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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-07-09 04:39 am

Deep Dweller: Start

After the dreams some of the voidtreckers report on day Four of Grasshopper those that have been on the train for a little while will be expecting what comes the next day. Their SCA's glow with the colour of the void and a holographic image will appear.

Preparations and Arrival

As promised the dressing carriage is opened for optional extras. There are flight suits, similar to those they wore into space but without the helmets. There are instead hard hats and some basic climbing gear as well as bags to put supplies in. There are even a few red tents if any of those planning on tackling red's mission want to grab one, they hold six people in two inner compartments and are relatively easy to put up and take down.

They have a few hours of preparation before the announcement comes. Soon approaching system #789327772. Planet Terra. Drop order: Orange, Red, Blue, Purple. Orange to doors. Leaving the void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. A sharp jerk, a judder and the view from the window changes from the void to dark cloudy skies and very red sand.

They land smoothly, and indeed it seems they have landed on train tracks. A few moments later they pull up outside a huge metal and glass building.

Orange Team

Arrival

Jumping down from the train they will find themselves outside large metal gates. Noticable is the spotlights that shine even in the day time, reflecting oddly off the red sand. It is hot and dry outside, a slight breeze sending red dust rolling around their feet.

The gates aren't locked. There is no lock though they will notice devices that are probably security cameras. The doors are glass and inside is light and airy. They enter into a large lobby, a large circular desk in the centre and a glass walled waiting room to the side.

It is empty. No people at all. All the lights are on. Time to explore.

Exploration

Going up two floors and down five the lab is large and full of all manner of interesting things. Scientific equipment, monitoring stations measuring chemical levels in the air, temperature, water levels. Where to even start is a good question. The lights remain on, which might be annoying at night.

Red Team

Arrivals

Red team to doors. The train continues travelling along the train tracks, looking out the windows they will see endless rolling red sand. Factories rising up from the ground, dotted across the landscape. As the train gets close the air outside seems hazier, through the fumes. They may even see in the distance, strange silver floating orbs.

Eventually it pulls up at a station. Just a raised block really, but easy enough for red team to disembark.

The land stretches out around them. Train tracks criss cross the surface but apart from that there don't seem to be any boundaries. No fences, roads or sign posts.

It won't take them long to find the first orbs, strange silvery spheres and seem almost liquid, until they are not.

Night Time

It grows dark quickly after sunset here, which might take them by surprise. Taking them more by surprise however may be the scraping, scuttling noises in the dark. Skittering close. There is no light out here on the surface, they are far away from the research facility that Orange found themselves in.

If anyone manages to catch a glimpse they will see grey, long limmbed creatures. They shy away from light but anyone in the dark is likely to be attacked. They fight with claws and teeth.

When the sun rises they are gone.

Blue Team

Arrival

Blue team to doors. The train continues across the landscape, passing more orbs, just floating there silently. It stops at the entrance of a cave.

The cave slopes downwards into darkness and soon turns into small tunnels. They don't need to go far when they meet the first ground of Gry. A group of young Gry, practising with spears in an wider section of cave.

Despite being very surprised at the sudden visitors no weapons are pointed at the voidtreckers, instead they are met with curiosity. They are soon led further into the tunnels and soon come to the living areas.

The Gry lead simple lives but they are all pretty fascinated to see their visitors and will allow them to look around their home and answer any questions they have.

Night Time

Most of the Gry sleep in a large communal sleeping area and the Voidtreckers are welcome to join them, though the Gry won't be insulted if they choose to seek out a more private area.

If the Voidtreckers awake in fear in the night, after strange dreams they will find they are not alone. Many of the Gry have awoken too and will reassure the Voidtreckers, tell them it is an honour to communicate with The Burrower.

Purple

Arrival

Purple team to doors. The train continues on the tracks and soon enters a tunnel itself. It's a bit of a bumpy trip, this train was clearly not made for warren systems but after some uneasy twists and turns they pull to a stop.

They are at a train station, not that it's easy to see because it is pitch black. But it is clear there are people around, some looking very confused at the very odd train.

Once the last of those going on the mission leave the train it speeds off into the darkness.

