Event: Healing Waters

[voidtreckermods]

"Good morning passengers, it is day twenty three of the month of Grasshopper. All passengers of the Voidtrecker Express require rest. Next stop Jema’grethy Island. All passengers prepare to disembark."

It is a very strange morning message that rings through the train on the morning of day twenty three but as the passengers of the Voidtrecker Express wake their screens glow with the colour of the void and a holographic screen pops up for them to read.

World #2554098133741: A world once inhabited by an ancient civilisation and now preserved as a historical site, nature reserve and well-being retreat. It is famous for its relaxing hot springs, calming atmosphere and beautiful beaches.

It is a popular void-traveller destination, particularly among void missionaries as a place to rest and recuperate after difficult missions.

The Voidtrecker Express will spend three days here, arriving today and leaving on day twenty six of the month of Grasshopper. The dressing carriage is open for your convenience.

It is time for a holiday it seems!

Preparation

For those who go to explore the dressing carriage they will find a variety of beachwear and wetsuits. One cupboard has a pile of tents and groundsheets in all four team colours.

One cabinet is exclusively filled with beach towels, in a kaleidoscope of colours, designs and patterns. Another is filled with different shapes and sizes of plain towel dressing gowns. There is even a cabinet with buckets, spades and small rock-pooling nets.

It seems they are in for quite an adventure.

Arrival

"Shortly arriving on World #2554098133741. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

The train lurches and rattles as it leaves the void they will get a glimpse of silver-purple sky and a beautiful ocean below.

However some passengers might be a little more than distracted, one staring at that table for a second too long, another seeming lost in thought for a couple of seconds, a longer than normal pause in a sentence. They see a vision, a glimpse of a life that is not their own. Not all at once, but here and there as the train descends to the island.

But then it is gone and things are back to normal. Just in time, as they come to land.

Jema’grethy Island

The train has landed on a grassy ridge, overlooking a beautiful beach of white sand and the ocean beyond. It is warm, but not too hot, a cool ocean breeze cutting through the heat making it pleasant. Behind them is a grassy plain, changing to forest in the distance. There is the sound of birdsong in the purple sky. To the west the land is more craggy, the silhouette of a fortress in the distance. In a word, it is idylic. A sense of peace permeates the island.

A little more worrying is the volcano-like structure in the north. But even a quick glance will show it is not a typical volcano. There is no smoke and the liquid slowly running down it in rivulets is pink and blue.

Exploring the passengers will find beautiful beaches, ragged cliffs to walk and caves to explore. Where it is more craggy the beaches are made of pebbles- perfect for rock pooling.

The place has no people, but it is clearly maintained. The eastern beaches have racks of shallow boats, both canoes and one- or two-person sailing dinghies. There is also a small building in which scuba gear is stored, along with several waterproofed manuals and instructional literature.

Ruins of ancient houses are scattered across the island, but the main settlement is built into a rocky section in the north-west that has been secured with ropes and stairways cut into the cliffs, perfect for scrambles and hikes.

There are no living quarters, but there are sheltered sections with basic toilet facilities marked as camping grounds in five different sections of the island - by the hot springs, within the ruined fortress, beside the harbour, on the eastern beaches, and on the northern face of the mountain.

Hot Springs

To the west are the hot springs. They have both outdoor and indoor areas; the indoor areas being wooden loghouse saunas, changing rooms and storage sheds, whilst the outdoor areas are a tiered series of pools spilling down the side of the mountain and shaded by brightly flowering trees. The waters are hot, mineral-rich and soothing.

Perfect for overly stressed, world weary Void heroes...

(OOC: More setting information is here, please feel free to go wild with the setting and have a fun and relaxing time. You can use this post as a catch all for your holiday or make your own posts on middleofsomewhere. More information about how the memory event is structured is here!)

Comments

[pleple]

"Oh..." Ple Two glances around. "I think I could use something that comfortable. Is there... further etiquette I should know?"

[pleple]

"I'll start with red though," she decides, now that she's not locked into a decision.

[pleple]

Her life was pretty much just a war, so it's hard to reminisce without it getting depressing. But there were people just living their lives, who she was meant to ignore... and yet...

"I suppose if we go back to exactly where we were I-" she frowns. "I was not in a safe spot at all."

[silentwoof]

Minimal effort, apparently. "...never found a world without anyone to conquer before?" It just sounds easier to her, but she's also not a big fan of conquering.

[springforth]

"Ponds are lovely to swim in, I fully support your boys in their ventures." Persephone finally makes it fully into the water. Success! She promptly curls up to better lean in and talk. It's nice.

"I didn't know you had children actually. Just boys?"

[silentwoof]

...er. ...how?

