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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"Mmghgh--"

Wait, no, let's try that again after taking the finger out. "--it tastes like marshmallows!"

Just like marshmallows! Melted marshmallows, even...who'd even thought? Nevermind questioning why he did it: he's doing it again, and-- "Mm!"

Tidus points at it, eyes on Allen.

"You taste!"

Allen was one to enjoy food but.... this was something else and the boy honestly had not a single clue of how to react.

So he was quiet for what seemed like a long time, but was in fact only a couple of minutes.

"Do you always just eat what you don't know what it is?" Doesn't mean he isn't going to try because they they know it seems to be editable it's tempting, but still.

Tidus frowns at that, waves a hand dismissively.

"I didn't do it on purpose. I got distracted!" And then he just remembered his finger was wet and it smelled nice... "Complain after you try it!"

Go on, don't make correct observations about the weird thing he just did.

"I'm not sure how you got distracted enough to eat something..." It was a thought of how, but sometimes it could happen maybe, but he will remember this for later for potential teasing. If that ever happens.

"I'm still not certain about trying it... for all I know you might get sick later or turn green or something."

The remark about accidentally eating gets dismissed (because bah, look, who doesn't suck their finger when it smells good, okay?!), but absolutely not that latter part.

"What? What's wrong with being green? You got a problem with Piccolo?" But even if Allen does, he turns back to the liquid. "If I'm turning any colour, it's obviously gonna be blue. Or pink! Look at the stuff!"

Come on!

"Who?" He honestly had no idea who that was. But that was beside the point. he soon looked back at the stuff again.

"I mean if you ill people usually say green. But hey if you go a color that would make sense."

"The one green guy on the train! I mean, last time I checked. Know there's a pink girl walking around too." But that was also beside the point.

"Well I'm not feeling green or blue or any colour. Actually, I feel pretty okay. Annnd," he lifts up an arm, looking under it.

"--Nope. Don't see any extra limbs growing yet!"

"So far so good then. Though we might have to wait a day at least to be certain." Though Allen was at least confident that nothing was actually going to happen, if it was anything like potions it was usually pretty quick. He just wanted to tease.

"You might wake up tomorrow with a new limb. Which might be cool, means you could do more."

"Then how about you get a few extra limbs too and help me out?" He makes a face like he's being put upon, but it's a fake huffiness.

"You can join me in some sports games. And cleaning! And learning some new moves!"

"I already have one unusual limb, I think that one is enough." He said it in a more jokey manner, he was perfectly okay with his left arm, but he also really wouldn't want extra limbs.

"But hey how about we focus on something else for now?"

"Trying to get out of volleyball with me, huh? I see how it is."

He sounds disappointed, but there's a joking air to it, and Tidus knows when someone wants to move on from a subject. Back up on his feet, he stretches in his back and steps over the rivulet of goo.

"We still climbing this mountain? I wanna see the view!"

"Considering I don't actually know how to play volleyball it would be a one sided match" And in part that was true. He was still trying to get use to the whole being a normal teen thing when there isn't danger going on after all... he still had a lot of catching up to do.

Carefully moving to get over it he stretches for a moment. "Climbing the mountain sounds like a good idea. I am curious about the view as well."

"Hey, if you wanna learn, I'll teach you! I think you'd like it--sports. It's a lot of moving around, reacting, being quick. Like fighting but with less of the pain."

Just a different sort.

"I'll consider it. I did say that I would try th9ings I haven't before I actually act like a normal person." Since he couldn't do other things like work and such. No point. So instead he had a different option and that was now playing sports.

"Just be glad I'm not the type who'd turn anything into a fight of some kind."

Event: Healing Waters

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