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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!
ramengroupie: (object)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-10 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
The odds of getting the card you need would go down.

[ Ken you don't even know the rules why is this the level you're already thinking about re: this game.

Ken. ]
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[personal profile] tokenloveinterest 2020-10-10 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
Well, of course there's that, but...

[She laughs again.]

A long time ago, at the German nationals, there was this player that showed up with a two-thousand, two-hundred and twenty-two card deck...
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-10 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
--Why?

[ That's.

That's all Ken's got.

Wormmon holds a silent memorial service for the concept of two-thousand, two-hundred and twenty-two Needle Worms. ]
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[personal profile] tokenloveinterest 2020-10-10 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
Apparently, the guy was an official employee of Industrial Illusions... Rumor has it he was trying to get a deck limit imposed? Or so people say. If that's the case, it worked.

I think it's more likely he was just griefing, though.
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-10 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
...A-ah.

[ Several words in there have led to Ken not feeling particularly more enlightened than before.

Wormmon, seeing Ken is in an awkward position, decides to be a Helpful Partner. ]


Ken-chan, you should try the game. You can't play soccer on a train, right? But you can play this.

[ Somebuggy either hasn't seen or hasn't realized the implications of a gym car, but either way, his mental image of "soccer" is an outdoor field full of bleachers where he can either crouch (the days before more people had Digimon) or sit on Ken's mama's lap and wave a flag (after.) ]
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[personal profile] tokenloveinterest 2020-10-10 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'll help you build a deck!

[Rei starts looking through all the cards.]

If you're going to run Needle Worm, do you want to run deck destruction or insects?
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-10 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Um...Put in lots of worms!

[ "Destruction" sounds scary, but Wormmon is also not an insect, not technically. And the idea of Ken-chan playing with cards that look like him - being Ken-chan's deck, in a way....!!!

What a good game!

....Ken has apparently lost all say in this situation. ]
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[personal profile] tokenloveinterest 2020-10-10 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well, then...

[She looks at Wormmon.]

... I'd make you a deck, but I'm not sure if you could even hold six cards at your size...
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-10 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
That's okay. I'd rather watch Ken-chan play.

[ With WORMS.

Ken is still not sure how he feels about getting a deck made for him, but he DOES know he wants to get one issue out of the way: ]


...I don't want to trouble you.
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[personal profile] tokenloveinterest 2020-10-10 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
It's no trouble! Or, rather... making a deck for someone would be the most normal thing that's happened yet...
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peak yugioh: playing card games unlocks your tragic backstory

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-10 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
...Right.

[ Because inter-world travel isn't typical. Ken himself finds several things about the Voidtrecker Express notable, and he's been flinging himself from one dimension to another for a decade. ]

Then...I can't guarantee how much I'd play....

[ His normal pursuits run more towards the (though he does not think of them this way) geriatric. He came in here for origami paper. Name a hot spring in Japan and he can tell you the featured minerals and their health benefits.

And he doesn't like thinking of battles as games. But he does play soccer...is this more like soccer, after all? Where winning is a nice bonus, but so is matching yourself against an opponent, the experience itself of honing your thoughts...

So this is different. It's different, right? Not like... ]


Ken-chan, are you thinking about the Digimon Kaiser again?
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IT'S TRUE

[personal profile] tokenloveinterest 2020-10-11 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
... The... Digimon Kaiser?

[That sounds distressingly similar to something else.]
ramengroupie: (brood)

suddenly kinda glad we *don't* have a vanguard cast. "the battles really are happening!" "UGH AGAIN"

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-11 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Oops!

[ Wormmon talked about the Big Bad Time in public! He hopes that does not hurt his partner! His top claws fly to try and cover his mandibles, except.....Stubby little legs. Big round head.

He can't reach.

Ken, however, is exhaling and giving a little smile. To Wormmon: ]
It's fine.

[ It's...fine...?

KEN-CHAN IS SO MATURE. Look at him, staring off into the distance and contemplating his past without it completely shutting him down! ]


I was - lost, for a while, as a child. I didn't understand important things. Working from incorrect assumptions, I made mistakes that hurt a lot of people.

But that doesn't mean this is the same. I know this is a game.

[ He knows. He knows. But -

No, the thrill of conquering doesn't excite him any more. He can't feel anything but a deep....aversion, yes, but also confusion. Who he is now couldn't ever want those things. They're so far away from what he treasures!

Ken chuckles. Wormmon nearly loses it. SO STRONG. ]
A deck that doesn't show off would be nice.

[ Winning without rubbing it in your opponent's face. Playing for the joy of playing, not to prove anything. Small, normal beings that won't give up.

Wormmon is right, as always. Maybe he's hit on the right deck for Ken. ]
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GOD. rei'd noogie aichi into next month

[personal profile] tokenloveinterest 2020-10-12 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
.... The Supreme King...

[..... She's just going to murmur that. And then shake her head. She wasn't there- She never saw the Supreme King herself. Not personally. She only heard about it after.

But it does sound....

No. Move on.]


Right. A nice, subtle deck, right? I've got that covered!
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aichi has a noogie-able head

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-10-13 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ That reaction.....In her world, could someone have...

But she's willing to move the conversation along, and Ken's willing to follow. ]


I'm much obliged.

Remember, lots of worms.

Yes. [ A pause, but it would mean a lot to Wormmon if he said it, wouldn't it? ]

Lots of...worms, please.