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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.
siriusly: (quiet i'm doing stealth shit)

[personal profile] siriusly 2019-08-04 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Wha-wuh--no! No no no-!"

There's a weird bug monster crawling up to eat him?! What the hell is wrong with this train!

Manabu wriggles all the more, trying to shimmy backward on his tiptoes the closer the monster gets, but his arms aren't really able to come with! It leaves him in a very weird position here...but there is, at least, some means of momentum.

His big-brain move is to hop, tuck his knees up, and swing forward to bring both feet forward and boot the bug coming his way all action-movie style.
kumoko: (OH NO)

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-06 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That truly is the tech play, my dude. If she was fully intent on fighting, she might well have dodged it. If she was even moderately intent on fighting, there was still a pretty decent chance. But she was trying to work out which section she could cut without dropping him, and also not making eye contact, and so the boots catch her squarely in her startled spider face.

That said, he didn't have much momentum, and she's a pretty big spider.

That said, without the augments of the skill system, she is fragile as shit.

There's some rolling, and some rattling of arachnid legs against suitcases, and then there's an unconscious - dead???? - spider on her back with all her legs curled up a few metres down the carriage.
kumoko: (ded)

entirely ooc

[personal profile] kumoko 2019-08-06 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You gain 45 xp and a healing potion!
siriusly: (aaa oh no my hand's become sentient)

[personal profile] siriusly 2019-08-06 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"J-JEEZ...!"

Holy crap, did he almost just get eaten?! Manabu dangles for a bit while his legs get over feeling like limp noodles, his eyes fixed on the conked-out creature. Who the hell let this thing on?! Are there more?

And more importantly...how is he supposed to get out of here?!

"Um...Help? Hello? Anyone?"
hashtagparkerluck: (Mowd1Qe)

I was summoned by a giant spider

[personal profile] hashtagparkerluck 2019-08-07 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Luckily or not, Peter's not too far off and his sensitive hearing picks up on the word 'help' and he's off to see what's going on. He stops just outside the luggage carriage, glad the lavender scent is gone and frowns at what he's seeing.

"Whoa, what happened?"

Charlotte looks like she's in pretty rough shape and Manabu is stuck in a web. Yeah, of course he is. So how does he get the other person free? He hops up to latch on the ceiling and crawls over to inspect the spider thread. He gets the feeling this version isn't going to just dissolve and frowns.

"Uh... okay... it's just a spider web, right? I can-I can figure this out." He tells himself as he makes the mistake of trying to just pull the spider thread free from where it's attached to the ceiling.

"Uh oh..." He tries to pull his hand free only to find webbing comes with it. "stickier than mine, too." He says as meant to be in humor but his voice has gone up a slight octave because he doesn't like the idea of being caught like this. He pulls again-he's got super strength this should be easy!

"Whatever, hang on-lemme try." He positions his feet on the ceiling so he can try to stand and pulls. No luck. He's just as caught as before and apparently he stepped on some webbing whoops. He tries to get free and after about a minute of struggling he's somehow managed to get even more stuck and is now hanging upside down.

"Not fair, Charlotte! We're supposed to be friends!" He calls out to the spider in mock-upset. He's a little nervous about this but also giggling because Spider-Man is caught in a spider web.
siriusly: (MOM NO)

[personal profile] siriusly 2019-08-08 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Another clown has entered this circus of stupidity, and Manabu can barely keep up with Peter's actions to even properly respond or advise him. First of all...He's climbing on the ceiling like a demon, which gets a good and proper gawk out of the space cop. Look -- he's seen the web-shooters and acrobatics thanks to Gwen, but this business? No. Not in the least bit within the realm of his expectations.

In hindsight, it figures. But only in hindsight, not right now.

"Peter, wait--waitwait, justgogetaknifeand--!!"

Ah.

Too late.

Manabu's eyebrow twitches with some rising fear-turned-frustration. Peter's laughing like this is a funny happenstance and not a near-death experience!

"Friends?!" he echoes, indignant. "Since when! How long have we had a, a giant bug-monster on the train exactly?!"
hashtagparkerluck: (What?)

[personal profile] hashtagparkerluck 2019-08-09 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Peter's not concerned about Charlotte hurting him-his spideysense isn't going off and she said she wouldn't hurt anyone as long as they didn't try to hurt her. Which is fair, Peter thinks, because she's a giant Spider. But she's also a nice spider that gave him a gift because he didn't have webs. And she was scared when he first found her so he's just not that threatened by her.

Peter tries to pull his arm free and frowns, still caught upside down which doesn't really bother him that much-he spends a lot of time upside down these days.

"Whoa, dude. Offensive, much? Charlotte has feelings too, you know. And she's been here since the last stop. Mr Stark made her promise not to hurt anyone. And yeah, she's my friend-I'm part spider now so she's my spider-pal. Also.." He starts giggling again.

"Spider-Man is caught in Charlotte's web!" He's now out and out laughing.
siriusly: (>:\\)

[personal profile] siriusly 2019-08-10 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
What is this guy even giggling about. Manabu lets out an exasperated scoff, because he sure isn't in on the joke and that's just as annoying as being stuck like a bunch of idiots!

"How was I supposed to know any of that?" he retorts, a touch petulant as he tries once again to wiggle. No good -- too much moving and he can feel his hair pulling off his scalp. "I was busy--rghn--trying to find some girl's weird cat...!"