VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2021-01-11 05:58 am

Fierce New World- Mission Start!

"Good Morning passengers. Today is day six of the month of Jelly." 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.

Preparation and Arrival

They have a short time to prepare for their mission, enough time to read their briefs, make decisions, meet in their teams and gather anything they may need.

A few hours later there is another announcement. "Shortly arriving on System #2207385. All passengers get ready to disembark. Next stop world #2207385. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

The train judders as it leaves the void, the colours from the windows turn into the blackness of space but quickly white as the train descends into the entrance of the biosphere.

The doors of the train open and passengers can enter the large white-walled holding bay. Currently, they are the only vehicle inside. There are four large doors around the bay each labelled with where they lead. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

The doors open easily, and their SCA’s show a basic route, though the non-linear nature of the sectors mean that obstacles will need to be navigated. While they are in a closed world, there is a day and night cycle: the panels far up above are designed to make it seem like there is a natural sky, brightening and dimming every ten hours.

Red/Summer

Empty Streets

Wide streets divide sealed-off factories and manufacturing pods that tower up towards the ‘sky’. It is hot here, though the fumes from the factories are vented out, leaving the air breathable if overly warm.

Sometimes the pods are not yet finished, empty shells that can be sheltered in. There are also stations for living, with plumbing and basic amenities scattered through the sector. Places to rest as they move towards the center and the Great-Summer that they seek.

Helpmates

Where factories are still being built they will find Helpmates, operating machinery or moving materials.

They will not pause in their tasks for long but are programmed to answer questions so can be drawn into a conversation. Or, if the Voidtreckers are unfortunate, they will find those that are malfunctioning turning on them as they approach.

They aren’t too difficult to fight, but can do some damage with the machinery if they manage to take a Voidtrecker by surprise. They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down outright.

Wild Weather

Though warm, the corridors remain a constant temperature that is not too unpleasant for people. For the most part. Unfortunately, due to the malfunctioning state of things routes may become impassable. Boiling air, freezing blasts, electricity crackling across a pathway.

Their SCA’s do a good job of warning them, allowing them to change direction or shelter in nearby buildings.

Purple/Autumn

Exploring

The Autumn sector is the least complete of the sectors, with shells of habitation pods and not much else. No one is expected to live here until nearing the end of construction, and so the pods are unfurnished, many missing doors, some missing internal walls.

Outside the streets are wide and clearly made to be pleasant to walk on; it is airy, bright and spacious, if a bit eerie due to the quiet.

There are panels on the walls, to call Helpmates to appear. Here they are primarily for helping citizens, giving directions and offering aid.

Malfunctions

Since there are more helpmates there is more risk of them malfunctioning. They attack with or without weapons, using any tools they can pick up to attack. They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down.

They won’t chase people into the houses, their privacy programming preventing them from doing so.

Turned Around

The roads seem simple, built in a grid pattern around the houses. However, whatever is going wrong here is affecting the very streets themselves. Sometimes there will be a wall where there wasn’t before or roads go in circles. Sometimes they find themselves at a dead end, trapped until structures shift again.

Their SCA’s do their best to keep up but it can take a while for them to reroute and by the time they do, that path might be blocked too!

Blue/Spring

Patchwork Forest

The Spring sector houses the hydroponics and pastoral sections. It alternates between grazing land and more heavily forested areas with rows of pine-like trees in a checkerboard pattern, with empty plots interspersed. Walkways divide each square, but all squares appear able to move about as required, as though on a conveyor system.

There are clear walkways to avoid stepping on any newly growing plants. In the grazing land live flocks of camelid creatures resembling alpacas with blueish wool, on average a metre and a half tall at the shoulders. Helpmates appear here as if on a timer to feed the animals and tend to plants.

Destruction


If the Helpmates here malfunction they attack anyone nearby, cause havoc to any farming equipment and frightening the animals.

They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down. The panels here are less obvious than they are in the more urban sectors, low to the ground, looking almost like energy panels. But once they know what to look for they will be able to use them to shut down the Helpmates.

Stampede

Frightened animals are likely to flee and unfortunately in this case it means rampaging across the grazing land to the newly growing trees.

They will need to be calmed, returned to their grazing lands and the plants restored. Or it might be that the Voidtreckers can stop the Helpmates before the creatures get too spooked.

Orange/Winter

Exploring

The Winter sector’s primary concern is life support. Huge banks of air scrubbers form artificial cliffs, while other sections are tanks filled with water in varying stages of processing or recycling.

The paths here are a lot narrower than they are in other areas, sometimes requiring moving between pipes or scrambling over layers of railing.

There doesn’t seem to be any easy or straightforward path through the sector, their SCA takes them on wild winding routes through the machinery.

Help or Hindrance

The fluctuating temperatures here are causing problems with many of the pipes, several sections are flooded, others are in danger of being so.

There are patch kits in easily opened panels, designed to be used by the helpmates and indeed there are many helpmates out.

