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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-01-01 05:55 am

A New Platform [Intro Post January]

On the Train

After a very quiet latter half of the month of Catfish the calendar clicks over. Passengers wake up in their beds as usual to the passenger announcement. "Good morning passengers, it is day one of the month of domino.".

Those that have been on board a while know that new months usually come with new people and so the message a few hours later will not be a surprise. "Shortly arriving into a designated void platform. Exit from void imminent." A lurch and a jolt and they are soon surrounded by the fog that means they are at a platform.

It will come as a relief that no one leaves this time, no one with packed bags to walk silently towards the barriers.

Added to that the platform itself holds more people then it ever has before. Twenty one figures, all the colours are represented. The ground is icy and their breath pools in white clouds around them.

For New Passengers

At first all they can see if steam. Billowing around them as they come to their senses. They are standing, in clothes that are not their own, styles 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 but then the steam begins to fade and they realise they aren’t alone.

The platform is not large and it holds twenty one figures all facing the tracks, all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies. The air is cold, the ground icy beneath your feet. Both left and right the tracks disappear into the mist. 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 into the cold step a selection of people. Some are human, some are less so. They are wearing the same hoodie in one of the four colours, red, orange, blue and purple.

The Train

The doors hiss open. Those from the train may encourage those on the platform to board. It’s not like there is 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 not be a good thing also it’s very cold out on the platform. The train is warmer.

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. The store rooms have been restocked and it seems that water chestnuts are the month of Domino’s ingredient of choice! Any of orange team who who go to check the luggage cart will find a parcel containing gingerbread snowflakes, decorated with icing. One for each of the orange team, including new members, come share in the reward!

New passengers will find their tickets allow 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 and you will hopefully find a pillow for your bed if it has not been nabbed by a roommate, there are also spare blankets for if it gets cold.

Departure

A second horn sounds to encourage any stragglers and the doors slide shut. Veteran passengers know what will happen next, they may wish to brief their new companions.

The train sets off, the fog obscuring the view 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."

Hopefully someone warns you that you really want to heed that warning because a moment later there is 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. The fog from the windows is gone now, replaced with a kaleidoscope of ever changing colours.

Welcome to voidspace!
deductiongeek: (pic#7678923)

[personal profile] deductiongeek 2020-01-04 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Conan takes his hand and shakes it, very professionally. "Conan Edogawa. I'm a detective from Japan."

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wade is hip with the kids, as long as you dont ask any kids if that's true

[personal profile] filmnotyetrated 2020-01-04 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Definitely don't bring that up with him, he's practically disowned me and doesn't like to be reminded about his wayward teenage sons. He's way nicer to my," Wade pauses to snort, trying to keep it together for the joke. He's usually a 'quick gratification' sort, but the drawn out trolling potential here was too good. "-brother." He finishes after a beat.

"Most of the kids on this train are his, as a matter of fact."
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[personal profile] schrodingersghost 2020-01-04 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"You don't have them where you're from?"

Danny was guessing here, although he had a hard time picturing a world that didn't have trains.
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2020-01-04 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
He stares at Kaito for a long moment.

"Its smoke bombs, isn't it."
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2020-01-04 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's one of the things that makes it useful," he agrees. "At home I had a backpack with space to carry one."
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[personal profile] dredefulchilde 2020-01-04 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Joscelin crawls down to sit next to her on the floor. She's quite a bit taller than he is, and older-looking in general, but he'd been told once that the other children on the train saw him as something of an authority figure so he might as well pull a Tony Stark and look after the girl until she gets her bearings.

"Well then, Misa, welcome to the Multiverse Hopping Nightmare Train." All right, so he isn't very well practiced at being comforting, but still. "You're feeling lost and afraid right now, I understand, but generally the people here want to help. This isn't a bad sort of place, as far as prisons go."

He's really bad at this.
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[personal profile] signseeker 2020-01-04 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Will watches carefully. "I think I can remember that." It was rather odd, but he supposed it must be some new kind of technology, if it was not the magic of the train.

"I read the pamphlets that were set out, but is there anything else you think I should know? What kinds of things go on here?"
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[personal profile] dredefulchilde 2020-01-04 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Joscelin raises an eyebrow. "You were bitten by a what?" Goodness, and he thought that he had problems.

He shoves the rest of his toast in his mouth, leaving a small purplish smear of berry jam on his chin. "And I'm Vampire-Boy, but that doesn't mean that I presume to know everything there is to know, either about my particular curse or this train. If you weren't aware, the normal rules don't seem to apply here."
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-04 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky's smile is a little more sincere after Will speaks. "Yeah, I'm fine. Takes more than one punch to do any real damage," though his face was going to be sore for a few hours. "I deserved it, anyway."
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-04 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
He sighs and nods. "I guess it couldn't hurt to fill it out," but he was going to enjoy sassing Tony with some of his answers. He'd just have to be careful not to put any that would get him punched. "Tony already knows most of the answers, of course, but maybe there's a few..." he shrugs, sliding his bag off his shoulders and pulling it around so he can retrieve one of the pencils.
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[personal profile] democratically 2020-01-04 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Curufin. Padmé would remember that name, and seek him out, if she decided to inquire more about past events. It seems that there will be much to take in, but that has never stopped Padmé. Sometimes she has to hit the ground running and learn as she goes.

