voidtreckermods: (train)
VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-05-09 10:40 am

Under the Sea: Mission start

After fleeing the strange shapes in the sky the voidtreckers are perhaps not looking forward to yet another mission and indeed the first few days of Fiddlesticks go by without any strange dreams, no warning that another mission might be nigh. Yet on the morning of day five their SCA's will glow with the colours of the void and a holographic message will appear.

Preperations

The dressing room is open once again, though the clothes this time are simple in choice. A wet suit for each void trecker as well as a pair of flippers, a helmet and a breathing pack. It at least has instructions and there will be a little bit of time for them to figure out how to use them. Apart from that there are some waterproof packs for supplies to be packed in.

They will have a couple of hours to get ready for their mission.

Arrival: Blue and Red

"We are now approaching world #7625000129523. Drop order is Red and Blue, Purple then Orange. Red and Blue team to doors. Arrival in world #7625000129523 in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

The train shudders and lurches as they exit the void, the view from the window goes from the ever shifting void to a beautiful deep blue sky. They fly through the air and swoop down to land on a sandy beach. The doors open allowing those who are taking part in the Blue and Red missions to debark. The doors close and the train swoops up into the air.

The beach stretches from one side to the other, in the distance as the beach turns into sloping green hills they can see a village. Beyond that there is a jungle. Any red team who check their SCA will see four points, the rock pools.

The villagers have noticed the huge train sweeping down onto their island and so contact is made quickly. They will be quite accepting of the help and explain the situation. They will help any of red team to the rockpools if asked.

Red

The rockpools are built up and indeed made so the water will reach a persons waist if they stand in them. The water is cold but not overly so. When the water shoots up anyone in them will shoot up also.

They will find themselves in a vortex of water, with anyone else who enters that rockpool. The water itself seems to be fighting them, tendrils of water reaching out of the whirlpool to try and drag them further into the chaos. It takes a whole lot of willpower to stay in the centre, the water can be fought with weapons, even with fists. They feel as if they are falling or flying, perhaps both. Surrounded by the pure chaos of the ocean.

Blue

Hopefully they spend the day helping with preparations because when night falls the monsters emerge from the sea. Terrifying twisted creatures. The villagers only have simple weapons but will tell them that fire is helpful against these water creatures.

Hold off the monsters and keep the people safe.

Purple

The doors close and the train flies off into the sky, flying over the island to the other side where it lands on a rocky bay, near tall towering cliffs.

"Purple team to doors." The doors open, allowing the purple team to disembark before flying off once again.

In the cliff face there is a large cave entrance, over the entrance there are symbols, translated by their SCA's. Clear mind, clear heart. Come those who seek to serve.

There are six people stood by the entrance, looking quite surprised at the new arrivals. One, a woman with silver hair recovers enough to speak first. "Ah. Void warriors. We are honoured by your help."

Once introductions are made the spiritual leaders will happily accept the escort and their adventure can begin.

Orange

They fly up and out across the ocean, a longer flight than before but eventually they descend and there is a slight juddering before they land, floating on the ocean.

"Orange team disembark, please use luggage or dressing carriage doors only."

They will step out onto an inflated platform that streches around the train. Down below are the depths of the water and their SCA's show them at the point of Bui. It is below them so all they need to is dive.

The dive takes a while, and depends on their swimming ability but hopefully with a bit of teamwork they arrive at the silent city of Bui.
najaran: (Thunderbeak Ride To The Rescue)

Najaran - OTA - in which Najara contemplates dangerous things

[personal profile] najaran 2020-05-09 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
Dressing

She had seen similar outfits in that last tournament, but she had been a little too buys trying not to die to pay much attention to them. Sos he was trying to learn now. No matter what she was NOT leaving anyone behind again. Whatever it took. Whoever came upon her as she was figuring things out might see her frowning as she tried to figure out if she could leave the device that connects her to the train on said train....


Overhead

Najaran departed the train with team Orange, but she wasn't fully trusting the missions. Or much of anything right now. And she hated not trusting. All the same she was going to do some recon before she joined her team. All dressed in her gear she waited till there was room enough on the platform then summoned Thunderbeak. "Let's see what we can see," she said to her old friend as she climbed on his back. She was oddly tired, and wasn't sure why. But she refused to let it stop her. They waited until no one was on the platform to be jostled, then the creature pushed off and they took to the air.

Najaran could be seen flhying overhead, watching the world below. Feel free to wave her down if you need help with a fight or just want to know what the wat a girl is doing mutant dino surfing in a VT wetsuit...

