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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-10-01 05:30 am
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A New Platform [Intro Post October]

On the Train

"Good morning passengers, it is day sixteen of the month of Horsehoe. Points have been updated on the system and new stock is available."

They have indeed and everyone can spend the morning shopping. Those who have been on the train a while will be expecting the second announcement that comes a few hours later.

"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. The first thing they may notice is that this platform is inside a basic shelter, making it warmer than the last couple at least.

As usual the first to leave the train notice nothing as they walk silently, rucksacks on their backs, towards the barriers. Adora, Alex Hashimoto, Catra, Cloud Strife, Elizabeth Midford, Feanor, Gerome, Gladiolus Amicitia, Glimmer, Ifrit, Isabella D’Oro, Maru, Nari Reno, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Prompto Argentum, Scorpia, Siobahn Chereshei, SXT-2, Tamamo-no-Mae, Tony Stark, Uta, Zidane Tribal

But on the platform itself there are many new faces. Wearing hoodies in all four colours in various states of confusion.

For New Passengers

At first all they can see is steam. Billowing around them as they come to their senses. The second thing they will notice is it is gloomy, even without the steam and fog. They are in a wooden building, open to the tracks on one side. It in a creaky shelter, cobwebs hang from the rafters and there is a peculiar whistle as wind finds its way through the cracks.

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 the steam begins to fade and they realise they aren’t alone.

The platform is not large and it holds nineteen figures all facing the tracks, all dressed in cargo trousers and hoodies. 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 gloom step a selection of people. Some are human, some are less so. Most are wearing the same hoodie in one of the four colours, red, orange, blue and purple though some are sporting different clothes in a variety of styles.

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.

Indeed whereas usually there is plenty time for people to be met and brought slowly onto the train, the whistles blow a lot quicker this time, as if hurrying the passengers along.

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… teddy bear shaped luncheon meat being the main ingredient to be found. There are plenty of other staples.

A new carriage has been added, those that go to investigate will find a room full of lockers, designated as the Armoury. Even for passengers without weapons it is somewhere to secure possessions. There are instructions on how to use the lockers and enough for everyone to claim one.

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 over the noise of the hail stones to encourage any stragglers braving the snow 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!
knifewithnoname: (curiousity)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-10-25 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
The moment Alice started that story she knew the man was not a good noble man. Even good light blinded folk didn't look after children with no parents and who lived on the streets. Good, light blinded folk chased them away from their shops and called the guard on them if they tried to nab bread to eat.

So a man who took them in and fed them, that was already suspicious.

Making them puppets and selling them. She nodded, such a man could be called evil.

"Did he be being one of the people you did be stabbing?"
knifewithnoname: (yeah I'm not buying that)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-10-25 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do be knowing poker." So she understood what he meant. Never show your hand, never let them know you were going to win and never let them know when your hand was bad.

"And I do usually be being better at hiding the stupid feelings."

She wasn't a baby, today had just been... a lot.
irrationally: (and set sail for dreamsy)

cw: train-related death

[personal profile] irrationally 2020-10-25 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I decided to push him in front of a train."

Just as deadly, but a little more instant. And the definite chance of a fatality.

"Ironically enough that was right before I found myself on the platform here instead."
so_dark_a_road: (in the unmeasured night #3)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-10-25 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"That too. I guess Father might have been able to see via Vairë's tapestries what was happening in Beleriand, or by some other means. He was deeply connected to us, his sons, so perhaps he could see and feel the events that occurred after his death." Including his sons' sufferings and deaths.

He nods. "So far, I have no intuitions about our possible return to our own world. I have difficulty imagining it. But if we did, I wonder if we'd be returned to the era we came from, or if Eru would place us in a future time?" This is assuming the Valar were persuaded to allow Curufin a life.
Edited 2020-10-25 21:14 (UTC)
achickenformylove: (mdzs 1)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-10-25 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, we do not. I certainly hope he has taken that lesson to heart."

So far, he seemed to have, but that remained to be seen in the long term.
ramengroupie: (daisuke)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-25 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. I could."

And that means he can write "Ken" EXTRA BIG!

The person in question has now finished three cranes and is taking a break to watch Art burst forth. Everyone is going to be able to see his name....the moment they pass through the carriage....

But Wormmon is so intent. Both "Ken is embarrassed by this sign" and "Wormmon is proud of this sign" are true. Ken doesn't have to deny one to feel the other. And he can choose how he acts on those feelings.

"Do you want your name to be big, too?"

"That's okay. We have to fit all the other people."

Wormmon is done! Now everyone will immediately know that someone named

"Ichijouji
Ken"


sleeps in carriage 3-D.
achickenformylove: (mdzs 49)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-10-26 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, like another realm.

[That was the best description he had]

It is somewhere outside the void, but not anyone's world. Somehow, it gathers people from many worlds here.
achickenformylove: (mdzs 33)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-10-26 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
...Ah, well that told him the answer pretty clearly.

"I am sorry for your loss."

Even if it had been years for him, it was still fresh for HuaiSang.
stillnewatthis: (orisa)

[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-10-26 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Orisa ponders that question, eyeshields whirling in a complete circle as she does.]

I am not scared by it. But I am a combat omnic, and don't scare easily. However, you are not alone on the train. You will have friends and people you can trust. Even if you are scared, that will make things better.
deferences: (♪ observant)

[personal profile] deferences 2020-10-26 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
None whatsoever? You don't say... [imagining a world where not even the slightest bit of magic exists isn't difficult; there are normal people without powers in his own world, sure, but it still seems odd there isn't any at all.

he nods vigorously, excitement unwavering.
] It is! Ah, well, some of us can live upwards of a thousand years?

