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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)
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-04-30 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Sheep can be, yes," Eva says with a slight grin. At least it's not mareep they're moving.

She does a quick count of the sheep before whistling as Princess joins in the herding to keep everyone moving as they go.

"The main flocks that-a-way," She says, pointing to where the sheep seem to be being herded.
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-05-01 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded slightly before looking over in the general direction the other was pointing out. It seemed easy enough to get them over as she went to lead them, the sheep she had easily following suit.

When this was done she was starting to think of what the next thing was to be.

"Is that all of the sheep?"
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-05-03 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I think so," Eva says with a nod as she looks the flock over.

"I'm headed back into town to round up more people." Because she's splitting time between humans and animals. It's- not easier- but it keeps her focused and less likely to become short with people. "What about you?"
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-05-04 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know. I've relaxed a bit and helped with the animals. I might just stick my focus on them." it was easier to speak to them than it actually was with the people for her.

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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-05-07 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Eva nods. "Don't blame you there. Animals are a lot easier than people and I'm used to sudden evacuations."
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-05-07 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Use to them? How often did they happen back home?" Was this something that happened a lot or just enough to know what to do. She couldn't help but be mildly concerned.
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-05-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
"At least once a year," Eva says and it's honest enough. "My world's dangerous and wild pokemon are unpredictable."

They never did find out who poked the beedrill nests that one time and set the swarms on the town.
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-05-17 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess that's fine. Though even once a year seems a bit much. But again... I don't really know much about other worlds either" So she really didn't understand the reasons beyond them being unpredictable. How bad could that be?
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-05-18 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
"It... I guess it would be." Maybe? She honestly doesn't know, and trying to imagine what life'd have been like without them is an impossibility. "But, it is kind of nice to not have to worry about stuff from home."

Weird, too.
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-05-19 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
"I agree. It's nice to not worry... Though I find sometimes I still worry now and again." Even though she didn't have much of a reason to worry. Sure she knew her mother must know at this point she wasn't there and she would be pissed, but Rapunzel also knew that what she was doing wasn't great and it wasn't something she wanted to go back to now and again.

She just figured it was because she missed her chance to see the lights that worries her. Would she be able to see them, ever?
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-05-21 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think everyone does. I know I have, and it's more a stupid worry, because the things I'm worrying over aren't here and they likely won't be here."

She hopes, because she has no idea how she'd deal with suddenly having to prep a train to deal with wild, untamed pokemon or what that really means.
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-05-22 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Same, maybe for different reasons for worrying, but I can understand them worrying for things that aren't here. But if it the case for some they worry about them being here?"
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-05-23 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Same here and I think so. But, if any of those worries ever come to the train, then that's a tap to turn then and not before." Eva sighs. "Anyway, will you be right with the animals by yourself?"
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[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-05-24 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded slightly, filled with confidence. "I should be able to." As she turned she started to make her way over to continue what she had set out to do.
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wrap?

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-05-25 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Eva grins. "You will. Good luck."

And she heads off towards her own tasks.