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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-04-18 11:02 am

Event: Abort! Part One

Until now there has been one mission in every month. The practice in Apple and since then one for each month. So for those that have been on the train for a while they will be extremely surprised when on the twenty fifth day of the month of Egret their SCA’s glow gold and a hologram appears. Another mission.

Strange or not preparations need to be made, the voidtreckers are needed, strange timing or not.

Preperations

As promised the dressing room is open once again and there is a collection of leggings, shirts and tunics. All are in bold, differing shades of team colours and are made of sturdy material. There are a couple of cloaks, like those they wore in the goblin world they look medieval in style but will keep rain off as well as a modern raincoat.

As usual they have about an hour of preparation time, to gather supplies, get changed and help those who need more help disguising themselves to do so.

Arrival

”We are now approaching world#27462947582. Warning: Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,” Hopefully even those who are new know to hold on or sit down by now. ”Three, two, one.” A jolt and a lurch and the void from outside the windows disappears to show green grass and a blue sky.

The Voidtrecker Express has landed in a small dip between two hills. Tall enough to mostly hide it and once everyone who wishes to disembarks it vanishes.

The voidtreckers, on climbing the hill, will find they are inside the city walls, just. Here it is mostly farmland still but as they move towards the centre there are more houses and things become more crowded and bustling. The city is big enough that an influx of strangers doesn’t turn many heads.

Their SCA has a map, red team’s has a marker for the northern gate, purple’s show the position of guard posts. Orange and Blue’s shows the main gates that lead out into the kingdom beyond.

Red Team

Getting to the northern gate doesn’t take all that much time and they are let out without much fuss, though fair warnings about the monsters out there. It is clear that though this city is nominally guarded and walled, it has been a long time since there has been war here and people can come and go as they wish.

The desert is, much as can be expected. It is more a scrub land rather than rolling dunes of sand but the land is cracked and dry. They have to move at least an hour away from the city before they come across any monsters at all.

When they do they are strange almost-boar looking creatures. They are vicious and will attack on sight, charging with huge tusks and teeth that are far too sharp to belong to a natural creature. They are clearly intelligent, even if they don’t seem to have language. But they never come across more than five at once and there doesn’t seem to be any movement of them towards the city.

Purple Team

The guard posts are only have a few guards there at any one time. Though questioning any of them the voidtreckers will learn that there are other guards in the city, ready to come to the defence of the walls if the alarm is ever sounded. Those on the walls are there to keep watch.

It might take a little bit of persuading but there isn’t a huge problem with purple team being allowed up onto the walls. As long as they don’t seem to be causing or bringing trouble.

The surrounding countryside is clear. To the north is the desert but to the east, west and south there are rolling hills of green. The kingdom that this city is part of.

For them it is a few hours of tedium and anticipation. Watching the landscape, waiting for a threat. The other soldiers are curious enough that they could be coaxed into conversation or a game of dice.

Blue Team and Orange Team

It is very difficult to convince a city full of people who have not known danger in a long time that they have to pack up and leave.

There are difficult shop keepers, confused farmers, worried parents.

Some are able to be ready quickly and so can follow the Blue team out of the southern gates. It might take more than one group, with a few blue team going with each one. The kingdom isn’t particularly dangerous but who knows when that may change. Keeping everyone together and moving will be the challenge here.

For Orange team there are plenty of logistical problems to get stuck into. Animals need moving, people need help packing or wrangling small children. Older people need help finding carts to ride.

Not to mention the very stubborn ones who will take a lot of persuading. Those who were on the goblin world have had practice in this already of course, and hopefully have tips to share.

(OOC: Information about this event is here)
stillnewatthis: (stop!)

[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-04-19 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Five." A moment later, Orisa's fusion driver twitched to the left. "Four."

She was accurate, but no sniper -- the time it took to eliminate one gave the others a chance to close the gap, snorting and grunting with anger as their stubby legs churned up the ground.

"Prepare for close-range engagement!"
knifewithnoname: (running)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-04-20 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Impressive. She nodded and stood her ground as the monsters rushed towards her. She knows not to be in their path and she twists away, letting the others clash with the monsters first before she dove in to strike.
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[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-04-21 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Her shield was useless against these foes; it stopped projectiles, not charging bodies. So Orisa used her own body instead, shifting to keep herself between the unarmored humans and the angry boars. "Beware on your left!"
knifewithnoname: (running)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-04-21 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
On her left. There, a stupid monster. She moved quickly to the side. Luckily she is small and the monster is large and unwieldy. She can twist and turn and get out of the way. Stupid monsters have less chance.

She twisted around to back her new metal person ally up.
stillnewatthis: (doomfist)

[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-04-25 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Just at that moment, Orisa straight-up punched a boar and sent it reeling. "If necessary, you may move beneath me! I will not move if you do!"
knifewithnoname: (running)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-04-26 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
"That do be being good." Because she was big and it would be easier to dart underneath her than move around her and it was reassuring to know she would not get stepped on by huge metal person feet.

She dived again towards another monster.
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[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-04-30 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"I must admit," Orisa said, over the pistoning discharges of her fusion driver, "I am not comfortable with the train putting young children into dangerous situations."
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-05-02 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would no be putting me here if I could no be handling it."

She dodged another boar and span around.

She believed her own words, some children would be not good at monster fighting, but she was and she was proud of it.
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[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-05-02 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Orisa didn't frown, of course, but her eyeshields did flick down slightly.
"I am not certain that is consistent with available evidence."
knifewithnoname: (running)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-05-02 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Her eyes flashed annoyance but she was good, she didn't stick her tongue out or lash out with words or fists.

In trying to prove she was not child such childlike actions would go against her.

But the words still annoyed her and she dived towards the next monster in silence.
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[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-05-04 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Because they were in combat, personal analyses were a far lower priority. So it took a second or two before Orisa processed just what her changed body language meant.

"I did not mean you! I was speaking generally!"
knifewithnoname: (serious)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-05-05 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. She blinked. She didn't? That was good then. That could be forgiven.

"It do be being true there do be being some babies here."

Sometimes said babies were adult sized, but they acted like babies anyways.
stillnewatthis: (determined)

[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-05-05 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Certainly not all people are combat-trained." And many of them seemed trained for combat centuries out-of-date...
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-05-08 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"No they do no be being." She wrinkled her nose, "Which do be making me wonder why they do even be being here."

After all what was the point of people who couldn't fight.
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[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-05-08 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"But as for us, let us finish it! Supercharger online!"

Orisa yanked the Drum off her back from behind her head, then slammed it down on the ground between them. Power lanced out of it, reaching out for the pair of them to amplify their weapons. Even the knife!
knifewithnoname: (blank)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-05-08 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded, finishing it sounded good. Her eyes widened slightly as the the drum was slammed onto the ground and power surrounded them, entering her dagger. She nodded again, more determined.

She had no idea what had just happened but she trusted that this would help her fight.
stillnewatthis: (victory)

[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-05-08 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It certainly helped Orisa! The omnic unloaded supercharged fusion packets into one of the remaining boars, sending its body skidding backwards from the augmented impact.
knifewithnoname: (running)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-05-09 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
She stabbed another boar, her dagger biting deeper than it had previously, cutting through the thick hide. She slashed at it's throat, skittering out of the way as blood sprayed down.
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[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-05-09 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"The victory is ours," Orisa said, triumphantly planting her forelegs and lifting her fist. "Mission fulfilled!"
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-05-10 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Mission fulfilled." She mimicked with a smile, "You do be being very powerful."

And could lend that power to others, which was useful and good.