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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.
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[personal profile] afterburner 2019-08-09 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Uniformly gray. Or tan, usually. Depends on where they come from, mostly. Though I suppose some of them are only tan because they take dirt and mud baths...at least the ones I've seen in the zoo do that." Not that she went to the zoo a whole lot as a kid, either, but school field trips had been a thing at some point.

"You...don't have elephants where you're from, huh? So what do you have?" Because she's curious, too, honestly.
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-10 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Gray." Ignis echoed. This definitely had the advisor thinking. The mud and dirt baths seemed familiar, but he would say from what he knew, the beasts were more white or silver.

His head came back up at her question but he shook his head. "There's quite a varied wildlife actually." But he didn't want to talk about daemons and how they came into being. So he chose a safer topic.

"I don't suppose you've ever heard of a chocobo?"
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[personal profile] afterburner 2019-08-11 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Nah, I--" But wait. Renee thought about it, then shook her head. "I don't think so, but there's something that's nagging at me. What is it, I guess?"

She just wasn't catching on. Either of her brothers would've pegged it right away, but not her. Probably a good thing in this case, either way.

"Varied wildlife. Yeah, that sounds like Earth, too. But somehow I'm pretty sure that's not where you're from." She grinned anyway, and shrugged.
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-11 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I guess in comparison to the things I've seen here, it would be best described as a..large chicken, one so large that you could ride it." That was the best explanation he had for it.

At her guess, Ignis shook his head. "No, I am not from there." He had no idea where that was, but it wasn't the name of where he was from. "It's called Eos."

He'd been careful about revealing anything to anyone, which was one of the reasons he wasn't volunteering any information. Back home he was running with a Prince who was a wanted man, one who had an imperial bounty on his head. So he would continue to play it safe.
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[personal profile] afterburner 2019-08-11 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Renee shook her head at that. "No, not ringing any bells. Sorry." She scrunched up her nose as a terrible thought crossed her mind but--no, no, she wasn't going to go there.

"Eos. That's a neat name, at least..." But she shrugged a little, again. It wasn't like Professor Xavier hadn't been to different worlds before, so the fact that this guy was from one? Not really a surprise.

His reserve didn't strike her as odd, but for an entirely different reason than he'd been thinking of. She was playing it safe, too, but mostly because Renee just didn't give anyone her trust easily. No offense intended.
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-11 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I figured that would be the situation, no apology is necessary." Ignis said with a resigned tone. It didn't really bother him but a chocobo was a lighter subject than a daemon. And again no surprise with her not having heard of his world. It was simply as he'd suspected, that he was truly alone.

He had to get back to the king and find out what was going on. But there was no way for him to do that at the present moment. So he would do what he could and gather as much information to put the pieces of this puzzle together in order to go home and get back to Noct's side where he should be right now.

But as he'd told the Prince 'One thing at a time.'