The Terran's are large and tower over most of the voidtreckers but they are friendly enough, if a little confused, once it is explained that they are here to help. They will be led over towards the collapsed section of city.

There is a lot of activity. People digging at rubble, others using their sheer size and strength to hold up beams. There is an array of rescue equipment and a group of official-looking Terran's holding large devices that are comparable to a tablet-computer and discussing solutions.

There is plenty to do to help, smaller rubble to clear, injured people to tend to. Worried Terran's to calm and reassure. Those brave enough can volunteer to use their smaller size to help get supplies through to those trapped and those with any scientific know how, great strength or magic can put their skills to good use.

Rest Time

Throughout the day people are rescued and other parts of the tunnels stabilised. There is more work to be done but the Terran's seem to be working in shifts and they will encourage their surprise allies to rest as well. They will offer to host them.

They live in large groups and will happily invite the voidtreckers into their homes. They will be curious about the voidtreckers but will also answer questions. Telling them about the strange storm and the collapse of the tunnels. They are urged to sleep early and the next day it will be back to work.

(OOC: Information is here)
blitzcheer: (who needs an old man?)

prep

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-07-09 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps surprisingly for the distracted Kitty, there's the pat of a hand on her shoulder--and the owner of it Tidus, looking at her confidently, with a reassuring smile.

"Hey! Ready to do a good job?"
blue_ice: (looking down)

prep

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-07-09 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Kaiba is dressed and ready to go remarkably quickly, face grim, but as the rest of the orange group prepares to disembark...Yugi doesn't join him. He frowns and heads further in.

"...Yugi? You coming?"
blue_ice: (k bye)

exploration

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-07-09 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Huh. It's not what I expected..."

Kaiba is in a very bad mood, but he's trying his best not to show it. Especially when children are present. He leans down a little and nods approvingly.

"Good. Keep the utensils, they might be useful unexpectedly later."
blitzcheer: (starry pretty sweet)

Tidus ; Red Team / Black Squad ; OTA

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-07-09 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
Prep
    1. Hand-Outs Reading the mission objectives and seeing what needed to be done, Tidus first grabbed some of the healing supplies that'd been gathered up to that point before making his way to the dressing car.

    "Hey, anyone wanna take a heal? Anyone going with Purple, you can take some for the civilians!"

    2. Dressing But he should actually look at seeing what there is to change into, and... what's with the weird suits? Maybe they're good for going underground in, but Tidus is Doubtful about himself. He's sticking above ground, right?

    "You think Red Team's got to care about these?" he says out loud (the guy in a purple hoodie), holding up one of the suits.

Departure/Arrival
    But as for Tidus, he's sticking with Red Team, jumping out onto the platform to the dusty world awaiting them. And he coughs (actually, he'd been coughing when the doors of the train first opened) to inhale that thick air.

    "Ugh, no wonder everyone's sticking underground... I guess I'm getting my sun."

The spheres
    1. To poke And of course, it doesn't take them long to find the stars of their mission objectives: the spheres. Tidus is standing, staring at them, looking around to see if anyone's poked at any, and...

    He's got a complex look on his face like he wants to, and even a hand up by his chest liiike maybe he will...poke the thing.
    Do you dare him.

    2. Poked You can poke the spheres without consequence.

    Which is quickly found out, but now there's the more important question of figuring out what they are, and what they've got to do with anything.

    "What does anyone think about them? ...should we try attacking one?"

    Because that's always a smart idea.
blue_ice: (tired)

seto kaiba | orange

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-07-09 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
prep

They're the first off. His boyfriend has just told him they're splitting up this mission, so naturally he's a little upset. This tends to show mostly through his face permanently looking like he's just accidentally bitten into a lemon.

He takes it all: the helmet, the harness, and suits up for whatever they might find outside...though admittedly he's never gone climbing before, and needs to discreetly watch someone else to figure out how. Sorry about that.

"Here we go again."

exploration
The first thing he does is begin to mentally map the main areas of each of the seven floors. He walks slowly, ears alert for any potential issues, and makes note of any areas of interest he'll be inspecting later. With his general knowledge of abandoned labs in horror movies, he tends to jump at the slightest sound, whirling around and raising his fists.

