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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] bethereprompto 2020-05-30 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[Prompto gives her an apologetic/ sheepish smile when she lets go- like he's sorry for putting her out to release his hand.]

Adventurers? Oh, like they say in video games? Uh.. yeah, I guess. We've been on a lot of adventures, does that make us adventurers?
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[personal profile] bethereprompto 2020-05-30 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's your hair. Isn't everyone's hair soft and fluffy? I don't really go around touching people's heads all that much so I may be wrong in assuming."

He looked down at her and his eyebrows rose sharply. "Are you kidding? Check 'em!" He flexes his arms in a few very exaggerated poses. "I could carry both of you on my shoulders!"

He dissolves into more laughs before calming down enough to look at the cute blue haired cat-boy. "So uh.. do you like fish? I've heard cats really like fish. Do you ever have the impulse to bat stuff with your hands like cats do?" He glanced around wondering if they could make a game of this. "Fetch is only a dog thing, right?"
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[personal profile] singlefaith 2020-05-30 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Misa's smile brings Ran's back again, and with it, some measure of relief -- both in that she apparently hasn't caused offense and for the hair help. "Thank you!"

She definitely receives more help than she was expecting. At first she's a bit uncertain, feeling Misa's fingers move differently than anticipated, but the girl's finger's are quick, and it feels as though her hair is being tamed -- maybe holding the strands even better than a simple braid would have done. Her fingers lift to touch it as Misa finishes, exploring the tight, skillful weave.

"That's amazing." There's genuine awe in the tone. She'd like to see it, but unfortunately there seems to be no mirror in sight. "Would you teach me sometime? This would be good for when I'm practicing, too -- even putting it up in a ponytail sometimes gets in the way." A beam. "Thank you!"
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[personal profile] sendiintheclown 2020-05-31 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Trowa laughed and shook his head. "I dunno, you'd make a good human cannonball."
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[personal profile] swansongs 2020-05-31 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Probably, and it's not your fault that they are." He wasn't bothered in the slightest; meeting so many people from so many different places was a big learning experience for him. And he was discovering that he actually enjoyed learning when it was outside of the school structure.

"Oh... like a butler or something?" This was probably a bad time for questions, but it took his mind off of some of the stress of everything else that was happening, at least.
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[personal profile] swansongs 2020-05-31 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He couldn't help but start laughing. Who would've thought he'd be having a conversation like this, after fighting off a horrible sea monster?]

I hope so. I mean, I'll do my best.

[And that was a promise, if only because she was so excited about this that he'd feel bad letting her down.]
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-05-31 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Maru glanced at Madoka before he slowly sank down to one knee so she could reach. Even if he hadn't really liked it, he wouldn't have seen her struggle to reach him. As it was he didn't really mind it, he was just surprised that these people actually seemed to want to pet his hair in his human form.

If they said it was soft and fluffy though, he suppose he couldn't argue. They both couldn't be wrong, could they?

"... I like grilled fish." Did that count. Maru frowned, was this guy making fun of him? It was hard to tell. "I don't..." Though as a cat he had, to entertain the girls at Mahiru's school. They'd seemed to find it cute.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-05-31 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Duo rolled his eyes and did the mature thing and stuck his tongue out. "Screw that! I'd be one of those guys on the motorbikes that ride around in those big spheres!"
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[personal profile] mimidaeia 2020-05-31 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
The barrel roll sends SXT-2 swinging into the wave. She screeches like a harpy, but the roar of the ocean drowns most of it out; now both of them are bouncing around in the water. It becomes readily apparent that SXT-2 can't swim either. The SCP at least keeps her from drowning but honestly, who knows where the breathing holes are on that thing.

The situation hasn't improved, but at least Kumoko has a comrade in suffering.
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[personal profile] areasontohope 2020-05-31 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yuki sighed at Inigo's antics. The boy was being an idiot right now and he wanted to throttle him. Not because of comforting Prompto, Yuki had no idea why Gladio sensei would do a thing like he had.

So when the warrior started in on carrying sandbags all day, Yuki was going to let him do five and fall on his face. There was going to be absolute zero sympathy out of the silver headed man if his boyfriend was insistent.

