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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.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-05-10 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Could be worse! Luckily I've that 'almost starved' look goin for me." Duo poked at his own waist, there wasn't a bit of fat on his body. He wasn't nearly as toned as some of his friends were, but he was strong enough. It just so happened that the suit did NOT do him any favours in that department.

It hugged his ass quite nicely though. He gave it props for that!

"And I've my cloak from the last mission so I'm set!" It would fit quite nicely into the waterproof packs they were being given... of which he planned to take two. As well as his empty rucksack.

It was about then that Duo actually looked up to see who he was talking to.

"Oh, hey... Ignis, right? Don't think we've met!" Yep, he had definitely given up pretending he didn't know who people were.
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cave adventure

[personal profile] alongtailtalltale 2020-05-10 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Tangle knew Whisper well enough by now that she could anticipate that she was going to have difficulty with the crampedness of the cave. And lo and behold, that seemed to be the case.

When she has an opportunity, she's going to sidle up beside Whisper, while making sure to keep a respectable distance. "Hey. You doing alright?"
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
He's busy folding the last of the packs and pouches for his team. It's tedious work but he's definitely suited to the task. After all his life has been working towards keeping the king safe and wearing any number of hats to keep the man healthy and safe.

If only he could keep the man eating his vegetables. Well now the advisor had a secret weapon that involved pink hair and puppy eyes. Don't test him Noct.

Taking another sip of his coffee, he got up to start packing things away and heard footsteps. Looking over, there was an unfamiliar boy standing there looking a little nervous though there was a smile.

"I am." And then the boy gave his name instead and there was an inward laugh. This reminded him of all of the people that were introduced to Noctis and just about fell on their faces. It was amusing and he'd learned how to hide his mirth after having seen it about a hundred times. However, Ignis didn't equal Noct in any world, even in this one.

Well this was different, and a very welcome one at that. So the advisor nodded to the question. "You are certainly more than welcome to accompany the Blue team." The more help they had the better, but he wondered why this kid so nervous though.

His head moved back a bit at the rambling and he couldn't understand it. "I'm sure you won't be a bother and helping other teams is a noble endeavour."

The strategist moved forward and offered a hand "It's a pleasure to meet you Inigo."
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Noct chuckled nervously. "Yeah, it's pretty loud, isn't it? I look terrible in red..."

He rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah. You've got a better head on your shoulders, and you've never led me astray."
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Noct felt warm as Gladio's scent surrounded him. He laid his head on Gladio's shoulder, just focusing on breathing. "I'm sorry...I didn't think I would..." He honestly hadn't thought he would react so strongly. "Just...all that water...it...I was expecting Leviathan herself to come out..."
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ignis (prompto can be there if he likes, idk!)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-05-10 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
With his SCA always on him, Tidus knew about the mission briefing as soon as it came in, its initial glow startling before he saw what it meant. A mission this soon--that was a surprise, but maybe it was for the best than staying on the train any longer than the week they have.

He gets involved in the early preparations as much he can, mostly following and seeing what people do. But there's a nagging in him, even then: earlier discussions since his arrival about the imbalanced teams, the fact Purple Team would have plenty while, which ones was it-- Blue? Red? They'd have less. And the Blues were expected to help protect villagers...

For whatever fervour the idea of helping in general gave Tidus to begin with, he can't help but become distracted. A distraction that leads him to find the person apparently organising the Blue Team, led--considering he doesn't know what the guy looks like (and doesn't think to check)--by the same question that Ignis will find being asked in his direction, when the blond pops his head into wherever the man may be found in the initial planning stages:

"Yo, is the Blue Team lead around here?"
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-05-10 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then let's have you wear a blue one!"

Madoka sounds rather happy. Mostly since she's just glad to have found a solution! There's no way she would want to force Maru into something against his wishes right away on their first mission.. She'd feel so guilty about this, especially since he's going along with the mission so well since he's there to protect her.

She picks up a blue one, holding it out to him so he can take a better look at it.

