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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)
maxwellsdaemon: (Happy smiles)

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-23 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Duo snorted a laugh. This one really did like her food. It wasn't a bad thing though. He was the complete opposite. He would eat when he needed to. It was more what his body needed than actual enjoyment. Though there were some foods he liked...

He stepped forward a bit quicker and pushed open the door to the kitchen, holding it open with a flourish and a silly bow. "After you." He grinned.
najaran: (Naja Moon Says)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-23 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
She grinned, gave a playful little bow, then flounced in, tossing the clothes she had picked onto the counter so she could start going through the food stores to figure out what they could make to take with them.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-23 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
Duo laughed with delight, enjoying the fact that she played along with him. Not many did and he would earn many an eye-roll at is antics. It was refreshing!

He followed after her and leaned against one of the counters. "So what's the plan? Make sandwiches or just shove a bunch of fruit and things in a bag? Don't really have time to go cooking and stuff."
najaran: (Fork Smile)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-23 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
She considered. "Most things I'd cook would have to cool to be packed anyway. Hot meat buns in your pocket can be painful," she said, spoken from experience.

"But maybe if we can find small containers we could make salads and fruit salads to hand out to people before we leave, so everyone has something fresh and crisp to eat?"
maxwellsdaemon: (Default)

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-23 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
Duo smiled and moved from the counter to go looking for those things. "Can't hurt, right?" He didn't think so. Being prepared for every eventuality was always a good idea when on a mission.
najaran: (Hm?)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-23 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
She actually stopped, considering that. "Well if they have a bad tooth it could.... Maybe I should make something soft too...? like just orange slices?"
maxwellsdaemon: (Default)

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-23 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
Duo burst out laughing. "No, I meant it was a good idea! But maybe more fruit options would be good? There's kids out there and I don't know many who'll happily eat a salad!"
najaran: (Earring fidget)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-23 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
She blinked, then laughed as well. "Oh..." she said, grinning. "So fruit sal... wait, there are kids going with us? What if it is dangerous?" she asked, concerned.

Najaran, sweetie, in the estimation of at least half the adults on the train, YOU are a kid...
maxwellsdaemon: (Default)

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-23 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, stupid, isn't it?" Duo scowled and straightened up from the cupboard he was looking through. "They should be in here playing games. Not out there doing missions like these."

Nevermind the fact he was also a kid who had been sent on worse missions. But that's why he could say these things. He knew from experience.
najaran: (Appealing Apple)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-23 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Or back home with their families if they have them," she said as she washed a bunch of fruit, and then began peeling them. "I hope whatever it is sin't dangerous. But if there were little kids, we wouldn't be sent to something dangerous, right?"
maxwellsdaemon: (Default)

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-26 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"... I've got a theory." Duo grabbed a few containers and carried them over to Najaran and moved beside her to help peel the fruit. "... I think this train was for kids. I mean, look at what they have for entertainment. Nothin adult. This place looks like it was designed with kids in mind. Think this whole 'hero' thing is somethin it's decided to on it's own. But it can't help picking up kids. So now they have to fight as well." And, for some, it might have been a normal thing to do depending on the world they came from. Like himself. But some, even some of the adults, didn't come from fighting backgrounds. Didn't even know how to handle a weapon. People like that should have been left at home. Or should be left on the train. They were just a liability on the field.
najaran: (Startled)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-27 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
She considered that. "So the train is both following someone's orders and doing its own thing at the same time?" she asked thoughtfully. She supposed she could see that, she supposed. "I wonder who is controlling it then, and if they're aware of what it is doing now..."
maxwellsdaemon: (Default)

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-29 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Someone told me it had no rogue or something, so maybe?" That's what he'd based his theory on, after all. The train was going off and doing it's own thing.

At the next question Duo shrugged. "No idea whose controlling this thing, if anyone at all. Could be a brain in a jar for all we know!"
najaran: (Vagabond)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-30 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
"There has to be some way to find out....? Right? Someone to appeal to? Even if that someone is the train itself?"
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-30 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
"I've no idea." Duo sighed and leaned his hands against the counter. "Would the train even listen? I doubt it. I guess we've just gotta carry on doin what we're doin and hope for the best."
najaran: (I can explain....)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-30 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
"You never know... it might..." She knew of an island that listened, but she wasn't allowed to talk about that.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-04-30 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe when we don't have a mission we could give it a try?" Duo offered, though he imagined they wouldn't be the first to try.
najaran: (Colour 3)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-04-30 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
"After we help whoever we're supposed to help, sure!"