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middleofsomewhere2020-11-13 04:28 am
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- !mission nine,
- 47 [ou],
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- edge [ou],
- inigo [ou],
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- lan sizhui [ou],
- lan wangji [ou],
- lea [crau],
- little one [ou],
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- overlord zetta [crau],
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- ple two [ou],
- quatre raberba winner [ou],
- rapunzel [ou],
- reno [ou],
- romeo [crau],
- seto kaiba [ou],
- sigma [ou],
- sonya blade [ou],
- taiki [ou],
- tidus [ou],
- xiao xingchen [ou],
- xue yang [ou],
- yugi mutou [ou],
- ~x~a-qing [ou],
- ~x~adam parrish [ou],
- ~x~agent 8 [ou],
- ~x~alexis rhodes [crau],
- ~x~alfredo martini [ou],
- ~x~conan edogawa [ou],
- ~x~curufin [crau],
- ~x~dairine callahan [crau],
- ~x~della duck [ou],
- ~x~dyme graydon [ou],
- ~x~elfnein,
- ~x~enna alchiba [ou],
- ~x~galo thymos [ou],
- ~x~gen asagiri [ou],
- ~x~glorfindel [ou],
- ~x~grimmjow jaegerjaquez [ou],
- ~x~itsuki myoudouin [ou],
- ~x~ken ichijouji [ou],
- ~x~kurosaki ichigo [ou],
- ~x~lan xichen [ou],
- ~x~lord el-melloi ii [au],
- ~x~mami tomoe [ou],
- ~x~mt [ou],
- ~x~natsuno yuuki [ou],
- ~x~nerdanel mathaniel [ou],
- ~x~nita callahan [crau],
- ~x~orisa [ou],
- ~x~ran mouri [ou],
- ~x~rei saotome [ou],
- ~x~roland crane [ou],
- ~x~sakura [ou],
- ~x~senku ishigami [ou],
- ~x~taichi yagami [ou],
- ~x~takato matsuda [ou],
- ~x~trowa barton [ou],
- ~x~tsubomi hanasaki [ou],
- ~x~vermouth [ou],
- ~x~webmind [ou],
- ~x~wei wuxian [ou],
- ~x~wen qing [ou],
- ~x~willow amarina [ou],
- ~x~xander woods [ou],
- ~x~yoite [ou],
- ~x~yotsuyu goe brutus [ou],
- ~x~yuume souryuu [au],
- ~x~zechs merquise [ou]
Not with a Bang Start and Ongoing
"Good Morning passengers. Today is day seven of the month of Imagination." The voice echoes through the train as passengers wake up in their beds. Not long afterwards their SCA’s glow with the colour of the void and a holographic image will appear.
Preperation
They have about an hour to prepare, a little less than usual but perhaps expected, given the urgency of the task.
The cupboards in the dressing room are open to reveal rows of tents, in all four team colours as well as some basic camp cooking equipment. They are in bags that should be easy enough to carry.
"Shortly arriving on System #6416. All passengers get ready to disembark. Next stop world 6416. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." The train rocks and lurches, bright colours of the void filling the space and then fading as they fly downwards towards a very green landscape.
Arrival and Initial Task
The train lands in a clearing, curving round in an attempt to fit. Once everyone who wishes to disembark has done it flies back into the air, vanishing from sight.
The air is heavy and humid, though it is not currently raining. The clearing is open to the sky and looking up will reveal a worrying sight. The sky is an angry red colour, colours shifting as if the clouds themselves were on fire. It's an unnerving sight.
Their SCA's show three points, one Orange, One purple and one that is half blue and half red. The three control centres. Each are a few hours treck through the jungle and it certainly feels like there is no time to waste.
Those that don't want to treck through the forest can start setting up camp, though the darkening sky might be a little distracting. As time goes on flecks of fire drift down, though they extinguish before hitting the forest floor.
Orange are to travel to the north, Purple to the south and Blue and Red must travel together to the west. Each route takes them through thick and unrelenting jungle. Flying is difficult here unless you can get up past the canopy layer, which means vision of the ground is severely hampered.
The control stations themselves are half buried in vines and require cutting into. If voidtreckers are unlucky they will meet their first security robots here, firing on the intruders. They might even meet their first giant Armadillos, the creatures are curious and may wish to investigate. They are not helpful or constructive to trying to power up the stations and prevent the destruction of the planet.
The control stations are simple enough to operate, but there's quite a lot that needs to be done in way of repairs and clearing. It will take a team effort to get it in working enough order to activate the shield.
