A New Platform [Intro Post March]

[voidtreckermods]

On the Train

Luckily there are no more crises after the strange dreaming, except the ones passengers created for themselves and soon the month is turning. "Good morning passengers, it is day one of the month of Egret."

Those that have been on board a while know that new months usually come with new people and so the message a few hours later will not be a surprise. "Shortly arriving into a designated void platform. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." A lurch and a jolt and they are soon surrounded by the fog that means they are at a platform. It will come as a relief that it is not raining this time. However it does seem to be quite blustery.

The doors open and the first few to disembark do so with rucksacks on, hoods pulled up against the wind. Amery Vallet, Steve Rogers, Darth Vader, Peggy Carter, Bran Corbie and Ash. They walk blank faced to the barriers, show their tickets and disappear.

But on the platform itself there are nineteen new faces, or rather seventeen new faces and two that some people have definitely seen before. All are stood, waiting for the train.

For New Passengers

At first all they can see is steam. Billowing around them as they come to their senses. They are standing, in clothes that are not their own, styles they might not even recognise. They are carrying a rucksack on their back. For a moment it seems to just be them, alone in the white haze but then the steam begins to fade and they realise they aren’t alone.

The platform is not large and it holds ninteen figures all facing the tracks, all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies. The air is cold and the wind is strong, blowing their hair, if they have hair, across their face. Both left and right the tracks disappear into the mist. Then there is a roaring sound and out of the fog arrives a train. Jet black with gold writing on the side. The Voidtrecker Express. There is a hiss as the doors slide open and out into the cold step a selection of people. Some are human, some are less so. They are wearing the same hoodie in one of the four colours, red, orange, blue and purple.

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. If that is not enough, there are plenty of people on the platform now, to encourage them onto the train.

Each ICP shows the same message and next to the screens there are stacks of leaflets written by those on the train, with further information. The store rooms have been restocked with an abundance of onions! Any of blue team who who go to check the luggage cart will find a parcel containing rainbow macroons. One for each of the blue team, including new members, come share in the reward!

Passengers who are not brand new will notice that the train has gotten yet longer again. A transparent domed carriage, with a grass aisle and soil beds, ready for the passengers to do with as they wish. Crates contain bulbs and seeds ready to be planted and there are all the tools a budding gardener would need for this task.

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. Veteran passengers know what will happen next, they may wish to brief their new companions.

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. Entry into Voidspace in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

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 the Void!

Comments

[runsfast_rollsfar]

The change in name was honestly a little nice - she was the first to choose a name other than Prisoner for him, and it was definitely the kindest of the three options. Renee had given him a nickname that he knew was some kind of reference that he didn't understand - Samata might find that it was a bit in poor taste, but Prisoner knew that the nickname was a form of care.

They had started to hit something of a lull in the conversation, but then she asked another question. He nodded and immediately began writing away in his notebook. This time took a little longer as he wrote more.

𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓊𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓃𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑒 - 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓅 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒, 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒.

𝒜𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓌... 𝒰𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝓈𝑜 𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓈 𝒾𝒻 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓊𝓁𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒹𝑜 𝓈𝑜 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒. 𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓀𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓈. 𝒲𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓅 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈, 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓋𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒾𝓁𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊.

(Text reads: Some of the others have also come up with nicknames for me - I do not mind if you end up coming up with one such name at a later date, should you find the desire.

As for what you do now... Unfortunately you must board the train. You will likely find yourself particularly inclined to do so at some point, as if it were some compulsion. I do not believe anyone has resisted the call to find out what happens, but you may do so if you please. If you do not please, you should have a ticket of sorts. We can find your room and you may drop off your things, if you wish. It will provide a wonderful opportunity to see what sort of cars the train has and what amenities are available to you.)