"Don't be so loud," he'll complain, before immediately going back to attempting to read some monitor and comparing his notes from the last one.

night

How is he supposed to sleep like this? He's tucked into some corner to change into his white and orange pajamas and burrow as deeply into his sleeping bag as he can. But it's so bright. He groans in frustration, turning over onto his stomach and flopping like an angry beached fish. Doesn't really help.
adregem: (alert as always.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-07-09 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
"And you're not? Heh. Who's going to keep your cheekiness in check?" Part of him wants to add a young man after that, but he's not going to give Tidus the satisfaction of acknowledging uncle! 50 is the new 25 didn't you know!

He finishes up his prep, stuffing everything neatly and orderly in no time flat. He'll change into the prescribed gear soon, but he has to admit, conversation like this helps him loosen up more. Get his head really in the game. It's his first world mission and he wants to succeed as much as possible, especially when rescue was on their plate.

"Which mission are you off to, then?" Roland clears out to give others space in the dressing carriage, but he does linger enough so that he can continue to speak to Tidus.
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971678)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-07-09 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
A little startled, she glances up, and manages a smile at him. "Ready as I'll ever be, I guess," she responds, not quite as sure.
magicurls: (to the future)

mami tomoe | blue (as a visiting purple again)

[personal profile] magicurls 2020-07-09 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
arrival

It only takes Mami a few minutes to decide: she'll keep watching over her friends. She disembarks, taking a moment to adjust the small silver ring on her finger: the hum of power beneath the surface is easily within her grasp this time, and that reassures her. She hops off fearlessly (at least apparently so), curtsying to their hosts and looking around as polite as can be.

"Wow. Thank you so much. Here, I'll be glad to help."

night

She works at various chores all day, trying to charm their hosts. And at night she gathers with the Gry for sleep and the nightmares return. It's not something familiar to her, just the world falling from under, the abyss swallowing her up...but she awakens with a tiny yelp. And whimpers, the dream slipping away from memory.

One of their hosts murmurs to her in a low voice.

"Communing with...the Burrower? Does that mean you have something to fear?"

She's kneeling on top of her sleeping bag now, twisting the ring on her finger once more. Her ears listen for unexpected sounds. It's a scattershot of sounds---some sitting up in worry like her, awaking with a start, others snoozing on unaware. This isn't good news.
magicurls: (questions)

[personal profile] magicurls 2020-07-09 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
"...hello?"

There's a sleepy young lady rubbing her eyes nearby. She shivers like she's felt something too, but the strange thing is the pastel pony glowing in the dark, whinnying near a young man she's only seen from a distance.

"Are we still dreaming?"
magicurls: (questions)

night

[personal profile] magicurls 2020-07-09 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
Mami approaches once she's been woken by an odd dream. She's wearing a simple green nightgown, an egg-shaped yellow gem cupped in her hand. It's less bright and disrupting to the others than her SCA's light.

The familiar face is there at the entrance, watching. She nods.

"On guard again. Have you heard anything?"
adropofsunlight: (260)

Prep

[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-07-09 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, bunnies. I'd love to see a world that is full of bunnies." Not that a world like that would need help maybe, but it would be a pretty neat thing to see.

Rapunzel was pretty much ready to go at this moment in time.
adropofsunlight: (315)

Night Time

[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-07-09 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Rapunzel had stopped what she was doing, pausing for a moment. They had said they heard something so Rapunzel herself was soon trying her best to see if she could hear anything herself.

She was a little nervous, but she knew the people in this team knew what they were doing and Rapunzel had the frying pan she grabbed from the kitchen.

"What do you think is out there? Something bad? Do you think a light might help?"
adropofsunlight: (245)

Spheres: Poked

[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2020-07-09 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean... they are very...spherey and they don't seem to attack or anything when poked." She paused for a moment, arms crossed as Pascal seemed to be thinking to before he makes some noise with Rapunzel shaking her head.

