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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-05-21 05:22 am

Under the Sea: Conclusion and aftermath

Ritual

The jellyfish is no more and as red team take stock of their injuries, or collapse from exhaustion the lights zip around them, singing their song of joy. They gather around the light that had been inside the jellyfish and now that it has been released it is obvious this light is different. Stronger. They surround it and the song gets even louder as they begin to move towards the plinth.

In the caverns where the purple and orange team are there is a stillness. For those in orange team still in the cavern they can only hope that the instructions they gave out had been followed. Luckily for them they have been, Purple team have done a remarkable job of defeating the crabs and cleaning the temple. The priests gather around the shell on the alter, arms linked together in prayer as they seek to re-sanctify their temple. As their prayer begins they will invite the voidtreckers to join them, though no one is forced into taking part in the ritual. They suggest that they use their strange wrist jewellery to open communication with their friends in Bui.

The monster on the beach is defeated and though the fight is still raging against the crabs, a beacon has been built and lit. The islanders who are not fighting gather around it, linking arms, drawing any voidtreckers who don't object to joining them into the circle.

The song begins hesitantly, almost as if everyone has forgotten the words and only half remembers the tune. The SCA translates, the prayer is simple, a blessing on the land and its people, deliverance from the darkness and hope for the future.

The light from the jellyfish reaches the plinth and is set upon it. The song heightens and the light shoots upwards, blinding in its brilliance.

Through the dark storm clouds a light streams towards the island, most of it towards the beacon on the island though there is a break away light that goes towards the train, where some of orange team have set up a second beacon. It swirls around those on the train roof, singing a song of happiness and bounces back towards the island.

The light reaches the main beacon and hits it with a strength that lights up the whole sky. The light splits more solidly into two and speeds off over the ocean. Light pours into the underground caverns, not caring about the ocean and rock in the way, the light pools into the shells, the caverns glow warmly.

Outside the storm calms, clouds roll back, the sun shines. The sea stills. The wind stops. The sun is rising, a beautiful dawn. Any monsters left scuttle away, vanishing into the ocean, away from Bui.

Those with any powers that they couldn't reach before find them returned in a rush. Those who can sense life find this world teeming with it. A song that dances between every plant and creature.

Some of red may have evacuated to the train but those who stayed to see the ritual through, the world around them seems to melt away and they find themselves back next to the rock pools. Among their number there are some confused looking islanders who intrinsically draw closer to those who helped free the lights.

Orange and Purple

Down underwater there's noise and a babble of voices as the citizens of Bui wake up. There's a shimmering around the city now, like a shield though they can pass through easily. Parents scramble to locate their children and all check on loved ones and friends.

The familiar voice of train announcements is heard through Orange team's SCAs. Orange return to the VoidTrecker Express. Once everyone is on board it flies low over the ocean, skimming the waves.

In the underwater temple the priests finish sealing the ritual and then it is time to begin the return trek. There are no monsters this time and after a few hours, as they emerge onto the first of the sandbanks they will find the VoidTrecker Express is waiting for them.

Red and Blue

The monsters gone, those of the island gather everyone from the rock pools and for a few hours everyone sleeps.

At about noon the islanders begin to stir, begin putting things to rights. Wood is moved from the strategic points to more communal campfires on the beach. Any dead monsters that haven't been gathered for food have been washed out to sea, disappeared into the depths. They begin to prepare food and won't turn away any helpers. Though those who have been fighting are encouraged to rest.

The islanders bring blankets and start to gather. Everyone is exhausted but the children, in the way of children find the energy to play in the sea and the sand.

Beach Day

Early afternoon the train lands on the beach and everyone gets a holographic message to their SCA.

Mission successful. Well done Voidtreckers. Enjoy the rest of your day. You will find suitable clothing in the dressing room. A new recipe has been added to the kitchen information points.

The dressing room is indeed open once more, this time it holds swimsuits of every style, shorts, t shirts, wraps and beach skirts. Sun hats and sunglasses can also be found. It's a bit of a mush mash but they should be able to cobble together something other than their uniform wet suits.

