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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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what's up bestie

[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-08-11 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Evie startles some at the voice, a soft gasp as she steps back, big eyes wide with mild alarm. She hadn't realized there was someone in here, either. Quick to recover from her ridiculous fright, a shake of her head and a brush of her fingers to fix her (Still flawless) hair, she gives the older man a grin.

"It's fine. The train isn't too crowded, but I still should have made my presence known, just in case."
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Hi there

[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-11 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
"I hadn't intended to frighten you." There was another unspoken apology in Ignis' voice as he shook his head. He'd seen those big eyes and that hadn't been on his agenda at all to scare someone.

The grin was reassuring though even if he had no idea what it was doing on her face. "I was not quite in plain sight myself so it's quite alright." And this is where he sighed.

"But I will endeavour to correct that oversight in the future."
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[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-08-11 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"How about we blame this being a new setting? I think anyone'd startle easy if they found themselves a passenger on a train they didn't remember booking a seat for," Evie states with a shrug of one shoulder. It's fine. She's okay. No one got hurt.

"I'm Evie."
faithfulsupport: (Can you repeat that please?)

[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-11 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Evie's words relieved some of the tension that Ignis had been holding onto, and he silently chuckled as his head went down. That was the first time he'd actually laughed since being on this train to the Six knew where. And she was right, no one he'd come across so far was here willingly.

His head came back up and he nodded. "A pleasure to meet you Evie, my name is Ignis Scientia."
Edited 2019-08-11 20:19 (UTC)
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[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-08-11 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ignis. So many fascinating and new names on the train. It's kind of exciting." Exciting in that Evie gets to make so many new friends with all of these people. And that's her goal. To make friends with as many people as she can. She firmly believes this is a worthy goal to have, especially if things go wrong on the train. She wouldn't be surprised if they didn't.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, too. So is cooking a hobby for you?"
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-11 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
He didn't know what to say. In all his years, no one had said his name was fascinating. But then again she'd said so many new names were fascinating. Alright so that put things back into perspective.

Exciting wasn't the word he would use. Worrisome and troublesome were far more suitable adjectives in his eyes, but this friendly girl certainly had a different way of looking at things. Meanwhile he would continue to observe and analyze everything as he always did.

"I suppose one could in fact call it a hobby. And since you are here, I take it you know your way around a kitchen?"

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[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-08-12 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"My mother made it a point to teach me how to cook the moment I learned to walk." Shockingly, that's not at all any manner of exaggeration. The Evil Queen really did teach her how to cook early on. And how to clean and sew and apply make-up and look her best. There was some weird prioritizing of all of this early on so Evie could land a prince. Though, the logic is flawed, isn't it? If she were to land and marry a prince, why would she need to know all of that?

Oh, well.

"But I do enjoy it. It's relaxing."
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-13 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Colour him impressed honestly. Maybe that was what had needed to happen to Noct, but Ignis had taken up the role, and it was one he took seriously of course as he did everything else. And there was the matter of getting that Tenebraen dessert just right, which according to the king, he never got exactly correct, no matter how many times he'd made it.

"Cooking is relaxing..now that's a word I can't say that I can recall anyone ever saying about it."
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[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-08-14 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
"I like the chemistry of it. I understand it. Chemistry is another passion of mine." This coming from the girl who looks like she stepped off a runway somewhere. "And I like watching how things come together while cooking. It's relaxing."

It's a good word and she's sticking to it, a small smirk on her face.
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-14 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
This one was alright in his book so far and he's defibitely impressed with her attitude. "Chemistry and cooking do have things in common." So says the cerebral person with a nod.

He thinks of his masterplan and looked around. "I still have yet to discover how the kitchen works here as far as others eating or who is in charge of cooking."

Ignis has been on his own in cooking, except for the extremely rare occasions when he could get his majesty up to assist him in an early hour. And sadly there weren't many of those instances at all.
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[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-08-14 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"As far as I can tell, there are color-coded teams. Whatever color clothing they put in your rucksack, that's the team you're on. Each team is in charge of different chores for the month. This month, purple is in charge of cooking."

She investigated what she could and learned quickly about that much. "I don't mind switching chores every month, but I still plan on spending a lot of time in here, anyway."
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-15 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
The things about the teams he'd already discovered, but he wasn't going to be rude and point that out. So instead, Ignis nodded as if hearing this information for the very first time. The fact that some other team was in charge of the kitchen vexed him. It was his domain back home and he wondered how to go about taking it over, tactfully and strategically of course.

"Then I am more than sure we will be running into each other if that is the case."
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[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-08-16 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure there are other people on other teams who won't mind trading chores for the month. I'm going to give it a try when chore assignments are changed."

Basically, he has someone on his side if they actually do need to take over the kitchen.
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2019-08-17 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
He had thought of that too but wasn't sure how agreeable the other teams would be to be to things like never stepping foot in the kitchen to cook again. So he'd been working on another way to take over the kichen. But it was definitely worth a shot if he could manage it.

They were on the same page from what he was hearing, which Ignis counted as fortunate.

"That sounds like an excellent plan." And in the meantime he'd come up with alternate plans if that one failed.