voidtreckermods: (train)
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)
myblueskies: (big eyes)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-04-21 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"The words on the watches!"

The weasel was still dancing. "It says they don't know 'bout void travel so we got to be careful!"
badassfreakingoverlord: (crap I'm a book)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-04-25 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"This isn't void travel. It's a truck."

Come on, Romeo, he shouldn't need to explain this!
myblueskies: (big eyes)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-04-26 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
"But look Zetta! This is not a world with trucks! It's got horses and carriages. How you gonna explain a truck!"

The weasel danced again, tapping its paws on the windscreen.

badassfreakingoverlord: (disgruntled)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-04-27 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"How are we explaining nine-tenths of the crap we've got floating around here? How are we explaining a talking book or a way too smart stoat or the pink girl or the mechanical whatsits?" If the train cared, it wouldn't do this crap, Zetta figured!
myblueskies: (guys its a donkey!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-02 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm a weasel!!

Zetta was such an annoying grumpy book sometimes!

And if you don't talk then they will just think you're a regular book! And you won't make anyone mad!

badassfreakingoverlord: (why am I hurt?!)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-02 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I HAVE A FACE!" How many other books does Romeo know with faces?!
myblueskies: (i have the best idea ever!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-02 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
We can put a book cover on you. He danced some more. Then they won't see your face! It will be like a superhero mask!
badassfreakingoverlord: (disgruntled)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-04 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, you want to blind and silence me, huh?!" That might not be the right message to take from this conversation, but it was technically a consequence of Romeo's plan.
myblueskies: (they really are delicious apples!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-07 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Um..." Blinding him wouldn't be very good at all... He thought for a moment.

"We could cut eyes in it! Like a real superhero mask!"
badassfreakingoverlord: (the impatiently literary glare)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-07 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then people would see my eyes." Which would defeat the point.
myblueskies: (happiness)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-08 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"We can say that's just the picture! Books have pictures on the front."

This plan can not go wrong, he is sure of it.
badassfreakingoverlord: (hopping mad)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-08 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then why put a cover on me at all?!"
myblueskies: (Alfredo is speaking!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-08 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Um... It was your idea sir!" He had said that having a talking book would be a problem!
badassfreakingoverlord: (hopping mad)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-08 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"This whole 'don't be a book' thing was YOUR idea!" No passing the buck!
myblueskies: (hope)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-09 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"But you were the one who said that they would find a talking book weird. Books are more magical than trucks so maybe they got lots of talking books here! Maybe they got a whole library of talking books!"

He did another weasel dance to punctuate his point.
badassfreakingoverlord: (crap I'm a book)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-09 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe they have a whole auto dealer full of trucks! The point is it's ALL weird so why are we bothering when we can just say everything is magic?"
myblueskies: (hope)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-09 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"What's an auto dealer? Trucks aren't magic mister Zetta!"

He sighed, but he's not going to argue much longer, they have people to help after all!
badassfreakingoverlord: (my point is made!)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-09 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Neither am I, but you wanna claim I'm magic! How come we can lie about me but not about the magic carriage here?" That was a traditional lie!
myblueskies: (Alfredo is speaking!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-09 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're a god though, that's sort of magic. So it's not a lie!"

He doesn't lie!
badassfreakingoverlord: (dot dot frickin' dot)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-09 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"...So we tell them I'm a god and I can do miracles, then."

If magic is an acceptable lie, why not divinity as an acceptable truth?
myblueskies: (happiness)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-10 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a good plan!" At least if he could talk as a weasel, but he was sure they could figure it out. Zetta can talk for himself.
badassfreakingoverlord: (disgruntled)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-12 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fine, so everything weird is a miracle, can we go now? I'm missing valuable XP-grinding time!" Really, who could have kept him from not going as long as Romeo has already?
myblueskies: (Alfredo is speaking!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-14 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course sir!" The weasel snuffled his nose, he's not exactly been holding Zetta back. But he is glad that Zetta paused to talk and come up with a plan!
badassfreakingoverlord: (animated laughter)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-05-14 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Urgh, FINALLY! The minion behind the wheel revved the engine gratuitously, then stomped on the gas. "Hang on!"
myblueskies: (mountains)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-16 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
And off they go! The weasel hanging onto a windscreen wiper with all it's might!