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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-11-13 04:28 am
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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!
ramengroupie: (huh?)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-23 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Shinki?" asks Wormmon, twisting his head to ask (and therefore tugging these vines further). "Is that like shink--aaaAAAAAAAA--"

Bug fall down. Ken gape.

Oh no.
myblueskies: (horror)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-24 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wormmon!"

Romeo turned around and dived across to where Wormmon was, trying to catch him before he hit the floor!

Jungles are dangerous places for bugs!
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-24 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Romeo-kun!"

And here's Ken, trying to catch Romeo, who is catching Wormmon. This might end up with all of them in a heap on the jungle floor. Wormmon will be quivering in Romeo's arms, as if awaiting a plop that has never come.

But Ken did manage to cushion everyone's fall, so there's that!
myblueskies: (ark!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-28 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Luckily they at least landed in size order and no small bugs got squished! Romeo groaned and rolled off Ken before looking back at him in worry, cradling Wormmon in his arms.

"Mister Ken! Are you alright?"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] serious)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-29 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Wormmon asks the same question. It may be phrased as a frantic, whiny "Ken-chan! Keeen-chaaaan!!", but that's totally what it means.

Ken takes stock, then sits up a bit stiffly. His torso aches, but as he checks it over, nothing feels out of alignment, and he's only sore, so nothing's broken.....

"Just bruised. You're all right, Romeo-kun?"

"KEN-CHAAAAAAANNNN!!"
myblueskies: (ark!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-29 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm okay mister Ken! Are you okay Wormmon?"

He is still looking over at Ken. "Do you need a bandage?"

Because he has some!
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] jacket)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-29 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure..."

But Wormmon is making grabby pincers at Romeo. "Gimme. Please."

A bandage makes ouches all better, right? He'll put one on Ken-chan and fix him.
myblueskies: (concentration...)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-04 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay!" He has to put Wormmon down in order to look through his bag and bring out a bandage.

"Do you know how to put it on, Wormmon?"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] consult)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-05 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Is it the kind where you peel off the back?"

Wormmon knows how that kind works! It's a little tricky given what he's got in ways of, ah, limbs, but he'll figure out a way to handle it if it's for Ken-chan.
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-05 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh I can get you one of those instead!"

He's back in the bag for a moment before he brings out a plaster and hands it out. They were easier to put on than bandages anyways and mister Ken didn't have lots of blood or anything!

"There you go, you can make mister Ken better with that!"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] object)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-05 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you!"

Wormmon accepts the plaster gently in his second claws, then, going cross-eyed from the angle, begins removing the protective backing from the sticky part using the claws on top.

Ken can tell this might take a while, so he turns to Romeo. "You packed well for the mission."
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-05 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"I did! It's really important to make sure you got the right supplies!"

He smiled, "So you got to remember water and food and things to help if you get injured or sick!"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] interest)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-05 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's true," Ken agrees. Wormmon looks Ken over, having gotten the plaster freed from its backing.

"Ken-chan, where hurts most?"

"Ah..."

Ken holds out his arm, as he can't really say anywhere is more sore or scratched than anywhere else. Wormmon waddles over and - ta-da!

HE FIXES KEN-CHAN!
myblueskies: (the world is beautiful!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-06 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
Romeo smiles, "There! I bet mister Ken feels better now! Do you want any food or anything! I got my bento box so there's yummy bento to eat if you are hungry!"

After such a scare like that how could they not be hungry?
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] consult)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-06 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
"You have a bento?"

Ken is concerned about continuing to move, but if they run out of strength before they get to their destination there will be no point in having rushed. So he smiles.

"That's good of you. We'll be happy to."

This child....almost reminds him of what the older Chosen are like. They think of the practical matters, and are prepared for anything.
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-06 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes!" He dug that out of his back pack and opened it offering them the adorable treats.

"You can eat as much as you like!"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] food)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-07 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
"That's impressive," Ken says before he can help himself. Will Wormmon have trouble picking up one of the little onigiri animals to -

No. No he will not. (Though he does shove it in his mandibles all at once to end its misery.) This means a lot of very sticky chewing. "Mmrf. Mfmle."

