voidtreckermods: (train)
VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2019-09-13 04:44 am

A City Falls: Start

Preparation

Just after light on the seventh day of the month of Bassoon everyone’s SCA glows with the colour of the void before showing a message. A briefing for the mission to come.

Anyone who goes to investigate the dressing carriage will find all the cupboards and drawers open. They may need to battle through spider webs but soon will find an array of clothes. Trousers, skirts, dresses, shirts, robes, cloaks. Everything they will need and plenty of choice. All the clothes have accents of team colours in more muted hues than the normal bold hoodies they wear.

A few hours later there is an announcement over the speakers. "Arrival to Planet #25768 imminent. Prepare for exit from Void. Drop order: Purple, Orange, Red, Blue. All passengers are to wear their Safety Control Apparatus and are reminded that emergency evacuation protocol is three short taps."

The train shudders and jerks. It is time.

Purple

"Purple Team to doors. Drop in two minutes. Purple team to doors."

The train flies down through the air before coming to a stop between two rocky outcrops. The doors hiss open, it’s a bit of a jump down to the ground and anyone who looks back will find the train hard to see. Not invisible but definitely cloaked, shifting to blend in with the rock.

They can hear the sound of many footsteps and the high sound of young voices. It is easy to hear where they need to be.

As they move down the rocky slope they will see the main pass. A large group of children are walking. Spirits are high even if it is clear they are on their guard. Older teens are wearing weapons, swords, the odd axe, a few daggers. Nothing expertly crafted but they all wear them with ease. Slightly younger children carry the very young, toddlers and those too young to walk and keep pace.

There’s a sound from in front of the group. From around the corner a girl, about thirteen years old, runs towards them. Her braids bounce against her shoulders, her eyes are wide with fear and she waves her hands at the others. “Run! Run!”

A shadow looms behind her, a winged wolf, gaining speed towards her. Sat on the wolf is a spear wielding goblin.

From all around them a growling of many more wolves, in the hills, close and ready to pounce.

Orange

Once Purple Team are gone the train flies again. "Orange Team to doors. Drop in two minutes. Orange Team to doors."

The train seems to be still concealed as it hovers at the city walls. There’s a bit of a jump onto the walls but at least they are near one of the staircases down into the city.

Also luckily no one seems to have seen them appearing out of no where though that has more to do with the general chaos rather than anything else!

There is a lot of chaos! People evacuating, animals everywhere, people looking lost and bewildered. Get herding or helping and encourage people up that cliff path!

Red

The train flies onward. "Red team to doors. Drop in two minutes. Red team to doors."

The train makes a slightly bumpy landing on a rocky slope. Scrambling up the slope red team will see a group of fighters, perhaps eighty in total. There are some supplies to the side, not yet allotted. Some horses and weapons. All the fighters are currently focused on a tall woman who is on horseback, facing them from the front.

“… Say those that stand here, as few as we may be were the ones who end the goblin menace on our lands for good. For our children and our families. We fight!”

The end of what was clearly a rousing speech, the fighters cheer. They begin to move over the slope, towards the goblin camp below. If you are joining this battle the time is now!

Blue

The train flies low, skimming over the lake. "Blue Team to doors. Drop in one minute. Blue Team to doors."

Jumping down off the train they will land in the shallows of the lake. It’s not deep enough to go over their boots and now too far to wade to shore. The shore is rocky, loose rocks and pools of water to avoid. The tower stands before them. Three goblins, riding wolves perch on the walls high above them. The sky above crackles with lightning that is not at all natural.

The doorway to the tower is open, there are a lot of stairs to get up. The howls of the wolves fill the air as the wizards fight them off above. Time to climb!
onehandsomeslickninja: (by my blade)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-16 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
If I could look half as good as you do, I'd feel like the greatest victor of the day.

[But, with that flirtation delivered charmingly, Edge frowns and folds his arms.] I need a mask, of course, but I don't have most of the weapons I'd need to tuck away inside my gear. So I suppose I have more options than I'm used to...
blueberryprincess: found on tumblr (watching)

[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-09-18 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wow. Okay. He's flirting a lot, isn't he? Evie's going to ignore it, briefly thinking of Harry Hook and wondering where he is and if he's ready to go.

Edge asks for a mask and Evie turns to one of the shelves nearby, sorting through.
]

What kind of mask? A domino mask to cover the eyes? A full-face one?
onehandsomeslickninja: (turned away cool)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-18 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Edge is definitely on the wrong train for flirting. Pity he doesn't know that.]

A ninja's mask covers mouth and nose. In small part it's protection against gas attacks and smoke, but primarily it's for concealing lip movements so the enemy can't read your lips to guess at your plans -- or even know if you're speaking to someone or not.
blueberryprincess: found on tumblr (Default)

[personal profile] blueberryprincess 2019-09-18 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. I think...there's...

[ She's digging through the shelves carefully, glancing at Edge occasionally while she works out what colors would work best and what would fit the situation they're heading into.

He's a ninja. She knows what those are. Finally, she finds something that might work. Holding out something she's sure can be used as the mask he needs, she raises an eyebrow.
]

Try it. There are several more on the shelf, if that one doesn't work.
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-19 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Taking it, Edge tosses it over his face, then quickly knots it in the back. Hmm, light and doesn't interfere with breathing, which is really the most important thing. He rocks his head left and right, considering how well it'll hold its knot in the middle of a fight.]

This seems great! Excellent eye on that one.