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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.
achickenformylove: (mdzs 1)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-05-29 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"He was very young."

WangJi remembered the day he met WuXian at the Burial Mounds, was randomly clung to, and cried on by a young boy. He had bought that child toys and food, letting him sit on his leg while he played with his butterfly and other toys. He had known instinctively that Yuan had likely not had enough food when he was first living in the Burial Mounds, but it was hard to hear that it was true.

"You did your best for him."

In the end, leaving him behind had saved his life in a way they had never expected. Even though nearly all the Wens died and WuXian as well, leaving him behind had allowed WangJi to find him and take him home.
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[personal profile] radishlobbyist 2020-05-30 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded firmly, her expression grave. "We did do our best. There was just..." Her arms tightened around the assortment of gear she was picking for herself to distract, now that she had settled on going with her own Blue Team. "There wasn't too much we could do. Some things in life are inevitable, it doesn't matter how much we wish or how hard we try, we have to accept them as they are."

Being unable to provide for A-Yuan as adults should had been one of these inevitabilities. It had simply hurt.

"You were able to give him a life we never could, even if we had lived." And yes, that stung in a way - but it was another inevitability.
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[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-06-03 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, this was similar to their first conversation when he had first arrived. He understood what that helplessness to care for someone was like, though compared to the Wen's struggle, it paled in comparison. He had tried to take care of WuXian in his first life but had been blocked both by WuXian himself and the circumstances of the world. WuXian had been an enemy to the cultivation world, not one WangJi should associate with. When he had tried to defend him, he had been beaten for the trouble and hadn't been there for WuXian's last moments.

He had suffered three years with those injuries, a time he had wanted to take care of A-Yuan but had been physically unable. Watching the child he'd made his son leave with his brother and not being able to join them had been hard.

Still, his injuries had healed, he had a good relationship with Sizhui, and even against all odds, he had WuXian again. Xichen had never allowed his good name to be disgraced even after attacking his own sect trying to save WuXian. His problems were nowhere near those that Wen Qing had suffered.

"You can be with him now. He appreciates that."
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[personal profile] radishlobbyist 2020-06-07 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hope so." There is a small smile on her lips. "I certainly appreciate it. I love every minute I get to spend with him. It's a gift I didn't expect to be given."

Yet she also tries not to crowd him too much, she is still figuring out how to approach him now that he is nearly an adult and she shouldn't smother him as if he were a little boy. Yet every day is still precious.

She looks down at the bundle of clothes she is holding. "We will get to spend more time again when this mission is over. I'm glad we have the opportunity to help others now, do something useful with our skills..." And she should probably be getting back to preparing for this mission, now that she has been assured Sizhui will be watched out for.
achickenformylove: (mdzs 2)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-06-08 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"This train has provided a lot of surprises we were not expecting."

To see her again, even for WangJi, to be able to marry his husband, meeting so many people from worlds so different than their own.

"Yes, I am glad we can be useful. I hope your skills will not be required a lot."

A doctor who was prepared for the worst and was bored meant there were no injuries to attend to.
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[personal profile] radishlobbyist 2020-06-08 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
She gave a wry almost-smile.

"I also hope that I will be bored... though from what we have heard about this mission, I don't have much hope for it. If nothing else, there are bound to be reckless fools nearly drowning themselves because they overestimate their swimming skills."

She gives him another small nod. "So. Watch out for yourself and for your family. I hope I won't see you again until the mission is over." And not as one of her patients.
achickenformylove: (mdzs 1)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-06-08 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is true. There are always those who don't know their own limitations. We will try not to add to your workload. Watch out for yourself as well."