The shield itself, when it is activated, is mostly invisible but there is a loud humming sound. The meteor, which has gotten more visible throughout the five hours, hits the shield and splinters, fire enveloping the whole sky. It is visibly terrifying, but no fire falls to earth, no rocks get through, the planet is safe.
Ongoing
Once the planet is safe the voidtreckers deserve a rest. But once the next morning dawns it is time to start with their next tasks, to make sure that this planet stays safe from future threats.
Red
The robots at the control stations are not the only malfunctioning security robots around. They roam the jungle, or are more often stranded in the jungle, powering up only when faced with a new threat.
Some are benign, terraforming machines whose only crime is using up precious power. These need to be dismantled so that power can be saved for the shield system. Others are security robots that will attack the intruders to the planet.
Though the machines are scattered they are often obvious, emitting warning alarms or flashing lights. Their SCA's will show some areas where there are larger clusters but machines can be found anywhere.
Purple
Their SCA's are filled with hundreds of purple dots, each a solar stations that needs cleared and brought back online. It's not the most glamourous job, the stations are deep in the jungle, the treck is difficult and most of the work needed is weed clearing.
But once the weeds have been cut away they will need to patch up the station, doing basic maintenance to get it back online. In some cases wires need to be patched back together but it shouldn't take any great feats of engineering to get the stations up and running.
They may run into some of the security automatons, needing to fight their way into the stations before they can begin the clean up operations.
Orange
Like the red team their SCA will show areas where there are clusters of the small insectoid automatons that need to be rescued and restored. However they can be found anywhere throughout the jungle, they are not too suited for the terrain outside of the stations and so they have gotten tangled in vines. They can be found powered down, stranded and in dire need of maintenance.
Tools and spare parts can be found in many of the solar stations that purple team have been locating. Actually repairing the robots takes some engineering knowledge but once they are restored they will go about their tasks in the stations. They will need help getting to the further flung stations as well as the main control centres.
They are very basic in design and follow pre programmed instructions rather than being able to hear and listen to orders. But once in the correct place they are very effective at their job.
Blue
Once the shield is up there is a faint humming that can be heard throughout the jungle if they listen closely and find it among the sound of rain and insects. But once they hear it, it is obvious where it is louder and more prominent.
Their SCA will pin point some of the larger control boxes but there are truthfully too many to show on a map. Not all of them have attracted Violet Pandas, but many of them have.
They are curious creatures, both of the power boxes and the voidtreckers. They are protective of each other but not so much of territory and therefore it is not difficult to move them on. Keeping them away is another matter, the power humming is interesting and they will unearth wires and chew through them. It doesn't seem to do them much harm, there is clearly safety stops in the system for such eventualities. It does however cut power off to entire solar stations and require a lot of patch work.
Good luck voidtreckers!
Preperation
They have about an hour to prepare, a little less than usual but perhaps expected, given the urgency of the task.
The cupboards in the dressing room are open to reveal rows of tents, in all four team colours as well as some basic camp cooking equipment. They are in bags that should be easy enough to carry.
"Shortly arriving on System #6416. All passengers get ready to disembark. Next stop world 6416. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." The train rocks and lurches, bright colours of the void filling the space and then fading as they fly downwards towards a very green landscape.
Arrival and Initial Task
The train lands in a clearing, curving round in an attempt to fit. Once everyone who wishes to disembark has done it flies back into the air, vanishing from sight.
The air is heavy and humid, though it is not currently raining. The clearing is open to the sky and looking up will reveal a worrying sight. The sky is an angry red colour, colours shifting as if the clouds themselves were on fire. It's an unnerving sight.
Their SCA's show three points, one Orange, One purple and one that is half blue and half red. The three control centres. Each are a few hours treck through the jungle and it certainly feels like there is no time to waste.
Those that don't want to treck through the forest can start setting up camp, though the darkening sky might be a little distracting. As time goes on flecks of fire drift down, though they extinguish before hitting the forest floor.
Orange are to travel to the north, Purple to the south and Blue and Red must travel together to the west. Each route takes them through thick and unrelenting jungle. Flying is difficult here unless you can get up past the canopy layer, which means vision of the ground is severely hampered.
The control stations themselves are half buried in vines and require cutting into. If voidtreckers are unlucky they will meet their first security robots here, firing on the intruders. They might even meet their first giant Armadillos, the creatures are curious and may wish to investigate. They are not helpful or constructive to trying to power up the stations and prevent the destruction of the planet.
The control stations are simple enough to operate, but there's quite a lot that needs to be done in way of repairs and clearing. It will take a team effort to get it in working enough order to activate the shield.
