voidtreckermods: (voidtrain)
VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-11-26 08:45 pm

Not with a Bang: Conclusion

The base camp is a mess by the time the fight is over. The heavy rain alone would have been enough, but the battle has churned up the earth itself. The previously peaceful clearing is pockmarked with craters and dark puddles where ash has mixed into rainwater, along with oil and blood that swirl unpleasantly through the shallow pools. The trees are bowed outwards with the force of the powers that waged through the area, trunks shattered and torn, boughs hanging haphazardly or draped with the remnants of tents and equipment.

Perhaps all that can be said is that it gives the Voidtrecker Express a decidedly clear landing spot. The train snakes its way through the jungle, coming to a stop in a familiar, though now lopsided, coil around the clearing, and opening its doors to allow injured to be carried on, or anyone from the train to disembark.

It’s clear that there are indeed people aboard - as the doors hiss open, activity is already visible inside, as well as voices audibly going back and forth over the tinny speakers of the ICP.

Now that the saboteurs are dealt with, the final repairs can be made to the damaged stations and the shields locked into place. By the time they are done, nothing and no one will be able to enter the planet - from space, anyway.

The train will remain in the clearing through the night of Imagination 12 and the morning of Imagination 13, until all the stations are prepared, the pandas returned to their rightful place and everyone has rejoined the train.

By midday of Imagination 13, the train is ready to leave. Everyone gets a message on their SCA to return to the train, if they haven’t already. Once all are onboard the doors shut and the train begins to snake through the jungle.

“Re-entering Voidspace in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.”

The train rattles and shakes as the greenery around them (and the purple of a few farewell pandas) fade into the colours of the void.
blue_ice: (floof)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-11-29 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
"It's just another thing to get used to. We're at war, aren't we."

He didn't want to be, but...this was getting serious.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] wait)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-29 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"That doesn't mean it'll ever be easy."

Oh, Ken-chan thinks about "easy" things and decides not to do them when he is in a particular mood. Leafmon glances up, looking at Kaiba. He hopes he is wrong, since this person is so nice and asked Ken-chan to help prep for the Halloween party (which ended up being a lot of fun even if there WAS a scary story and if a girl DID dance with Ken-chan). But....based on what little he's heard....

"Are you sad?"
blue_ice: (tired)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-11-29 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"It never is. We're still surviving. But it was too close..."

And that's the root of the problem, really---but then he remembers that the sweet, innocent bug is listening. He bends to Leafmon's level and smiles at him (he can't help it), softening his tone some.

"I'm...worried. I want everyone to be safe. You two did a good job. Everyone did. I should focus on that, right? I just want to be more helpful."
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] daisuke)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-29 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
"So does Ken-chan," Leafmon confesses, which prompts a "h-hey, Leafmon..." from a suddenly conscious Ken-chan, because he's feeling a little more "eleven" than "nineteen" today. That's okay, Leafmon will wait for grown-up Ken-chan to catch up to himself.

In the meantime, it's time to gossip about his boy, in his boy's arms. "Those were really strong enemies. I want to get stronger. But I was fast! So we saved Eva."

And he scrunches up his face in a smile, proud of himself. Ken-chan would have hated it even MORE if Eva hadn't been saved! So Leafmon did the best possible thing!
blue_ice: (and i had mine)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-11-29 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
They're so...cute? Is it weird to think that? Yes. But it's true. He smiles at Leafmon one more time.

"You did. Thank you...I owe you one for that."

He straightens and looks back at Ken. "I know I need to trust my teammates. Still working on that. But it's somewhat easier, having met most of them. But...you're both going to be all right?"
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] discuss)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-29 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for that phrasing, Kaiba-kun. It makes this less complicated.

"We are," Ken promises, and knows he means it. "There's a lot to think about, but - I won't stop here."

He's not all right in the moment. But he's going to be all right. He has to come to terms with his emotions, discover their roots - discover what to do next. Right now it's just...murk.

He won't let it stay that way.
blue_ice: (richer than god)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2020-12-01 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
"...we can't. The multiverse, it seems, is relying on us to keep its natural beauty."

He snorts.

"To that I say...good luck. But we're here, and we're surviving."
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] huh?)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-01 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Its natural beauty?"

This is new information to Ken. He's sorry, Kaiba, he knows you're exhausted, but mister "why" has an intrigue. And that overrides his own exhaustion.

"Don't overdo it, Ken-chan."

Says somebuggy who exhausted himself to the point he is now a baby with a pacifier, but hey, do as he say, not as he do.