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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2019-08-01 05:58 am

A new Platform [Intro post~ August]

For those on the Train

"Good morning passengers, it is day sixteen of the month of Apple." The train announces as always as everyone wakes up the morning of the sixteenth. "Due to your success on Hub World #5739 your team points have been updated on the system. The on train shop has unlocked new stock."

For those going to investigate it might seem like the boredom of the last two weeks will be alleviated a little. More so after a few hours when there is a second announcement.

"Shortly arriving into a designated void platform. Exit from void imminent."

By now they should know to hold on as the train jerks and jolts. There is only fog outside the windows but the train soon comes to a stop. The doors hiss open.

As they exit into the fog they may notice Hibiki exiting from the luggage carriage door. She hasn’t been seen since the Hub World and they might be forgiven for believing she stayed behind. But here she is, backpack on her back as she walks through the station. She heads no call, reacts to no words and cannot be stopped as she walks to the ticket barrier and disappears through it.

It is impossible to follow. But you soon may be distracted because this platform is far from empty.

For new arrivals

At first all you can see if steam. Billowing around you as you come to your senses. You are standing, in clothes that are not your own, styles you might not even recognise. You are carrying a rucksack on your back. For a moment it seems to just be you, alone in the white haze but then the steam begins to fade and you realise you aren’t alone.

The platform is not very large, but it hold twelve figures all facing the tracks, all wearing similar clothing, even if one of them is a spider. The tracks stretch left and right into steam, or perhaps fog. Nothing can be seen to either side. There is a wall around the platform and the only entrance is a ticket barrier. It cannot be open, nor do there seem to be any staff.

What there is, is a train. Jet black and gleaming where it stands on the rails.Voidtrecker Express is emblazoned in the engine in gold. There is a hiss as the doors slide open.

Out step a selection of people, wearing clothes just like yours.

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.

Once on the train there is plenty to explore. A new sleeper carriage has appeared as has a medical bay. Neither were there before those already on the train had disembarked to meet their new travelling companions.

Each ICP shows the same message. The food stores have been topped up with new fresh food, though it seems that eggs are still predominately on the menu.

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. Those who boarded two weeks ago will know what is coming next.

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.
knifewithnoname: (serious)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-08-03 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
"I do no be." She wasn't stupid, she hid her eye roll though. Did all these adults come from worlds where children were idiots who didn't know how to keep themselves alive.

Then again Peter came from Tony's world and he was an idiot, so maybe that's why Tony believed he had to protect children.

"A voice in the air. It do be telling us things, like we do be coming to the platform. It do sometimes be writing on the magic screens too."
seawanderer: (My brother is a dork)

[personal profile] seawanderer 2019-08-03 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Smart girl," he praises. Elvish children take a very long time to grow up, in terms of human years. He's used to children looking as old as her as being far too young and needing guidance.

"Magic? Do you mean power?" He'll be listening for anything familiar, especially once they've entered the train.


[ooc: Because 'magic' is closer to 'music' in Tolkien XD At least where elves and the Maiar and Valar are concerned. Makes up eeeeeverything! Wheeeeeeee!]
knifewithnoname: (listening)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-08-04 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
She smiled at that, she's not immune to praise after all. But at the question she frowned and then nodded slowly. "I do be thinking so. There is power and then you do be using it and then it do be being magic."

She doesn't really understand it. She doesn't have magic and so she only knows what she has heard, some of the rumours she knows better than to listen to, but others she knows are probably right because it matches what she knows of Priestess Elena.
seawanderer: (Amused)

[personal profile] seawanderer 2019-08-04 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
Few are!

"Perhaps I will have to show you some of what I know as power, though not here." He gives her a conspiratorial little smile. "This," he glances back to the train, "is different. Not everyone can use the power of my world, but it seems this one, most could, with the proper knowledge."
knifewithnoname: (listening)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-08-04 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
He had magic? Or power as he called it. He was some kind of priest? He almost looked like one, in a way, the way he held himself. Except he didn't look human at all. From a totally different world.

"Maybe. I do no be knowing how it do be working at all. We could no be finding the deck and it do no be having sails so it do only be being a little bit like a ship."
seawanderer: (My brother is a dork)

[personal profile] seawanderer 2019-08-04 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, did the pointed ears and slight glow give him away?

Maglor hums thoughtfully. "I suppose I will have to look for myself and see what answers I might find. Care to help?"
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-08-04 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded, she wasn't sure what else there was to find but maybe someone new would see things differently. Also if he was a priest she didn't want to disobey him.

"Of course I will be helping."
seawanderer: (Amused)

[personal profile] seawanderer 2019-08-04 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Adults and children see different from each other. Plus...he's missed being around little ones.

He smiles at her acceptance and places a hand on his chest to bow briefly. "Then I suppose introductions are in order. I am called Maglor." Because he's already figured out not giving a name that is his is pointless, considering each is stitched onto the pack left at their feet.
Edited 2019-08-04 20:52 (UTC)
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-08-05 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
She copies him, placing her own hand on her chest to bow back politely. She's trained well enough that bowing looks natural and not awkward or clumsy. "It do be being nice to meet you... Maglor."

Lightning got annoyed when she called her priestess, other worlds were complicated. "I... You can be calling me Buttercup if you do be wanting."

She's still unsure about the name truthfully, it seals her too close to Tony and she still hasn't given him an answer yet. But on the other hand it feels sort of nice to have a name to give, cool as Peter would say.
seawanderer: (Amused)

[personal profile] seawanderer 2019-08-07 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
His smile turns gentle. "You are well met, Buttercup." It's a cute name!

He would agree that other worlds are complicated, his is far from an exception. But it's his. "I think it is about time to go on inside, but I hope we can talk again soon."
knifewithnoname: (excited smiles)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-08-07 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded, the whistle hadn't blown yet but she thought it would soon. It hadn't been long when they had first arrived on the platform. This is the first time they have picked up anyone new though so she has no idea if it will be the same.

"I do be hoping so too." She grinned, "The train do no be being that big so we will be seeing each other more."

There's no way to really avoid people on the train after all.