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

[marriedanidiot]

"A dream?" She tips her head. "How strange. I had something similar... perhaps it is something from the train, or perhaps, something particular to this island?"

[knifewithnoname]

"You did be seeing something too? Did you be getting eaten by a bug?"

Because if this was something connected to the island, then she was no longer as keen to get off the train, new world or not.

I apologise to Rapunzel's Flynn Rider XD

[marriedanidiot]

Nerdanel's eyes widen.

"Oh dear me, no definitely not. There was a, ah... a young man with something wrong with his face."

Re: I apologise to Rapunzel's Flynn Rider XD

[knifewithnoname]

"Something did be being wrong with his face?" She tilted her head. "Did he be having a broken nose?"

It's the first thing she can think of, for someone's face to look wrong.

[marriedanidiot]

"No..." Nerdanel frowns thoughtfully.

"I don't... think he was in pain. But there he was making the strangest face! Perhaps he was in pain?"

[knifewithnoname]

"Maybe he did be being angry. Did he be being all scrunch faced?" She demonstrated, scrunching her face up into an angry one.

[marriedanidiot]

She considers.

"I think he was perhaps trying to smile, but it just didn't work properly. Perhaps he had an injury, and could not move his mouth properly? I did not see a scar, but perhaps the injuries were internal."

[knifewithnoname]

"Maybe. Maybe he did just be having a stupid face."

Some people did, and their smiles looked wrong. "Did you just be seeing his face?"

That was almost as weird a vision as her own, just in a very different way.

[marriedanidiot]

"Maybe so. No - he was sitting in a chair. I think he was... tied up?"

[knifewithnoname]

"So he did be being a prisoner?"

She wrinkled her nose, "Maybe he had been being tortured?"

That would explain a stupid face.

[marriedanidiot]

"Yes, I think so. But not tortured - no visible wounds. And his captor sounded... very young and uncertain. Perhaps he surprised someone and hit his head?"

[knifewithnoname]

"They must have been smart to have been able to tie him up."

She wrinkled her nose. "I do be wondering why you dd be seeing it... You do be sometimes seeing things before mission, do you no be?"

She'd heard her, on the screens and over the speakers, when people spoke of visions in the past.

[marriedanidiot]

"Or fortunate, perhaps."

She nods. "It has been something that has happened, yes - I assume something that the train initiates. Perhaps this is too. Did you see something?"

[knifewithnoname]

"Yes." She nodded, "But I did no never be seeing things before, visions I do be meaning."

She wrinkled her nose. "I did be seeing a room that did be being made of cake."

[marriedanidiot]

Nerdanel blinks. "A whole room made of cake? That seems... excessive. And most strange."

[knifewithnoname]

"It did be being strange and that did no even be being the strangest bit." She sighed, "There did be being... Stabby things. They did no be being knives. And a bug. A giant bug and it did be having sharp teeth."

It hadn't looked like anything she had ever seen before, not like anything she had even thought about before.

[marriedanidiot]

Blink.

"That ... is indeed most strange. Did you recognise anything else about it?"

[knifewithnoname]

She shook her head, "I did be hearing voices, one did be being familiar but... I could no be saying who it did be being."

Someone here probably. Definitely not a voice from her own life, her own world. She would probably be able to place it if she heard it again...

"I do be hoping it did no be being a future vision, because it did be being very stupid."

She has no wish to be eaten by a bug.

[marriedanidiot]

"I certainly hope not!" She agrees. "I would not wish to face giant bugs, nor for you to get eaten!"

[knifewithnoname]

"Neither would I be wanting that." She shook her head. "It would be being a stupid way to be dying."

So she hoped that wouldn't happen.

[marriedanidiot]

"Well, I don't see any signs of places made out of cake, here, so hopefully we are in luck!" She smiles.

[knifewithnoname]

"I do be hoping so. I will be making sure to be staying away from stupid cake places and men with stupid faces."

Couldn't be that hard to avoid... Hopefully.

[marriedanidiot]

"Please do!" She agrees. "I would not wish to see you harmed!"

[knifewithnoname]

She nodded, "I will be seeing you soon then." Hopefully nothing stupid would happen before then.

She gave a small smile, ready to get started exploring the strange world they were arriving on.

[marriedanidiot]

Nerdanel gives into her impulse, and reaches over to softly ruffle her hair, carefully telegraphing her move so Little One can pull away, if she wants.

"Go and have some fun, my dear."