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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Persesphone blinks, then looks around herself at the crowded garden. Most of it has her touch on it, bright, lively, green.

"I'm not exactly hiding it. I've helped with most of the things in here in some fashion and kept us all in fresh fruit and vegetables." She rubs at her neck, "But the taking plants is new, I'll admit. I just couldn't resist."

"Then keep at it!" Della says enthusiastically with pumped fists. "Think of all we could learn with this new greenery! We could even mix and breed these other-world plants into new ones! It'd be amazing!"

"Yes yes, but where would I put them!" Persephone comes back to her main frustration here, holding her hands up to the sky and the roses above her. Maybe she should switch them out for cucumbers or some other trellis growing vegetable. But no, people like them, they have since she got here and made them. She drops her shoulders, face screwed up in minor annoyance.

"I am quickly running out of space for my projects, let alone anyone else's. We have the weirdest mix of things in this greenhouse."

"Hey, the train's always adding new cars, isn't it?" Della asks, lightly knocking on the wall as if she could summon the train's brain. "Maybe if we ask around, we can find a way to get another gardening car! Or make this one bigger!"

"Oh I'll ask but everyone is always wanting something and half the time it seems like our requests disappear into the void, never to be seen again." She gestures out the windows, which is ridiculous since this is the one time the void isn't beyond them. Which just reminds her to look up at the sun, streaming through the glass.

"I can always start moving things into the garden car, Zetta won't mind, but others might. It's more an...idea of a garden than a real garden. Why do they call it that?"

"Got me." Della shrugs. "I know plenty of facts about plants, but not much about actually gardening myself. Still... if I can find a way to help you out, that's what I'm gunna do."

Because ducks don't back down! Triumphant thumb jab to her chest. "I'm sure we'll find a way, even if we have to make that way ourselves!"

It's a tiny bit funny--since this is about plants and a garden and not some life or death thing. Just a bunch of green things and Persephone being annoyed at not having enough room for even more green things. She hides a smile behind her hand and tilts her head outside the glass.

"Thanks. Want to help me steal a few more weird plants before we wander off?"

"Happy to do it!" With a thumbs-up, she turns around in order to do exactly that. "Though I still stay we're not stealing... not unless the 'owner' of this world wants to file some complaints."

"It's probably still stealing if I can't find someone to ask." She leads the way back out of the train, hands clasped behind her back. "But I guess we'll find out if something happens."

"The best way to find out an answer is to dive in and grab one!"

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