dinner time.
¤ The library offers a quiet place, with a fair selection of books from fiction to non-fiction. Is your character interested in learning more about the void? Picking up an action or adventure book? Wow, there sure are a few magazines.
¤ There's also media to consume, from the games car, the cinema, to the arts carriage. Ever played a virtual reality game? Wanted to learn how to fly? Have you seen a screen of moving pictures? There's now documentaries to be found in the cinema's catalogues, from How To programming, Void-related topics, and sports.
¤ Areas of note will be the training gym, where there's always regulars training to pass the time. There's a training board offering services, but maybe you'll find someone who catches your eye in here. Or even its gear?
¤ Is your character used to the appliances to be found in the kitchen? Depending on when your character wanders in, they may find someone testing out a recipe, preparing for lunch, or even dinner time.
¤ The library offers a quiet place, with a fair selection of books from fiction to non-fiction. Is your character interested in learning more about the void? Picking up an action or adventure book? Wow, there sure are a few magazines.
¤ There's also media to consume, from the games car, the cinema, to the arts carriage. Ever played a virtual reality game? Wanted to learn how to fly? Have you seen a screen of moving pictures? There's now documentaries to be found in the cinema's catalogues, from How To programming, Void-related topics, and sports.
3. REST AND SLEEP
¤ Time is difficult to track in the void, even with the few clocks around showing a 21 hour time. But the windows allowing a view of the kalediscope void will shift to a pitch black once the time reaches 12, and keep for the rest of the day.
¤ Breakfast, lunch, and dinner time is usually announced by whoever's cooking that day, and when. Sometimes it's decided by the team chores; other times, it's decided by who wants to be cooking.
¤ But sleep eventually comes to all, even if they don't want it to. When 21 hours have finally passed on the train, all passengers, whether they need sleep or not, will see black - only to start a new day in their cabin beds, with the sound of the train's automated voice greeting them with a 'Good morning' message.
¤ Breakfast, lunch, and dinner time is usually announced by whoever's cooking that day, and when. Sometimes it's decided by the team chores; other times, it's decided by who wants to be cooking.
¤ But sleep eventually comes to all, even if they don't want it to. When 21 hours have finally passed on the train, all passengers, whether they need sleep or not, will see black - only to start a new day in their cabin beds, with the sound of the train's automated voice greeting them with a 'Good morning' message.
NAVIGATION ~ GAMEPLAY ~ SETTING ~ CHARACTER INITIATIVES ~ QUESTIONS
Yugi Mutou | OTA
[With a new platform day, Yugi would normally think about going out and seeing who arrived. But today was a very different day for the young man who currently wasn't in the best of mind sets. After learning what he had back at home his mind had been more trying to figure things out and with that meant his focus was more elsewhere.
With Kubfu out of his ball and looking on at Yugi with concern since Yugi was currently working on some code looking rather tired. Soon the little Pokemon was firmly in the others lap, causing Yugi to finally look down.]
Ah, I'm sorry. Did you need food? I should really get you something. [He said but instead the Pokemon just simply nudged and wanted the others attention instead causing Yugi to smile slightly.]
Okay, but you know we have to say hi if anyone comes, okay?
[Since he was no longer focusing too much on his game right now.
Training Carriage
[Most people use the carriage to train. Yugi uses it in order to practice his abilities. While it's still not perfect he wanted to keep it up until he could finally get it to a decent point.
So with his hand out stretched he focused as much as he could on the image he had in his mind and with each second a form was slowly starting to take place as by the end a tiny Kuriboh plush was sitting there about the size of the palm of someone's hand.
This was enough to make him happy.]
Alright, finally... but to be sure. Best check. [He slowly walked on over, a small yawn soon passing by his lips as he picked it up to check it over.]
Looks wise seems okay... [He muttered before looking over.]
Excuse me, can I ask you something? It will not take long.
training carriage
But does she mind? Of course not. Whatever she was headed to can apparently wait for a moment, since she turns towards Yugi, curiously peering over to see what he was working on.
Apparently she hadn't been looking in his direction to see what he was doing a moment before. ]
Hm? What is it..?
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I've been working on my abilities and so I'm just seeing from another perspective if there is anything wrong with this palm sized plush?
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[ Madoka stares at it for a few moments. She's not too sure what she should be looking for. Does Yugi also not know whether something is wrong with it or not and he's just asking her, or is there something wrong with it and he's just trying to see if someone else would notice it too?
After a moment of staring, Madoka just ends up asking: ]
Can I pick it up for a moment? [ You know, just so she can look at it better! ]
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[For someone who might not know about the creature itself it wouldn't be obvious, but Yugi was more thinking about what plushes were like, weight being a factor he needed to check on. Would it be too light or a little heavy. There was also the obvious little bits too that he couldn't be certain He just knew the color was at least correct.]
I think there might be a couple mistakes I've done but I might not notice.
