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: (the cool ninja)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-20 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then do we need more? Weight is a factor in long-term performance after all!"
knifewithnoname: (quiet)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-09-21 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
"We do be needing some." She told him, "When we did be being at the mountain the train did be disappearing. So it might no be staying this time either."
onehandsomeslickninja: (a little uncertain)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-23 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Disappearing?! It just -- but that makes no sense!" Not that any of this did, but this was even more egregious! "Why is our mission being constantly sabotaged?!"
knifewithnoname: (that sounds unpleasent)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-09-23 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"What do you be meaning?" She frowned and shrugged. "I do no be knowing where it did be going, but it did be being a practice so maybe it will be staying this time."
onehandsomeslickninja: (ninjutsu level up)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-23 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Taking off with all our resources, our living area, everything. We start from scratch everywhere, if it does that!" Edge took this personally, thanks to his ego if nothing else.
knifewithnoname: (quiet)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-09-24 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"You do be being right..." She nodded with a nose wrinkle. "Maybe there do be being a reason. I do no be knowing what that do be being though."

She hadn't even thought about it until Edge had brought it up.
onehandsomeslickninja: (cold look)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-24 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, and whatever that reason it, is sure sounds like this train isn't on our side. Kick us out to fight with no weapons, take off, and then come back to see what's left?" Definitely suspicious.
knifewithnoname: (yeah I'm not buying that)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-09-24 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"It did be kidnapping us. Did you ever be thinking it did be being on our side?" She tilted her head, a little mystified that he would even think such a thing.
onehandsomeslickninja: (ha ninja something!)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-24 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously not, but the kid was missing the point. "Kidnapping us to do missions. Which it then sabotages. So what's its real goal?"
knifewithnoname: (serious)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-09-26 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do no be knowing." She shrugged, "Maybe it do be being a test. Or maybe it do be being a stupid train and it do no be knowing we do be needing weapons. I do no be being a train so I do no be knowing how they do be thinking."
onehandsomeslickninja: (the cool ninja)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-27 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
"It can't be that stupid, it knew to add me to its arsenal!" Ego time was every time for a ninja king. "But it sure raises a lot of questions."
knifewithnoname: (pondering)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-09-27 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well hopefully we will be finding answers soon." She tilted her head as the train began to speak again. "I do be thinking it do nearly be being time to be going."
onehandsomeslickninja: (down to business)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-09-28 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
"You be careful," he said, waggling a finger at her to make sure the point hit home. "No getting hurt."
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2019-10-04 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
"I do always be being careful." She grinned at him, "You do be being too."

Being eaten by goblins would be a stupid way to die.
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2019-10-04 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry about me! I've gone through far worse than this!"