We can, however, still be killed like any other human. So, it isn't quite like being invulnerable. [sizhui pauses, humming with contemplation, brow furrowed a moment then he perks again.] Not only that, but we are all trained in the ways of the sword and archery alongside our magic.
10billionpercent: (Satisfied)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-10-26 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
It might sound like it, considering, but there is definitely science at play even if we don't have all the answers yet.

[ He hums thoughtfully. ]

A thousand years is an incredibly long time. That's a lot of thinking at least. [ He would know. ]

I wouldn't think you were invulnerable, it's just interesting. I can admire other people being able to do combat stuff. I can't do it. Why both, though? Don't people normally specialize? [ In his experience, that is true. ]
knifewithnoname: (But I don't want that)

Re: cw: train-related death

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-10-26 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
She couldn't help it, she laughed sharply. Not even at the idea of someone being pushed in front of a train, even though that was pretty funny. But the way Alice said it.

She was a strange person. "Maybe the people who did be bringing you here did be seeing how useful you would be being."

That's a point, she had been brought here just days after her sisters death, Alice had just pushed a man in front of a train, Mami had fought and been eaten by a stupid bug...

Maybe she should survey peoples final days before arriving here.
so_dark_a_road: (green army jacket)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-10-26 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin nodded and smiled. "That sounds like a set of skills Blue Team can use."

He liked her description of her magic abilities and the source from which they flow. "A weather-controller, eh? I'm sure your team will benefit from that ability."

Curufn's own Elvish culture could be considered to have a spiritual approach to living, with many magical skills and a great love of nature and a profound connection to it. Also, the power of song is one the Elves have and understand well.

"I still don't know why the train assigns people to one team or another. I can make a guess, based on the type of assignments a team tends to get, but those assignments are not one-hundred percent consistent. Nor are the type of people the team gets always the same."
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-10-26 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
"That's so good Wormmon! Now everyone will know mister Ken lives in the room!" And some people on the train put their names the other way round, so this way is better as everyone will know that Ken's name is Ken!

Now that Wormmon has finished his task Romeo gets to work writing.

Adam
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971960)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-10-26 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kitty can't help a small smile. Now that he wasn't stuck and crawling on her face, Wormmon was actually kind of cute. In a bug-sorta way. ]

Great. So now you can drop by and maybe meet some of your roommates, if you want. Or you can explore the train a bit more. Whatever you wanna do.
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971961)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-10-26 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
She frowns a little, not meeting the woman's eyes.

"I...wouldn't call it a war exactly."

But it's not a no.
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971678)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-10-26 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
She nods. "All right. I hope it does help."

Even just a little bit.
extrasaltypotato: (showing you the ropes)

[personal profile] extrasaltypotato 2020-10-26 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
[After a moment, he nods and takes out cream cheese. The toaster pops, and he gives the bagel a little schmear, and some lox, and...]

Here you go. Classic breakfast food back home. Either home.
extrasaltypotato: (Default)

[personal profile] extrasaltypotato 2020-10-26 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
A holocaster for projecting holograms? And sound effects, I suppose.

...apparently compatibale with Duel Monsters. I'm not familiar with that one but then, I wouldn't be.
extrasaltypotato: (showing you the ropes)

[personal profile] extrasaltypotato 2020-10-26 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh? I trust you don't mean new and exciting ways to fit bones together into an undead servant."
extrasaltypotato: (showing you the ropes)

[personal profile] extrasaltypotato 2020-10-26 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
You can pick a mix of any, but...

You need to do Research to use cards of a certain Tech. And research costs money, that you might otherwise use to pay for cards, and an Action, that you might otherwise use to draw cards, play cards, or launch attacks.

You see these icons under the cost? [He indicates two symbols - each one a stylized sunburst.] This card has costs 3 money, and requires Force Tech Level 2. As long as you have the money, and you have Force Tech Level 2, you can purchase any number of Units or other things with that much tech or less. But you couldn't get something with Harmonic tech 1 for any amount of money. Or, for that matter -

[He holds up a card with a cost of 0 - and that's Tech Level Force 3. It's text reads Order - Tactic: "deal damage equal to your (force)."] - this. No cost in money, but above your tech level.

SO, generally, you want to have no more than two colors in your deck. Three at most if you have a lot of cards that make research cheaper.
extrasaltypotato: (showing you the ropes)

[personal profile] extrasaltypotato 2020-10-26 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
Bear Loaf.

[He points it out in the fridge. It's bologna, with a cute bear face on it.]

Behold it's splendor.

And bread and cheese sound excellent.
loveandduty: (51)

[personal profile] loveandduty 2020-10-26 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Wait, it does? How can you do English and math through except write and do the problems? We kind of have to read the books to understand what we are doing... or in my case try and understand."
ramengroupie: (object)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-26 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
Wormmon watches, impressed. "You're fast."

....Which, from Wormmon's perspective, is indeed an accurate sentiment.

Ken is also thinking about surnames, but for a different reason. Romeo has yet to be given some necessary information. "His last name is Parrish. Two Rs."

It wouldn't be fair to be the only person on the sign with a last name.
ramengroupie: (interest)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-26 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Roommates....

[ No, he'll be fine. This is a good train. They'll make the most of it. ]

Thanks. I appreciate the introduction.

We're in room 3-D!

[ Wormmon can read. Don't worry about it. ]