Time to laze around on the beach or for those who still have energy swim or play. A few hours later a ripple across the water brings some of those from Bui and they swim or lounge on rocks to talk.

Food and stories

Food is cooked and shared, the islanders will happily try the voidtreckers' offerings and share their own. As the sun begins to set they gather around the fires. Stories and songs are shared and there's even some dancing for the brave.

Voidtreckers can choose whether to sleep in their own beds or spend one last night on the island before the train flies off into the sunrise and into the void.
stealsyourheart: (Default)

wrap?

[personal profile] stealsyourheart 2020-07-19 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Seeya later Gladio-san!"
callmegladio: (Default)

I think so, thanks for the fun!

[personal profile] callmegladio 2020-07-19 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"See you, Kaito." Gladio lifted a hand and waved him farewell.
irrationally: (when they take us up and throw us)

[personal profile] irrationally 2020-07-20 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
There's definitely a Gaze aimed at Duo when he starts laughing like that. Though for once it's not judging - not by Alice terms, at least, considering how easily her facial expression turns towards that! No, she just seems.. kind of confused? Like she has no idea why he's laughing, despite the fact that it would be obvious to any normal person.

Then again, Alice is far from normal.

At least the laughter seems to fade after a moment, and the thing he says is at least a lot more understandable to her.

"What, are you sure you can get it out of there in one piece this time?"

There may even be the slightest hint of teasing in her tone.
mtsilver_conquor: (Default)

/late

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-07-20 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah..."

And just like that, Eva deflates, even as she weighs the pros and cons of insisting. She decides against it; the cons probably outweigh any pros, plus she has no idea what, exactly, this psychic magic would do to her mind outside scramble it.

As nice as it would be to feel a psychic's touch... Better safe than sorry. "Then don't. I'd like my mind to remain unscrambled."
mtsilver_conquor: (Default)

shall we start wrapping?

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-07-20 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Exactly," Eva says with a nod, even if the idea of not getting another chance to soak up the sun again isn't one she wants to entertain.

"Well, I think I'm going to head off and be a lazy cat for a while."
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-07-20 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You could say the same about short hair, or being bald," Eva retorts before shrugging.

He can be as unimpressed as he likes. "That said, avoiding sunstroke's pretty easy, given people tend to seek shade and water. Or, if we're at the beach, head into the water to cool off. Plus, this is a winter sun for me, so even if I had a visor, I'm highly unlikely to get sunstroke."
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-07-20 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think I would too if our gods were like yours." Eva shrugs at the end. It's not exactly something she's really thought about, if she's honest.

"Oh, that must have been an interesting revelation to have. Hopefully without too much of a brain-break."
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-07-21 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"It was definitely interesting!" She laughs. "But I was so used to him that it was also not as odd as you might think. Not all the Valar were so easy to understand, but Lord Aule loved us dearly."
sell_tickets: (Mischief?)

[personal profile] sell_tickets 2020-07-21 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is why a proper hat covers the whole head and has a wide brim around the whole of it."
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-07-24 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is one interesting tale! I'm glad those two cultivators survived. And then what happened? Did they all go home together?"

Curufin loves to hear a good story as much as to tell one.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2020-07-24 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"It worked for you! Maybe it's the magic touch I need to get the perfect castle? I've never had a teapot on hand to try myself." Duo tapped the top of the plastic bucket again, his smile expectant.

"Pretty please, Alice?" If it worked, it was a sure thing he would have to get her to keep her teapot out for when he made more of he castles. Clearly castle via teapot was the superior method. At least, it would be if it worked for him. Maybe he was just cursed to forever have a corner missing.
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[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-07-25 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"They did not... immediately. Eventually, they came back together and worked together once again to try and solve the problems of their world."

It was a much happier ending than how it really happened... or rather it got to that point faster.
irrationally: i know you're dying to be free (so just call us the unlucky ones)

[personal profile] irrationally 2020-07-26 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Alice's answer isn't immediate. Though that has very little to do with any lack of trust in Duo, honestly. It's just that it feels.. odd to let someone else use her weapons, even if it's not for any combat-related purpose. They just feel so natural to her. Like they're a part of her. Sure, the teapot isn't as close to her as her knife, but it's still an odd thought.