The shield itself, when it is activated, is mostly invisible but there is a loud humming sound. The meteor, which has gotten more visible throughout the five hours, hits the shield and splinters, fire enveloping the whole sky. It is visibly terrifying, but no fire falls to earth, no rocks get through, the planet is safe.
Ongoing
Once the planet is safe the voidtreckers deserve a rest. But once the next morning dawns it is time to start with their next tasks, to make sure that this planet stays safe from future threats.
Red
The robots at the control stations are not the only malfunctioning security robots around. They roam the jungle, or are more often stranded in the jungle, powering up only when faced with a new threat.
Some are benign, terraforming machines whose only crime is using up precious power. These need to be dismantled so that power can be saved for the shield system. Others are security robots that will attack the intruders to the planet.
Though the machines are scattered they are often obvious, emitting warning alarms or flashing lights. Their SCA's will show some areas where there are larger clusters but machines can be found anywhere.
Purple
Their SCA's are filled with hundreds of purple dots, each a solar stations that needs cleared and brought back online. It's not the most glamourous job, the stations are deep in the jungle, the treck is difficult and most of the work needed is weed clearing.
But once the weeds have been cut away they will need to patch up the station, doing basic maintenance to get it back online. In some cases wires need to be patched back together but it shouldn't take any great feats of engineering to get the stations up and running.
They may run into some of the security automatons, needing to fight their way into the stations before they can begin the clean up operations.
Orange
Like the red team their SCA will show areas where there are clusters of the small insectoid automatons that need to be rescued and restored. However they can be found anywhere throughout the jungle, they are not too suited for the terrain outside of the stations and so they have gotten tangled in vines. They can be found powered down, stranded and in dire need of maintenance.
Tools and spare parts can be found in many of the solar stations that purple team have been locating. Actually repairing the robots takes some engineering knowledge but once they are restored they will go about their tasks in the stations. They will need help getting to the further flung stations as well as the main control centres.
They are very basic in design and follow pre programmed instructions rather than being able to hear and listen to orders. But once in the correct place they are very effective at their job.
Blue
Once the shield is up there is a faint humming that can be heard throughout the jungle if they listen closely and find it among the sound of rain and insects. But once they hear it, it is obvious where it is louder and more prominent.
Their SCA will pin point some of the larger control boxes but there are truthfully too many to show on a map. Not all of them have attracted Violet Pandas, but many of them have.
They are curious creatures, both of the power boxes and the voidtreckers. They are protective of each other but not so much of territory and therefore it is not difficult to move them on. Keeping them away is another matter, the power humming is interesting and they will unearth wires and chew through them. It doesn't seem to do them much harm, there is clearly safety stops in the system for such eventualities. It does however cut power off to entire solar stations and require a lot of patch work.
Good luck voidtreckers!
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In that direction, I think maybe five or ten minutes from here.
[ And see, this is good. Inigo can sense too that he's almost getting away with this.
Which would be a good thing, if it wasn't for the fact that a sense of guilt is starting to kick him in the butt pretty rapidly right now. Especially since Eight has been.. well, their interactions have been pretty awkward at times, but it isn't on her. She's always seemed like a good person.
Can Inigo really lie to her then, even though the only thing he's putting on the line is his own safety rather than anyone else's?
Hence why his facial expression suddenly drops a bit, looking like a puppy that knows it's done something bad, and Inigo moves a hand up to rub the back of his head. ]
.. Are you worried about me?
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[No solution forthcoming, the only thing that came to mind was to continue the conversation and see where it lead.]
Yes, of course. Why wouldn't I be? We're in unknown territory. It is night. There are dangerous robots around, and you want to go out on your own in search of food.
Provisions are important, but you are even more important.
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Maybe it's since the bar is absolutely on the floor here, but that remark just totally stops Inigo for a moment. He freezes up, a blush creeping up on his cheeks. It's just.. a lot to hear someone say that, even though they may only mean it generally or casually. For someone with as low self esteem as him, it's like being hit with a mallet. But in a good way. Kind of. ]
Ah.. Geez, that's.. really not that true.. [ It's like he's trying to keep himself from being too selfdepreciating out loud, yet can't fully accept the words either. ] I'm just some guy! Even if I get hurt, I'll heal over time. It doesn't really matter.
[ Because he doesn't matter. What else is he but a person out of time, having given up his place in his own world? ]
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Inigo... what happens when you crush your arm? Or your leg? Or your chest? What do you feel?
[She meant literally, thought the point might have been lost on his one braincell.]
