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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.
kumoko: (hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)

she's the worst

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-05-30 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What!!! How dare!!! That would...

... Okay, so maybe she'd been using the same space. They took up a lot of magic, okay?

She stows the goblin again before it can heat up in the sun. It leaves a patch of bloodied sand, that she blinks at for a second. Hm, might need to get rid of that one. ]


... It's totally hygienic.
marriedanidiot: (sculptor)

XD

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-05-30 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ THIS IS THE DISAPOINTED MOM LOOK ]

Kumoko.
kumoko: (pic#13814656)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-05-30 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ WHAT'S THAT, SHE'S TOO BUSY NOT MAKING EYE CONTACT ]

I'm immune to most poisons. Probably.
marriedanidiot: (sculptor)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-05-30 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ MOM LOOK INTENSIFYING ]

'Probably'?
kumoko: (UM)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-05-30 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ TOO SCARY. She shrinks back, claws skittering uselessly over the tablet for a second. ]

Cxnsdfkwerophkzxc...
marriedanidiot: (sculptor)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-05-31 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She shakes her head at her ]

Kumoko, darling. You really need to care for yourself better.
kumoko: (crap crap crap)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-01 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... oh............ is this... the legendary killing blow. That phrase, she thought was a myth... I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed?!? She never thought she'd get to experience its power!!

Spider.exe has stopped working. She goes back to avoiding eye contact. ]
marriedanidiot: (my boys)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-01 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The power of the Mom ]

Kumoko. [ She says gently ] You know I only want you to stay well, yes? I'm not angry, darling.
kumoko: (pic#13814656)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-01 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET THEM NAME HER, THIS IS SO STRESSFUL ]

I've eaten loads of poisonous things before.
marriedanidiot: (sculptor)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-01 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If she prefers her elvish name, Nerdanel can sound equally disappointed using that ]

I'm sure you have dear, but there's no reason to do so here.
kumoko: (i wanna use magic tho)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-03 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ no thanks that's also bad. she wants to be unnamed spider again, please and thank you.

Anyway, here's the point where, if she was a character in a drama, she'd yell something like "you're not my real mom!" and burst into tears or something. But she's not a character in a drama, she's a spider, and she's spent like a week grinding trash mobs and not even getting the pleasure of watching an exp bar tick up. ]


fine I'll split them

[ Blip! Pile of goblins. Blip! Pile of crabs. ]
marriedanidiot: (my boys)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-03 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Clever girl.

[ Nerdanel hums approvingly ]

Although really, my dear, if you're hungry, there' no real need to keep the goblins, you know.
kumoko: (HELL YE HELL YE)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-03 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She shoves the goblins back into the first space, and then starts constructing the circuit to generate a second space with similar parameters.

'Keep the-' Oh! Haha, a misunderstanding. ]


I'll eat them in an emergency. I'm keeping them in case the necromancer needs them.
marriedanidiot: (losing you)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-04 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
..................The what.

[ SO FLAT ]
kumoko: (pic#13814654)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, didn't she hear. She highlights those two words again and hits play.

Huh, why is her danger sense pinging? Didn't she lose that. ]


The necromancer.
marriedanidiot: (Default)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-05 04:38 am (UTC)(link)

[ Nerdanel hisses ]

Kumoko that is dangerous. Necromancy is of the darkest of arts, to force those dead and gone to remain as slaves!

kumoko: (eh really??)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-05 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ All eight eyes blink at different times. ]

They're goblins though.
marriedanidiot: (Default)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-06 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
They were alive, once. [ She shakes her head ] What's to stop them with goblins?
kumoko: (i wanna use magic tho)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-06 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
The lack of dead people mostly.
marriedanidiot: (sculptor)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-07 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Kumoko, that was not what I meant and you know it.
kumoko: (hhhmmmmmmm)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-08 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
They seem okay!

[ She was gonna tell Nerdanel who it is but MAYBE NOT??? what if the train ends up a PVP enabled zone!! ]
marriedanidiot: (grief)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-09 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She sighs ]

Oh I'm sure they think so too. But to deal with the dead is the Enemy's work.
kumoko: (pic#13814662)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-19 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ohhhhhh! Right, of course! High fantasy morals usually hate necromancy, right? That's normally a big hint that someone's secretly the Great Lord of Darkness or the Demon King or whatever, right?

Oops. ]


What if some worlds have heroes with dark magic?
marriedanidiot: (sculptor)

[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-06-19 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Even then I would say to tread lightly. To delve too deeply into the Enemy's arts has ever been a tempation, and a trap.

[ Normally, Nerdanel is more understanding. But Sauron was a Necromancer, who held and tortured both her son and her grandson, and long hours did she spend waiting, heart in her hands, to know if they were alive or dead, or worse enslaved ]
kumoko: (whew)

[personal profile] kumoko 2020-06-21 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there's a lot she'd like to say to that, but she's sun-warmed and over-fed, and even drunk on heat and crab meat, she doesn't have the energy to debate good and evil.

She might be a little nervous that doing so will turn Nerdanel against her. After all, she had been well on her way to becoming a great enemy of humans herself, before she started on her weird mascot image in the train...

Sigh. ]


The necromancer on the train is more a 'romancer' than a 'nec'.

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wrap/fade to black around here?

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yus

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