But some are less helpful, those that are malfunctioning are more likely to cause more damage than they are there to fix. They will attack any one who tries to interfere with them. They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down.

Patch Job

Once the malfunctioning Helpmates are dealt with the pipes still need to be fixed. The patch kits do not have any instructions but are simple enough that anyone with a basic knowledge of how to fix things should be able to figure them out- though the more knowledge and expertise they have the better the fix!

For those that don’t, many of the jobs will need more than one person and so for those that don’t mind taking instructions they will find an extra pair of hands is always welcome.
reluctantjinrou: (Default)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-31 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not familiar with silverite either." Natsuno commented, so the comparison was a bit lost on him.

"But I suppose that's good then. I just thought it looked like metal."
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-31 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's a good question. Are we meant to be saving these robot things?" Natsuno asked. "They're just machines."
flatteries: (all good things must end)

[personal profile] flatteries 2021-01-31 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't call him out on it, bro!!

On being unable to ditch Tidus, that is. But actually, on second thought, also don't call him out about this whole dancer's clothes thing. It helps that there's absolutely no one else around in this part of this odd world they're traversing, but Inigo doesn't even want it to cross Tidus's mind.

So that shoulder knocking? It's happening right in return, though Inigo's face is much redder than Tidus's own as he does it.

"Why do you want me to get those clothes so badly, huh?! Do you want to see me with less clothes on? See my skin and my tight muscles?!"
reluctantjinrou: (Hmmmm)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-31 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then he got what he deserved." He huffed lightly. His perspective on things had changed based on the events of the summer he'd endured.

"You don't strike me as a liar anyway." Natsuno commented. "So they should believe you."
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-31 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I almost hope so, for something to do, but it doesn't seem like it. It's more the weather that seems to be the problem around here." He frowned a little bit. It was just...lacklustre.
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[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-31 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey!" It's a mild protest, a defence, hand shaking off the accusation at Inigo. Let's not get carried away there, buddy!!

"I don't know how much you guys wear! I was just thinking you'd like it - have a piece of home, and somethin' you like for dancing! I'd buy my sports uniform, but it's totally useless without a sphere pool. You could get in the groove with your own dance outfit - feel even more like a determined dancer!"

Right? Something inspiring, meaningful, and Tidus even speaks passionate towards the end. Can't make Tidus ditch this well-meaning suggestion with those gay implications, he's a lot stronger than that!!
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[personal profile] comefadeaway 2021-01-31 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yoite nods his agreement and produced his shuriken. If she preferred a ranged fight, so he wasn't in the way, he could do that.

He threw one into the first helpmate, distorting its once friendly face.
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[personal profile] flatteries 2021-01-31 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
These gay accusations are just whipping right around to slap Inigo in the face instead. Because Tidus is bringing up his own sports uniform, and Inigo.. well, he can't help but be a little curious. How it'd look to see Tidus in something like that in person. Would he look good in it?

.. By Naga, this is SO NOT the time to contemplate that. The conversation is already awkward enough! Go away, gay thoughts!

"It's different though! You're so confident in your abilities. Wearing something like that probably comes natural to you." And Inigo has only just enough courage to dance on the train when he's sure no one is watching, let alone go further than that.

He stares at his feet now, rather than over at Tidus. "And I'd just look ridiculous instead. I don't even deserve to wear something like that."
Edited 2021-01-31 18:55 (UTC)
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[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-31 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Inigo."

They're stopping. Tidus calls it because he steps right in front of Inigo and clasps the sides of his arms, halting their progress. Whether or not Inigo makes eye contact with him, he'll look at the top of his friend's head if he has to, or on the bridge of his nose to watch the flicker of his eyelids and lashes. His voice a call for attention, but soft in its approach.

"Your dancing's great, and there's no guy I know that deserves it more. I know you need time to think about these things, but I mean it, you should go for it!" He shakes his arms, just a little, but lets go after. He can't help himself!!

"You would look amazing!"
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[personal profile] happyends 2021-01-31 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think so!"

Especially since they're practically surrounded by alpaca buddies now, none of them running away from them anymore. And so Madoka has enough faith in that thought that she slowly pulls her hands out of the alpaca's fur, and instead starts petting the one next to it.

.. it doesn't seem to mind it either.

"Aw, you poor things, stuck here all alone.. I hope you'll have more company really soon."
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[personal profile] achickenformylove 2021-01-31 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The spring being a body of water did make sense to him, but given how strange this place was, it seemed like it was not going to be the logic dictated it to be. At least that was what he had learned from missions - that logic may not necessarily be logical.

"Yes, I think that we should look around. Shall we start over there?" He nodded in a direction that it didn't look like many had gone yet.
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-31 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that's the downside, a little bit. Of knowing people from different worlds. But you never know, we may find a way to communicate with one another."
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[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2021-01-31 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... [Quatre looked around for a moment. Darn walls appearing literally out of nowhere] A plane would be nice right now.
flatteries: (she said i know what you're scared of)

[personal profile] flatteries 2021-01-31 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no.