She was trying to ignore how thick the air seemed to be on this world, with or without the helmet....


Team Orange
Najaran had been one of the last out, but that didn't account for how much later than the others she arrived down at the city. She was out of her element. Her domains were all land bound. She had very few cards she could use underwater, so her cards were tucked inside the wet suit to keep them from being stolen, with the three that might have some possible use carefully tucked inside the wrist of her suit so she could take off her glove if need be to summon them. They were Thunderbeak, Windcutter, and shield. She suspected the last wouldn't actually help and the first two had a chance to accidentally hurt too many people so were for emergency use only. She wasn't sue any of her creatures would be able to breath, but Thunderbeak was good for an escape.

When she got to the city and saw all the sleeping people, she checked ones that had already been checked, without knowing that, because she was so far behind. She was too cold to look for teammates. By the third or fourth person though she started feeling like maybe they had the right idea...

"Mmmmm, maybe a short nap... wouldn't...be so bad..." she mumbled into her comn as she noticed a bed, wondering if she could lash herself to it, if she could find a blanket....
Edited 2020-05-09 12:14 (UTC)
maxwellsdaemon: (ehehe)

Prep: Duo Maxwell | Gundam Wing

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-05-09 11:26 am (UTC)(link)

Duo was very glad to have returned when he had. While he would have loved to have had more time to question where the hell it was he'd gone in the first place, he decided that could wait. There were more pressing matters at hand. Mainly a Mission.

Now, he was a little on edge as it was, and after the last mission he was not sure what to expect. But he was eager to try again.

He entered the dressing room and was amused to find wet suits. And... flippers? Oh hell no. He laughed but grabbed himself a wet suit and took himself off to one of the changing rooms to get into it.

On stepping out he was grinning like an idiot. "This is so flattering." He laughed to himself and, since he didn't know if he'd need the flippers or not, he grabbed his pair and shoved them into one of the packs. Just in case.
sell_tickets: (Visiting The Dea Al Mon)

Khary - OTA

[personal profile] sell_tickets 2020-05-09 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Dressing

Sorry, Khary was just holding up the suit and laughing. And he had thought that other one was odd. "Well, last least someone has a sense of humor..."


Team Blue
Khary had been helping those willing and able to learn with basic lessons, teaching them enough moves to get them to someone who can help them if a monster comes. And really, anything could be a weapon. He had quite enjoyed the look on so many faces when he showed them that certain kinds of pan had the right heft to be thrown consistently and accurately, and showed them how. Kitchen knives also made useful weapons, and it just took a bit of creativity to figure out how to rig up fishook traps.

When times to rest came, he took them and the offered food, teaching verbally then. When the Monsters came he moved to the front lines, calling in his long bladed stick. He had his shields up around himself, as he always did. He put one around the buildings where the more vulnerable were sheltering. He staggered a step and looked at his Jewel. This was the first time since he'd been here that he felt any serious pull on his reserves. He dropped the shield from an Opal to Yellow, which helped. But something was wrong...

Except then he was under attack and there wasn't time to think.

For those who want to join him, Khary is fighting alongside a number of the more promising youths. He himself was using a long bladed stick and given what they'd been told about fire, occasionally calling in fires under the monsters. Less and less though as that drained him oddly. Not enough to be dangerous, but he was aware if it and didn't want to feed his power to the web uselessly.....

The Sapphire around his neck was shining brightly with dark inner fire.
enthunder: (pic#13692978)

Prep and Arrival - Lightning / Red team

[personal profile] enthunder 2020-05-09 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
Preparations
A waterworld, huh? She recalled the discussions a month or so ago, the ominous question from the train about their swimming abilities. Made sense now. Without knowing anything about the state of the other side of the rockpools, Light just grabbed a short-sleeved wetsuit and its accessories from the dressing carriage, and went back to 1-A to change. The usual voidtrecker uniform would be too thick as an underlayer, she decided, and ended up just pulling the wetsuit on over her lightweight sleepwear. One of her red hoodies around her waist completed the outfit, more for identification than any feeling that it might be necessary.

Thus attired, she headed back into the communal areas, to go over the information and discuss next steps. At least she'd grown up in a seaside town, she'd at least be able to help people work out the wetsuits and diving gear if nothing else.

Arrival
Even with two teams disembarking at once - or three, as she sees the black armbands of the fifth team here and there - it wasn't particularly crowded or chaotic. She got clear of the landing site as quickly as possible, and stood squinting in turn at the beach, the crowd, and the train. It really did feel like a Fal'Cie more than a vehicle in these moments.

