middleofsomewhere | 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

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[Ah, how to explain-?]

It's more - I saw something, from your perspective. I get visions, sometimes, but if someone's sharing pieces of others' lives without their permission, it's still fair to apologize, isn't it?

[If that sounds confused, it's because Nita is - and she becomes only moreso as one of her roommates turns up.]

Hey there, Minako; it's all right. Are you okay? You looked kind of spaced-out there for a second...

[Enna pauses, rustling her cloak a bit.]

I don't get it. Hello love person. Are you okay? You should watch where you're going.

[hypocrite of the year right here.]

[Just smile. it will be okay.]

I'm fine. Just I guess having a daydream that makes no sense. That's all.

[She wasn't exactly lying about it because it didn't make sense to her.]

[And Nita just... sighs.]

Okay, so did we all end up with 'daydreams' just now, then? Mine was about you, Enna-

[She won't go too much in detail unless Enna actually wants to talk about it.]

But I'm not sure what either of you two saw. I'm used to vision-work, though, so I might be able to help, with descriptions...?

[Well. If this person got a daydream about Enna, then.

Enna reaches out, and. Smooshes Nita's face. Like she's trying to memorize the shape of Nita's face with her hands. And then when she's done that for a minute, she goes to do the same to Minako.]

The thingy I saw wasn't either of you. Why were you daydreaming about me?

My daydream was on the moon. At least it looked like a part of the moon.

[She didn't know whose it was to say, but the other said her wasn't either of them but Minako she was taking a stab might have Nita's and her Enna, but yet no one got anything of hers... so why was she the odd person out?]

So...I could have gotten Nita's, maybe, but seems like you didn't get anything about me... which is strange.

[Nita's reaction to Minako's observation is extremely belated; while she's been kissed by a Spark in a moment of experimental excitement before, she's never had her face felt.

It takes her more than a moment to recover.]

... Right. Before I ended up on the platform, I was on the moon. And you, Enna, were speaking to a group of people, about the King and Queen.

[And other things, among them Enna's friends being put in danger.]

Ewww, Draco.

[Enna makes a face, pulling her hands back.]

I saw something about a person who didn't have eyes or ears, or hands. They couldn't see and they couldn't change path, they could only move forwards. It was dark and creepy and I don't like it.

[Minako couldn't help but make a face. She seemed a tiny bit horrified at the mental image she currently has.]

Someone who didn't have eyes, ears, or hands... That sounds horrible. But yeah that has nothing to do with me.

[Nita, while glad her face is free again, looks similarly dumbfounded.]

Yyyyeah, not sure what there is about that to like.

Or if it's someone we could find by asking around.

[Aka it's not her memory either.]

Any ideas as to what we should do about it?

[Her own preference is 'wait and see', but she knows that's not always the best approach.]

I'm gonna ask the train about it.

[She just, says that like it's so simple.]

Good luck with that. Might not answer you.

[But Minako is going to think about it at least.]

I would say investigate, but all we have to go on is what they saw.

Investigate on our own for now, then regroup if something like it happens again?

[That seems to be the way things are heading, and Nita can consider that pragmatism enough for now.]

At least one of us should check in with the train, though, whether it responds or not.

[Consider yourself warned, Enna.]

That sounds good! Caw. I'll talk to the train!

How do you talk to the train?

I know of one way, but is there any other way except that one method?

[her focus was, for the most part, asking this to Nita.]

Unless you know of other ways?

[Nita shrugs.]

There's the voice option for the Feedback and Suggestions post-

[Though given what happened the last time Enna used an ICP, maybe not-]

But if you go all the way up to the engine wall in Stores, I can tell you that it's listening, anyway.

[Listening, but not talking.]

Cawwww...

What one way? What's voice option mean? Feedback??

I am going to assume that what we are saying is kind of all new to you, huh? Feedback I can explain the easiest. It basically means you give feedback on something. Like if you go to a restaurant and the service was good you can give feedback.

[Nita nods.]

And 'voice' just means speaking out loud after you've put your ticket in the device, instead of having to write out what you want to say on the screen.

[At least SOME parts of this were straightforward. ~~Supposedly.~~]

Event: Healing Waters

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Spark in this case meaning Agatha from Girl Genius

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