They are stopping. And Inigo already kind of feels it coming before it happens - and he's right on the money. Just as he expected, Tidus starts talking in that tone of voice. The kind of tone that's soft at the edges by Tidus standards, but has so much support in it.

The kind of tone Inigo just doesn't know how to deal with at all, as evidenced from the fact that he looks just about everywhere aside from right at Tidus's face for a moment. His cheeks are red, and by the time his gaze finally meets Tidus's, the look in Inigo's eyes says everything.

He's so weak to that tone. He can't protest as well when Tidus seems to have so much genuine faith in him. Naga knows why anyone would have that much faith in him, but..

"I.. I'm not so sure," he honestly admits, even now. But he doesn't leave it at that. "But if you really think it's that great of an idea, I guess I could try.. You usually don't lead me astray."

It's easy to see how serious and honest he's being right now. Because there's no dumb jokes about Tidus, or about their occasional bickering. It's just what Inigo really thinks, straight from the heart.

".. I think I'm going to need another pep talk when I'm putting them on for the first time though."
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[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-01-31 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well we did be fixing machines last time..." She wrinkled her nose.

"Maybe they do be thinking they do be being important."
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[personal profile] irrationally 2021-01-31 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"You have politicians where you come from?"

Hey, it's mostly a surprise to her since Alice thought Alleyana must be from some really old time - considering she didn't know what a train was. It's not even as if Alice knows a whole lot about politics back in London, she had plenty of other things to worry about. But she's pretty sure that back in the old days, there were just kings and all that, and no one else ever got to have a say in anything.
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[personal profile] dreamtamer 2021-01-31 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Takato stops a moment to look up and check that Guilmon was still doing okay, before he goes back to climbing up.
achickenformylove: (mdzs 4)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2021-01-31 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it certainly had been. WangJi could agree with that.

"That one was an interesting mission."

Interesting that he is still going with the cheerleading.

"This is something you would do back home?"
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[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-31 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
His smile can only widen into a grin as the hesitance doesn't leave, but there's a relenting, conceding as Inigo gives in. A good kind of giving in, and Tidus can't deny that hearing Inigo trust in him makes him happy about it, too. 'You usually don't lead me astray.'

How can he be anything other than giddy then, when Inigo's willing to go all in? Tidus tipping his head and the rows of his teeth visible in that excited jolt as he gives Inigo a light punch on the arm.

"I'll be right outside the door," he promises. "Or I'll help you into it, if you need it. No problem! You're gonna love it so much, you'll wanna cry. I bet on it."

And that he says like a promise, only a pinch of a tease to it. But it's nothing meaning to poke fun at Inigo, but to paint it with words just how moving such an outfit might be. Will Inigo learn to love it? To find it like a second skin? Just how wearing his own official uniform felt to him...

He can't wait.
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[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-31 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good," Devero says again. "Good. Kids should be taken care of, not used."

He returns her smile. "It's... been a lot to adjust to," he admits. "But it's growing on me."
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[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-31 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"We have to," he says, still quiet, still solemn. "We have to remember the cost for the world we live in today. I don't think we'll ever forget."
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[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-31 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
He's laughing with you, Trunks, not at you, he swears. "Admittedly, I wouldn't put it past Koumyou Sanzo to do something just like that." The priest does so like to get a reaction out of people, and Devero is certainly still a people.
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[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-31 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Glad to hear it." He really is, too.

Devero checks not the packet of food, but the thing he's wearing on his eye, glancing at the timer he'd set. "Should be about ready innn... three. Two. One."

He dismisses the timer with a slashing motion of his hand and picks up the packet by a corner, offering it over to his young companion. "Want to do the honors?"
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-31 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"It tried. Made us see things that weren't there. Confused us. Mostly it didn't work as well as it wanted, though," Soldat says. "I didn't take part in the first fight. I was. Support." (Hey, and they fucking needed that support, pal. I know. Still feels cowardly.) "The second we just had to distract it. Long enough for a bomb to blow it up."

This is not necessarily reassuring talk, but it's getting them to think of things that aren't electricity. So they're actually getting back down to baseline the rest of the way, even with this kind of subject matter. "Did you have world-ending monsters that flew? On your world?"
subcircuits: (definitely like what i'm seeing)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-31 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
As if in response to Madoka's words, the alpaca stomps a hoof and bells out at them again. And when Devero and Madoka don't immediately jump to give it what it wants, it jumps-- down from the roof of the shed. Devero jerks back, glancing at Madoka and making sure he puts his big body between her and the animal.

Just in case.

There's no denying that its voice is sharper when it calls to them again, before turning and striking a hoof at the very door that Devero was planning on entering. It looks back over its flank at them, and paws the door a second time.

Devero stares slack-jawed at it for a moment, and then laughs incredulously. "I think food is what it wants, too!"