She'd wait for more of Red team and their temporary recruits before heading to the world's greeting party and from there, the rock pools.
kumoko: (oh nooooooo)

Arrival - Kumoko / Orange

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-05-09 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
First trial - realising she couldn't take her speech machine on-world again. Mime it was! Second trial - assuming she'd be fine going without equipment and then being handed a... creepy spider wetsuit? Who made these? Why were these an available product? Were there worlds with sentient spiders who wore clothes and liked to go scuba-diving? Why wasn't she on that world?

Ahem. Third trial - she'd never actually tried to swim before, but seconds after she jumped out of the train into the ocean, she had her answer. Apparently! Spiders! Just floated! She was useless! What the heck! All that effort trying to get this weird fetish gear wetsuit onto her body and strap on eight flippers, and she couldn't swim!

Dispirited, the spider bobbed around next to the inflatable platform, fiddling with her SCA, until the screen flashed and she found herself sinking.

Aaaaaah!

Fourth trial - she was gonna die!
sobothersome: (pic#13910980)

Sleepy Ash - OTA

[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-05-09 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Dressing Room/Prep:

Maru (AKA: Sleepy Ash) was stood in the dressing room looking at wet suits. His was orange. Bright orange.

"Nope." He turned away. Did they think he was stupid or something?

The watch thing had told him he should come to the dressing room. Madoka said it was a mission. And he would be going with her. But there was no way he would be wearing a wet suit. He was fine with what he had on thank you very much.
unfavorableinstigation: It is dark, but Nita is inside reading a book. (Dark)

Nita - Orange - WHALE TIME!

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
From the moment they had exited the void - in fact, from the moment the SCA had pinged them, given there had been no vision at all - Nita could feel an increasing sense that something wrong was ahead.

And then came the minute the peridexis went silent, and not only didn't speak up again, but couldn't.

No. No no no no! Not again! Without thinking, she ran, fumbling for the basic blocks of the Speech in her mind.

Blocking of spiritual powers, the SCA had mentioned. Only it wasn't just the natives, but theirs too!

Finally making her way outside, knowing on some level she was going to regret not having a proper swimsuit, she leapt - off the flotation platform and into the ocean.

She swam, trying to call up something, anything - her sense of life in the area, muted. A more focused detection spell? Nothing. A simple light? It flickered, but in her distraction and panic it quickly went out again.

She needed something more, something real.

I am real. I am a wizard.

When she was far enough out, she struggled her way out of her clothes and dove.

The water was deep enough, at least, and she narrowed her mind only to the task of remembering what it was like to live in a whale's senses. To steer using fins and flukes. To have eyes facing completely opposite directions. To be able to not just see but hear underwater, all the depths and peaks that could never reach a human's ear-

The exhaustion didn't surprise her, when she found herself calming in the familiar form of a humpback whale, but when she surfaced it was with a sense of relief.

/Hey everyone, I'm here! It's me, Nita!/ she called out loud. It'd be funny if it turned out there was a suit in the train to cover this!
mynameisallen: (146)

Allen Walker - Purple - OTA

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2020-05-09 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Prep
Well this was certainly different than the last time, thought Allen at this point also was not holding out hope for the train to keep them around the whole time either. So while he was glad that they were going to get off to help, deep down he was worried it would happen all over again.

So he chooses to get ready regardless and soon was standing around shirtless, the scar on his right side and abdomen clearly showing as he started to fidget around with the wetsuit in hand. he had no clue how this worked at all.

"Just what is this and why is it like this?"

Arrival - Purple
When they arrived, Allen simply was glad to be off the train for the time being an focused on the task at hand. Looking around he was checking to see who else was around. Maybe there would be someone he knew, someone he didn't. It was just good to know who you are working with.

So walking over he smiled. "hey, I guess we're both on the same team this mission. I'm Allen. Nice to meet you."

For those he is already aware of his wording will be slightly different as "Guess we're in the same team. let's do our best, okay?"
Edited 2020-05-09 13:00 (UTC)
myblueskies: (mountains)

Romeo- OTA

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-05-09 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Preparation

He has wore a wet suit before, when he had visited the beach on a trip with the heavens so he knew how to put it on. The helmet and breathing machine were new but he sat on the floor of the dressing room reading the instructions carefully. "So this pipe goes into here and then it makes air go in!"

That sounded a bit weird but that's what the instructions said!

He keeps an eye out for Joss and Elfnein as well as any other friends and Inigo, Joss had come with him on two missions now, both had gone a bit bad. But he didn't want to leave Joss alone this time either. Especially since he knows Joss can't swim very well. So he thought it would be a good idea to help purple this time. He feels a bit bad for not going with blue, but his friend needs him!

