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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-04-01 05:27 am

A New Platform [Intro Post April!]

On the Train

Two days after they return from their mission they are awoken as usual "Good morning passengers, it is day sixteen of the month of Egret. The shop has been updated and points have been applied to passengers tickets."

Those that go to check the shop terminals will find they have indeed updated, with the option to buy larger items and also animals. The morning goes on until just after noon there is a second announcement.

"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. Though the fog is thick, thicker than usual perhaps, there are patches on sunlight shining through and it is pleasantly warm.

The doors open and the first few to disembark do so with rucksacks on, hoods pulled up, silent and almost blank faced. Cu Chulain, Dio Brando, Disreputable Dog, Heiji Hattori, Loki Maedhros, Maglor, Naruto, Thor, Tobias Fangor.

They walk to the barriers, show their tickets and disappear.

But on the platform itself there are once again new faces. 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 as people begin to shift or call out it will become apparent they are not alone.

The platform is not large and it holds eighteen figures all facing the tracks, all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies. It's warm but foggy making it hard to see much, but there are clearer patches bathed in sunlight found across the platform. 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, in case the passengers weren't bored of them yet.

Passengers who are not brand new will notice that the train has gotten yet longer again with a sixth sleeper cabin for new arrivals.

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!
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-04-09 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"It seems so, though I never actually thought. I was more working in the medical bay type girl." So she knew it probably was more than just fighting, there were other areas that were involved.
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-04-09 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I guess pictures here would be hard... I can always do pictures as close as I could to the people they describe... Would that work?"

She wasn't sure if it would exactly given her art style but it never hurt, right?
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-04-09 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"All force and it's returned full strength. I'm not up to date on any new details that've come to light, though."

She cocks her head with a slow blink while Princess seems to give Dou the stink eye. "So... Weird but cute. Cool. He's not a toy though."
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[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-04-09 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
And trying to remove the way Bucky could be controlled could mess his brain up more - so Nita does not bring that up.

"We can put coverings over the ICPs, if it just requires visual contact," Nita says.

It was the sort of thing they should probably be doing anyway, since there were a lot of insomniacs and other people who made posts in the middle of the night.

"And I don't think they have their own mute buttons, but I know how to make things soundproof."
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[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-04-09 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're going to ask anything, now's probably the time, Nita does her best to indicate.

Say, how long the metal's existed, let alone in this shape.

Nita, for her part, is paying attention to the molecular structure, mentally 'saving' it in case they encounter it elsewhere.
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-04-09 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do seem like that, but I don't know if that is actually the case or not." Plus she just didn't want to make anyone hate her, so she figured why not befriend everyone instead. But soon she extends her hand to take it, even if she is a bit sheepish at not mentioning who she actually was.

"Oh! Sorry. My bad. I'm Rapunzel."
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-04-09 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wonder if I should invest in some books like that in the future." She had been given one for a different purpose, which she was reading at the moment, but having more to read was just a good way of passing the time too.

She nodded slightly, that was good at least, but it did make her wonder something. "That's great, though if you ever find yourself hurt again. I can always help. it would be like it never happened in the first place."
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-04-09 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded slightly. It probably was best to do such a thing first. Scouting was it called?

"Finding where I could start would be a huge benefit."
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-04-09 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"My mother always told me it was for my protection. But before you say anything, I know that what my mother did was not exactly the best way to do it." She at least acknowledges that now, after all so many people said as such and she honestly trusted them.

Besides what she had learned hammered it in too. Her mother said about all kinds of horrible things existing or pretty much everything... but Rapunzel, while she had seen bad things, saw the good to. Not all people were bad or wanted to use her.

"But at least I'm not now. Instead stuck on a train. But at least there are other people."
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-04-09 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know. I mean I know nothing about anything, so we'd need to find someone who was good at the modern things." Because she really didn't know where to start on that subject.
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[personal profile] runs_on_batteries 2020-04-09 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Once upon a time, he'd proclaimed he wasn't a soldier to the greatest soldier that ever lived. He hadn't known at the time how often he'd go to war. There had been a lot of trauma he'd personally suffered and he'd witnessed or caused others. So as he looked across the table, he felt nothing but sympathy for a boy who had that familiar haunted look.

He listened quietly as he watched Ignis interact with him. It was surprising how much more open the advisor was to Noct than he had been to anyone else Tony had seen- excluding himself. He was plenty aware of their history, but to see it in action was pretty shocking. It explained quite a bit of Ignis' habits too now that he was seeing how quiet and subdued the king was.