[ That sounds like you'd be drilling holes around geothermal activity? ]

[marriedanidiot]

"How strange... I wonder if tis a function of this island, or of the train? I only realised it was you because I heard you speak, for I recognised no one else in that image... What did you see?"

[marriedanidiot]

now now, be nice to the naive historian

"True enough. Oh, oh, I wonder if we could find enough to do them in your colors, specifically? Although the thought of a rainbow of colors is also appealing."

[marriedanidiot]

She considers.

"I think he was perhaps trying to smile, but it just didn't work properly. Perhaps he had an injury, and could not move his mouth properly? I did not see a scar, but perhaps the injuries were internal."

[laurefindil]

"Let me know if I am going too fast for you," Glorfindel said, setting a pace that took advantage of the fact Webmind didn't have muscles that could get tired.

He led the way up the side of the mountain toward where the tiered pools were. He wasn't interested at all in the indoor saunas.

[marriedanidiot]

She laughs.

"My apologies! I did not mean to be insulting. Tis only that we do not really need to sleep as you do - for we find rest enough in the world around us." She chuckles.

"Or we would, if some of us would slow down enough - I know exactly what you mean about your friends. My husband can be the same way, as were many of my sons, and I confess to have been guilty a time or two when caught up in my work. Perhaps you should take your friends on a holiday, away from such distractions?"

[marriedanidiot]

"Ah!" She smiles. "The bonds of choice can be as strong and true as those of blood, tis true. From those returning from the wars we learnt new words for those sorts of bonds, for those who chose to stand beside you and fight may not be those who expect!"

[marriedanidiot]

"Even so." She smiles and laughs.

"Ai, every wanting to be moving, hm, my Atarinke? I plan to sit here for a very long time, thank you! Perhaps I will go and explore the mountains, afterwards though. It has been a long time since your father and I climbed a mountain for fun."

[marriedanidiot]

"I think red will suit you very well." Nerdanel smiles.

"Have you thought on which style you would prefer?"

[marriedanidiot]

"I'm not sure our fish would have agreed!" Nerdanel laughs.

"Yes, but not for lack of trying! Seven, in the end, at which point I told our husband that if he still wanted more he could adopt!"

Re: Platform building

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel looked down from where he was perched in the tree, convincing it to accept the platform he was building.

"Are you any good at it?" he asked with a laugh. He actually would appreciate the help, or at least the company, depending on the answer.

[pleple]

"A... one-piece should be better, I think," she says, half to Nerdanel hafl to herself.

[queenofsparkles]

"Yeah. I was raised in the middle of a war, but my mom didn't want me to get hurt out there. She didn't want to lose me." Her expression is wistful and soft, as she smiles. "I can understand why better, now, but as a kid it was so frustrating," she laughs.

[hashtagparkerluck]

"Yeah." Peter nods. "It's a lot easier to do it in water than it is on land. Just hold your breath." He encourages before taking in a deep breath and diving down to show her his handstand. He's not down for long though and comes up for air again.

"Uh, don't open your eyes though-it's dark for one and two salt water will irritate your eyes."

[marriedanidiot]

"Hmm..." Nerdanel eyes the clothes thoughtfully, and picks out a few.

"Any of these suit?"

[silentwoof]

"Both of your sides are... pretty understandable." Whisper set out into the world pretty young, but she's never had that problem. "...sometimes you have to fight."

[laurefindil]

"I do look forward to growing closer to you," Glorfindel returned. Close distances made great lengths even better, after all. He already appreciated the not wickedness of that grin.

"It would certain bring down the mood," he agreed. "It would be a shame if something were to interrupt our hard and deep conversation, and imply our erection was not as high as it needs to be."

[waywardking]

"Just saying."

It's not that he doesn't trust her--well, he can't say truthfully that he trusts her at all, but she did help him onto the train when he first arrived, so there's a little trust there.

"Don't want my stuff moved around is all." He waits a few seconds to see if he can hear her leave, but ultimately doesn't hear footsteps, so he assumes she's still around.

"Need something, or just want to hang out?"

No problem! Thank *you*!

[goingthroughaphase]

"Sure thing!"

She'd go with Nita to the train if she needed to, but she couldn't wait to get the hot springs.

They would make this an awesome vacation, no matter what.

[waywardking]

Oh, hey, it's his cat friend.

"'Preciate it. It's annoying if people start moving stuff around."

If he wanted to sit down for a bit, Noctis could tell him all about the appeal of fishing. How it's relaxing to just sit and wait for fish to bite and then exciting when a fish does bite, especially if it's one to give a fight.

But he's biased.

"Dunno," he answers, shrugging and feeling around briefly for his bait before putting it on the hook. "We'll find out, won't we?"