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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] oripyrothy 2020-05-12 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, don't worry. We're professionals." ...Well, more or less. There was something to be said about the fact Ifrit was mostly a patient at Rhodes Island who burned people to death on the side, and Shaw was a firefighter, but that was semantics.

Now that she's on more sure footing in regards to the situation, Ifrit's natural ego is starting to shine through more. Her tone definitely took on a more bragging sound.
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[personal profile] oripyrothy 2020-05-12 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess a beach's a beach, huh?" Well that was one way to look at it.

Either way, it looked like they were about to be doing cave-diving, so no beach anyway. Hrm.

Thread wrap or thereabouts? This one was fun! ^^

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-12 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Nita just plain burst out laughing in relieved embarrassment at that.

"Well," she said, once she'd overcome the surprise a little. "That's one problem solved! Let's see if we can't solve the rest, huh?"
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-05-12 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Did they ask to be helped...?" Maru had his eyes on the waters edge now.

There was something wrong with the planet. Something that was getting in the way of his bond with Madoka. He couldn't sense where she was, though he knew she had to be close. He'd be feeling unwell if she wasn't. But without her his abilities were limited.

"Are those creatures really bad...?" He asked then, voice low. "... Are we any different than monsters...?" And then he moved. He launched himself forward as a creature left the surf. Some kind of snake thing. Maru was half way across the sand in the blink of an eye, landing and then jumping toward the creature. It fired something at him. Water? It clipped his side, though he did a fairly effective dodge midair to only have the water hit his arm. And then he was on the snake.

He landed on it's back, hard. He head and felt the snap. He didn't have claws and he refused to use his teeth. But with it's back broken it wasn't doing much more. So he pushed it back into the sea, floating it off so something else could feast on it. And returned himself to the blockade.

Maru hopped on, turned back to face the ocean, and crouched down.

All in all he was gone less than a minute.
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-05-12 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Was he a good person? Maru wasn't too sure about that... For a moment he seemed to shrink in on himself a little more, as if he were trying to hide away from the whole conversation. He was tempted to just become a cat and take off. But Madoka had come to his aid, she was doing her best, the least he could do was stay and listen.

"... I don't... drink blood..." Maru managed to get out, understanding that the guy who was Madoka's uncle was going to harp on this. So he needed to make himself clear. "... And now I can't, even if I wanted..." Because he had an Eve now. It was only her blood he could drink. And even then it was the small amount needed to fight for her, to feed on her resolve, her will to fight. The stronger that was, the stronger he would become. But at any other time he hated to do it. Maru hated being a monster...
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[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2020-05-12 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would seem that way." Hera nodded, thin lipped and glanced at him and his sticks.

"Usually such a pilgrimage would be taken unarmed, but all those called to lead must be prepared to fight." She gestured at the stick she was carrying, using mostly as an aid to navigate the rocky passage. "We can all hold our own."
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-05-12 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Maru didn't have to turn anyone away, luckily. He just stood there, arms crossed, looking bored with the whole thing and like he was moments away from just falling asleep. And he might well have done if Madoka hadn't chosen that moment to knock and call him back.

He stepped through and closed the door behind him before giving the girl his attention.

Okay, so maybe it didn't look so bad on her. But she was small and cute. She could get away with it. Maru was not small or cute. He could not.

"Not on you..." He sighed and then gave a shrug as he started to pull off his orange hoodie. "I suppose I don't have much choice. If I have to wear one."
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[personal profile] cassiefuckingcage 2020-05-12 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hear they're talking about making guns," Cassie says. "I'm not an engineer, but I've disassembled enough of them that I know what parts they'll need. Left 'em some sketches."

Her lips narrow and form a lopsided smirk as she cracks her knuckles.

"But old-fashioned beatings are kinda my specialty."
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[personal profile] oripyrothy 2020-05-12 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"And my fire is the most powerful." That's actually not true, since Talulah existed. But hopefully nobody on the train would ever come into contact with her, or else everybody was screwed. But most powerful on the train? Probably.

"Well, if it doesn't stay quiet, they'll have to answer to-" catches herself "-us. Right?"
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Blue team - combat!

[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-05-12 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Maru had been sitting on the barricade that had been built on the beach and just watching the goings on. Occasionally he would help. And as night fell he would help more, since he was able to become human and do that.

He was watching one person currently, just bashing away at sea creatures like it was their mission in life. What that person hadn't seen was the crab thing creeping up behind them.

