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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-08-15 06:51 am
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Event: Healing Waters

"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 [community profile] middleofsomewhere. More information about how the memory event is structured is here!)
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[personal profile] nocawsforconcern 2020-08-20 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah but it was still weird. I don't know what I saw, but I don't like it at all.
knifewithnoname: (yes okay)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2020-08-20 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
She keeps her hands firmly behind her back and moved a little closer to him, shaking her head. She didn't need anything.

"I did just be wondering, how you can be catching fish with a stick."

She's only really spoken to him once, but she figures he's not the kind who will resent questions.
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-08-20 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
Maru shook his head. "I didn't see anything of what you saw."

No school and no cups of tea. "Why were you hiding?"
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-08-20 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Only if you don't drop my things!" Maru growled. He was getting sick and tired of these things just grabbing his stuff. Did they grab others or just his? "You're so annoying... Why don't you leave my things alone? Why mine?"
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[personal profile] nocawsforconcern 2020-08-20 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Enna nods, and stands up, one foot on the side of the boat, and she just... waits a moment.

A small, sudden gust of wind suddenly rocks the boat, and Enna, not expecting it, suddenly tips over and falls into the water. The ripples, the currents, the waves, all seem to push her around in the water a bit...

And when she comes back up, a loose gold coin was tangled up in her hair.]
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[personal profile] nocawsforconcern 2020-08-20 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
A little bit. Most people just call me weird.
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[personal profile] nocawsforconcern 2020-08-20 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
There's a bunch! I'm finding as many as I can. They're just all over the place!
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-08-20 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
"I bet you can beat anything that tries to eat you, Madoka!" He has every faith in her! "But it's okay I like swimming and swimming with you will be really fun!"

He grins, "Are you a good swimmer? Do you want to go down and look at fish?"
myblueskies: (Alfredo is speaking!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-08-20 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
He tilted his head, "You don't remember much of your life either?"

He can't imagine what it would be to live in space most of the time, but it might just be like living in the void, something you got used to after a little while!

"What's a colony?"
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-08-20 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
"I think it was a bit different." He had a think. "There were people who lived there and their houses were more... They looked a bit more like they did in Japan, not like these houses and they had cars and ice cream vans."

But many bits had been the same.
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[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2020-08-20 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." He nodded, it had been a strange thing...

"Bullies I think..."

Or at least, other school students, one who wished him... The person in his memory, harm.
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Yes!

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
Eva grins and nods. "Might as well, yes. Let me know if you need a hand, alright?"
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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-08-20 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
"There is on the train..." He'd seen it, but he had no idea how to use them... He'd never been fishing in his life. And he had lived for a very long time.

"I can grill fish. Not catch."
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Nothing wrong with any of that as a goal," Eva says with a knowing grin. She's been there, done that and it's still the best goal and motivation to do something.

She sighs then shakes her head with a small laugh. "Unless you want me to monologue, it's better if you ask and I give the answer. But, I can ramble if you'd rather."

Not like she needs an excuse to engage Chatterbox Mode.
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
"True, and suns-heated water is never as good," Eva says with a sage nod, only to fall silent as she listens to her elf-mum talk, a nod and 'hm!' every now and then, as is only polite.

"Still, it's only a matter of time before he's back, right? That said... What about working in magic to help shorten the time required to heat water, or is that what a Singer does?"
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
There's a preening chirp, Dancer more than a little pleased the current object of her fascination said 'hello'. A good, polite human.

"You can do more than that?" Eva asks with a blink as she settles in for a chat. "What do you mean? Though, if you show off, Dancer'll probably want to join in, right girl?"

The way she puffs up and turns once in place with a flick of wingtips is very much a yes.
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
"After a fashion, yeah," Eva says with a nod as she takes the pokemon from her brother and allows herself to become the perch.

"I am- and honestly, Kaiba, I won't be offended if you stare or look. It's just a body."

She's probably missing a lot of subtext here.
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-08-20 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Good plan!" Double thumbs up reward for him! "Plus, maybe we'll get to see some new stars or planets during the night sky. You could find almost anything up there! Isn't that exciting?"
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
-and just like that, the more welcome topic is put on hold due to the utterly blank look on Eva's face before it twists in a look of concern.

And maybe a bit of offence on his behalf. "You.... your world sees prosthetics as ugly?"
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-08-20 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Hm... you're right, I don't think I've seen anyone like that on the train. Probably would've stuck out like a sore thumb.
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Sadly, all it seems to do is encourage the chaotic fairy known as Princess to make himself more at home. For seemingly no reason.

There is a reason though: Conan is doing what Princess expects of a child when pinned under a tamed pokemon: to accept the protection given. That there's very little to protect Conan against doesn't matter. Princess knows children are tiny and need protecting!

So he's gonna protect. And shift just a fraction so Conan can continue to read a book if he wants.
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-08-20 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
Della frowned when Persephone had her back to her. Not being able to identify something she really liked, something she had actual passion for was... worrying. Della just hoped that maybe gardening was Persephone's thing!

She closed the doors behind them. "So what are the plans for college, and after? What's the goal?"
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-08-20 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
"True."

Between Yugi and Eva's fingers getting closer, there seems to be a shift in the plant as the flytrap opens wider, almost as if it can sense something near it.

Though, Eva's distracted by this thanks to Yugi's words, and there is a noticeable pause before she laughs, a little brokenly. ".... as long as there's no metre long bees, I'm good."

She does not want to deal with beedril, thank you very much.
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-08-20 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Just dig some holes and fill them with warm water!

[ That is not even remotely how this works. ]
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[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-08-20 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
And while Webmind himself was not looking to break any speed records, he had no plans on holding back.

Finding a few appropriate hand- and footholds to start, he began to make his own way. But would it be enough?