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voidtreckerexpress2019-08-16 06:01 am
voidtreckermods) wrote in voidtreckerexpress2019-08-16 06:01 am
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Event: Expulsion (Day 24)
"Good morning passengers, today is the twenty fourth day of the month of Apple." The morning announcement sounds as usual as dark turns to the ever shifting colours of the void outside the train windows. Some passengers may stir. It might be that they are an early riser or bad sleeper and get out of bed the moment the announcement wakes them or perhaps they roll over and go back to sleep.
Either way the morning rolls on for a few hours whatever they might be doing. Until a sudden judder runs through the train, followed quickly by another. Much like bad turbulence. Really bad turbulence. A third follows and there is a crackling sound before an alarm starts going off blaring loudly, the lights begin flashing red, white and red again.
"Warning. Void engines failing. Warning. Void engines failing. Warning Expulsion from void imminent." More shaking, worse each time, enough to knock them over and then a bang, the train plummets into darkness and lurches, sending everyone flying...
… They never crash land. Instead they float, suspended in the air. In the darkness it is hard to orient themselves or even understand what is happening. There’s a roar in their heads as pressure builds, their ears pop. "All systems critical." Breathing is hard, for one terrifying moment there seems to be no air to breathe.
"Oxygen levels stabilising." They can breathe, the pressure in their heads fades, their ears eventually stop ringing. "Pressure levels stabilising." They are still floating, suspended in darkness. "Gravity systems critical".
Emergency lighting flickers on finally, a red glow from either end of each carriage, in the cabins and along floor strips, enabling them to move without bumping into anything. If they can figure out how to move at all that is. Outside the windows is dark. Not the blackness of the void at night but the deep vastness of space. A few moments pass, enough time to just about process that fact before the voice over the speakers is heard once more.
"Passengers of the Voidtrecker express, due to technical issues we are currently experiencing void engine failure. Thank you for your patience as we endeavour to continue our journey as quickly as possible. We ask that all passengers help in securing the train for re-entry into the Void and on behalf of the Voidtrecker Express I apologise for any inconvenience caused."
Then there is silence. Broken only, no doubt, by the passengers on this now stranded train.
(OOC: Event information is here.)
Either way the morning rolls on for a few hours whatever they might be doing. Until a sudden judder runs through the train, followed quickly by another. Much like bad turbulence. Really bad turbulence. A third follows and there is a crackling sound before an alarm starts going off blaring loudly, the lights begin flashing red, white and red again.
"Warning. Void engines failing. Warning. Void engines failing. Warning Expulsion from void imminent." More shaking, worse each time, enough to knock them over and then a bang, the train plummets into darkness and lurches, sending everyone flying...
… They never crash land. Instead they float, suspended in the air. In the darkness it is hard to orient themselves or even understand what is happening. There’s a roar in their heads as pressure builds, their ears pop. "All systems critical." Breathing is hard, for one terrifying moment there seems to be no air to breathe.
"Oxygen levels stabilising." They can breathe, the pressure in their heads fades, their ears eventually stop ringing. "Pressure levels stabilising." They are still floating, suspended in darkness. "Gravity systems critical".
Emergency lighting flickers on finally, a red glow from either end of each carriage, in the cabins and along floor strips, enabling them to move without bumping into anything. If they can figure out how to move at all that is. Outside the windows is dark. Not the blackness of the void at night but the deep vastness of space. A few moments pass, enough time to just about process that fact before the voice over the speakers is heard once more.
"Passengers of the Voidtrecker express, due to technical issues we are currently experiencing void engine failure. Thank you for your patience as we endeavour to continue our journey as quickly as possible. We ask that all passengers help in securing the train for re-entry into the Void and on behalf of the Voidtrecker Express I apologise for any inconvenience caused."
Then there is silence. Broken only, no doubt, by the passengers on this now stranded train.
(OOC: Event information is here.)
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As she hugged Tony she recalled that it had been so long since she'd actually touched someone for more than a high five, pat on the back, something like that. The thought just made her want to cling to Tony, but she held herself back - she had already put enough on Tony by not being able to keep herself together during this all.
She was glad to have this moment though. She admittedly kinda milked it for as long as she could before pulling away, but she eventually did. She'd seemed to calm down quite a bit as floated there, sort of withdrawing back into herself as she was before all of this. She couldn't really bring herself to look directly at Tony again, perhaps embarrassed at what had happened.
"Thanks for that." She'd struggle to actually say what, but a thanks is better than none. "...That's the first time I've ever told someone what happened." Not once had she uttered the truth of herself on the Source - something about Tony being from somewhere completely different made it a little easier to talk about.
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She looks cute and shy again as she starts getting embarrassed about the hug. She was such an interesting, beautiful creature. He knew there were things he could say to make her feel better, but he couldn't think of them. He just gave her a gentle smile and nodded. "It's okay. I'm glad I know. You know I won't be telling anyone else."
He glances toward the door. "Think we should maybe go see how much of the train people have destroyed already?"