Maru saw it. He almost didn't do anything... Until he heard a sweet voice in his head scolding him. Madoka would be unhappy with him if he didn't help. With a sigh, the Servamp fairly flew off of the barricade, launching himself into the sky toward the crab creature faster than it's scuttling legs could move it toward the person.

When he landed it was atop the crap with such force it's shell shattered. The creatures legs twitched and went still. Maru stood on it, hands in the pockets of his orange hoodie, looking bored with the whole ordeal.

"... Watch your back."
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-12 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then I trust," he emphasized the word slightly, "that our flank will be secure!"

Glorfindel doesn't mind a little bragging if it from someone who can deliver.
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-05-12 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Maru eyed the talc with more than a little suspicion.

"... Is that needed?" he asked as he dropped himself down on a bench with his wet suit and tried to work it out. He supposed he should start the way the Shiny Guy had and shove his feet in. So he did that. As best he could, anyway.

He got the suit up his legs before he gave up with a huff.

"... This is a pain."
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-12 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel looked at the caves past where everyone was gathering. "Who knows, maybe we will find sand inside as well."

"I am going to talk to one of the locals and see if I can get more information. You goood?" he asked.
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-12 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, hopefully you won't have to," he said grimly. "If you need anything, even if its just a break to catch your breath, just let one of us know. Especially him," he said, pointing at Luke. "He's our team leader."
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[personal profile] callmegladio 2020-05-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Gladio was infinitely careful of where he touched, he was gentle and slow, understanding Nocts issues with his back. But once Noct fell asleep his hand stilled and he instead just wrapped his arm about the other man to keep him safe and secure where he was.

Eventually his own eyes closed. Still tired from his own ordeal, it didn't take him long to join Noct in sleep.
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel shook his head with a laugh. It felt odd not to feel his hair when he did so, but the braids were a better choice for the mission. "I'm a bow user. Until I came here, I'd never even heard of a gun."

"I hear some are crustaceans," Glorfindel warned. "Can I interest you in a sharp stick?"
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[personal profile] cassiefuckingcage 2020-05-12 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wouldn't say no," Cassie says. "But I've got other ways to bust things open."
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[personal profile] aablublublu 2020-05-12 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Prettyregularly forafewmonths. Thisisn't toodifferent fromourdayjob."
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[personal profile] oripyrothy 2020-05-12 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Doctor always includes me in missions where they need a heavy hitter." Actually not true, since Rhodes Island had quite a number of teams who are all very capable. But she'd seen her fair share, and a good number of those missions includes Shaw as well.

"Usually we'd be up against Reunion or other bad guys, but we've faced worse monsters than this, too."
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[personal profile] flatteries 2020-05-12 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Inigo hums for a moment, idly touching his sword's sheath as he thinks.

"I assume Bui city is doing fine for now. They tend to send the orange team to missions that have more to do with.. well, figuring something out? It involves thinking moreso than fighting most of the time, from what I've gathered." And to keep this from getting too serious, he can't help but add in a slight joke: "That's got to be why we're here rather than there with them, right?"

Get it? Because they're idiots.

"I honestly prefer it this way though. I like being out where the action is, it suits me a lot more."
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[personal profile] springforth 2020-05-12 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wow! I'm impressed. I've known how to swim all my life and even I was a little take aback by how deep it seems. And all the equipment we need. Luckily, I could watch other people use it first."

She gesture to Rapunzel's long hair and ruffles her own, cut short to get out of her face today, "Does that not bother you? I worried about my own hair getting in the way down there."
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[personal profile] springforth 2020-05-12 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Pulling off the other flipper is a matter of a moment and she sets them down to the side. All the better to actually move.

"It's not that difficult, I promise. Just kind of..." She waves a hand for the word, "Confining and clingy. You put on the bottom of it like pants, then your arms through the front like a backwards jacket, and zip. I'll admit, it took a little experimenting to get it on properly."
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Re: Purple mission OTA

[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-05-12 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Trowa considered his knives and the sharpened bamboo for a moment. A spear would be a more disposable weapon, not that he was going to try to lose it. "It would certainly provide longer reach for defending the group we're escorting. I should only need one, though."
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[personal profile] thebetterweapon 2020-05-12 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Little bit of everything." Creed admits. "Don't need light to see, and don't need weapons. Probably better if I float, make sure everything up ahead is alright."
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[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-12 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe we all just do what we do best? And not always worry about our personal preferences. But say, do you have any theories as to what could have happened to the people of Bui? I know we aren't even down there yet, and you haven't had a look at the city. But we're on the planet, and we have a little information. Ideas?"

He's still treading water.

"Want to come into the water and go down to that city with me? Have a look at the crime scene?" Grin.