voidtreckermods: (train)
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!)
flatteries: (and sat in the back booth)

[personal profile] flatteries 2020-09-20 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"They were. People always spoke well of them."

And Inigo knows it wasn't just flattery. Even though his father did fail in the end, he died for the sake of his people - and while there's a selfish part of Inigo that feels it's a little unfair, that wishes he could have made a real bond with his father, it's mostly drowned out by the part of him that knows he should be proud of his father instead. His father was an amazing Exalt.

"It's why I like lord Gyousou so much. He reminds me of them. He has all those similar qualities that are great for such a king-- being wise and imposing, yet at the same time kind."
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2020-09-20 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Something, yes. Maybe not everything."

Edge slightly pressed against the hand he was still holding, turning to look at her more directly.

"For example, I don't at all understand how I wasn't last in a very long line for a date with you."
blitzcheer: (AND THAT'S WHEN I SWOOPED IN)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-09-20 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
...why does Roland have to sit a square on his head...why is he like this...

Which skips the mixture of pride-embarrassment he gets from hearing Inigo speak up about him; unsure if it's all meant to tease him, but when it's about blitzball, you're not going to catch him being shy!! Especially now that he has a blitzball and can start showing Inigo some moves and maybe get him to try some too...!

But that'll be a thought and conversation for later, as Rolad brings up about flowers. And oh, doesn't Tidus have a few things to say about that!

"That's what I was telling Inigo before! He should get into flowers for a hobby! And we're tryin' bread making too. Or he is," Tidus clarifies with a jerk of his head to Inigo. "I know how to. Or have. But Inigo should too! It's never as hard as people think it is. You can try it too!"

Why not. Why not get everyone to make bread.
alongtailtalltale: (06)

[personal profile] alongtailtalltale 2020-09-21 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I do usually team up with a group of people," she said. "But when I talk about protectin' my home town, I'm usually the one doing it myself. Though, there's my friend Jewel, and Whisper helped the last time. Someone's gotta do it, yanno? But as for a group... well, the people I usually team up with are called the 'Restoration', and we focus on cleaning up Eggman's messes whenever things go down."
blitzcheer: (incoming airship)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-09-21 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Protecting your town makes sense--but geez, the only time I heard about people coming together against a problem, it wasn't some weird doctor." That's for sure.

"What's life like outside him though? He can't be the biggest trouble you have to deal with. Is he?"
badassfreakingoverlord: (Standard Zetta)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-09-21 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Zetta bends slightly, about the only gesture of negation he can properly manage.]

Naw, it's the same thing. You don't control emotions. You control what you do with them.
springforth: (225)

[personal profile] springforth 2020-09-21 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
It's not the same--holding them back--you don't get it. If we lose control, we have plenty of power to hurt people. Eros did something like that when the girl he was in love with tried to hurt him. Mortals are fragile, I can't just--you have to control yourself.

[Her fingers are gripping the steering wheel tight, her gaze fixed somewhere beyond the beach. Luckily they're not going anywhere very fast. Then her gaze snaps back to where she's driving and she looks around for somewhere else to go]

I'm not here to talk about stupid things like that! I'm here to steal your truck from you for a while! Let's go to the hot springs--can this go up to the hot springs?
badassfreakingoverlord: (omfg yay)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-09-21 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Zetta makes a note to come back to this sometime. After all, he gets angry or annoyed all the time, but he doesn't do anything about it except yell. To the point that no one takes him seriously...]

Of course it can!
springforth: (004)

[personal profile] springforth 2020-09-21 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[She pulls her hands away from the wheel to give them a shake, she gripped that wheel awful tight. Then she turns the truck up towards the mountain]

Well let's go then.
strawberryprotector: (beach)

Re: Spark - Beach

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2020-09-21 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Leave the guts for me to use as bait and we'll see if you're right." Snorting in amusement, Ichigo reeled in his first catch and was quick to kill it.
death_from_above: (Spark Traitor for fish)

Re: Spark - Beach

[personal profile] death_from_above 2020-09-21 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
"If you got the guts to do that much fishing...." he grinned and gutted the fish with his hind claws, tossing aside the innards for Ichigo to use for bait.

It was still more fun fishing his way, but at least he could start eating now.
sizedoesntmatter: (156)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-09-21 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
"It would be rather mean..." But when he heard about him having actually once buried someone but then felt bad afterwards, that shows that yeah they both at least thought alike anyway.

