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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.
kumoko: (UM)

Re: Kitchen

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-03 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
She could just put it back into her spatial storage, but that won't fix the mess... she could try spitting the whole lot into the void, but that seems like the best way to cause some kind of world-ending glitch or piss off the gods or admins or whatever. She could get that human who just walked in and force him to sort it.

Wait, the human who-- she freezes, staring at him with her front four legs all holding pieces of snake. Crap.
deductiongeek: (innocent)

Re: Kitchen

[personal profile] deductiongeek 2019-08-03 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
To date, Conan's sole experience with a spider of this size had turned out to be a hoax intended to muddy the trail of a serial murderer by blaming some of his crimes on a local legend.

This did not appear to be a hoax, unless someone had gone to a lot of unnecessary effort to hide projectors in the kitchen.

A hallucination or a dream was still a possibility. But Conan decides to go along with it.

"You're a lot bigger than the spiders back home. What are you doing?"
kumoko: (i wanna use magic tho)

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-03 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't... it obvious... what else would she be doing but ceremonially ridding herself of the foul meat she'd been forced to survive on until now? She wants a clean slate for her new life as a train spider!

Well, clean might not be the word.

She mimes picking up a chunk of flesh, and stuffing it in the bin chute. It makes a wet squelching noise as it hits the chunk currently jamming it. Pull it out, shove it back in. Blood everywhere. Like that.
deductiongeek: (pic#7651079)

[personal profile] deductiongeek 2019-08-03 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The situation was bizarre, but if there was one thing Conan couldn't stand it was inefficiency. He scowls and stomps over to the chute, ignoring the spider who towered over him.

"You're not going to get anything done like that. It's obviously jammed. This is going to have to come out or nothing is going to go through."
kumoko: (F R I E N D S)

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-03 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
She backs off as he approaches - far be it from her to get in the way of a certified garbage expert - but soon moves back to loom over him for a proper look. Helpfully, she waves a scythe at him. Just show her where to stab, okay?
deductiongeek: (brat)

[personal profile] deductiongeek 2019-08-04 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Conan's first thought on seeing that scythe waving around is what a completely useless tool it was for the problem hand.

He shakes his head.

"You can cut up once it's out. But right now we need something that can pull all of that meat out of the chute." He goes rummaging through the kitchen drawers and cabinets and eventually emerges with some selected supplies.

He eyes the spider. It obviously understood him, but it hadn't spoken.

"Do you know Morse Code?"
kumoko: (UM)

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-06 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
What, you think she's some kind of teenage genius? Morse Code? Her life would have been so much easier with that. Spidershrug.jpg.

Also, no scythes, got it. She eyes his tools in return, trying to place each of them in the Grand Plan To Clear The Bin.
deductiongeek: (the old man did it again)

Cannot find any specific instructions on how to fix a train trash chute, so time to make things up

[personal profile] deductiongeek 2019-08-09 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
He could go over all the other possibilities for code communication, but if she didn't know the most common one, the odds or low that she'd be familiar with the others.

A very large pair of tongs were prominently featured in the collection, along with a number of scooping tools and a very large trash can.

kumoko: (8\)

heck yeah winging it

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-09 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
She's so lucky that her teammate is a expert cleaner, huh? Ah, wait! She quickly sketched out a demand: 'teach me morse code afterwards'
deductiongeek: (pic#7678923)

[personal profile] deductiongeek 2019-08-10 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"No problem. It doesn't take long to learn." Says the kid who learns codes for fun.

He drags the trash can over by the chute. "Can you give me a lift? I won't be able to reach it from here."
kumoko: (well wevs)

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-11 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That deal made, she's feeling generous to pick him as requested. Gripping his shirt in her normal claws, her front blades bracket him for support. Hup!
deductiongeek: (family)

[personal profile] deductiongeek 2019-08-13 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
He's prepared for the lift, and scrambles onto the countertop as soon as he's in range. He reaches down and pushes open the trash chute, then flips the switch to hold it open.