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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!
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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Only his pup.
But hey, despite this, Roland's taking the distraction! "Distraction." ]
Aw. Good thing I'm not from Nion then, huh? My budding barista career hasn't even taken flight yet!
[ He chuckles and eventually, allows his hand to drift back to his side. Or to his chin, where he rests his fingers in thought, returning his full attention to the panel. ]
Meanwhile, I wonder if their engineers were put out of a job too. This is way more complicated than it has to be. [ Or they're just not adept at tech stuff. Regardless, the wires Inigo traces back to are leading them the right way. He points to a button that looks suspiciously like the Power switch. To what, he's not sure. But he furrows his brow and points to it, tapping Inigo gently on the shoulder so as not to surprise him and have him bump his head again. ]
Can you tell me which wire this one is connected to?
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Is it? [ It's not like Inigo can tell what is or isn't too complicated, after all. He hardly knows how any of this works to begin with.. ] I mean, I do suppose there are a lot of these wires..
[ Speaking of which, he's looking at them again when Roland asks him that! He is a good pup, ready to be useful and helpful here!
It takes him a few moments, since he's not too good at this yet, but then he's pretty sure.. ]
The green one. Is that the one we need?
keywords
[ Because unfortunately it is an exposed wire and that won't do at all. Roland crouches down to help him while one hand remains rested on the panel with the power button. He hums again, then stands up. ]
Let's switch places. On my signal, press this button. [ He gestures to it. Thankfully the panel isn't tall enough to make this a problem from where Inigo is working. ]
i can't believe you had such perfect keywords all along
[ Inigo isn't too sure why they need to switch places, but he's pretty good at being unquestionably obedient during moments like these - where it seems like Roland sure knows what he's doing, while Inigo is practically in the dark over here.
He stands up, leaving the wire to Roland, and instead moves over towards the panel with the buttons. He leaves a finger next to the right button, just so he can make sure to remember which one it is. ]
But-- you shouldn't touch the open wires part either if that's dangerous! [ As if he's thinking that that's what Roland is about to do next.. ]
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Go, now! Press it!
[ Plus, it seems like he's done this hotwiring thing before. The pads of his fingertips are more calloused than they used to be, though doing this without the proper equipment was always the consequence. ]
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Under normal circumstances Inigo may not have thought too much of this. Partially since he doesn't understand modern technology that well, but also just because seeing sparks isn't that weird. People use lightning magic where he comes from, it's just a thing that happens!
But the problem is that this exact same thing happened to him. When it was him and Tidus at one of these stations earlier, and he grabbed the wires to try and pull at them-- except without knowing what he was doing, Inigo sure did get electrocuted. And while it wasn't too bad of a shock, it still wasn't exactly pleasant.
So the moment he notices what Roland is doing, Inigo lets out a yelp, despite slamming his hand down on the button the moment the other tells him to.
That doesn't mean he can't let out a frantic ] Roland, what are you doing?! [ at the same time. ]
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He stands up and shakes his arms around like it was nothing, smile on his face in regard to Inigo. ]
Hm? [ Oh! ] We did it, pup. All thanks to you!
[ He looks down at his fingers, just slightly reddened at the tips, but with no other visible damange. ] I used to do that a lot when I was younger, but to cars. [ One day he will tell you his dark past as a rebel. ] It's called hotwiring. Don't worry, unless I was working with wet hands, that wouldn't have done a thing to me.
[ See? Problem solved! ] Let's head out and move on to the next station.
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[ Look at Inigo getting all worked up. At least it doesn't seem too serious - there's no tears or anything like that, which is usually a good sign with how easily Inigo cries, right? But his face is starting to get redder and redder, the words coming out in bursts, like he's too worked up to even properly figure out how words work as he quickly steps closer towards Roland. ]
You have to warn me first before you do something like that! It's dangerous! I mean, you wouldn't want me doing that, right?! Then you can't just do it out of the blue either! [ He's just rambling out of flustered panic now, giving Roland the biggest puppy eyes that are entirely honest rather than acted, and followed up by a whine of: ] Faaaatheeeeeer...
[ Don't make him worry so much and then smile like it was all nothing, dad. :( ]
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Heh. Okay, okay. You got me. That wasn't very responsible. I don't want you to do anything like that, but here I go setting the worst example. [ He's chiding himself for Inigo, because that smile on his face just means Inigo's already broken him in. Powerful are pups that have the largest of eyes and cutest of wails! Roland draws back to look at him, eye to eye. ]
Forgive me?
[ A role reversal! Wasn't that Inigo's line supposedly, in this relationship?! The mysteries just keep on coming people! ]
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But Roland gives in so easily. Much more easily than Inigo anticipated, which leaves the boy quiet for a moment, just staring at Roland like he isn't sure what to do with those last two words.
Other than give in. Instantly. Roland may be weak for his puppy son, but Inigo is just as weak in return. ]
O-Of course I forgive you.. [ It sounds so vulnerable too, like Inigo can't even imagine doing anything but that! And look at that vulnerable puppy look in his eyes! It instantly makes him look years younger.
And - also of course - it comes with the boy momentarily burying himself into the hug. ]
Just.. please be careful! I don't want anything to happen to you while we're out here.. [ Or ever. But 'while we're out here' is a good start. ]
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[ Ssssh, here's some comforting circles, rubbing against Inigo's back as the embrace is tightened for a brief moment. He takes his time letting go and pulling back, a hand drifting up to pat his hair down affectionately. ] I feel the same way about you. I know you go off to do your own thing, but make sure you're keeping an eye out for too much danger. Call me when you need backup. I've got the black band so I can ask Spider Seamstress to jump to your location at any time.
[ Okay, so maybe he's not totally pulling away. He's got both his hands still on Inigo - one on each of his arms, as if assessing him. But Roland is smiling, finding it slightly humorous that they're talking as if Roland is sending Inigo off to college or something.
It's heartwarming. ]
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[ If he sounds reluctant about that at all, it's not as much that he doesn't want Roland to help him as much as he's just.. not too excited about the idea of that spider coming anywhere near him, okay. She's both spider and girl. Both flavours of terrifying.
But if it's to make Roland happy, he'll do his best to accept his terrifying fate. ]
Do you want to go over to the next station together too, or do you have something else to do?
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Nothing better to do than to clear these out with you, one at a time. Come on. Come with me. Let's go together.
[ A promise kept. Roland has seen the worst of this planet come to pass, but with Inigo by his side, he finds strength only the boy can give him. He will wait for their hands to join, as they always do without a doubt, before Roland lead them with a jog to the nearest station on the Purple Team's SCA. ]