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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.
unfavorableinstigation: It is dark, but Nita is inside reading a book. (Dark)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
/Our team IS pretty large. We should be able to cover enough of this place in shifts.../

Nita rose after him, gently nudging him to keep Kaiba moving at a slow, steady pace.

No use getting the bends on this planet!
so_dark_a_road: (Elves step up)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Curufin also hits the water early. He's eager to go. SPLASH!!!

"I'm ready. And I'm sure it won't be a walk in the park." Smile. "More like a swim in the park, if we're lucky. If we're not lucky, we'll have to fight giant squids for possession of that underwater city."
blue_ice: (could it be)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-05-09 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"...you think we need weapons?"

Because he doesn't have anything that would work underwater. He's...not in a great spot.

Reactions like that are 100% why I made this toplevel, btw. XD

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a smile in Nita's voice this time as she replied, /Sure am! I learned it really early on./

She fluked some, not quite making a lap around the train, before coming back to her teammate.

/Early on as a wizard, anyway. Neat, huh?/
blue_ice: (sacrifice)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-05-09 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"If I can get the rest of them in the water. Not all...no one should be forced...but to get their confidence up."

He leaned on the whale for a moment, whispered a 'thanks', and pushed toward the surface. Breaking free was a huge relief, and he floated for a few moments before starting back to the platform.

He yawned, despite an attempt to cover it with his hand. "Do you need anything?"
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

Preparation

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Curufin is already dressed in his bright orange dive suit and carrying his equipment.

"Those are flippers. You pull them over your feet and they help you swim. When you kick with your feet, they give each kick more power. But don't put them on until you're ready to jump in."
so_dark_a_road: (the flaming circle of our days)

Orange Mission

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Curufin is looking around the train for his teammates, making sure he knows where everybody is. He hurries through the Dining Coach and promptly sees Misa with her peanut butter sandwich.

"Misa, are you staying on the train for this mission?"
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-05-09 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Misa has her green milk, and her peanut butter sandwich. She also has a list of things to do in front of her. She is not getting in the water.

When she hears her name, she turns. "A courtesan does not swim, it is... unseemly. So, yes, I will be staying here." She explains. "Is there something I can help you with?"
so_dark_a_road: (among the contending princes)

Prep

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Curufin is already in his orange diving suit, carrying his gear.

"I wish the train would think of that. We don't have weapons made for this kind of mission. A speargun would be perfect."
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-05-09 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
She gets up and puts the flatware away. Then, she looks in the fridge. "It's red." She doesn't know Earth fruits. But she knows her colors. "There might be a purple one here, somewhere. Which would you like?"
so_dark_a_road: (in the unmeasured night #3)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hope not, but I've got my goblin sword and knife with me. I just hope it doesn't rust in all this salt water. I collected extras on that earlier mission, but they're not in my bag. I could loan you one. We'll probably be making a number of dives, so the next time we're on the train, I could get them out and you could choose."

He had decided to take a chance on steel swords and knives possibly not being the best underwater weapon. But he has a strong arm and thinks he could still stab a monster effectively enough.
blue_ice: (and that's the tea)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-05-09 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I don't want to waste it if it's not necessary. If we're attacked, I'll evacuate."

And you'd better evacuate too. He nods and dips below the surface, acclimating before they start to enter the true darkness.

"Ever done this?"
swansongs: (Didn't even stand to watch you go)

Dyme | OTA

[personal profile] swansongs 2020-05-09 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
A. Preparations

He had absolutely no intentions of going into the ocean, not just because he couldn't swim to save his life, but also because the ocean was fucking terrifying, but he wrestled his way into a wet suit anyway. The only thing he had trouble with was zipping it up in the back, which left him floundering for the zipper while the burn scars spread across his upper back were left uncovered. He'd feel a lot more self-conscious about them if he wasn't distracted with the zipper.

"Um. Sorry. Could you give me a hand?"

B. Blue Team Part 1

Before ending up on a crazy train in space, it hadn't actually been too long since he'd been on a beach. The downside was that it reminded him of someone he was missing. It was a little hard not to get distracted while he was on patrol, but he was equally worried about some kind of horrible monster coming out of the ocean.

Between the two of those things, he was so distracted from where he was walking that he stepped barefoot on a broken seashell. "Ow, ow, shit," he swore under his breath, hopping around on one foot to check his other. He wasn't bleeding very much, but it still hurt.

C. Blue Team Part 2

So far, ditching his own team to help another had been pretty stress free, all things considered. And he'd only ditched because of the whole 'can't swim' thing. Also, you know, the ocean being terrifying. He'd never been in the ocean before. Ever. He couldn't imagine being down under the water right now, experiencing who knew what, the whole time expecting something to attack him.

Alright, so he was still expecting something to attack him at any moment, but that was exactly what blue team was supposed to be working on, so it wasn't exactly a surprise. And besides, there were far fewer directions for something to come from while on land. Still, when something started emerging from the ocean, something large, horrible and wrong, Dyme scrambled backwards.

"Problem! We've got a problem here!"