Purple arrival

He hopped off the train when they arrived at the bottom of the cliff and looked up in awe at how tall the cliffs were! He stuck with purple team as they met the leaders of these islands and made their way through the entrance into the cave.

He keeps up easily enough, he is a good climber and a very strong swimmer. He will make sure to help other people, especially those who are a bit nervous about swimming or going underwater, happily making underwater tunnel trips multiple times to help get everyone through.

He mostly sticks near Joss though, to make sure his friend doesn't come to harm!

Monster trouble

Nearing the end of the first day there is a strange sound and all of a sudden a big mean crab scuttled into view, rushing right for him.

Romeo brought his hand up, fingers pointed and drew a line in the air. "Line!"

Nothing happened. No shimmer of a borderline and the crab just kept charging.
Edited 2020-05-09 13:15 (UTC)
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking directly at the viewer, mouth slightly open, as if she's in the middle of an important or unamused expression. (Focused)

Team Orange - assuming this is the second day or so...

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Nita knows what diving looks like. She knows what diving as a whale feels like, and why in all other cases she needs either a shield or just flat-out any life-preservation spell.

Falling asleep under the water? Not good, under any circumstances!

"Najaran!" she called through the suit-comms, having elected to stay human and use the more normal diving suits today.

She swam, breathing intently, eyes narrowed inside her helmet.

"What are you doing?"
najaran: (Sleepy Yawn)

Sure! That works!

[personal profile] najaran 2020-05-09 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cold...." she mumbled. "Sleepy." She wasn't sure how long she had been down there. She might have already dozed off once... or twice... or more. No matter what she did she couldn't seem to get warm though and her head was swimming more than her limbs were. And she was starving. She would have taken off her helmet already if she could have figured out what to eat....
unfavorableinstigation: It is dark, but Nita is inside reading a book. (Dark)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
In her own helmet, Nita muttered a swear - which nonetheless went through on the comms anyhow.

"Come here," she said firmly, getting close enough to handle Najaran herself. The presence of a suit made it hard to tell, but she didn't see the telltale bulge of the SCA on either of the girl's wrists...

"You can't help anyone down here if you pass out, okay? If you need a nap, we can get you one on the train."
najaran: (Bluff successful)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-05-09 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nap...? Okay...." she was clearly dealing with oxygen and pressure issues. Her eyes fluttered closed as her head lolled a bit. Sleep sounded good, and she was all floaty anyway....
unfavorableinstigation: It is dark, but Nita is inside reading a book. (Reading Indoors)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Something clicked into place for Nita, then, seeing that head loll: without the SCAs, this was a real dive.

Which meant surfacing too quickly really could kill Najaran.

Grimacing, she reached for her own SCA. If I can't heal her myself, we'd better get her to medical...

She tapped it three times.
najaran: (Arm Pain Cards)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-05-09 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
She was all but flopped against Nita, which probably wasn't such a big deal under water. Back on the train with both of them in wet suits with awkward helmets however....


Najaran was still very out if it, but she was feeling air come back to her properly at least and was gasping in huge mouthfuls of it while clumsily fighting with her helmet. She was aware enough to realize they weren't in the water and she wanted it OFF. Everything hurt. Why did everything hurt?
blue_ice: (ded)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-05-09 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"What."

That's Kaiba's response. He's sitting on the platform above the ocean, dressed in his gear and waiting for the first scout or two to come back. It's close enough to proper diving gear, but he hasn't trained to deal with the pressure. And that's a problem.

So he waits, and then he hears that strange echoing. And sees a whale.

"Nita, what did you do."
unfavorableinstigation: It is dark, but Nita is inside reading a book. (Dark)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Nita braced herself, backing up against the luggage racks and grunting with the effort.

Once situated, she depressurized her own helmet and took that off, before moving to help Najaran with hers.

"You, need medical," Nita said, in a tone that spoke of no backtalk allowed, while at the same time mentally piecing together the words for a healing wizardry that would restore the girl's blood-oxygen content-

Which didn't work.

"And if spells in general worked right now I'd teleport us there, but they don't, so we'll have to walk."

At least she could still move, even with Najaran leaning against her?
longforgottenpromise: (turn)

Taiki- OTA

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2020-05-09 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Arrival

He and Lord Gyousou had read through the different missions and Lord Gyousou had decided on the Blue teams mission. He had spent the couple of hours getting ready. He could swim at least, even if he was not the strongest at it, he knew how. He knew Lord Gyousou would not expect him to fight the monsters and helping the villagers stay safe and away from the fighting was a task he was willing to do.