Ken picks one up too, although he's more the type to delicately nibble. "You'd mentioned something earlier," he said to Romeo, "about being a 'shinki'. Is preparedness a part of that?"

Or is Romeo just...like this.
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-07 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes." He nodded with a grin. "It's really important that a shinki is prepared all the time! 'Cause we got to help our god when they answer prayers and Elfnein is really smart! Really the smartest person I've ever met!"

He grins sheepishly. "But she's so busy with researching she would never remember to eat if I didn't make food for her! So it's even more important I remember all the things like food and bandages and things we need on missions!"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] huh?)

temporarily breaks the physics of your game, i'll put them back asap

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-07 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that focus on research over self-care scans with what Ken has seen of Elfn----

....

"Did you say," he asks, trying not to boggle, "that Elfnein is a god?"

He's...met gods. But - Elfnein? They are talking about the same Elfnein, right? And if Elfnein is a god, then, is her mysterious friend whose song possessed the tablet...

"Uh-oh," says Wormmon, looking over. Ken's bag was open and his thermos just fell out. Now there is tea spilled on the jungle floor.
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jhgjdksgh

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-09 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh no!"

Romeo scrambled to save the tea, quickly righting the flask before more tea spilled out onto the forest floor. That had been weird!

He found the lid and made sure it was screwed on super tight! "Yes! Elfnein is a god!" He smiled, "Mister Zetta is a god too, he's the book who yells a lot."

He eyes the flask, as if making sure no more tea based accidents were going to occur!
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] huh?)

hibiki never really drops, she just flounces and then spies

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-09 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, how had that....Ken had sworn everything was secure, so he's glad for Romeo.

The information he's just received takes precedence, however. "That Zetta....?"

The one with the song and dance number, and the unrepentant villainy? "Doesn't that cause - problems?"

He has been reassured that Zetta talks the talk more than he walks the walk, but this is a new wrinkle.
myblueskies: (followingdreams)

lingers forever

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-10 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"No." He shook his head firmly. "Mister Zetta is a really good god! Even if he's very shouty!"

It's so much more complicated than that and he really struggles with how he feels about Zetta being a god for bad people and also a demon but then also being so nice and helpful.

But to someone else, he won't doubt Zetta for a moment!

"He helps me and Elfnein all the time!"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] interest)

there's a goat somewhere on the train

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-10 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
This fervent defense catches Ken off-guard. He really doesn't know much about Zetta, does he, and Gen had also seemed to think the book being on the train was not that large an issue.

Now that he's considering this, he also hasn't seen or heard of Zetta doing anything that harms others since he got here, and that's the important thing, isn't it? What someone says about themselves may not bode well, but it's only when someone actively makes others suffer that Ken steps in.

"Is that so...?" Ken has to watch himself, then. He'd gotten nervous because Zetta had said some very familiar things. "I'm glad to hear that."

"I liked his song," offers Leafmon. Who now is convinced that all gods sing, between Zetta and possibly Elfnein's friend. Elfnein had wanted to do music things too, hadn't she?

All gods sing. This is the best theory ever.
myblueskies: (smiles all round)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-11 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
"It was a really good song! He is such a good singer! I bet he could be in a movie!"

A singing book movie! Romeo grinned, glad that Ken didn't want to argue that mister Zetta really was bad. Because that wasn't true! Even if he was very complicated!

"Do you like singing Wormmon? Elfnein is a really good singer and dancer too! She was in a movie once too when we were in the heavens." He waved his hand, "Before we were on the train!"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] suspect)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-11 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I sang a ramen song," Wormmon confesses, somewhat bashful, but Ken is staring at Romeo.

On one hand, it makes sense. If Elfnein and Zetta are gods, a heavenly world would be appropriate. And there's other places with similar structures, like where Ichigo and Grimmjow are from. But if Romeo's from the heavens, too....

"Romeo-kun," he begins slowly, sorry for Wormmon's sake that he's cutting off the musical discussion but this cannot wait. "What is a 'shinki'?"

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