"I'll be wearing blue too, of course, so we'll even match! Then we'll even look more like partners." Madoka likes that word for their contract. It makes them feel much more like equals in this deal, which she greatly prefers, no matter the fact that she is aware she is the one controlling him when it comes down to it.
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would definitely be a more complimentary colour if it was done in small doses. Perhaps just a shirt or a tie" Ignis smiled. "And it would look smashing with a lot of black." Obviously that wouldn't be a problem back home since that was the Royal family colour anyway.

There was a smile at the king's words. "I would never do that Noct." Both of them knew that but it felt good to say it anyway. But something felt a little off and he wanted to check.

"Are you alright?"
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I still think I'm more of a blue guy." Noct said. Gladio had said it brought out his eyes.

When he was asked if he was alright, he wasn't sure how to answer that. "Well...I'm...I'm a little nervous. I'm not sure if I want to be underwater so soon after all the stuff that happened in Altissia..."
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Ignis nodded as he lifted one more sandbag up. "I've no doubt we'll be pushed back. You have your distance advantage and if you can spare a moment, keep any other villagers out of range. I'm sure we may have more than one trying to help us keep the visitors from the sea at bay." They had warned the villagers to stay off of the beach and somehow the strategist knew not everyone planned on listening to that advice.

Per their advice, there were ample fires lit and green eyes watched them grow brighter as night started to fall. Hands on his hips he looked over at the blonde. "There's only us two, so we're down the other half of our team." The strategist wished he could ask the two of them why they were on the train but he couldn't and it was no use wasting precious energy on it right now.

His arms folded across his chest as he watched the water. "We're just going to have to make up for the lack."
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[personal profile] dredefulchilde 2020-05-10 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Everything in Joscelin is screaming at him to say no, but he trusts Romeo.

He takes a deep breath and reaches for Romeo’s hand, ready to dive.
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Agreed." Ignis concurred easily enough. The king's eyes were striking and he'd always personally thought so. But that wasn't a conversation they should be having right now.

Listening to what Noctis was saying now though had his advisor concerned. Noct's safety and comfort came first, and that was the operative in which the blondish man worked. So there's a silence as the king is studied.

Altissia's events were the last thing Ignis knew. And then of course there was the vision Pyrna had given to him before the dog..expired. It made him wonder if both Pyrna and Umbra were tied to Lady LunaFreya's life force. But he couldn't and wouldn't ask Noct. "You're not bound. There's nothing saying you can't go on another team's mission if it better suits you."

Tony's words about the danger of the Red Team missions rang through his mind but he said nothing. Noctis was the king and he could make his own decisions.
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's the thing, though, Iggy..." Noct bit his lip. "I'm not sure I'm suited for any of the missions. Red is a definite no-go..." He rubbed his arm. "I, at least, feel safe with you."
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ignis is making a list and going over the information that the Blue team has. They have a rough description of things (which is infinitely better than some of the missions they've been on) and he's leaned against a table, coffee nearby. Fire is good, sea monsters..well that was nothing new really. They'd watched Noctis catch some pretty fearsome things in the Cygillan Ocean and then of course there had been the magnificence of seeing Bismarck. That didn't mention the whole Leviathan trial thing of course that didn't go over well.

Hopefully there were no Leviathans here.

Looking up from his spectacles at the newcomer to the train, the advisor nodded in acknowledgement. "I am the Blue Team Leader. Ignis Scientia at your service."
Edited 2020-05-10 23:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
The advisor sighed with relief that he hoped wasn't visible on his face after Noctis declared red was not going to be a thing. He didn't even want Tony on those missions but he knew trying to talk the other out of those was a definite waste of time.

So Ignis nodded, trying to smile for the king's sake. "And safe is where I'll keep you." It was something he'd said the night they talked, but he swore an oath at six to keep Noct safe, so whatever it took really. That wouldn't change no matter what world they were in and he'd taken care to tell Noctis as much.

There was another silence as he tried to figure out what to advise his king at this point. So there was a small sigh as he spoke in a gentle tone. "Gladio is on the Blue team, Prompto always follows and I'm the team leader. It makes the most sense to have you be on the team." Not to mention Ignis felt better with the king at his side like they always were. "However, you could stay on the beach and keep the villagers safe."

