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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.
afterburner: (Ew.)

[personal profile] afterburner 2019-08-09 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Renee gave Pete a dry look at that. "You? A menace? Dude doesn't know you, pal--I don't think you could be a menace if you tried. There's a sweet and kind heart under that nerdy exterior--your heart will always come from the right place."

That's a compliment, Pete. Renee knows she's comparatively not so nice, but she accepts that.

"There were quite a few where I came from--well, at least before M-Day. My two brothers and I were all mutants, but Drew--he's my older brother--he lost his powers during M-Day, and they never came back. So he went to college while he was in prison and he's a video game designer, now." She kind of wished she had some sort of ambition to do something with himself like he had. Or the talent to do like Todd had and go into hockey. No such luck.
hashtagparkerluck: (what's my combination again?)

[personal profile] hashtagparkerluck 2019-08-11 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Aww, thanks." He takes the compliment in stride. But uh.. he did kind of crash a plane into Coney Island and wreck a ferry and also accidentally told his friend to carry around a bomb-explosive chituri energy core-same difference.

"M-day?" He makes a face because that's not a term he's familiar with. "The worst we've had was an alien invasion in New York that the Avengers stopped. Which, I wasn't there 'cause I was like... ten. But now we have Thanos who-technically was the reason of the Alien invasion before? And now he's back and trying to find magic stones to literally wipe out half the universe-that was the thing I was going with Mr Stark-or we were on our way to fight the guy."
afterburner: (thousand yard stare)

[personal profile] afterburner 2019-08-11 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, Renee is calling them like she sees them--she doesn't know about all those things! Even if she did, it's not like she hadn't been responsible for some property damage on her own, and those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, right?

"Yeah. On my world, the Scarlet Witch went nuts and depowered like 99% of the mutant population. Well, they say she went nuts, but I don't know why, since I was considered too young to do anything about it. So I stayed home." Which was dumb, but adults called the shots and sometimes, all you could do was listen.

"He sounds like he needs a good ass-kicking! Sheesh, if I knew I had a ride back to my own world, I'd come with and lend a hand, 'cause why not?" Renee didn't really consider herself much of a hero, but a dude trying to kill half the entire universe? That was no good. And it sounded like they could use all the help they could get, so why not?