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But then Inigo thinks on, and he suddenly realises something, thinking about that time they met. Ah, right.. Eight could crush her limbs without it being a problem, right. Maybe she's trying to figure out whether it's an actual problem for Inigo or not.
And he still can't lie now he's chosen honesty. ]
Pain? A lot, probably. [ Even though he's good at masking it when he tries, it's not like he doesn't feel it. ] But I don't think enduring some pain is bad when it's for a good cause.
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Mine does. If this is as important as you say, then let me find it. You can stay here. I've heard we still have a few days left. You shouldn't carry an injury like that when I can do it and come back better.
[She doesn't especially like the idea, but if it's as important as he says then she would spare him the pain.]
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[ Maybe it's better to be this direct, even though it puts the fact that he lied in the first place right under the spotlight. But this is the last thing he'd want - her going out there for his sake, for something he made up. Her getting hurt.
He would never forget herself. ]
I'm not.. I'm not going out there to look for anything. I just want to keep working. We have so much stations to clear out, and it feels like we're never going to make it in time.
[ And if he puts himself in danger for that, that's fine. He's no one important. ]
That's why I'm going to go back out there.
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...okay.
[She started to kick up some dirt over her tent's fire. She wasn't going to stop him, but she wasn't about to let him go alone.]
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A part of him wants to tell her to stay. Eight seems nice, competent - someone good to have around, well rested. Someone their group probably needs more than him. She should stay back and rest.
But it's not like he can tell her that not without being some massive hypocrite, huh?
So when he does speak up, it doesn't sound like a full protest - not like a total rejection.
More just like he wants to at least have said it. ]
You don't.. have to go out there with me, you know? I'd feel pretty guilty if something happened to you just because of that. [ Even if she does heal a lot quicker than humans from specific things! ] You seem like a sweet person. You don't deserve to get hurt, or-- well, not rest.
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We'll take shifts when we get there. You'll need your rest too. And if we pair up, you will have two sets of hands to lighten the work... or to make sure that the other is well.
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And it's a reason he believes in so genuinely that Inigo just ends up dipping his head into a nod. ]
Alright. Let's make sure to watch each other's back then. [ He trusts Eight with that. Which is apparent too, since there's no hesitation about Inigo saying that, at least. Like he doesn't even have to think about it. ] I'll make sure to watch yours too. Those robots aren't so bad, so I'm sure we'll be able to handle any that may cross our path on our way over to the stations.
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Since you'll be fighting on the way over, I'll take first shift working on the station. You're probably going to be tired, or, at the very least, in need of rest for your shift.
[And that's the second reason she's coming: to ensure that he gets some rest.]
That is not negotiable.
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[ It's a little reluctant, even now, like a kid who has just been told it has to go to the dentist, but at the same time it is him just submitting. He has the feeling that when Eight says something isn't negotiable, he's just not going to be able to win, one way or another. Even without guilt plaguing him. ]
Don't worry about counting on me though. I'm pretty reliable in a fight. [ And so far the robots he's ran into out there in the jungle have been pretty mangeable by enemy standards, so Inigo isn't particularly worried about being able to cover for her. ] We should be able to get to there just fine.
[ But. There's a but, you can practically hear it hanging in the air before it's even said.. ]
I'm going to have a real hard time just watching you work though. [ It won't feel fair. ]
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It's not going to feel good for me either, to have to rely on you and not fight. Your first job is to take point, which is going to be putting a lot of pressure on you.
You can't do everything. If I'm going to trust you, you'll have to trust me.
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[ At least that's easily said.
Or rather, there's no hesitation in it. Eight barely even finishes speaking before Inigo is already saying that, like he doesn't have to think about it. Sure, the two of them may not be super close or anything, but Inigo trusts her. Naturally. Eight doesn't seem like a bad person at all - never has, to him. ]
I mean it. [ That much is obvious from his near-guilty-puppy eyed look. ] I know that you're going to work hard out there, and that..
[ That she's coming along because of him. After all, if he had never started about it in the first place.. ]
.. um, I mean, I'll do my best to make it an even split, work-wise. So neither of us have to feel guilty about the other.
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[Huh.]
[She's not long to put away everything back into the kit they handed out at the beginning of the mission. This is part because she was always fastidious in how she uses her gear, and because she has had years of practice.]
[Slinging everything across her shoulder she gives Inigo a nod.] Right. Let's go. Remember: this is a marathon, not a race.
[Inigo may care about making things "fair," she'll focus on completing the task and making sure that they are safe. That is enough for her.]