Event: Abort! Part Two (day 25, Egret). Luggage carriage

[voidtreckermods]

They are on world world#27462947582 for about five hours, helping, ushering people out of the city, fighting monsters, keeping guard. All seems well in the city itself, peaceful even except for the slight panic of people being told to move south.

Wherever they are, north in the desert, travelling through the countryside to the south or still in the city itself they will notice from their peripheral vision a darkening of the sky. Looking up they will see clouds. Strange clouds, appearing in the blue sky out of nowhere.

Their SCA’s start beeping, rapidly, flashing red. The clouds are too weird to be clouds, dark shapes in the sky. It might be that the Voidtreckers heed the warning and tap their SCA to evacuate to the train. It might be that they do not.

If they don’t then there is a moment, a moment of absolute stillness as those around them notice the shapes. A confused pause. Children stop their chatter, people stop their complaining, even the monsters seem to sense something and pause in their attacks.

The remaining voidtreckers are yanked away, even without pressing their SCA, they glow gold and disappear.

They all appear in the luggage carriage and not even a second later, with no warning the train lurches, flinging everyone off their feet as it enters the void.

It’s not really easy to tell speed in the void, but they will get the sense that they are moving fast. Faster than before, leaving that world and whatever those shapes were behind.

(OOC: Information on this event is here and part one is here)

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[dredefulchilde]

“Romeo!”

Joss practically tackles the tiny weasel and holds it close. He doesn’t know what’s going on, but he does know that his face hurts; he’d been slammed against...something when the train brought them back and now he’s got broken glasses and the beginnings of a lovely black eye.

“You’ll get stepped on like that. Here, ride on my shoulder and let me know if you see a way out of this mess.” Having been a shinki himself, he knows how the perspective works. Romeo’s his eye in the sky right now, which is helpful when most of the occupants of the train are now piled chaotically into a single car.

“What a bloody disaster. What was that, do you think?”

[myblueskies]

Joss! Romeo is confused and is Joss injured? Joss got injured again! That was bad, but at least he is still awake and alive.

He ran up Joss' arm to his shoulder, to curl up safely.

He had no idea what it was, what had just happened. But it had been bad that much he knew! And now everyone was all squished in here. But that way was the door! He spotted it and he nudged Joss' neck, careful of the bruises.

[dredefulchilde]

Joscelin knows Romeo enough that he can tell what his friend is thinking, even when his friend is currently a small rodent.

"It's all right!" he protests, smiling bracingly at the little weasel with his broken lip. "Just some bumps and scrapes. Wasn't expecting the sudden takeoff. It'll be fine in no time." He keeps forgetting that he doesn't have a healing factor anymore.

Then Romeo points him towards the door and he uses his small size to squeeze through the morass and into the far less crowded carriage beyond.

"Whew! I can breathe again. Let's find Elfnein and get you back on two legs, yeah? You make a fine pet but I'd rather have my friend back."

[myblueskies]

It doesn't look fine, but if they get out of here they can get to the medical bay and help him feel better! They might need to find Elfnein first, weasels weren't great for using plasters!

He nodded at the words, Elfnein was still in the carriage, he had spotted her before. But getting to her would be tricky. He hopes she isn't too scared.

[dredefulchilde]

“Shit,” Joscelin curses, forgetting that he normally tries to watch his language around his friend. “She’s still back in all that, isn’t she?”

[myblueskies]

He nods, even from his viewpoint above all of the chaos it had been hard to spot her, and to keep track of her for long. But they had to rescue her!

[dredefulchilde]

He groans and heads back towards the door.

“Elfnein!” He shouts, trying to be heard above the others. “Elfnein, I’ve got Romeo! You need to release him!”

[alchemists]

She's trying to regain a sense of balance when Joss starts shouting and tries to dash over without falling.

"Ringoki!"

[myblueskies]

One moment Romeo was on Joss' shoulder, the next he vanished in silver light, rushing through the crowded carriage until he re-materialised, a boy again at Elfnein's side.

"Elfnein! You're okay! Come on this way!"

He reached out for her hand, so they could make their way back out to Joss.

[dredefulchilde]

Joscelin breathes a sigh of relief when he sees them both, grinning despite his rapidly-darkening black eye and bloody lip.

“It’s nice to see you bipedal again, Romeo.”

[alchemists]

She took Romeo's hand and when she saw Joss being ok there was a sigh of relief.

"Is everyone ok?"

[myblueskies]

Romeo squeezed Elfnein's hand and then pulled both her and Joss into a hug, now he could use his arms!

"That was really scary! What happened? What were those things? Are you both okay? Joss we got to go get you some bandages!"