Rushing up the beach, he nearly slipped on the sand, but made it to a torch, snatching it up and turning back around to face the thing from the ocean. It hesitated when it saw the fire, but it was still too close for Dyme's comfort.

"I will...I'll fuck you up," he said, but he didn't sound very convincing, and the thing didn't look very intimidated.
so_dark_a_road: (by the laws of our people)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
He nods. "That's probably best. No, there's nothing you can help me with right now. I'm hearing that some members of Orange team and other teams are staying to be a sort of base of operations. Is there anything I can help you with?
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Glorfindel, Preparations | Purple Team

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-09 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Preparations

The wet suits were fascinating. They were close fitting and took some manoeuvring to get on. Glorfindel stripped down to his loincloth, and then rolled the suit like a particularly tight piece of hose and started to slowly work it on, that way.

He sat on one of the benches to make it easier until he managed to get it up to his hips, then stood to get it the rest of the way up. At that point there was a lot of shimmying and sliding. At one point he stops and braids his hair, then piles it on top of his head to get it out of the way.

Fortunately elves have little to no body hair. He eyed some of the more hirsute Trekkers and occasionally winced as they put on their suits.

Putting on the helmet was also a bit tricky, but that was due to his hair. Finally he gave up and went over and asked Curufin for help (under his top-level).

Purple Team

"Clear mind, clear heart. Come those who seek to serve." Well, that was them in a nutshell. Well, they came to serve. Hopefully enough of them have a clear mind and heart. Glorfindel took a deep cleansing breath of the sea air.

He was going to be taking point, with whomever wanted to join him. He gave Luke a nod, fastened his helmet, took his makeshift spear and started into the cave.
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

ROTFL

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I knew you had magical powers, but I didn't know you had self-transformational powers!"

He trod water and watched her swim around the floating platform and come back from the other side.

"Yes, I'd say that's more than neat, that's amazing!"
laurefindil: (Default)

Arrival

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-09 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Before heading into the caves, Glorfindel glances over and sees Romeo and Joss. "Are you going to be sticking close to the locals we are escorting?" he asked. "I'm taking point, we have outriders, and those bringing up the rear, plus the floaters, as well. I've not seen your fighting style yet, but I suspect you might be good at taking out those who underestimate or overlook you," he said with a smile.
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Re: Creed OTA - Purple - Tunnels

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-09 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel approached him, tapping his short spear on a rock so he doesn't sneak up on him.

"Are you point with me, outrider, flank, or floater?" he asked. He was assuming Creed wasn't the type to stay with those being escorted to wait for danger to come to them.
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[personal profile] sensitiveapple 2020-05-09 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
She shakes her head. "No. I have a list of things to do, and will be around if anyone has need of me." She bites her lip. "It isn't going to harm anyone if I stay, right?" Because while she wants to be of help, she won't go back on what she sees as one of her core values.
so_dark_a_road: (seeking always the unknown)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right. I can't fault you, you have common sense." (Unlike Curufin!) "We could be in a bad situation if we're attacked underwater."

He dives under along with Kaiba. The light from above slants into the water, and when Curufin looks up, he can see the mirror image that always forms on the underside of the water's surface. But as they go lower, the light diminishes and finally they are approaching true dark. He clicks on his SCA light.

"I've never dived in an ocean, just in lakes and streams. And that was mostly to build rock foundations for wharves and piers."
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Re: Whisper - Cave

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-09 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
As he got ready to head into the caves, Glorfindel was checking with his team so he would know where everyone was as the mission went on. He tapped his short spear against the rocks as he moved about so he wouldn't sneak up on anyone.

Seeing Whisper, he approached her. "Hello, I am Glorfindel, a member of the Purple Team as well. Do you know if you are going to be staying with those we are escorting, or being Point with me, an Outrider, bringing up the Flank, or will you be a floater?" he asked.
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-09 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, it's not going to harm anyone if you stay. I think it's best if everyone makes their own best judgment about what tasks to take on." He smiles. "Don't worry. I'm sure you'll be very helpful up here."
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
/Of course./

She had missed the time the train had actually polled people, but she wouldn't be surprised if more than a few of the people on the train just plain couldn't swim.

Nita surfaced as well, breathing carefully, but not yet detransforming.

/A nap,/ she snarked - only to continue, more genuinely, /A towel would be great, though./
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Re: Geralt - OTA, purple

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-05-09 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
The man reminded him of the Dunedain in how he moved and carried himself. Glorfindel, tapping his spear against the rocks, went over and introduced himself. "Hello, I'm Glorfindel. I'll be taking point. Are you going to be with me, escorting our charges, an Outrider, holding the flank, or are you a floater?" he asked.

He wanted to get an idea of where everyone was going to be, just in case. Though, from the way he'd headed directly to the caves without a word, Glorfindel suspected he'd be part of the point team.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita Callahan rendered in Undertale-style graphics. (Nita.jpg)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-05-09 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh, red should be fine."

Nita's not looking up at the fridge, but it's not that big a deal to her.