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

[death_from_above]

"One end of the rope connected to the stick, the other side tied around me, and then... LAUNCH ME!"

[unfavorableinstigation]

"That explains why this isn't string, then."

Nita reeled the rope back in.

"But that does seem convenient. And efficient, for that matter. Ready for your ride?"

CW: gross pun

[death_from_above]

"YEP!" he said, all but vibrating. "Just take the hook off before you tie the rope around me please. I didn't use catgut for a reason."

Re: CW: gross pun

[unfavorableinstigation]

Nita's reaction to that was a blank face, followed by a severe eye roll.

"Okay yeah, we don't need any of that in here. C'mon," she said, taking the hook off as requested and readying the rope for a secure a knot onto the Talker as she could manage.

"Just have to make sure you can breathe with this thing on."

Re: CW: gross pun

[death_from_above]

"Yep! All good! Dominic and I do this all the time back home."

[unfavorableinstigation]

A little more shuffling, rope-tying and...

"Ready for launch? ... Or lunch, for that matter?"

Look, Spark can't have all the puns to himself!

[death_from_above]

"That was a delicious pun!" he said, happily. "All ready!"

[unfavorableinstigation]

And without further adieu, Nita launched him.

He'd get some good air, most likely, but as for fish... well, she wasn't going to skew that for him.

"How's the water?" she called, after splashdown.

[death_from_above]

"DEATH FROM ABOVE!!!!!!!!!" he yelled as he flew. He splashed down happily and rather than answer dove for fish. He tugged on the rope once he had one.

[unfavorableinstigation]

It wasn't as short a swim as Nita had expected - but then, Spark was no typical cat to begin with.

She began reeling him in, careful that nothing else got caught on the rope in the process.

[death_from_above]

He had himself wrapped around a fish. He dropped it next to her when eh was close enough. "Again!"

[unfavorableinstigation]

With an obliging nod, Nita got to work, checking the knot's strength and putting the fish 'on ice' with a preservative wizardry before getting back up and launching Spark again.

If he wanted an appropriately-sized feast, this might take a while...

[death_from_above]

He will keep going till she calls a stop, so yeah. He wants enough to bring back to the train to last until the next beach trip....

"DEATH FROM ABOVE!" SPLASH

Going with timeskip, though we can fade after if you want.

[unfavorableinstigation]

Nita will, eventually, call for a stop - she knows how his appetite gets!

Though speaking of, she did have a question on that matter.

"You don't use Bending to give yourself infinite stomach space, do you?"

She's asking jokingly, but it's a valid question to her all the same.

Re: Going with timeskip, though we can fade after if you want.

[death_from_above]

He laughed a bit and swatted lightly at her with a paw. "Why couldn't you have come up with that back when Baymax was trying to put me on a diet?" he mock complained, then shook his head. "Nah, fur real, I've always been like this."

Setup for wrap?

[unfavorableinstigation]

"I've been broadening my horizons," Nita deadpanned, though whether it was meant to be a pun could be left up in the air!

"Lucky biology for you, then. Let's get this back to the train and in proper storage, okay? Before it gets too heavy to levitate or something..."

Re: Setup for wrap?

[death_from_above]

"And broadening our catch? Okay! Then we can come out and fish some more?" he asked, hopeful.

Re: Setup for wrap?

[unfavorableinstigation]

"You got it!" Nita said with a laugh.

What a wonderfurl way to spend a day...

Re: Setup for wrap?

[death_from_above]

"Purrfect!"