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

Re: swimming

[myblueskies]

[He grins at her, swimming around her in a circle. He's glad she is in the water, even though they got to be careful because she doesn't swim as well as he does!]

I am! There's so many fish under here! But the water makes my eyes sting!

[Which was sad, because he'd been enjoying looking at the fish!]

[alchemists]

Maybe we can find some swim googles when we get back to the beach?

[ Getting salt water in your eyes isn't good at all. ]

[myblueskies]

Swim goggles? [He swims closer to her with a grin.]

Like the helmets we wore on that mission? They made the water not go in our eyes at all!

[alchemists]

Sort of like that, they're a bit smaller and just cover your eyes. But I think there's some with the snorkeling sets that cover your nose as well.

[myblueskies]

Oh like glasses? But for seeing in the water? [That made sense, seeing as glasses made you see better most the time!]

[alchemists]

Yeah, that is a good way to phrase it!

[ Once they get back to land it'll be a bit easier for Elfnein to show Romeo what they look like. ]

[myblueskies]

That would be really good! I'd like to see the fish better. [He swam up to her.] Can we go and see if they got any water glasses... goggles!

[alchemists]

I was just thinking the same thing, I wanted to go back to shore and gear up more before going back out.

[ Gotta reapply sunblock and drink some water and stretch so there's no cramps while swimming. ]

[myblueskies]

Okay! [He grinned.] Let's go back for now and then we can come and swim again! We can get some food as well!

[He's hungry. Always. But it's probably lunch time!]

[alchemists]

What sort of food should we get?

[ She knows that yakisoba is a standard for the beach but Romeo might not want that, or they could get more western style food. ]

[myblueskies]

"I don't mind! We can get some fruit or bread or carrot sticks but if you want noodles or something I can cook those!"

There was always lots of food on the train after all, he could make something yummy with noodles for them to eat on the beach.

[alchemists]

Fruit is good, watermelon would be the perfect thing to eat at the beach.

[myblueskies]

"We can see if we have watermelon!" He nodded, that did sound like it would be perfect on the beach!

They were at the shore now and he skipped ahead to grab their towels from where they have put them safely, he handed Elfnein hers with a grin.

[alchemists]

"Thank you"

She gladly took her towel and started drying off her hair first.

"I wonder if anyone else would like some watermelon, I don't want to take one and not be able to eat all of it."

[myblueskies]

"I bet they would!" He grinned, "Watermelon is just so yummy, I bet if we cut it up and offered it to people it would all go really fast!"

Watermelon was really refreshing after a day in the sunshine!

[alchemists]

"I like that idea, we can offer it and after it's all gone we can go back into the water."

[myblueskies]

"Yes!" He grinned at her, "Let's go and see if we can find some!"

He pulled on his T shirt now that he was dry. He left his shoes off though, his feet were all sandy and he didn't know how to put them on without getting sand all inside of them!

[alchemists]

Elfnein put the orange hoodie she had on and a pair of sandals and was ready to set off.

"Should we check the train first or around here?"

[myblueskies]

"We can look on the train first... I don't know how watermelons grow. Do you get them on trees?"

Did they grow in hot places like this?

[alchemists]

"I believe they grow more like a vine, we should look more on the ground"

[myblueskies]

"On the ground?" He nodded, "That will be easier to pick than if they were high up in a tree!"

Not that Elfnein couldn't fly and he could easily jump to a tree branch, but the ground was still easier.