Then again.. Duo called them friends. And said that friends help each other. Then letting him use her teapot at a moment like this is the least she could do, right? It's not like Duo would deliberately destroy anything that belongs to her.. Or so she's pretty sure, anyway.

So even though there's that moment of hesitation, she does summon the teapot back into her hands again and holds it out to Duo.

"Do be careful to not set it off by accident. I can't imagine our fellow passengers would very much enjoy getting burned by tea on their beach day."
laurefindil: (Smile)

That's pretty cool too though :)

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I will be happy to do so. Perhaps when we are back on the Train?" Glorfindel said. While he was certain Nerdanel would be pleasant, it looked like she was with her husband just then, so later would be better.
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, but at least you'd be stuck here together. The right company can make all the difference, you know," he said with a smile. "But I...I am glad that friends of mine are not also here, so I completely understand."

"If they knew, they may have been able to deal with this issue locally, and not required our help," Glorfindel pointed out.

Glorfindel suspected that the Train was the last being to call out another being for the kidnapping part...
laurefindil: (Smile)

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
"It is." He sighed. "Is it terrible of me that I am glad Lindir isn't here? He occasionally just looks at me, gets this...gleam in his eye, and the next thing I know, there's a new song at the tavern."

Glorfindel shakes his head. "Everyone knows that the brown haired minstrel who 'comes in to town now and again' is actually him in disguise, but no one wants to spoil his fun." Wanted, that is, Lindir sailed with Elrond, but that was sadness for another day.
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I have all day," he said with a grin. "By all means, please, tell me the longer version."
sell_tickets: (Sell Tickets?)

Odds I can enable you to app one of the Coven?

[personal profile] sell_tickets 2020-07-27 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
"I would appreciate that, thank you."
laurefindil: (Smile)

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
"I am known for my honesty," Glorfindel said. Actually he was known for his wisdom, but in this case, the truth was best.

He stretched, enjoying the feel of the sun against his skin. "I trust you survived the mission successfully, since you are here, and not in a piece of luggage?"
laurefindil: (Smile)

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel naturally thought of an actual eye that blinked in time with the other two. But there were stranger things in the greater universe, he'd discovered, so he just shrugged it off.

"Yet the offense integrates just fine," he said dryly. "Or rather disintegrates." It wasn't often that you got a straight line like that. It would have been rude of him to let it just go on by.
laurefindil: (Smile)

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
"So, if I understand correctly, this new body of mine is an Upgrade from my old one?" Glorfindel asked, trying to make sure he understood the term.

"Homing missiles sound like arrows that never miss, which is to say, very unpleasant if you are on the receiving end, rather than the firing end."
laurefindil: (Smile)

Re: Beach Day

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"What exactly is an exorcist?" Glorfindel asked. His world didn't have any, so he was unfamiliar with the term.
laurefindil: (Smile)

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I am glad that you came out of it with recoverable injuries," Glorfindel said. "It helps that your team has some decent healers on it, I imagine."
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you considered one by your own people's standards?" Glorfindel asked. He didn't judge other races by his own people, that wouldn't be fair. Especially amongst the shorter lived races. But one hundred, that was certainly old enough by his people's standard to be of an age to know their own mind.

"Very well." Glorfindel handed over the crab roll. "If it makes you sick, don't feel obligated. I can turn away if you need me to."

"My world was," he assured him. "Others' worlds perhaps not. In my world our sun was made from a piece of fruit. I understand that's not how it worked in other places," he said dryly.

"Hobbits are...very short, very curious, and go about barefoot. That is a poor description of them, however," he admits with a grin. "They come up to about here," he indicated on his own torso, "have hairy feet, love to eat and eat, and are very nature-friendly folk."
laurefindil: (Smile)

Re: Beach day - ota

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-27 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
(Please excuse me for taking so long to reply!)

"Well then." He laughed, though. "It isn't too late though. May I volunteer to help? Or is there someone else on the Train you would prefer?" He understood that different people had different learning methods, so if she picked someone else he would not be offended.