Unfortunately they were out of time to figure this out in a more properly timed manner.
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Noct saw the relief on Ignis' face and it solidified what he thought, which was that Red had the most dangerous missions. He listened to Ignis' advice and nodded. "I think that's what I'll do. That's probably for the best. And that won't be a bother to the rest of the team?"
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super duper special mission patrol time

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-05-10 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
The day is coming to an end, the blues of the sky washing into midday purples, to soon meet with the night. Preparations had been made as best as possible in the timeframe they had to gather resources, information, to do what could be done before nightfall. Now was the time for patrols to be set, covering as much of the island as could be managed with what people they had.

But if you're going to be on patrol, doesn't having a partner just make sense? Tidus wasn't looking to play solo, and if that meant having to approach people he barely knew to see if they'd want to team up, then that was the least of his worries.

"'Sup!" Which Inigo would find out, in the midst of whatever preparations he was making before departing. Tidus greets him with a Purple Team hoodie tied around his waist, a sword on hand and a friendly smile on his face. "Hey again. You doing patrols with anyone?"
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The advisor's head shook. "No, it won't be a bother considering we're going to be at the forefront of the fighting. That leaves the villagers in theory huddled together, exposed and vulnerable to anything else that may attack them. The Blue team doesn't have the numbers the others do and some of us are even participating with other teams, which in turn of curse reduces our meager team." It wasn't a happy thing but it was the truth.

And if anyone had an issue with Noctis defending helpless villagers they could come talk to Ignis. And it wasn't a wise idea to test the man who would protect the king with his last breath.
Edited 2020-05-10 23:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Noct let out a sigh of relief. "Then I will do my best to protect them." He promised. He wasn't sure how much he could do, but he would try. "I noticed that Blue is suffering, numbers wise..."
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a smile at Noct's promise and a gentle tone. "That's all anyone can ask."


Ignis sighed at the observation. "We've always had a small team. I'm just lucky that all of you are here since the team was mostly children when I started with them. That was how I met Madoka and Romeo and some of the others." Really he was more than happy to have fighters and those who came over to help, just to protect the children that had no business being out on the field.

Sometimes he wished he could give them flowers or something.
Edited 2020-05-10 23:23 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Noct frowned. "It isn't right. No child should be made to fight and protect people. We're supposed to be protecting them." Noct shook his head. "Isn't there something we can do about it?"
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Green eyes kept a look out at the sea. It looked calm of course but Ignis knew better. Back home he and the boys had been the ones to hunt, even at night. So offensive was good though this required patience. He was a patient man and one who well knew the importance of the virtue.

With a sigh his eyes spared a look over at the supplies on the ground for the hundredth time, knowing their exact location. It was good to be prepared and that's what he was. But then his attention was turned towards an unfamiliar person who like him was waiting.

Finally he had to break the silence. "Shouldn't be much longer."
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[personal profile] faithfulsupport 2020-05-10 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Another sigh and the advisor pushed his spectacles up to the bridge of his nose. "That has been my argument since I arrived and that was what I did on my first mission. I had goblins in front, with Madoka and Romeo behind me." This was how he became so attuned to being constantly busy as well.

Missions weren't any fun for the team leader who basically had to fight, protect, cook for and heal his team. Whatever energy there was left over was for small bits of foraging, or if villagers sought to tell him thank you like they did on the ice world mission. As a parting gift they'd given him plenty of fish to bring back with him. Rest was near non existent.
Edited 2020-05-10 23:36 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bethereprompto 2020-05-10 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Prompto sat crossed legged on the table in two-toned outfit of black and purple. His clothes also had several spots where it had been fashionably cut to make it look more punk or grunge (depending on who you asked). In one gloved hand held a banana he was munching on and the other was busy helping sort mini-first aid packs for their team.

He looked up when Ignis did and tilted his head to the side. "Hey teammate! You goin' blue with us, dude?"
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[personal profile] sonoflucis 2020-05-10 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Noct reached a hand out to touch Ignis' arm. "That sounds so stressful. Please, let us help you if you become too tired, okay? Don't feel bad about delegating duties. That's what friends are for, okay?"