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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!
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!
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How to best explain... "You can easily discourage him from bonding with others; this means the empathic and basically like another limb bond is deeper. Or you can encourage it so it'll probably be somewhat shallower and maybe not like another limb. Do you follow so far?"
She's very much aware this is a lot of information all at once!
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"He'll bond with me less if he bonds with others." Senku hummed.
"Gen is..." He paused a moment. He wasn't sure how to explain it, exactly. Orion put his paw on Senku's torso, trying to get at his bangs.
"Well, I mean, I don't mind, I guess if he bonds with Gen too. He'll probably be helping me look after him."
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"Important and you can't put it in words because what word even works?" She gets it, Senku. She gets it.
"That said, even if he bonds with Gen-san, you will be his primary as you're the first human mind he knows." An exhale. "That said, it is different for every psychic-type trainer. I own psychic-types and with most of them, I know where they are and they know what I want. If I get emotions from them, they're faint."
The keyword there being most. "It depends on what you want, how long you spend with the pokemon, and what you're willing to accept. That said, I wouldn't be shocked if things end up working differently given the nature of the train."
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"I don't think I'm going to mind him." He brushed his fingers down Orion's back as he curled up on his lap properly now, since he wasn't quite long enough to get his bangs yet.
"We don't...I don't know, people don't typically live with someone they just started dating." He said wryly.
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"You say that now, but wait until you wake up to a confused floating kitten that doesn't know how to get down." There's not quite a snicker at the end, but she is amused.
"That aside, the last thing I'd like you to take is this-" she pulls out what looks like a short length of rope. "It's known as an Escape Rope. A single-use item that when activated will teleport the user to either nearby safety or a pre-programmed location. I got them back when Misa-tayū was still on the train and given your SCA's broken..."
If they have to Evac in a hurry for whatever reason...
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Orion settled rather comfortably on his lap, all innocense. Of course he wouldn't be trouble!
"That sounds useful." Senku agread and reached out to take it. "...Thanks."
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Practical advice to a practical person, even as she pulls out her pokedex.
"The 'Rope can be looped around the waist or through a belt on missions. Activating it's basically a deliberate squeeze of a gold section between fingers." And there's a few on the rope, each one about one-and-half centimetres wide, and clustered around the ends. "Intent matters and it's been pre-programmed for the luggage car."
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"Shouldn't be a problem to bring it. It's good to have a way out just in case. I don't know what I'm going to do about my SCA, I'll have to see if I can get into it and fix it maybe." He wasn't sure about that, he thought it looked like he couldn't get into it.
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Another click later, and Eva's pulled up a holographic projection that's basically a bunch of numbers. "These things read out random facts, but they're not always true facts. This one's pretty accurate. That said, I can print or write the data out if you want? Though... while Orion'll grow into a nyaonikusu here, he won't level up -which is basically how we measure the power a pokemon has. Princess would be at least a level higher by now, but he's not."
And she hasn't even tried to bring in a Rare Candy... yet. "Though, compared to humans, he's still more powerful than us."
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"He can do that?"
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"Even the smallest 'mons can pack a punch and that's not getting into what they can do when trained." She lets out a breath and there's wry grin. "There's these 'mon, aburibon -ribombī?-, about yay big," -she holds her hands 20 cm apart- "and one of them once sent Barclay flying."
She finishes with a gesture that suggests 'Barclay' is at least a metre and a half tall.
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"I'll have to learn more about it to take care of him properly."
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Though there's a grin on her face and a laugh to her voice, she really, really does mean what she says. "And, my 'dex as well. The most important thing is to get used to each other first before you try and start anything else."
She leans back. "At least I'm not giving you homework like my parents did when they gave me Skeetah."
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He'd never had a pet, honestly. He'd never considered having one.
"What kind of homework did you have to do?"
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...She might be biased having grown up in the world. Hmmm.
"Write down everything I knew about the monjara species without using books or asking others, and that included the strengths and weakness of the species."
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That was kind of his default, wasn't it.
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"Or learn as you go. Take it from me; books can really only tell you so much, and a lot of them are generalised anyway. It'd also be a good way to see just how much you learn and what gaps I need to fill, even with the stuff I'll start you on after next platform."
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Senku raised his kitten up so he could look him in the eyes and broke out into a grin.
"Sounds like you're going to be really strong Orion."
Orion responded by meowing at him and wiggling his little paws, he was on the floor a minute ago!
Senku helpfully did put him back down so he could roam under his own power.
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AKA Senku, your luck this time was literally unbelievable.
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"That's pretty amazing." Senku observed. "Okay so...how does he go back inside? I'll take him out again, but I have to show Gen."
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"Two ways: you can bonk him with the 'ball, or hit the central button again. The second's more reliable, Though outside Arena battles, it has a five-metre limitation. I'd rather you practice the second method until you can do it without thinking from any position."
She exhales. "Gen-san too. It is something I will test you both on because it is a key feature of the 'balls. I can do it in a sleep fugue. I don't like it but I can do it."
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Also, he couldn't be sure his aim was that great, actually.
"Okay Orion, I'm going to push the button on the ball but I'll take you out again soon. You'll like Gen." He promised him and picked up the ball and pushed the button so the kitten vanished, going back into its personal space.
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Of all the times to forget she wasn't talking to another trainer. No use trying to pick up water, so- "I didn't mean it like that, but you wouldn't be the first trainer to refuse the method. Once I start teaching you properly, I'll show you what I mean so you can make an informed choice, alright?"
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"That's fine. It's possible it could be better, but I don't really know."
start to wrap?
She nods at that - it could be a lot better, but she can only work with what she has. "Anyway, off with you. Go show Orion off."
She needs to start thinking about lesson plans.
All done!