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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Blink blink.

"No, nothing like that. More like, a robot hedgehog turned into it."

A beat. "Trust me when I say it makes more sense in context."

"Uhhh... okay."

He says the 'okay' more for accepting going along with what she says. You know. A robot hedgehog turning into over things. Alright. Cool.

"Did someone send them after-- wherever you were? There's gotta be more to them showing up."

"Oh, I knew exactly where it came from," she answered. "There's this guy named Dr. Eggman, y'see? He made the robot hedgehog, and gave it all these abilities to copy people's data and stuff. And then one day... woosh, the Doctor disappears! So his robot decided he'd take over the world while his master was gone! And then he used this magic rock called a chaos emerald to bam! Turn himself into a massive dragon! But the guy that robot hedgehog was based on also beat him, so everything's fine now! And I helped!"

It made perfect sense to Tangle. It was uncertain whether that'd apply to others.

Wow, that is an adventure. It's--weird, but also, about a majority of everything everyone had to share about their life had some oddity. And at least this one seemed to have a happy ending. And was waaay more action packed in a fun way.

"Huh!" Tidus sounds, sounding a little impressed. "Never head of a robot going around and... wait, no," he stops himself, remembering Webmind, "I guess I can see that. But a magic rock turning a robot into a dragon? It wasn't some kind of thingy majig that Doctor guy left for it?"

Clearly that makes more sense than just a magical rock! Right?

"Nope!" Tangle replied, quickly. "That magic rock is like, a super important thing where I come from! There's seven of them, and a Master Emerald, and they're supposed to have unlimited power! It was the Master Emerald that he used to juice himself up like that, and stuff."

"Ohhh... wow, and he just had one around?" Even though they're as important as they sound? "Did you grab it after that other guy beat it up?"

He sounds somewhat excited by the prospect. What kind of cool things can you do with a big important rock?

"Oh he didn't have it laying around," he said. "He came and took the thing's power from where it happened to be. There was this big invasion and stuff! Sorry if I'm not explaining this well."

"Nah," he shakes his head, dismissing the apology. "It sounds like it was a big 'n' crazy time! This Doctor guy can't be in anyone's good books now. Or his robot? But I can't think anyone'd let him off for his robot goin' outta control."

Wow, what if anything like that happened in Spira? Everyone would be after the Al Bhed. More than they usually blame them for their troubles.

"Oh believe me, no one likes the Doctor," she said. "Eggman's pretty much the least popular person on the planet, trust me. Especially after he nearly took over the world and wrecked everything for everyone."

"You know, a lotta people try to do that on different worlds," Tidus says wearily. "Can't these people just buzz off and do something else? Why would anyone want to run everything anyway? Doesn't sound like fun to me."

Worlds are so big! That's a lot of ground to cover! Who even care about being an evil overlord that badly?

"Yeah, it seems like way too much work if you ask me," she said. "Back home, taking care of my home town is already almost a full time job!"

"Are you a kind of, uh...protection force, or somethin'? A group?" Tidus asks. "What do you usually do when Egg Doctors aren't leaving their junk around?"

"Well, I do usually team up with a group of people," she said. "But when I talk about protectin' my home town, I'm usually the one doing it myself. Though, there's my friend Jewel, and Whisper helped the last time. Someone's gotta do it, yanno? But as for a group... well, the people I usually team up with are called the 'Restoration', and we focus on cleaning up Eggman's messes whenever things go down."

"Protecting your town makes sense--but geez, the only time I heard about people coming together against a problem, it wasn't some weird doctor." That's for sure.

"What's life like outside him though? He can't be the biggest trouble you have to deal with. Is he?"

"Oh, there's other bad guys," she said. "Like the Babylon Rogues. They're a bunch of no-good thieves! And also Whisper's ex-teammate, Mimic... but I don't know if she wants me talking to everyone about him. He was kind of a big deal for her."

Event: Healing Waters

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