"Attacking might be a good idea, but if we did that we'd need to be careful. Any ideas?"
sos_pilot: by <user name=noimpulsecontrol> (i'll be holding you so near)

Purple Mission

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-07-09 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
Within the tunnels, Della makes a high-pitched whistling sound to try and get Glorfindel's attention.

"Hey, Glor! Mind shining your light this way? I think I can squeeze in here, but I need another set of eyes."
sos_pilot: by <user name=noimpulsecontrol> (i'll be holding you so near)

Arrival 1

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-07-09 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Easy there, kid. You okay?"

Getting help from a woman who looked like a duck was... probably not what Gerome was expecting. Hard to say what he had been expecting, though. Any way, she offered a hand, eyebrows raised.
theturksway: (083.)

Reno | Red Team / Black Squad | OTA

[personal profile] theturksway 2020-07-09 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
I. Arrival

    Reno read the small mission briefs for the upcoming mission and almost immediately decided he wasn't going to follow the (non-existent) rules this time. Purple Team's job sounded a little too familiar for comfort and he had a feeling most of the action would be somewhere else this time. So instead of waiting for Purple Team to disembark, he hopped off the train when Red Team did. If these people were mostly hard-ass action and adventure types Reno honestly wasn't sure why the train hadn't put him with them in the first place. That sort of thing was right up his alley. It was such a Turk thing to be covered in blood and loving it.

    Unless someone looked at his SCA (or already knew him) it wasn't immediately obvious he was team hopping anyway as he had on his Turk suit instead of regulation gear or team clothing. He did, however, have a set of gear and useful stuff in a bag that he lugged around with ease. This was definitely something he was used to doing from the looks of it.


II. Orbs

    The Turk was cautious around the first silver orb the team came across for all of about two minutes before that caution was thrown to the wind. It wasn't attacking them and it didn't appear to have any reactions to their being close to it, so eventually he said "to hell with it" and poked it. Thankfully, he had enough tact to use his baton first. He didn't want to lose it but he also preferred to keep all his digits intact more.

    It had the strangest reaction to being touched and soon Reno was thoroughly fascinated with poking the orb repeatedly, first with his baton and then his finger and finally his whole hand as he began to shove it around. It was a little like watching a child at a toy store find an amusing knickknack to entertain itself with.

    Eventually, he moved on to zapping it with lightning.


III. Night Time

    Reno's instincts were on edge the moment the sunlight completely disappeared with little warning. He hadn't even had time to finish setting up the tent he'd taken as part of Red Team's gear, the sun set so quickly. He continued to work on it with his SCA's flashlight feature and debated whether to add his phone to the mix but he didn't want to use up the battery on that too quick. He might not need it here--it was more a useful feature while on the train actually--but one could never be too cautious. And while he was on a mission his seriousness level went up way higher than normal. Well, internally at least; outwardly he was still as flippant and uncaring as usual.

    He couldn't place the anxiety growing in him though until someone made the first attempt to warn everyone that there was something out there in the dark. Reno stilled and slowed his breathing, concentrated for a moment, and that's when he heard it, too. The noise of something skittering about out in the darkness. His first thought was a fleet of foot monster. It wasn't the first time he had heard a sound like that.

    It was, however, the first time he'd encountered a monster quite like the ones the team soon found themselves fighting. They flitted about in the dark like crazy but were hard to spot as they tended to stay out of the central light of the camp Red Team had made. Small blessings for some, perhaps, but Reno was ready to finish the fight and not have those things surrounding them all damn night long.

    Time to light up the area!

    Reno dashed out into the night with a burst of speed, surrounded by electricity as he moved. He heard the creatures squeal and hiss in displeasure as he lit them up and caught glimpses of their ugly grey forms as they retreated away from his lightning effect. It didn't last forever though and he could feel them closing in on him as the bright light faded and left him exposed in the darkness.

    He fingered his baton with a few impatient taps. He wasn't afraid of the dark. He could stand here all night, waiting for them to close on him so he could hit them with another Flashstrike.
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-07-09 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
In stark contrast to Roland's dead seriousness, Della was enthusiastic and chipper, slapping her team-mate on the back.

