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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!
magicurls: (despair)

platform

[personal profile] magicurls 2020-04-05 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
"...huh?"

Mami wipes her eyes, awkwardly turning to look up at the wall of wings. At the kind face. And gets the wrong idea entirely.

"Are you an angel, here to guide lost souls?"
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[personal profile] emerald_mirror 2020-04-06 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
That almost made him laugh, but Xander held it together long enough to shake his head, only snorting lightly at that. "No, no. Half an angel, I suppose, if we want to get technical. Nephilim. So I'm as lost a soul as you, most likely."

Especially since his kind were supposed to be cursed by God, if they got right down to it--or if he believed for a second what the Emerald Bastard said. Not that he was going to repeat that to this innocent little face.

"But hey, if you think I can offer you comfort or guidance, the least I can do is try. I'm Xander, who are you?" From over his shoulder, a tiny little face with a heart-shaped yellow nose, bright yellow ears, and oildrop black eyes peered over, out of a tiny cloud of white fur. "Oh, and this is Cottonball. She's my familiar."
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[personal profile] magicurls 2020-04-06 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Mami Tomoe. I'm dead...or I think I am. That's why I asked."

She glances at the familiar and nods, still wavering a little. "I don't need all that. Just...where to go is enough. Do you know where we are?"
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[personal profile] emerald_mirror 2020-04-06 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't think I was dead myself, but maybe they take all kinds here...or maybe you came back? That happens, where I'm from...some sort of resurrection, it's a thing." He shrugged at that. Xander didn't want to be disturbing, but it was the complete truth.

At her next qustion, he shook his head. "I haven't a clue, I hadn't even been at a train station when I went to sleep, though I don't always go to sleep in my own room." Or at his dorm room at the school, either. Sometimes, he just needed open space. "I came to myself here, dressed in clothes that aren't mine...and shoes, ugh. I take it you...were, um. Being killed? I guess?"

Smooth. Real smooth.
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[personal profile] magicurls 2020-04-08 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Decapitated, to be precise."

Mami tries to keep it calm. She tries. But it's so hard. She swallows. "I woke the same way. Did that happen to all of us? I wonder what they're going to do to us. It's...like a train station..."
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[personal profile] emerald_mirror 2020-04-10 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
He can't help but to make a face at that. Not that there were that many pleasant ways to die. Still. Now? Now he'll be forward and give Mami a hug, wrapping his wings around her protectively.

"Well, you're here now, okay? I know it's potentially not safe, and we don't know what's going to happen, but you're not by yourself. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who'd help you if you needed it, and I damn well would!"

Though he snorts out a laugh. "Yeah, it is like a train station--complete with train." There was a reason he'd likened it to the train used by a magical wizard school, already...
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[personal profile] magicurls 2020-04-16 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
"...eh?"

Mami looks a little flustered, but she's still hurting enough that she doesn't make an effort to pull away.

"That's...very kind of you. I hope I can do the same for everyone."