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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.
onehandsomeslickninja: (the cool ninja)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-21 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi-speed rotor technology!" Edge said confidently. "Turns out it was originally Lunarian, but we've become proficient in working with such devices in our time as well." Never did it occur to him that their views of airships might be completely different.
runs_on_batteries: (Default)

[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-22 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
This guy was going to make this train more interesting, wasn't he?

He tilts his head a bit to the side, thinking. "So, you have airships but you're unfamiliar with trains? How does that work? The airship I'm familiar with has a deck you can park tanks on." He understood his mental image was likely off given their time differences, but he had no idea what Edge was referring to by that name.
onehandsomeslickninja: (turned away cool)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-23 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Tanks are Underworld tech, the dwarves use those." Impressively, he had to admit, considering they hadn't had the advantages of Lunarian technology leaks.

But an airship that could have a tank on its deck? That was one big airship, Lunar Whale-sized at least. Edge folded his arms, hunting for something to compare. "Baron's flagship, the Enterprise, was adapted for hovercraft transport, but that was using a hook system on the bottom."
runs_on_batteries: (all business)

[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-24 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Tony stared thoughtfully at the ninja king for a moment. "Do any of your glorious achievements include art? I'd be interested in even a rough drawing of these airships of yours. There are writing utensils and paper in your bag."

He couldn't be sure, but he was starting to question just what kind of technology this man's world had if it had hovercrafts but no trains. Very curious.
onehandsomeslickninja: (what?!)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-26 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ha! I can do that standing on my head!"

Shrugging his back off, Edge opened it for the first time -- and promptly came out with not paper or a pencil, but a large curved blade.

"Oh hey! What's this doing in here?"
runs_on_batteries: (Default)

[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-27 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Tony grins, pleased he was going to find out if this fellow was all talk or if he could back some of it up with results. However, they're both surprised by what Edge takes out of his bag.

"Is.. that yours?" He asks. He was just going to mentally jot that down in case Edge doesn't fill out a questionnaire. He needed to know who all had weapons that work.
onehandsomeslickninja: (throw time)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-28 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah. Just a shuriken."

With a flick of his wrist, Edge unfolded three more blades so that they snapped together round the handle. A shuriken indeed, although one with a span wider than his chest.

"Wonder why I only have one."
runs_on_batteries: (Default)

[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-28 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps that's as many as they trusted you with. Please tell me you have no plans on losing your mind and trying to kill everyone." It was a joke, but he was also slightly serious. He wasn't sure he had a grip on Edge's personality and sanity quite yet.
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-28 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nothing to fear there," Edge said, folding the shuriken up again with another flick of the wrist. "My mind is the most stable of any man's!"
runs_on_batteries: (smirk)

[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-29 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Tony laughs. He doesn't mean to, but this guy's boasting should be what he was really the king of. "You are one interesting man, Edge. You're going to keep us entertained aren't you?"

Since Edge was distracted with his weapon, Tony pulled some paper from his back pocket. You never knew when you'd need to jot down some notes! He hands over that and one of his pens.
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-30 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
"In between saving you all and making the world a better place. Luckily, I'm efficient!" Oh, right, paper! Edge took it with one hand, stuffing his shuriken back into his own pack with the other, and... ah ha, writing implement!

Putting the paper up against the wall, he began to sketch what looked like nothing more than a galleon with rotors taking the place of sails.
runs_on_batteries: (handscope)

[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-30 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Tony watches curiously but soon starts to frown. "What the hell is that? Is that a boat? How does it stay afloat?"

If this explanation doesn't make sense, Edge was losing all credibility here!
onehandsomeslickninja: (turned away cool)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-30 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's a ship. That goes through the air. Airship?" That's what they were talking about, hello? "I know it seems unlikely, but it doesn't fly like a bird with wings! These keep it up in the air by spinning really fast." He tapped the point of the pencil to the rotors, trusting Tony could at least catch up if not understand.
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[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-30 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. Okay, they were obviously from very different worlds- not that he hadn't already suspected that with the whole 'ninja king' thing. He takes the pencil from Edge and draws a rough sketch of the Avenger's airship . He taps one each of the four rotors. "These are our ship's rotors. They face downward to maintain the ship's position in the sky and these back here, project it in the direction it needs to go."

onehandsomeslickninja: (eh heh)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-08-30 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right! Same principle except ours are top-mounted. Now the Enterprise only has one main rotor, but the Falcon has more. Slightly less advanced than the Enterprise..." Though huh. Given the drawing....

"Actually, yours looks like a mix between a normal airship and the Lunar Whale."
runs_on_batteries: (Default)

[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2019-08-31 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Huh, I see now." Interesting. For someone so unfamiliar with the train and perhaps other technologies- he wasn't sure which yet, this looked quite advanced. No one oh his world would've though to make a flying ship that was literally a ship.

"I'll be interested to hear more of what kind of technology your world has. I have a questionnaire I'm using to determine if there are any patterns between our worlds. Would you mind filling one out?"
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-01 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Patterns, huh? Sure, I'll fill it out!" Why not? This guy was starting to remind him of Old Man Cid, come to think of it, except a little more tolerable. Putting him in a category helped Edge relax.