He stood by the doors as they were called and braced as they jolted out of the void onto the world. And gasped outloud. Gyousou was gone.

No. He wasn't. He was still there, by the door. Yet the ouki... He can't feel it. It's gone. Lord Gyousou is there but in his heart, it is like his king has gone.

He is frozen, almost floored by this feeling.

Blue team: On the island nearing nightfall.

He is less alright with Gyousou going off to fight when he cannot sense him at all. It's still there, if he sits still, quiet and uninterrupted he can still sense his king. It's not the ouki, almost like if their covenant has been put in a box inside of him.

But they have people to keep safe. He works on helping everyone get ready for night time.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
/Shapechange,/ Nita explains, feeling much more calm even with the tired now that she knows this much works.

/Learned it my first summer as a wizard. Transformations still work here, apparently./
blue_ice: (defective water bottle)

Kaiba - Orange (OTA)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-05-09 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
train/prep

Again with the suits, huh. He dresses quickly, double-checking and triple-checking his equipment, then steps outside to let the air hit his face. It's been a while since he's been near an ocean. And now he's expected to deep sea dive. That's...something.

He hangs back to wait for the first scout's report, but he knows he'll be going. They have a job to do. But first he'll look at the crew left on the train, hanging back to check on those who seem hesitant or afraid.

"We don't have to all rush it. It'd be stupid to. Prepare."

The Dive (day 2. eventual target: market)

Initial reports say they'll be fine. It'll be a tough journey, but he's up for it. Early in the day he hits the water. Hopefully with at least someone at his side.

"Ready? This won't be a walk in the park."
najaran: (Call To Action By Grief)

Nita is CRAU, yes? LOL (had to tease Kaylin in there, don't mind me)

[personal profile] najaran 2020-05-09 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
She took several more deep breaths once the helmet was removed. "Food?" she mumbled, hopefully, stomach growling. No this is not actually another universe's Kaylin, though she was doing a pretty good imitation of it at the moment....

She leaned against Nita trying to walk in her flippers when the world was still all spiny. It wasn't working so well... She could summon Knight to help... but he was with the group of cards secured under the suit near her back, and not easily accessible, plus he was rather... large. But Cait Sith and the others were too small - except the ones that were way too big - and Living Weapon too pointy. She missed her other cards. And Gooligan. And her Master. And cake.

Her feet stumbled as she kept trying to walk with help. But she was really really out if it.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking directly at the viewer, mouth slightly open, as if she's in the middle of an important or unamused expression. (Focused)

Yes. ^^ (And yes. XD)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, food later too," Nita answered, her mind much more focused on getting them to the med car.

One step after the other, they'd make their way to first the Dressing Car... maybe if they spotted Charlotte she could help? Teleportation didn't seem to be down, wizardry's inactivity aside.

Or just someone who could help carry Najaran, that would be nice.

"Where did you leave your stuff, anyway?"

Just musing aloud; Najaran didn't exactly seem in the best shape to be having a conversation, unfortunately.

Or maybe fortunately; it meant Nita couldn't properly yell at her for doing something so stupid...
magicurls: (time to worry)

Mami - Blue (as a visiting purple) OTA

[personal profile] magicurls 2020-05-09 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Arrival

The train reaches the first destination, but she hesitates. Normally, she'd be confident, her soul gem glowing bright, but her head hurts. Her powers are usually bubbling under the surface, close at hand even in her normal form, but even the slightest reach for them sends her reeling. And her team's supposed to go on a long trek through underwater caves.

Mami clenches her fist tries one more time and full-body flinches. She's not suited for close combat, especially without her magic. "I'm sorry, I can't---"

First teams are disembarking. Time to make a decision.

Blue mission

The island air at least gives her a little more room to breathe. She spends the day smiling at children, asking adults about the situation, and tentatively touching the older weapons. She has to fight somehow...her sharp eye is suited to long range, but can she learn to use a bow in a day? She's out trying in a desolate area, at least.

When night falls and the ominous rumblings approach, she steadies and raises a bow. No backing down now.
blue_ice: (defective water bottle)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-05-09 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Huh. Good to know."

He leans forward, taking it all in. "Did you see anything down there?"
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
/I had to come back up for air, first, but the city itself looked... empty? It's not under a shield or anything; it's all made of sand!/

She shrugs her tail. /Let me go back down and get a closer look, okay? It sure seemed pretty big./