She does give a little surprised blink, as she must have a fairly large family. Three sons here... How many in total, she idly wonders, as Padmé would eventually like one of her own, but not just yet. "Ah. That must make for an interesting time. I hope it has not been too much trouble for you."
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-04 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky hums in agreement. "They sure do, especially these days. When I was a kid, if you went up on the rooftops you could still see the stars, but that was when electricity was still new," he flashes her an easy smile. "Maybe the train'll stop there someday, and you can see it for yourself."
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[personal profile] signseeker 2020-01-04 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I suppose there isn't much that can be done about it for now." Will shrugs. "Perhaps there will be other options later."
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-04 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
He chuckled softly, cracking a grin. "Well, it's not that high of a rank, especially within the Commandos, and no one's ever accused any of us of being stiff," he replies warmly. "Were you raised on a military base?" the idea of someone that young being part of an actual military is too distasteful for him to really consider.
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky furrows his brows at the question, turning his attention from cleaning up back to Peter. "No, just some ginger and sugar," but he doesn't like the sound of that, so he looks back at the list of allergens, double-checking. Nope, nothing on the list is something he gave Peter.

He reaches out to take the tea from Peter, dumping it down the sink and getting a fresh glass, filling it with the coldest water he can get from the sink and handing it back. "Here, take a couple sips." It would make the coughing worse, but might help with the new symptoms. He hoped. "Is this what it felt like, the last time you ate citrus?"
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-04 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky lifts both brows. He's already figured out most of the kids on this train are... atypical, so he doesn't immediately jump to teasing Conan about being too young. Instead, he opts for a more sensible approach. "A detective, huh? What kinds of mysteries have you solved?"
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-01-04 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
She stares at him. No, none of that made any sense. Let's start with the first thing that she doesn't understand. "What's a pancake?" She asks, blinking those lashes at him.

Honestly, there were a lot of things that she didn't understand, but she wants to break it down for herself, so that means starting with the questions.
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-01-04 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
She shrugs. "Not as hard as Jocko used to. I'm fine." She suddenly misses training with Jocko. But she scoots back a little, not realizing that puts her face in the light a bit, revealing her make up and false eyelashes to the man with the droid arm.

"Are you new here, too?" She asks, curiously.
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2020-01-04 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Homicides, mostly. With some arson, thefts, hijackings and kidnappings."

He was fully aware of how that sounded, coming from someone who looked the age he did.
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-01-04 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Misa doesn't understand the rest, but 'Hutt'? That she understands. And she starts giggling. Because 'favored of a Hutt'? Not something to be proud of. "So, you're a bodyguard and used to be a slave of the Hutts." Yeah, that's derision about the Hutts in her tone.

But bodyguard piques her interest. She needs one of those. But she's not so sure about trusting a female Twi'lek, even if she really wants to.
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Wade is the Cool Train Uncle, isn't he?

[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-04 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
On the one hand, Tony having a dozen kids with different women wouldn't surprise Bucky in the least. On the other, he's sure he's dealing with a pathological liar right now. "If you were my son, I'd probably have disowned you, too. All the rest seem relatively well-adjusted, so what happened? He drop you on your head as a baby?" He didn't care about the answer, he was just trying to keep Wade distracted while they moved through the train.
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[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-01-04 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Electricity. That do be being what do be making lights, right?" It had been new? She grinned at him. "Maybe, I would like to be seeing it."
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-01-04 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Misa shakes her head, her hair not moving an inch. "The last thing I remember is Jocko saying to stay close, something was going on. I turned to look at hair ribbons for Nina, and then I was waving fog out of my face." She explains.

She looks around at the train. "I thought perhaps the smuggling ring had gotten me, but I was told this isn't Wild Space, and there are people here who don't know what a hyperdrive is." Which, okay, she doesn't know a lot about ships, and mostly about traders, and luxury vehicles, but she knows what a hyperdrive is!
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-01-04 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
She frowns, blinking impossible lashes at him. He talks a lot and she's not really used to that. People around the house want her to talk, not the other way around, and men always want something from all of them.

"My name is Misa, sir." She picks and chooses what she'll answer. "And you've given me no cause to pull my vibroknife." She says, seriously.
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-01-04 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because the house would pay ransom for me." Or, she liked to think so. The courtesans would, anyway. And Freema and Jocko. The rest? Maybe not. Her tone is one of self-importance, and obviousness. Why don't you understand, oh bossy one?