"Good thinking!" She chirped, ready and eager. "How about we interview the townsfolk?"
adregem: (lofty you say the silliest things.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-07-09 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He literally doesn't see that slap to the back coming, so he's surprised to see Della from behind. A duck? Ah, he thinks nothing of it. From grimalkin cats to Goldpaw dogfolk, this was nothing new. He offers a small smile as he adjusts his equipment against one shoulder.

"You just read my mind. We should probably introduce ourselves too. That drop-off wasn't exactly inconspicuous." And speaking of introductions...

"I'm Roland. Looking forward to saving some folks with you, today."
luckydragonsfoot: (OHHHHH NO-!)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-09 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eh?"

Katsuya blinks, Kaseri already trotting over with a glowing horn. "Uh...N-nah, you're good. Kaseri's jus' tryin' t' calm folks down," he explains, only to frown.

"...wai' we all had nightmares!?" Or. "...Er...Most of us? How'd so many of us have nightmares..!?"
spikelet: (MvzlGIp)

arrival

[personal profile] spikelet 2020-07-09 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is bullshit. She can't see anything. And she's aware of the irony, thanks. Her flashlight is on, shining from her SCA randomly into the tunnels and caves, because more light's better, right? No one can call her on helping people.

Luckily, people are talking, making noises, kicking rocks and soil. It's not actually THAT hard to follow the group. The weird aliens are even easier, their limbs scrape and click as they move, and they must be doing it on purpose, because she's not been startled by one yet.

Katsuya is even easier to locate, because his breathing is bad. She sidles up.]


What's wrong? You're acting weird.
luckydragonsfoot: (say again-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-09 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[They haven't shared space that long- just a few nights, that's all they got after all. A-Qing has definitely seen the blond wake up at least once in the middle of the night to breathe raggedly before clutching the ponyta like a lifeline.

This is like that, but at the same time not. He knows where he is- he's not dreaming of the past, and he's definitely not seeing anything of the future (and he can't help but feel a bit grateful that the latter form of his abilities has stuck to little heads up on things like who's stolen the shower before him).

But he's definitely not alright, no matter what he says.
] I...'s nothin', [he insists all the same, swallowing hoarsely.]

I jus' gotta focus, y'know..? Jus', ah... ...Weird place righ'? [he offers quietly as an excuse, however paper thin it might be. He tells himself it's a good thing the other can't see his expression- not to mention the rest of him. He looks about like he expects the walls to swallow them at any second.]
loveandduty: (118)

Exploration

[personal profile] loveandduty 2020-07-09 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Venus had been following, her eyes jotting around at the place they had come to. With it being so empty and the lack of people made it a little uneasy for her, but never the less they had a mission and as venus she was going to suck it up and get down to business.

"That's if there is actually anyone around. For all we know something could have happened and there is no one. So it's best to be a bit on guard,"
magicurls: (to the future)

[personal profile] magicurls 2020-07-09 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"She's yours?"

Mami squints against the light as the pony trots closer. She's very pretty...almost like something from a much happier dream. She looks back at the human and shakes her head.

"I can't remember what it was about...but I remember being afraid."

The closer the pony comes, the more that feeling recedes. Hm.
loveandduty: (46)

Exploration

[personal profile] loveandduty 2020-07-09 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"no. I mean if my friend had been around I'd have a better understanding, but... they didn't arrive on the train yet." Venus said sighing slightly. Mercury would have been so useful in this area she is sure of it.

But it just meant that she had to try her best to make sense of it herself. "Like I know things like you shoudln't mix certain chemicals together and things like that, but I don't think that works with this mission."
luckydragonsfoot: (nyh-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-09 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, sounds abou' right..." He rubs his head, scowling. "I feel like I had some kinda nightmare b'fore...a worse one," he finishes lamely. "But 's th' second one I remember clearest..."

Which figures, because the second was a repeat. The first though? What was that even about? There was darkness, scuttling, and fire? That's...That's it. That was it!

What the heck! "Anyway, you gonna be alrigh'?" he asks, Kaseri nosing for one of Mami's hands in the meantime. "...Y' can pet Kaseri if y' want, she won' hurt y'."