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middleofsomewhere2020-11-13 04:28 am
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Entry tags:
- !mission nine,
- 47 [ou],
- alice liddell (am) [ou],
- allen walker [crau],
- cassie cage [ou],
- daia [ou],
- edge [ou],
- inigo [ou],
- katsuya jonouchi [au-crau],
- koumyou sanzo [ou],
- lan sizhui [ou],
- lan wangji [ou],
- lea [crau],
- little one [ou],
- madoka kaname [ou],
- masumi sera [ou],
- overlord zetta [crau],
- piccolo [ou],
- 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!
Helping Free Bots - Any/all Pokemon welcome!
/Now let go. Doesn't it feel great to be untwisted again?/
The vines uncoiled from around the damaged bot, and Nita gave a sigh in relief as it came free.
"Looks like teamwork's got it this time! You want me to carry this one, or...?"
Re: Helping Free Bots - Any/all Pokemon welcome!
"If you don't mind," Eva says with a thankful nod as she stands, eyes tracking to Lele as the porygon2 patrols the surrounds. "I'll need my hands free." Incase she needs to recall or send out more 'mons. "Stay close though."
Eva can correct her on the numbers. XD
With a thumbs up (and some bonus muttering in the Speech - further coaxings and thanks to the plant for cooperating), Nita seizes the damaged droid and falls into step behind Eva.
"This is, what, five in three hours? ... Would've thought there'd be more."
Her tone is conversational, but fairly quiet; whispers travel, while speaking at normal volume might draw unwanted attention.
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"But we have done this five times and while I do enjoy the jungle..."
She'd much, much rather enjoy in peace and not be alert for danger, thank you very much.
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Hopefully this 'slipping' wasn't a greater trend...
"I'll say this: whatever we do with our last day here, once our work is done, better be worth letting our guard even partway down for!"
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And she knows how easily one can lose track of anything in it.
"Hmmm, though I don't know if I can let my guard down even if we've dealt with all the robots."
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"After the robots, there's still all the animals - though once the shield's got power ensured for the next long while, they can mostly be left to themselves, right?"
Which also entailed making the stations Unappealing to those animals, naturally.
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This would have been the tag even without that metaplot thread. XD
Nita pauses, then smacks herself. "Right, don't tempt fate. Onward, then."
The further they go along, though, the more often she finds herself asking the trees, /Excuse us, please?/ and dodging branches and vines alike, with the occasional root for flavor.
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Little she know, the Fox heard her and it Laughed. But she doesn't know that, and all she can do is lead the way.
"I'm starting to think the next 'mon I get should be Carratt."
Feel free to submit this one for bonus AC!
"Carratt, huh? What's that one like, then?"
Re: Feel free to submit this one for bonus AC!
Instead, she happily and eagerly leaps at the chance to yammer about her shiinotic. "She's a mashēdo - Alolan's call them shiinotic. They're grass-fairy and they're... Hmm. Well, put it this way: I wouldn't go into a forest following a sighting of a clump of 'em. They're predators and wild ones are known to prey on people."
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"They... resemble mushrooms? Yeah, not exactly something people should want to mess with."
Some of them could be really toxic to people, after all! That they were a predator species made sense.
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And just like, there's a strange, alien-looking creature-plant keeping pace alongside Lele now. Though, more of a hop-amble like a kangaroo? If the 'roo had long, spindly fingers. "Isn't she cute? But she's both plant and animal. The plant's thanks to the mycelium-based mushroom she has a relationship with." Parasitic relationship, but Eva's not about to say that.
"Yet... people do and the results -if they're found- aren't nice."
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"Cute, and probably ferocious."
She turns her attention forcibly back to the path, politely maneuvering another branch so they can all keep moving.
"Can always expect people to do things like that, though. Seems to be a constant of life."
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Eva shrugs. She doesn't mean to be callous, yet at the same time. Stupidity isn't something that lasts very long on Arkea and the facts of life are very well known. "Well. Things happen and it's sad, but it's also life, too."
/ponders what they can wander into next
"Hate to say it, but I think I know the type."
Though they weren't all necessarily wizards...
"True that, too. Death's a part of things, even if it's of the stupid."
They can talk and reach camp without any major things, I think :D
Still, she shakes her head and offers up a wry smile. "Yeah. Doesn't mean it hurts any less though."
\o/ Another couple rounds, then?
Nita trails off, briefly lost in thought. Were there people she thought would be better off dead? ... Yes, but that didn't necessarily make it a good thought.
"We still have to look out for them, though, no matter who they are."
yep :D (easy thread before the CHAOS!)
She shrugs. "And humans can be very, very selfish creatures given half the chance."
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Nita almost trips on a rock, fights the urge to pick it up and give it a piece of her mind, and lets it go.
"They hardly have the monopoly, though; when aliens are real, most have their own ways of being selfish."
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Not with what they're carrying back to camp.
"I think it's a trait of all sapient species to be selfish somehow. You could argue sentient ones too, but they're just following instincts at the end of the day."
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"Sometimes you'll find unexpected compassion in nature, too - so instincts aren't all on the selfish side."
Or on the 'reciprocal' or 'they're a relative' benefits sides, either.
almost a wrap!
Not now, at least, because she can hear the sounds of basecamp, meaning they're likely pretty close and that means drop off robots and pitch in elsewhere.
That said, there's a laugh to her voice - because look, the number of times she's seen people boggle at certain species is hilarious. "I've got a video of one of them on Roro."
Yep! And the other thread looks good, too.
"I think I'd like to see that, yeah."
Count her in!