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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!
najaran: (Time to eat)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-14 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded. "We're good at cooking, so that shouldn't be too hard for us to do." She was pretty sure Knight would fit, if he scrunched.
sendiintheclown: (smile)

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-14 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I'm not quite so confident in myself, but I appreciate your optimism." Trowa felt a little awkward at her declaration. After all, he had no reason to think she was talking about anyone but herself and him.
najaran: (Taken aback)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-14 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Um, she had been talking about her and her cards, so now she was just confused. "You'll be fine," she said, because apparently... he needed to be cheered up...? Maybe?
sendiintheclown: (chibi)

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-14 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
That made both of them confused. But it was fine, Trowa was hungry and there was food in front of him. So he set his focus to filling his stomach.
najaran: (Time to eat)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-14 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Najaran didn't need any more invitation than that to dig in. She... probably finished both of her sandwiches before he finished half of his first. She loved food, and she was starving. It had been hours since she ate after all.
sendiintheclown: (smile)

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-14 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Once he had finished his first sandwich, Trowa was shocked to see Najaran already finished with both of hers. "You weren't kidding about being hungry."
najaran: (Happy!)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-14 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
She stopped in the middle of licking her fingers. "Being hungry is not something I ever kid about," she informed him with a bit of a grin.

Of course, if Gooligan were there he'd point out that it was because she was always hungry.
sendiintheclown: (smile)

Think we're close to wrapping this?

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-14 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Trowa chuckled lightly and unwrapped his second sandwich. "Well, I'll do my best to hurry so I can help you make more food. But you can get started if you want to."
najaran: (Cake!)

Sure, unless you want him to meet some of the cards.

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-14 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright. I don't mind." She pushed her chair out and went to see what they had to work with.
sendiintheclown: (smile)

Re: Breaking his brain with magic sounds fun!

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-14 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Trowa did his best to eat quickly without making himself sick. He didn't want to make the nice young lady work on her own.
najaran: (A Good Knight)

Heh! Alright then!

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-14 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Najaran grabbed her bah, and then she was opening cabinets looking to see what they had, when she got to one she couldn't reach. She slid a hand into her bag and a card flew into her hands.

"Sorry, but you're going to have to duck," she said to it as she flung it out. The card broke open with a flash of light revealing Knight who was all scrunched up. "Sorry," she said to the suit of armor. "But I can't reach and Gooligan isn't here. Could you?" She asked nicely.

Very delicately the huge figure used two fingers to carefully open the offending door. She climbed up the armor like she was a monkey. "Wow that is a lot of onions," she commented from her new perch.
sendiintheclown: (clown mask)

Re: Heh! Alright then!

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-15 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hearing Najaran talking to someone who clearly was not himself, Trowa turned in his seat. When he saw the giant suit of armor, his eyes widened. He couldn't even get his expression back to its normal neutral state. "Huh."
najaran: (Colour 4 - Dance with the Decoy)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-15 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
She looked down from her perch on Knight's pauldrons. "Oh sorry, this is Knight. Knight, meet our new friend."

The armor gave a small wave, then opened another high cabinet for her to inspect.

"Knight is great at peeling and cutting and stirring. Eidolon helps me gather ingredients and Gremlin usually works the oven. Like I said," bright smile, "we're pretty good at cooking."
sendiintheclown: (smile)

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-15 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Trowa now felt like a fool. She hadn't been talking to him earlier at all. Smiling, he quickly finished his sandwich and stood. "I see. What would you like me to help with?"
najaran: (Happy!)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-15 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Making him feel like a fool was never her intention.

"Well since we have so many onions, I was thinking maybe a soup. Since we can make a lot at once and it will feed lots of people. Can you check if there is a place to keep it fresh and containers to store it in?"
sendiintheclown: (smile)

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-15 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Rising from his chair, Trowa nodded. He slipped past Knight and began to look for storage containers. "I'll see what I can find."
najaran: (Naja Moon Says)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-15 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Great! And we'll see if we can find other yummy vegetables, and maybe some meat!"
sendiintheclown: (smile)

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-16 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Good idea. Protein is a good thing, keeps people going longer."
najaran: (Yeah!)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-16 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," she said with a nod. "And it makes the soup yummier, so that people will eat more!"
sendiintheclown: (smile)

Wrap here?

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-04-16 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
With a grin, Trowa pulled out a deep pot and some containers with lids. "These should work."
najaran: (Cake!)

Sure! Thanks for the thread.

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-16 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Perfect!" she said, climbing down to help him with those.