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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)
luckydragonsfoot: (say again-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-11 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
NYH-

S-Sir!? [For a moment, the sheer shock of being addressed like that is enough to bring him out of the shock!] I-

Aw geeze kid, I'm not near old enough t' go by that! ...Not t' mention stiff, [he mutters out the side of his mouth.] Jus'...Jus' Jonouchi's fine, I promise..!

[Of course, mentioning the underground brings his eye back to the surroundings- and with a swallow, he nods.] Yeah...'s pretty weird I'll give y' tha'. I've heard 'f havin' special secret chambers 'n such under th' ground but...

[He trails off, and tightens his hold on Kaseri as he steadies his breath again. Note to self, very bad idea to think specifically on that!]
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-11 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
Okay mister Jonouchi! [He is pretty used to people telling him not to call them sir, so he takes it in good faith and so he just nods.]

I'm Romeo! [It is very dark and so it's only when Jonouchi's hand tightens on Kaseri that he notices her at all.] Oh is that your friend? Did they come with you to the train?
luckydragonsfoot: (he ran into my fist 12 times honest offi)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-11 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mister....................

He will simply have to deal. Kaseri is a mite distracted given what she's doing, but she does give a 'whff' of greeting, tail flicking idly.
] Huh! Like th' english play huh... [he mutters, scratching the ponyta's head.]

Yeah, she's a friend- she's my pokemon, showed up in th' slush storm w' me an' everythin'! An' good thing too, she makes things a lot easier t' handle.
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-11 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! Just like in Romeo and Juliet! [He grinned, though he hadn't managed to finish that play. It had been tricky!]

Your pokemon? Just like miss Eva's pokemon?

[He squints in the darkness]
luckydragonsfoot: (nyh-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-12 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hah! [SAME, ROMEO...english is not a good class for him.]

Eh, wouldn' say jus' like. There's been a bunch 'f differences far as we can tell...doesn't quite sound righ' but I'd say th' biggest one is how much more...real? Hers seem?

Like, her pokemon all look more like th' animals tha' came fr'm my world. Th' pokemon in th' world I fell into, those guys look more like...dolls 'n stuff, I guess. They ain't any less real, 's jus'...they all look softer 'n stuff.

[Even the not-soft-ones...]
myblueskies: (Alfredo is speaking!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-12 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh." He nodded though, as if he understood all of that.

He guessed animals could be from different worlds as well as people!

"You fell into a world? How did you do that?"

He's imagining just tripping, tripping and falling somewhere new.
luckydragonsfoot: (heck yeah im cool-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-13 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Literally," he answers. "I mean...righ' b'fore it happened, I got pushed ont' some kinda map...but while I was fallin t'ward that place that th' map showed, a big ol' wormhole jus' opened up an' there I fell!"

He shakes his head, and then shrugs. "Next thing I know, I'm crashin' int' a pile 'f glowin' bushes an' passin' out. An then th' next next thing, this lil' gal here's lickin' my face!" Katsuya laughs.
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-14 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wow!" He grinned, "That sound like quite a fall! But at least you had a friend to help you!"

A new friend to find him.

"Was it a nice place, where you ended up?"
luckydragonsfoot: (heck yeah im cool-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-15 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Super nice!" And a super nice friend... "Like, weirdly nice? Not in a bad way or anythin', it was jus' th' kinda nice y' don't expect, y'know? Like...even when stuff went wrong, it didn' feel like it really did. W's crazy!"

He pauses, and adds- "...Got a tan though so tha's neat!"
myblueskies: (they really are delicious apples!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-17 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He looks confused for a moment, like there was a lot of that he didn't understand. Mostly because there was.

But he nodded after a moment. "Nice is good sir!"
luckydragonsfoot: (ewwwww thing)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-20 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Sir.....................................................

Katsuya just smiles, a bit strained, and nod. "G...Good t' hear! Jonouchi's jus' fine y'know..."
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-20 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." He nodded, "Sorry. I forgot."

Jonouchi. He remembered it again, to get the name to stick in his head.

"Did you meet lots of friends in your other world?"
luckydragonsfoot: (and then he ran into my fist)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-21 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"'S all good.." he manages weakly, rubbing his head.

"Nyh- ...Yeah, I guess so. Loads 'f locals an' non-locals alike! The first bunch were real friendly too, wouldn't have been near as good an experience w'thout 'm!"
myblueskies: (they really are delicious apples!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-22 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Locals... They are people who always lived in a place, right?" So non-locals were people who had moved there from somewhere else?

"It's good that they were nice and friendly! Even though you fell into their world like that!"
luckydragonsfoot: (nyh-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-24 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah! And heck, w'th how many of us fell there, they were real nice! Pract'cally th' whole island an' a few others had someone who fell stayin' w' their families!"
myblueskies: (they really are delicious apples!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-25 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is nice of them!" Romeo nodded, "It would be bad if you had nowhere to stay! It's scary to be alone and everything to be strange!"

So it was a good thing he had found such helpful people!
luckydragonsfoot: (nyh-)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-26 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, tell me abou' it! ...I dunno if it'd be scary there though. Like I said, place was pretty peaceful- plus it was a trop'cal island," he laughs.
myblueskies: (smiles all round)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-26 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
He nodded as well with a grin. "It's still better to be with friendly people! Even when you are in a nice place. Friends make everything better!"
luckydragonsfoot: (guess what i have Wise things 2 say)

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-28 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"You got it!"

Speaking of friends- he looks ahead at the gry leading them down. "...Pr'tty lucky f'r us tha' these guys seem friendly too. I get tha' we got some translation stuff goin' on, but it'd prob'bly be pretty easy t' take one look at us all an' get freaked out."
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-07-29 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"We must look really weird to them!" He nodded, it was a good job they could all understand each other though! It had been bad enough on the train when the translation had stopped working, it would be even worse on a mission!

"They seem really nice though! I hope we can help them!"
luckydragonsfoot: (nyh-)

let's guide this toward a wrap :0

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-07-29 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Hah! I bet!" Not buggy at all! Laughing under his breath a bit, the blond looks around. "Guess tha's as good a reason as any t' ask 'f there's anythin' they need help w'th f'r now. ...Oh! An' abou' those visions, I guess. I think tha's what th' mission statement said..." he mutters, tapping his SCP a bit.
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-08-01 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes it was!" He nodded, "They were having bad dreams, so we can help keep their spirits up and then figure out if their dreams were future-dreams and what we can do to help!"

He has every faith in them!
luckydragonsfoot: (heck yeah im cool-)

slowly wraps this for new future threads? >o>

[personal profile] luckydragonsfoot 2020-08-02 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
He nods. "In tha' case...le's go ask around huh?" They can re-meet later.
myblueskies: (of course!)

notifs are just Bad this month but wrapped now!

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-08-29 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes mister Jonouchi!"

He grinned and looked back into the darkness, he was sure they would soon figure everything out!