He smiled as he got the kid's approval, glad he could manage a good first impression every once in a while. It was rare but he'd pulled it off somehow. It likely helped that Noct seemed like a chick with a hurt wing, bringing out every fatherly instinct in him. "Did he use to say these extreme understatements back home too?" He asked, trying to add just a little humor back in their conversation. Despite the needling, Ignis got a warm grin sent his way.
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[personal profile] pleple 2020-04-09 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still getting used to it. To my presence being comforting for anyone.

[ And given that she's been here a while now... she's not sure she'll ever totally be used to it. ]
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-04-09 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
For a moment she contemplates telling Mami about her plan. About the wish she's thinking of making.

But she can't. It'd be too much for the other right now, she's sure. And.. honestly, even for Madoka herself it's still a little hard to talk about. It still feels too daunting. She's sure she'll be able to do it when she's actually put on the spot, but it feels so different, so far away from home.

So despite it being kind of unsure, she still gives Mami a small smile.

"Okay.." She'll just accept this for now. Maybe she can tell the other girl one day. "In that case.. let's make sure to have a lot of fun on the train, okay..? Let's have tea parties, and pyjama parties, and all kinds of fun while we can."
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-04-09 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Madoka nods. Pretty quickly too, since trains are something so natural to her.

"It's just like how people use cars to get around.. Except with trains you can transport a whole lot more people at once," she starts to explain, except she quickly seems to realise what the problem with said explanation might be. It makes her look slightly awkward. "Ah.. um, do you know what cars are..?"

It's possible he doesn't if he seems confused about trains as well!
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-04-09 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't see why not." She smiles at her. "I do enjoy a good collaboration."
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-04-09 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"You could ask young Peter or Danny, perhaps? They seem quite... competent with such things?"
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-04-09 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nerdanel reaches over to squeeze her hands ]

It takes time, sometimes. I'm sure you will.
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[personal profile] flatteries 2020-04-09 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The surprise that Tony can swordfight gets Bucky an 'I know, right?' kind of look from Inigo. Because for real, Tony just doesn't seem like the type at all to him either. But it's true - it's not as important as the other stuff he said, so he focuses on that instead.

"Yes?" He just replies, like it's normal. Because it is to him. "I'm not quite sure where the snake part came from though, there's nothing snake-like about her-- ah, wait, that detail doesn't matter!"

He shakes his head.

"What's important is that it means that even once we return to our own worlds, it's not as if we will never be able to see each other again. So we won't have to say goodbye forever!" Inigo says it with a big smile on his face as he looks at Bucky, but there's just a slight hint of something else in it that he can't quite hide. Just that slight edge of desperation spurred on by abandonement issues.
Edited 2020-04-09 17:48 (UTC)
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[personal profile] draconite 2020-04-09 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
So, even if we are alone for now... we won't be short of teammates. At the very least, it certainly sounds like we won't be lonely!

[ It kind of sounds like she's trying to convince herself of this more than she is Persephone, which is kind of sad. ]

What are we expected to do on these... teams, then? Surely there must be a reason for them to exist.
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[personal profile] draconite 2020-04-09 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
But of course! You could hardly expect someone to save an entire world all by themselves. But with a team, it would make for a much easier job!

[ Op...timism... ]

But! More importantly! You mentioned 'points'... so am I right to suppose that there is some sort of prize to be earned through teamwork?
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[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-04-09 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, like that.

[Awkwardness aside, moving on...

Nita nods.]

It just seems to be sweets for whichever team has the highest average, but I don't know much more about it than that.

Orange Team hasn't won any since I've joined, anyway. Charlotte's the most gung-ho about it, she'd know if we've won it before.
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[personal profile] draconite 2020-04-09 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that so? What a shame! I was hoping that we might be able to get some answers out of it with a bit of time, but perhaps that would've made things a bit too simple.

[ Then she laughs, more to herself than at Xander, really. ]

Then again, I wouldn't know either way what a train would or wouldn't do! So perhaps it's better to just sit back and let myself be surprised.
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[personal profile] draconite 2020-04-09 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! I'm certain I can open containers and chop vegetables with more efficiency than anyone else on the train. Perhaps I'll make that my niche!
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[personal profile] draconite 2020-04-09 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, with ease!

[ She says it with a great deal of breezy confidence like it's a silly question to even be asking, but... well, Alan, you saw that ball. ]

I'd be quite the sorry sight if I couldn't. Imagine the damage I'd cause to everything around me the moment I laid hands on anything!

[personal profile] beastofthedeep 2020-04-09 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? What happened last month?

[If he was going to be stuck here for the foreseeable future, he wanted to know what kind of things he should expect.]