For himself, he kept steadily to his one at a time method.
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[personal profile] areasontohope 2020-05-31 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
There was a soft sweet smile that Inigo couldn't see as Yuki let himself enjoy the moment.

As soon as the train made the announcement though, he moved away from the warm safe place he'd been leaning into. No time for anything else, they had a mission to accomplish. He started looking to get everything ready when Inigo spoke up, there was a soft wondering look. And he was about to say something but the words fled his mind when he heard that last question.

So a genuine smile appeared after a nod.
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[personal profile] flatteries 2020-05-31 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Inigo is rather glad to hear Prompto sound reassured about the deal. Sure, he figures Prompto might still worry a little - if he's anything like Inigo, anyway - but maybe these dumb shenanigans are the perfect way to distract the blonde from his issue. And it's a good way to impress his boyfriend, who is clearly not judging him over this dumb decision at this very moment, right. Clearly. Obviously.

"Sure! Prepare to be amazed!"

Inigo stretches, probably much more confident about this than he has any right to be. He piles some of the sandbags on top of each other. Once he's assembled a pile of five of them, it looks.. rather daunting.. but he can't stop now! Backing out now would make him look worse!

So he sucks in a deep breath before moving to pick up the bags of sand. Somehow he manages it - rather miraculously, even with the amount of muscle he does have! - but everything about him is so wobbly. His arms shake so badly. His legs look about to give out, but somewhere from behind the bags he (half-muffled) says: "Yuki! Yuki, look, aren't.. aren't I grea--"

He can't even finish the sentence. A moment later he's totally toppling over with an "oof!" and falling straight onto the ground. Half of the bags probably fell on top of him in a miserable little pile.
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[personal profile] flatteries 2020-05-31 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh, that smile! How could Inigo feel even slightly worried about the upcoming mission when that smile is right in front of him? It feels as if even just only looking at it makes all his problems melt right away. It's not as if Inigo doesn't already smile all the time, but of course he instantly smiles right back at it. There's no other option. Yuki's smiles are too powerful.

And they probably need both hands to grab all their stuff and get ready, but.. you know, sometimes you got to pick sentimentality over practicality. Hence why Inigo still grabs Yuki's hand to hold onto as they move to get their things. (Yuki is more important than anything else he could bring, anyway.)

"Great. Let's go then."
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[personal profile] draconite 2020-05-31 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ sea monsters, shitty theater productions. it's all about on the same level as hype for her. ]

Then we should hurry back to the train as soon as we can, and get things started!

[ YOU ARE ON A MISSION YOUNG LADY ]
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[personal profile] sell_tickets 2020-05-31 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
He shook his head. "The Queen ordered her given one final chance. If she takes the offered chance, she'll survive. If not she'll be dead by the end of the year. This is known."
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-05-31 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
It's so cute how Maru actually moves down so she can reach. Madoka is taking it as a sign that he's okay with her petting him like this, so she does exactly that with a smile on her face as she listens to Prompto and Maru exchange words. (She'll even give an approving giggle at Prompto "proving" his strength over there, since it's cute! He did carry her before, just not on his shoulder, so maybe he actually could carry them?)

Her gaze shifts over to Maru's frown though. Is he uncomfortable? Due to their bond, Madoka can at least feel a weird kind of feeling coming from him, so after petting him another time Madoka slowly stops, but still sticks by the cat boy's side.

"I think Maru actually doesn't have that many cat instincts." She's saying it thoughtfully, like she's considering it even as she's saying it now. Madoka hadn't really thought about it before.. "He's not really a regular kitty, after all. He's a person. I've never seen another cat that likes chips the way he does.."
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[personal profile] aggressivelygood 2020-05-31 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I heard something about that."

On his first day, actually, when he'd arrived on the platform... An unknown threat so large and unprecedented that the train had called the Voidtreckers back and their mission had been abandoned.

Concerns about future interference aside, he couldn't help but laugh at Duo's own cocky enthusiasm.

