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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!
mynameisallen: (Glance ★ Towards a new world)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-04-23 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I know, but it's always possible they might never show up either. That's why I made that comment more than assuming they are dead."
najaran: (Grieve)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-23 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
Her shoulders slumped. "You really think they never will?" she asked in a small sad voice.
mynameisallen: (Well ★ But where will you go)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-04-23 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's sadly, always possible. I could also arrive and then leave a short while later. Believe me. I haven't seen friends I am close to for... over a year. Those I did see in the last place I was at weren't there for very long either. That's just how places like this are. I don't like them for that aspect either"
najaran: (Hm?)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-23 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Places... like this? You mean... other moving transports we're trapped inside that change our clothes and steal our stuff?"
mynameisallen: (230)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-04-25 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
"More places we are trapped on for whatever reason and are brought here without warning. The clothes and item thing was a new one for me." Slightly annoying, but hey he had Timcampy which was what happened... Though he missed his Pokemon friends and Link Jr his very first pokemon.
najaran: (... In The Aftermath)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-25 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"This.... has happened to you before?"
mynameisallen: (Well ★ Guess your right)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-04-28 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Going to a place you have never been to before. Twice." Which was honestly more than he wishes he had been. Then again he was also on the run back home too, so was it really that bad a thing?
najaran: (I can explain....)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-28 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've been kidnapped a few times before, but never like this. Usually someone's tied me up somehow and Gooligan is still with me..."

That she takes in stride, this is bothering her...
mynameisallen: (133)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-04-30 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
"I think this is a different type of kidnapping. If that makes sense?" he knew that it meant not being in the world one is used to type of kidnapping.
najaran: (Vagabond)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-30 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded. "Yeah, this one was weird."
mynameisallen: (Nerd ★ Do you like my glasses?)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-05-02 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
"But another difference is there is also a certain amount of freedom you have compared to if you were actually kidnapped to. Which reminds me how much have you explored?"
najaran: (I can explain....)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-05-05 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Um... I was trying to find the kitchen..." So a little, mostly by getting lost.
mynameisallen: (159)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-05-06 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, the kitchen is in that direction. I had gone there not that long ago." Which he was at least glad he knew where it was for when he got hungry.
najaran: (OH YUMMY!)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-05-07 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah! Thank you!" she said. She was... well.. pretty much always hungry.