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She has no idea what specifically Yugi might be concerned with here, after all. ]
I think it seems alright to me.. Though I can't be sure how you intended it to look. [ She smiles a tad as she says that. ] It's cute, and fluffy..
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[Okay they weren't exactly real either but it was how he imagined them to be anyway.]
Thank you for the input.
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[ She almost sounds a little surprised. After all, Madoka doesn't think she really helped him all that much just by saying this! It was so little effort on her part.. ]
Are you starting to make plushies now? [ Since she does remember him creating those.. stranger ball-like objects before, but that hadn't been his intention back then. It does show Yugi is getting better at it, if this is what he wanted to make. ]
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[He did need to so he wouldn't make mistakes again. Also to figure out what purpose he can use them for. He knew to not use them to solve all problems as it ones wear him out, so he had to figure out his limits next.]
Wouldn't want them to go out of control or something again.
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.. but it's not like his practice can't be for something else. Her eyes shine a little, like she's got an idea. ]
But it'd be a shame to just do nothing with these plushies you're practicing with, right?
[ Unless they disappear after a while, but she doesn't think Yugi ever mentioned anything about that.. ]
If you're making a few while practicing, you could try handing them out to new people who look like they could use something nice, or a little bit of comfort! I got a teddy bear near the time when I first showed up here, and I remember that it actually did kind of make me feel better.. [ She smiles a little shyly, since she knows it must sound ridiculous.
But if other kids arrive, it might be nice for them to get something like that, right? Surely someone else out there could appreciate it. ]
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[He didn't know where exactly she was going with this right away, but he figured it was going somewhere, right?]
Ah! Actually that would be a good idea really. Gives them more of a purpose to and I could keep some around for if anyone is having a bad day in general.
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[ Unless they suddenly disappear? But she isn't entirely sure how Yugi's power works, and he seems to think it's a good idea, so maybe she's actually managed to hit on something here! ]
And I think using them for people who are having a hard time is a really good idea as well! It could be like.. like a fun surprise to try and cheer someone up! [ Madoka knows it'd cheer her up, at least.
Surely the same must count for other people, even if it might not for everyone out there. ]
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[Yugi was always about trying to help people after all, though he has gotten a bad habit of putting others before himself. But that will be a work in progress.]
Just not sure what area would be best. I think Gaming Carriage is at least one possibility because of the beanchairs.
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games
Her human follows, slowly easing himself into the closest chair. Seems Seto's finally able to move again after a few days of sleep. ]
Looks like you could both eat.
[ Good news: he has berries for Kubfu and a pineapple bread cup for Yugi, and offers those. Not the healthiest snack, but easy to make. ]
How are things going?
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I'm fine, I'm not hungry anyway. Kubfu probably is though.
[He smiles ever so slightly, but it seems a little bit forced more than anything before he sighs.]
Things are going okay. Just a lot to take in, I suppose.
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[ He feeds Kubfu anyway. Young Pokémon definitely need their energy, and Snapper crawls up for her snack too. He pets her, thinking things over a moment before he looks back to Yugi. ]
The last void incident, right? Sorry if you tried to tell me what happened before---I could barely stay awake. But I'm ready now if you want me.
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[Sure he might not have eaten in a while, but he didn't feel at all hungry either.]
I didn't say anything, so you don't actually need to say sorry.
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What happened back there? Did your world's Kaiba destroy the city in a fit of rage?
[ He might've...briefly considered it. Oops. ]
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No, surprisingly not. It's not about my worlds version of Kaiba. He seemed fine honestly.
[Plus he was sure he wouldn't be feeling the way he does about everything right now.
Just a few things happened while I was gone I guess I should at least say. But it will be fine, just a lot to take in.
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[ It must be his loved ones. Nothing else makes sense. Whether those are friends, or family...he slowly reaches out, trying to grasp Yugi's hand. ]
I'm sorry. You...you deserved better.
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[Sure he would have probably been there if it hadn't been for the train, so there was some bitterness to the situation, but it's happened and he just needs to learn to accept it. Bitterness or not.]
Can't really say if I deserved better or not for something that was going to happen eventually.
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[ There's someone he's thinking about as he says this. But no one more than Yugi, as he reaches for him. ]
I'm so sorry. I'll support you however I can.
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[It really was not, but at the same time as much as he would normally be good at expressing how he feels after being on the train for so long...it was much harder to be open and instead focusing on others who have it rougher.
He wants to, but it's hard.]
I just need time... Maybe.
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[ Seto is patient. He sits quietly beside him, sighing deeply. ]
I promised I'd never turn you away, no matter what. And I meant it.
I love you.
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[Maybe it was what the issue was that made it harder? But during those times isn't it best to confined in someone? Soon he moved to lean on the other lightly for a moment.]
But... With what has happened... Is it normal to be conflicted over what I want?
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