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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"True, and I- you would?" She blinks, thoughts and topic derailed from the plants, for now. "Big bugs are kinda normal on my world? I mean, yea, the bees are no fun, but a lot of the other bugs aren't as nasty? I could show you some if you want?"

"From my world if they were, yes. Not counting duel monsters cards." Because those holograms they be big, but at least they weren't real.

"Show me some? What kind?"

"True, and well, yeah. Bug-types aren't all insects. Hmm..." There's a few seconds of thought as she goes through her mental list of bugs, both officially recognised and not, and then grins. "There's this thing called a 'beetik' on the Orenji Archipelago. It's kinda rare but also really cute. I know someone who owns ones."

Sort of. It's complicated.

Roro helpfully brings up a picture and hovers nearish Yugi. 'Beetik and tykewee.'

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He looked over as he looked at what he was being shown "They look like they could be rather huge bugs." Which if someone didn't like bugs that world would probably not be the best place to live to say the least.

But Yugi was perfectly okay with them. "Do bugs from your world eat the same things bugs do elsewhere?"

"Beetik's only about 50cm tall, actually and the main diet is electricity but they're also herbivores, too."

So maybe about mid-thigh hight for Yugi. And while she would say more- brb chatterbox and a bit of an excited info dump. Nature is nothing without its bugs. Nothing. "Most bug-types are omnivores, actually, but like, supiā'll rather go flowers and various flora-class 'mon with flowers, like kireihana or fushigibana. In fact, they're rather important to that species... They've also been known to take actual beehives back to their hives and cultivate them in lieu of making their own honey."

She could literally talk for hours.

"That's still a lot bigger than bugs I know of back home." He couldn't even think of bugs that could be close to 50cm's really. But Yugi was at least happy to listen to what the other had to say for the time being.

"So while they are omnivores they prefer flowers and with taking back beehives do they still have the bees there or just the beehive?"

"Yeah, it would be," Eva says with a half-grin. Even after the half-year on the train, she's not used to seeing non-pokemon worlds.

"Yeah; they have the bees and all. Most beekeepers'll have both supiā and bees, because it's easier than risking wild supiā hives making off with the bees. The bee pokemon'll defend the bees against foreign hives and sometimes, if the bees can't find enough food, the pokemon'll provide it."

"So it sounds like they do have a decent amount of teamwork." It was nice to hear at least hearing something like that.

But soon his focus was back onto the flower. "I feel like we should separate and see if we can find any bugs or something. I mean the plant is grown like this for a reason after all right? So there must be bugs or something that it eats."

"Yeah."

Eva nods. "I think that'd be a good idea. I can't say much about the bugs myself, but I do know I'd like to head deeper into the forest and see what I can find at least."

He nodded slightly, a little more determined than ever wanting to see just what else could be on this island.

"So I'll go this way and you'll go another. Maybe meet each other later and see what we find?"

Event: Healing Waters

If Eva does this, any insect no's?

No. I'm the type who only gets werid out about bugs if I see them in person.

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