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

[adropofsunlight]

"Yeah, though I couldn't tell you where exactly it was. I just know at best we had a pond at the bottom of the tower." Everything else around her was very high rock walls. The perfect hiding spot really. but meant she didn't see much except what was in the sky.

[longforgottenpromise]

"Oh." He blinked at her, a pond at the bottom of the tower.

"Did you not go outside?"

Because surely she would know what places around her looked like.

[adropofsunlight]

"Nope. Wasn't allowed out of the tower." said rather bluntly as she looked up at the sky, hands behind her back for a moment.

"When I arrived here was really the first time."

[longforgottenpromise]

"Oh." He blinked at her and then looked down at his hands, "I'm sorry..."

She had been a prisoner? He feels bad that he had been nosy, that he had brought it up.

[adropofsunlight]

"It's fine. I am quite open about it now I have some understanding at how... bad the situation was." She hasn't gotten all that much help on dealing with the issues that might have come from such a thing, but she did have a book that was given to her to at least understand.

"Plus, it means you get to know me a bit."

[longforgottenpromise]

He nodded, it was good that she had some understanding of how bad it had been, and clearly had some people who had helped her come to that knowledge.

"Yes." He smiled, "I am happy to listen, if you want to talk about it, and I will do my best to help if you need it."

He can listen at least, even if he might not have any actual help he can give.

[adropofsunlight]

She nodded slightly. She didn't know what o talk about for a moment as she paused and looked at the world she had been currently doing.

"If there was anything you would like painted? Like the view from worlds you have been to or just something from home?"

[longforgottenpromise]

He smiled softly at her, "I paint too." He looked around, "If you want... I can go and get my paints and we can paint together."

It would be nice, he thought, to paint with someone else, even if it is often a solitary activity for him.

[adropofsunlight]

Rapunzel smiled, probably brighter than any smile could. She liked the idea of actually painting with someone, apart from the classes she never really thought about doing that with anyone.

"You do? I must see what you come up with then, so I would love that"

shall we fade here? assume they had a nice painting session?

[longforgottenpromise]

"I won't be long then." He nodded with another nervous smile and then headed back to the train.

He hoped he wouldn't be disturbing her too much, but he thought it would be nice to paint in company and there were definitely plenty of things here to paint.