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]

Roland remembers that appetite, and had fully expected Spark to go crazy while he worked on collecting fish. A cat's gotta eat!

...The puns too, Roland remembers very well. He cringes at some of them, though jokingly so. Two more fish are stabbed out of the water and set aside for Spark to enjoy at his own pace.

"Okay, uh. Point taken." And as he says this, the sword comes crashing down into the water for a third fish. "So what happens on the train when teams start going out?"

[death_from_above]

He grinned. "Cutting wit," he said, to acknowledge the other's pun. "Generally?" he started in on his second fish, the first finished, "I get a nap. The train was so quiet."

[adregem]

He fails to get the next fish, but he shakes it off and waits for another moment. "Is the train always quiet when missions are happening off of it? Sometimes it worries me that we leave people undefended when most of us leave."

[death_from_above]

"It's only been one mission so far," he said, licking his lips between bites. "So I'm not sure."

[adregem]

"Will you let me know if anything happens when we're all off the train?" He drops two more fish. It's growing into a nice pile.

[death_from_above]

"For fish, I'll tell ya whatever ya wanna know!" she said. He was eating down the pile almost as fast as it was growing.

[adregem]

"Does this count as a downpayment, then?" He grins slightly, showing off a little by stabbing two in a row without letting go of the first catch. "It'd be a big help if I had some eyes and ears on board, just in case."

[death_from_above]

"Sure, I'm down for this being partial payment. My human back home was always fishing for answers too."

[adregem]

"Heh. We've reeled ourselves a deal, then. Thank you for the help in advance, Spark." Ta-da! He now has a pile of almost a dozen fish, ready for him to indulge in. "I think we should start getting fish for the train too, what do you think?"

A pause.

"And it's fish to share, alright? Heh."

[death_from_above]

"Yes! Fish for the train and more for us for now!" He was now eating his fourth fish or so...

[adregem]

"Don't you want something else, for variety?" Stabs. More fish! The second pile is steadily growing too. He hopes Spark is sticking to his dozen. "Like crabs? Octopus?"

Though Evan detests those slimy things, so that might be a long shot...Not that all feline creatures had the same tastes, mind you. But it's easy to jump to the assumption!

[death_from_above]

"You know what goes well with crab? FEEEEEESSSSHHHH!!!"

[adregem]

Roland chuckles. Of course. That was expected. He continues the task, creating lovely piles of fish for Spark and for the train. He'll store them in his Arms Band until he can get them in the stores.

And this cycle of stabbing as fishing goes on for some time, until Spark has his fill of fish for the afternoon.

[death_from_above]

He may have to be the one to call the stop, because Spark is one such that his fill of fish for the afternoon would only come as he starts on his fish for the evening....