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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] deductionrival 2020-01-28 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded, agreeing whole-heartedly that it was disturbing. "As far as I've heard, no one remembers anything. It starts by you hearing the conductor call for you to come to the engine and next second you're waking up."

He shook his head, trying to keep himself from shuddering. "How do you get somewhere that most folks can't?"
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[personal profile] justbecawsican 2020-01-28 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Have a few tricks that most folks don't. Like magic, stuff like that." Cagey answer? Maybe, but Bran knows better than to just blab secrets to any stranger straight off. Sure, the kid is a kid, but that just means if Bran yapped, he'd be putting him in danger.

No bueno.

"I'll try and keep that call in mind, but it's not like you can stop it once it's started, can you?" Bran asked, wrinkling his nose and scowling just a little at the thought.
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[personal profile] justbecawsican 2020-01-28 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Not sure I actually signed on to be a hero," Bran said, grumbling just a little. Then again, wasn't that sort of what he was doing back home on his version of Earth? Yes, yes it was. Still, the principle of the thing made him whinge.

At least if he was complaining, he wasn't going to blow up.

"I take it you've been here for a bit, then. Anyone you know show up? Is that even a thing?" Not that he wanted his sentai to show up here. Not a bit. They were better off back in Japan where he'd left them...
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[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-01-28 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Everything," Zetta said, flatly. Then he amended it to, "about my universe anyway. It probably doesn't cover yours, but otherwise? Literally everything."
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"I have that white dress here. It had arrived with me though I wasn't wearing it at the time." It was strange but Naminé didn't think to deeply about it. It was just another part of a large universe that she didn't understand.

"We can look but it isn't important. I was just... curious."

She wanted to understand.
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Then after that." She smiled as her watched buzzed angrily at her.

"Oh. I think I need to get on the train now."
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Naminé smiled. "I would like that very much." She wanted to learn everything and any chance to do so was a welcomed one.

"Oh. I need to find my room first." She finished her hot chocolate and set the glass down in the sink. "Should I clean this first? I am not sure."
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Naminé smiled at Madoka. "Thank you!" She took a step and then turned back towards Madoka with a happy smile. "I hope we meet again soon."

With that, Naminé finally turned and went to go find her new room.
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm glad. Then your kingdom is safe while you are here." Naminé had been a little worried.

A loud alarm echoed from her wrist as the band around it cried for her to step onto the train. "Oh. It looks like its time for us to go."
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I can't take this. It's yours. I'm sure I will find one in time. I just need to ask what I can do." She didn't want to take something that didn't belong to her, it didn't feel right.
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-01-28 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think any of us did." She says wryly. " But here we all are, all the same. And this is now my... second month, I think, as they count time here. And yes - it does happen! I arrived here with my nephew Findekano, and my husband Feanaro and three of my sons were here before me."

"Here on the train I believe all are going by the Sindarin-form of their names, however." She adds - she always forgets, as she doesn't actively speak Sindarin. "So, Fingon, my nephew. And Feanor my husband, and my sons are Maedhros, Maglor, and Curufin."
Edited 2020-01-28 04:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-28 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Bucky nods with no small amount of relief. "And you wouldn't be a book of lies, now would you?" he prods. Mostly just to annoy the book a little more. For good measure.
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[personal profile] themasterthief 2020-01-28 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I will," he replied, no pun intended. He cocked his head slightly. "I'll keep that in mind as well." He almost asked about them but in the end it wasn't his business. It was one thing to stumble upon the information by reading private documents on the sly or here it spoken by gossiping people, but entirely another for him to pry with words. He would rather do the former than the latter.
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-28 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Bucky snorted softly, but nodded his head, getting up and tucking his journal into his bag, slinging it over his shoulder again. "I'm gonna go get some coffee. I'll see you around."
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-01-28 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Nonsense." She says firmly. "It's a gift, my dear - and I'm sure you will put it to good use."
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh um... thank you." She wasn't sure what else to say. This was the first time that Naminé had received a gift from someone.
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-01-28 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're welcome dear." Nerdanel smiles at her. "I hope you fill it with plenty of lovely drawings!"
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will." She hugged the sketchbook, her smile wide and warm. "I will show you when I finish some."

[ooc: want to wrap up here-ish?]
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think its a good spot, yep!

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-01-28 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will look forwards to it, little one." She smiles back. "Until then, if you need anything, you can ask for Nerdanel."
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[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-01-28 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's literally impossible. Anything written in the Sacred Tome becomes true by definition. If you had the mana power, which you don't--" Just had to make that clear. This wasn't even a matter of ego; it took not only mana of Overlord levels, but mana of top-tier-among-Overlords to write in the Sacred Tome effectively -- "you could write us all back home in an instant."
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[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2020-01-28 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Where would you see something similar to this?" Edge glanced to the void for just a second, trying to imagine that. Even the depths of space on the way to the moon looked nothing like this!
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[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2020-01-28 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Might I have the honor of escorting a lovely lady?" With one hand on his heart, Edge bowed slightly, then offered her his other arm.
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[personal profile] really_sketchy 2020-01-28 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh." Naminé looked a little surprised before gently taking his arm. "Thank you."
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[personal profile] luckybucky 2020-01-28 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)

That was taking things a little too literally there, enough that Bucky huffed out a laugh. "It's really important to you, to be better than other people, huh? Well, you're in luck, just about everybody's better than me."

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[personal profile] democratically 2020-01-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"... are we able to bring items back from worlds that we visit?" The thought striking her right then and there. Books, perhaps, or games. Items to keep themselves occupied anyway.