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

[adregem]

His expression teems with amusement as Spider works to find more robes. A part of him feels bad for making her work extra just because he isn't sure what suited his tastes, but the more she brings out for him to see, the more impressed he becomes.

"When did you have time to do all this...? This is incredibly impressive. Your skills really do precede you, dear Spider Seamstress." Roland walks closer to the rack of discarded robes, a small attempt to help her look for his own design, until he catches the two offerings dangling from her legs. He tilts his head, trying to glean a look.

"What's that you've got there? The winning robe? Heh."

[kumoko]

"Made the fabric already," she types, absently, as she obliges him and turns back with the third and fourth robe. "Manipulation magic to sew them into yukata."

You can make a lot of fabric when you're sat in a room for fifteen hours a day, you know! If she could still level her skills, she'd absolutely have some kind of cool Divine Needlework ultimate skill at this point. Maybe weaving is kind of a nervous habit? Maybe she should work on that?

No way, she's fine. "You can wear one each day?"

[adregem]

"Wow. That's really something." The admiration in his voice is thick, now shifting his attention to the new choices of robes. The one with the long sleeves and sash reminds him a lot of the type of robes worn by the citizens in Goldpaw, but the pale one makes his eyebrows rise up again in interest.

"I was about to ask if it's okay to borrow more than one. We might as well make the most of this little interlude, right? For that, I gotta look the part." He adds, quietly gesturing to hold both in his hands, staring at them, picturing how he'd look wearing each. One more lookover, and Roland's decided: the navy one, the pale one, the gold one with the sash. He hangs the robes he can't carry back on the rack and he starts removing his current windbreaker, revealing the sleeveless high-neck of the wetsuit underneath.

"Do you mind if I wear one off the rack? I know you said this is all free, but I feel like this deserves some sort of down payment for the quality!"

[kumoko]

Iyaa, stripping in public, her poor girlish eyes--

Nah, just kidding, she doesn't care. She holds out one of the ones he's indicated for him to put on, tugging the sash out while she looks him over semi-casually.

"Bring me a drink sometime?"

[adregem]

"Heh. Just a drink? Alright, then. Let me know what your taste is?"

He puts it on promptly, and thankfully, the fit was just right. He looks happy to be out of uniform clothes, that's for sure. He appraises it with a once over on himself, glancing down at the detail.

[kumoko]

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