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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-12-01 06:00 am

A New Platform [Intro Post December]

On the Train

It's only been a couple of days since the Voidtrecker Express took to the void once more, and many of the passengers are still recovering and recuperating after a very hectic end to their latest mission. Nevertheless, they are awoken by a familiar message.

"Good morning passengers, it is day sixteen of the month of Imagination. Points have been updated on the system."

They have indeed, and everyone can spend the morning shopping. Those who have been on the train for 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 the windows fill with the fog that means they are at a platform. It is warm outside with a pleasant breeze that flows down the platform, rustling the light spread of leaves that litter the floor.

As usual the first to leave the train notice nothing, walking silently, rucksacks on their backs, towards the barriers. Akemi Homura, Alfred the Poisoner, Donatello Versus, Chie Satonaka, Joscelin Fitzthomas, Ronan Lynch, Rose Tyler, Tangle the Lemur, Trowa Barton, Wester Mazaki and Whisper the Wolf all pass through the platform, not looking back before they disappear through the barriers and into the fog beyond.

But on the platform itself there are 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 the swirling leaves at their feet, moving in flurries and rattling against each other softly. As their eyes adjust, they will see they are on a platform, cement and packed earth forming a very practical, plain-looking shelter. Behind them is a set of barriers, and in front of them is a single track extending both ways into thick fog.

They are standing, in clothes that are not their own and a style 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 eight 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's 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 lead to something terrible. 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 (see
'Publications'). The store rooms have been restocked with more jars of honey, the ingredient of the month of Imagination, as well as sundries.

A new carriage has been added right next to the luggage carriage. It is a second medical carriage, or triage carriage. Downstairs is more open with beds and chairs, upstairs are two surgical bays for those that need immediate attention.

For those intrigued by the claim of a parcel for every passenger they will find several large boxes filled with small blue bags. Inside each bag is ten dark blue coins imprinted on each side with a silver snowflake. Each bag has a small label with a passengers name. On the other side of the label it reads: Keep these safe for now.

Of course for any passengers that have bought items, these are also scattered around the luggage carriage as well.

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 taking advantage of the pleasant weather and the doors slide shut. Veteran passengers know what will happen next, but they may wish to brief their new companions.

The train sets off, the fog obscuring the view again 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!
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-12-02 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nita does, in fact, pick it up - only to hand it over to Ken at his reaction.]

Must've been loose in your hoodie pocket or something. Did you just get this today?

[It does look new, and unique...]
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] daisuke)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-03 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
I did. Thanks.

[ Ken checks to make sure it's okay, then makes a point of shoving it further into his pocket. While he does so, Leafmon swoops in with the exposition.

Or, you know, sits right here and bobs his pacifier since he's a talking baby head. As one does. ]


That's Ken-chan's Crest of Kindness. Because Ken-chan is SO KIND.

[ As if this were ever for half a second in doubt! ]
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-12-03 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[That explanation gets a quirked eyebrow from Nita - so, while she moves to start on her share of cleaning the bathroom, in the name of having something to do...]

Like the Virtue?

[She's met all of one Virtue being before, and it had inhabited a Spear that could disguise itself as a pen.]

Sounds rather more important than a keepsake. Does it work with your Digivice, or is it something separate?

[Given what happened with the last thing he got from home, seems only fair to check.]
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] smartphone)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-03 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Theoretically. It hasn't happened for us, but this Crest has still saved me, many times.

[ It wanted him to be saved - he wanted to be saved, even when he didn't know it. It told Daisuke who he really was.

Ken used to be unsure what to even think about having the Crest of Kindness, but he's embraced it now. Ichijouji Ken is someone who can be rather - delicate. That's just a fact.

...Maybe that's why he'd asked for it on impulse, he realizes. He'd wanted the reminder. ]
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-12-03 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nita could probably say something about how Kindness wasn't foremost found on the battlefield but, uh.

... Probably a bit too philosophical for bathroom-talk, there.]

There's more than one kind of way to save a person, that's for sure.

And kindness can do it for a lot of people.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] neutral)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-04 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
Mm.

It's on Ken-chan's Digivice, too.

Leafmon...

Show her.

[ Ken is feeling self-conscious now, but here you go. Back of the smartphone has the same symbol.

Leafmon beams. Is he completely besotted with his boy because his boy's dominant trait is Kindness?

Maybe just a tad. ]
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking directly at the viewer, mouth slightly open, as if she's in the middle of an important or unamused expression. (Focused)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-12-04 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nita is suitably impressed.]

Did it come that way, or did it make some sort of imprint, once you got the Crest?

[aka How Much of This is Destiny?]
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] smartphone)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-05 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
This isn't the original. A friend designed a Digivice with a smartphone's capabilities.

[ Or is it a smartphone with a Digivice's capabilities...? No, Ken has the order correct. Serving as a conduit between him and his partner is the most important function this item serves. ]

Of our generation of Chosen Children, many have Crests.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-12-05 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Huh. A third option, then.]

Someone who liked theme-decaling, it seems.

[Though-]

Chosen Children? Not sure I've heard that one before.

[There's a lot of Digi-lore she doesn't know, forgive her Ken.]
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] query)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-05 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
A human granted a Digimon partner. Taichi-senpai, who arrived with Agumon two platforms ago, is also one. He has the Crest of Courage.

I like Kindness better.

Thank you, Leafmon.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita Callahan rendered in Undertale-style graphics. (Nita.jpg)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-12-05 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nita goes back to scrubbing for a bit - though she's smiling.]

They're all important, though, aren't they?

... Especially when they work together.

[Something of a theme with the both of them.]
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] greet)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-05 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right.

[ Ken's good with themes. They have Significance.

...Oh. This toilet needs some. Help. He grabs a brush.

Leafmon's going to watch him scrub in ABSOLUTE ADORATION. ]