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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!
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[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-01-24 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
She waited to see if he had any more questions but it seemed that he did not and so after a few moments she nodded at him and turned to leave. "I will be seeing you later."

She headed back into the crowd, to see who had arrived.
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[personal profile] democratically 2020-01-24 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps learning a new skill or picking up a hobby you never had time for before?" Not that Padmé wasn't going to struggle. The senate kept her on her feet, with odd hours and lack of sleep. It wasn't surprising that there were some nights that she fell asleep at her desk.
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-01-24 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh geez. Why did he ask her if she was sure she's alright! Lying two times in a row might just kill Madoka. It'd be too much for her poor nerves. So instead she quickly starts looking kind of guilty after he asks her that.

"I.. um.."

She stammers more, like she's totally unsure of what to say.

"Sorry, I'm.. I'm not really good with strangers.." At least that's definitely true. But it doesn't help when she thinks said strangers look really intimidating - which he does, despite him not having done anything mean or rude so far.
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-24 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)

It is, in fact, a total bummer. "Yeah, you know what? You can go ahead and put me in the column for actively hindering," Bucky suggests. He doesn't take the book very seriously, but if any actual, meaningful attempt to do something like that was made, he and the book were going to have some Issues. The only good thing was now Bucky knew where to head first if things started getting real weird.

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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-24 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)

Bucky sighs heavily, taking a half-step back, even though he doesn't really have anywhere to go. "Grabbing you by the neck and taking you into the river with me," he replies with a frown. "After crashing that helicopter into you. Where do you think I got the cut?" he gestures at his head, as if Steve was supposed to understand, to not remember anything past that point, either. "What the hell happened? Did you freeze me?" His face twists with confusion, because surely Steve would never do that to him, not unless there was no other choice...

But he had just fought his way out of a UN building. And fought almost a quarter of the Avengers in the process. Maybe Steve didn't even do it, maybe someone else, like Hydra. The thought makes his stomach churn.

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[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2020-01-24 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Tony looked at Ignis surprised. He remembered it as Ignis was going to adopt Madoka and there was someone else Tony was considering now that this conversation had come up, but he hadn't thought about doing the adopting with Ignis. Still, he looked to where the girl had run off and thought about what an innocent spirit she was. She could stand to have more than one parent on board if she was willing. Why wouldn't that be him? It would make it easier to teach Ignis how to act like a dad and maybe after a while Ignis would feel comfortable enough with doing it on his own- though that wouldn't ever be required.

"Sure," he agreed with a light smile. "You just need to ask her. Just remember, she'll love the idea."
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[personal profile] schrodingersghost 2020-01-24 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Danny wonders if he should be alarmed at all that concern. He was worriedly reminded of the last time his sister had sat him down for a discussion on homework and why he should turn it in even if the teachers were no longer accepting "a ghost dog ate it" as an excuse.

"Uh, kind of? I mean, I'm half-ghost, my parents are ghost hunters. I might be a C student, but even I can figure out how badly that's going to go."
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[personal profile] internetsexsymbol 2020-01-24 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Reigen only knows the one, but hey, guy's gotta have family. Maybe that's how the Avengers thing started, Reigen's building his own explanation for it until he gets told otherwise.]

Oh, it's Tony. Sounds like you guys are work buddies from what he said?

[He's not about to mention that was under the influence of alcohol, of course. Gotta help Tony keep that image of reliability.]

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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-01-25 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Green eyes rolled. "You make it sound like it's so easy." Ignis shook his head. He could just see how that would play out if he just up and asked Madoka.

It may be pessimistic but he could only see how badly it would go over. Ignis could see Madoka crying and not tears of joy.
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[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-01-25 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
"That was pretty much implied," Zetta said, then heaved a long sigh. Humans were SO predictable and weird. They didn't even understand the courtesy he was doing by bothering to attempt to involve them in the slightest.

Why WAS he involving them anyway? At least in heaven they'd been fellow gods and shinki, quote-unquote, but here they were just lowly humans same as every other lowly human.

"Luckily, it's in my best interests for now not to antagonize the other people on this train more than necessary."
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[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-01-25 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, offer's open to anyone who wants to hook themselves to the true power of the cosmos. [Zetta doesn't expect anyone to take him up on the offer, generous as he believes it to be.] Call it an olive branch.
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[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2020-01-25 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Not a lot of options for that, given what we have here. Like I said, there's games, and I'm learning a few things about cooking, but in terms of resources we're dead low." Not that he knew what he'd want to learn even with unlimited resources.
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[personal profile] deductiongeek 2020-01-25 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
He brakes the board and pauses in thought.

"Anyone can learn the basics pretty quickly. But we'd have to find another board."

He wasn't about to start someone off on the motorized board.
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[personal profile] democratically 2020-01-25 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, we'll see what we can do about that." Offering a smile. She couldn't say that she had many hobbies, given that she didn't have a lot of free time, but Padmé would make the best out of any situation that she had. This one would be no different.
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[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2020-01-25 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, okay. It's not easy but it is simple. You have to just ask and I know she'll say yes. I realize it's hard putting yourself out there like that, but trust me, she's going to love the idea. If you can't believe that then can you trust me? I guarantee it'll work out just fine."