"It was an accident at least and you felt bad about it."
sizedoesntmatter: (100)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-09-21 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean that doesn't sound too bad. I mean they don't sound like they explode up there." Because no matter how you swing it, exploding just sounds bad all around.
sizedoesntmatter: (Howcouldyouhurtafaceascuteasthis)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-09-21 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
"I am sorry to hear that. But at least you were going to try, which is great." But he also knew the potential risks that could probably happen. Considering that someone managed to defeat an entire defense force for one... That was worrying.

But they soon reached there destination. "here you go. We have reach the destination."
stillnewatthis: (hello!)

[personal profile] stillnewatthis 2020-09-21 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Excellent! Now I can patrol the beach and assist anyone with difficulty." Orisa clapped her hand against her fusion driver. "Thank you very much for your company!"
badassfreakingoverlord: (looking at you)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-09-21 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, no, they totally do. Angels are just a little less likely to do that for kicks. The only place they don't explode is the semi-mythical Land of Prinnies."

Zetta said that with a straight face, apparently actually being serious.
badassfreakingoverlord: (sweat drop)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-09-21 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Some of Persephone's issues aren't cute or funny. This seems like one.]

Petal to the medal! Or, uh, discount floor mat.
flatteries: (you've been here before)

[personal profile] flatteries 2020-09-21 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Inigo doesn't even answer Tidus's laughing accusation, or Taiki's remark. Instead he just keeps on dragging the other two, across the wet sand near the sea up to the dryer, softer sand in the distance. He makes sure it's a spot free of rocks or anything else that could hurt, and once he's found a good place for it, he just lets himself drop down into the soft sand, dragging the other two along by their hands.

"There, much better. Let's just nap here."

.. Apparently not all energy has been refound yet, huh. Though it's hard to tell just how serious is about that remark.
flatteries: (you've got that young blood)

[personal profile] flatteries 2020-09-21 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, guys, how about we don't say a bunch of things about flowers? Especially when Inigo is still so insecure about whether or not he could really do a good job at making those grow, and he's pretty sure a lot of people on the train would think they're useless, and--

Okay, no. Nope! Not going down that spiral right here and now. He absolutely refuses to have more than one freakout today here in this nice hot water, thanks.

".. Hey, Roland, do you ever feel like Tidus is just making excuses to have other people make food for him?" Does that think he's 100% Tidus's intention? Not really, though it may be part of it. But it's just so easy to make fun at. It's like Tidus left the ball right in front of the goal!
myblueskies: (thinking hard!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-09-21 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess so sir... But it's sometimes more complicated than that."

He wished it was that simple, that everything that wasn't good was bad and everything that wasn't bad was good. But he kept finding situations that were really tricky!
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-09-21 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He nodded, "Mister Zetta was very cross but I told him I was sorry."

He had never gotten less cross, but that was just Zetta. He was a grumpy book.

"Almost done!" He just had Yugi's feet to bury now!
badassfreakingoverlord: (my point is made!)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2020-09-22 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure, but the point is, to have good, you have to have evil. If you don't have one, you don't have the other. So evil is necessary!"

The entire purpose of the Netherworld, in fact.
strawberryprotector: (beach)

Re: Spark - Beach

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2020-09-22 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Snorting softly, Ichigo got his hook baited with some of the fish guts as his kitten sunbathed on a flat rock at his side. "Well, if you think you can get an octopus without it best you, I might let you fish your way for me later."
blitzcheer: (biiiiig smile!!!)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-09-22 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Plop, and down they go. They don't all need to find the sand under them as Inigo does, but it's easier to than resist, at least for Tidus. And the apparent drain of the last of Inigo's energy gets another quick laugh out of him. What a guy!

"Inigo's not just gonna nap anywhere, huh?" Heheh! The sand is easily clinging to Tidus's legs, but he doesn't mind, letting them stretch out. "Sure you don't wanna go for a jog first?"

Don't threaten him, Tidus!!
longforgottenpromise: (confused)

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2020-09-22 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've never met anyone who didn't believe Lord Gyousou to be very impressive." It was true, even his enemies knew him to be a good king. Asen hadn't betrayed him because he thought he could do better. Even those seeking to destroy Tai knew that Gyousou would be an impressive and wise king, if he was allowed to rule.

"Sorry... I feel I want to ask more, but I don't want to bring up anything painful for you."