"So you're a hands-on kind of guy, then? I can roll with that." His expression took a tilt towards the slightly more serious. "Honestly, I thought about going with one of the other teams myself. I'm used to dealing with the gods, so maybe I could help with figuring out why the islanders can't seem to reach theirs...but I'm worried about the people who have disappeared in those pools we're headed for. If there's a risk to life then I felt I should to be here above anywhere else."
so_dark_a_road: (the flaming circle of our days)

want to consider this a wrap?

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-31 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Curufin waits for a while, considering that if Najaran regains her energy, she'll be ready to continue their mission tasks. He'll try waking her in an hour, as she suggested. . . or three. If she doesn't wake by then, he'll tow her carefully and very slowly up to the surface and find her a quiet place to sleep on the train. They can always come back down here when she's rested.
so_dark_a_road: (among the contending princes)

Good place to wrap?

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-31 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think I've seen somebody like that on the train, though I haven't talked to him yet. I will, though. We clowns must stick together!" He laughed with Duo.

"I"ll take you for my mentor, then," he said with a grin of his own. "I could always use a few tips as to how to fake it for the sake of future success."
so_dark_a_road: (a vision of war)

How about we wrap this one?

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-31 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wonder what will happen? I've only had those few glimpses of your world, from the dreamwalk all those months ago, so I can't say I know the people of your world well enough to guess. Do you think she'll take that one final chance? Or just say to hell with it and be herself, and die?"

While he was asking, he was also gathering his gear. "The train is going to announce drop order pretty soon. Guess we'd better go to the doors."
Edited 2020-05-31 15:22 (UTC)
maxwellsdaemon: (chilled)

Sounds good!

[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-05-31 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Let him know I sent you!" Because wouldn't that be the next conversation afterwards.

"Well, first we start with getting all this crap on and getting out there to kick some ass!" Duo grinned widely and grabbed for his bag and helmet. "Guess I'll meet you out there, Curufin! Good luck with your mission, buddy."

And it was time to be off, so he waved with his free hand and headed out of that carriage and went back to his own to gather a few things.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-05-31 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Screaming Death? Yeah, it was something to see." Duo chuckled and shook his head.

"You don't have to stick with the team you get assigned during missions. I'll go where I think I'm gonna be more useful." Duo stopped talking then and gave the guy a curious look, eyebrows raised. "Gods, huh...?" How many times had he argued that that guy didn't exist? But Duo was pretty sure that the God he didn't believe in was very different from the ones Sven dealt with.

"It's your choice, buddy! Like I said, go where you think you'll be the most useful." That was his motivation and would continue to be that way unless something else came up.
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-05-31 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course Ignis is getting a hug the moment he asks for it. Madoka already loves hugs without being asked, and if her papa wants one, then he sure is going to get one! She hardly misses a beat before she's already moving to cling to him, happily leaning against him.

But though the pout might have faded, that doesn't mean she's done trying to get the fact that he's amazing through to him. Maybe it's more than a little hypocritical, considering Madoka always dismisses compliments too, but she's much too determined to think of that much.

"That doesn't make the things you do less amazing though.." She mumbles while leaning into the hug. "No one told you to become my papa, right? It's something you decided yourself. And you've been so nice to me, and done so much for me.."

And not only her, but listen, she figures maybe it's a little more believable if she at least keeps it to things she can speak of from personal experience.

"I think that's really amazing. That makes you one of the best people here, papa."
so_dark_a_road: (they came in the dead of winter)

Shall we wrap this thread and continue the conversation in some future one?

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-31 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It was certainly true that there was a mythology surrounding vampires, and it was simply not always factually correct.

"I can believe you are different than other vampires. I'd like to hear your story, Maru, if you'd be willing to tell it to me. Maybe when this mission is finished?" He could believe as well that Maru was going to focus on taking care of others.

"I think the train is going to exit the Void pretty soon and announce drop order. We'd better grab our gear and head for the doors."
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

Good place to wrap?

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-05-31 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Curufin laughed. "I can believe you are a good swimmer, Romeo. And I believe that whatever task you take on while you are with Purple Team, you will do it well, and we'll all benefit from that."

He considered this avid young person whom he respected and liked. "Good luck to both you and Joss. Stay safe and have fun!"