He leaned in and pressed a soft kiss to Ignis' forehead. "Trust me and trust yourself. That's why you got chosen to lead the blue team and on the council. People can see the good in you even if you get shy about it. You've got it in you, you just need to have some faith in it. I do. Madoka does too."
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[personal profile] usernamesarecool 2020-01-25 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Those are all thoughts the Doctor's already had, processed and discarded. At this point, he'd sort of figured that no one had seen the driver yet-what with a solid wall between the passengers and the driver.

"Well, It's certainly possibly it's all done remotely-except that implies the train is being steered from an outside source-I don't know if that makes it better or worse." He shrugs, taking another look at the the wall.

"I will say though, they are going through some extraordinary lengths to keep was away from the engine, aren't they?"
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[personal profile] usernamesarecool 2020-01-25 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a useful skill." The Doctor notes, letting will tell him the things he'd seen. Easy enough to picture, he supposed. Get mad with management-tear the wall down. Or at least make an attempt.

"Did it show you what happened after? I'm assuming it didn't budge."
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[personal profile] usernamesarecool 2020-01-25 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Nice to meet you, Ms Amidala." The Doctor says, a genuinely friendly and warm tone to his voice as he offers his hand to shake.

"Seems we'll be sharing a ride for the foreseeable future, no reason we shouldn't know one another, eh?"
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-01-25 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
The dusty blonde head lowered. "I...well I'm not you. I don't take risks for fun and as you've said she already has parents." This was just crazy and Ignis couldn't see how this would end well at all. At being asked if he trusted Tony, he looked at the other man half offended, half wondering. "Of course..I trust you with my life."

A sigh escaped him as he was kissed on the forehead and the green eyes slid closed. "I was chosen by default. I voted for no one on the council simply because I didn't know anybody. Even still, somehow fate had a hand in it and I've been at your side ever since."

Green eyes opened and he stared at Tony as a hand was gently placed on the side of the Red Team leader's face. "I love you and I wouldn't hesitate to die for you. But I'd much rather face that then see this go badly." He paused and placed his other hand on the side of his lover's face before giving him a soft kiss. "But I will think about it."

Removing his hands, Ignis turned to go, full of so many emotions and thoughts.
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[personal profile] hashtagparkerluck 2020-01-25 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Peter relaxes again, taking faith in those words. At least, for now, Skip hadn't joined the train and as long his name didn't turn up then he was safe-Conan, Buttercup, Romeo, Joss, Gwen... they were all safe. And man there really were a lot of kids on this train.

He coughs again and shifts a little, to change his position, eyes closing as he focuses on the nice, calm feeling of the force.
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[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2020-01-25 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
It spoke to him, deep down, that Ignis trusted him like he was claiming. Tony knew it was true and he felt the same way about Ignis. More importantly than his own life, he trusted Ignis with the innocent kids they looked after here on this train. He wouldn't be encouraging just anyway to do this. Ignis was special and always had been.

He couldn't argue with the fact that Ignis and he were very different. Nor could he say anything about taking risks for fun as he was very aware he was an adrenaline junkie. However, he couldn't let it slide the remark about him being a 'default' choice.

"Hey wait a second," he reached out and placed a hand on Ignis' arm. "You were no default. There were others people had voted for but they didn't have enough votes. People trusted you and they still do. It doesn't matter if you were too uppity to vote or not, you'd made a strong enough it impression on others that they said, we want Ignis Scentia as our representative. I didn't know you at the time really, but you are now my closest confidante. I believe in you."
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-01-25 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
When Tony grabbed his arm, Ignis thought it was to talk about the other topics he'd brought up. But he listened to what was said and he nodded. He'd barely spoken to many people at the time so he wasn't quite sure how much of an impression he could've made in that very short span of time.

He smiled slightly. "I'm always touched by your faith in me, and admittedly it's been my anchor at times." He gave Tony a kiss on the side of the cheek and stared wordlessly into the dark orbs, searching them for a moment. There was simply another smile and he nodded.

"I won't keep you from making your rounds, so I'll see you later." Ignis needed to get away because he felt like he'd said far too much and made an ass out of himself. Everything he said he meant but maybe it wasn't appropriate somehow.
Edited 2020-01-25 07:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2020-01-25 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
This time Tony doesn't stop him. He has said all he could, but there still seemed to be something he wasn't breaking through. Tony wasn't even sure what it was exactly. He knew he had faith in Ignis on a level the man himself didn't. Whatever it was, it meant Ignis was needing an escape from him which made Tony feel like lousy.

As he watched Ignis leave, he went back to greeting people and helping the newcomers settle in.
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[personal profile] hashtagparkerluck 2020-01-25 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
He can't tell if Kaito's serious or not and he doesn't feel well so he just leaves the statement alone.

"Can't have lemon anyway." He shrugs and then coughs again. "Spiders and citrus aren't a great mix-and since I'm basically part-Spider now..." He gestures to the list allergens.
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[personal profile] hashtagparkerluck 2020-01-25 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Y-yeah, of course not.

[ He nods quickly, almost breathlessly. He won't take the shield. He promises. Although, just for fun, he'd really like to throw it. That's not really where his mind should be so he clears his throat a little, wincing a little as it just feels bad and nods again. ]

Um.. either honey or sugar.