middleofsomewhere | Ongoing: All Teams

Ongoing: All Teams

The first few days are taken up with solving the problems in the various sectors, all the while getting closer to their goal. The Great-Winter, Great-Summer, Great-Spring and Great Autumn.

On Day 9 of the month of Jelly they will see on their map a clear indicator of where to go. As they draw near it will be obvious what they are looking for.

The Overseers

In the centre of each of the sectors there is a large metal tube, hundreds of pipes lead from it, spanning up to the ceiling above and down below, creating a field of pipes and tubes to clamber over and crawl under to reach the central tube. On the tube itself there is a panel, wrapping around it in a circle. The SCA's of the Voidtrecker show an exclamation mark, if they click on them they will see the message.

Reach the panel, enter the inner systems and give your aid.

As Voidtreckers step towards the tubes it will seem as if the world shifts around them. Instead of metal and wire they will see trees. The Great-Spring is a tree in blossom, pink leaves spreading up across the canopy. Great-Summer has strong green leaves, Great_Autumns leaves are brown and falling and Great-Winter has no leaves at all.

The panel is still there, the only part of the scene that doesn't look organic. As the Voidtreckers move towards their goal the tree begins to move, branches fighting against those trying to get through the roots. The aim seems to be to push intruders away, going as far as flinging them back with higher branches.

The branches aren't the only security measures in place. As they push forwards they will find creatures coming at them from the trees.

Strangely the creatures look like creatures from their own worlds, any creature they would expect to see in a tree. Regardless of species they attack with claws and with lazers from their eyes. They don't move far from the branches, but try and stop invaders from getting close to the trunk.

For those that get through they will find that as they draw close to the 'trunk' the attacks stop, as if they have reached an eye of a storm.

Going Further

The panel is a simple glowing screen, there are no instructions but their SCA's will beep softly and if they press their SCA to the panel they will find everything vanishes, the trees, branches and weird animals.

Or perhaps it is they themselves that vanish as they find themselves in a large white room, everyone is together here. No matter what sector they had travelled through and which overseer they entered through.

There are four tubes filled with liquid, pink, green, orange and white towering over them.

"Our systems have been compromised." The four voices ring out. "Heal what has been harmed, destroy what should not be here. Find the source and purge it from our world."

The overseers and the room vanish and the voidtreckers find themselves in a forest, a forest that is slowly being choaked by red sickly vines.

The Voidtreckers themselves will find themselves looking different, almost like the hard-light holograms of the Helpmates though they certainly feel like themselves. They are carrying a sturdy stick but nothing else and depending how imaginative they are will quickly find they can alter their appearance to fit their wishes.

Heal and Destroy

The voidtreckers will find themselves drawn towards the vines, if they touch them they will be able to soothe, a glowing blue light from their hands that runs down the vine before it fades away, freeing the trees that it held in its chokehold.

There are many pathways, many vines and it will be a long task to clear it all. It is not long also before the first threats find them. Threats that look like mongeese, small creatures that will lunge at them, teeth bared and claws out.

Luckily the Voidtreckers will quickly learn the ability to soothe is not the only power gifted to them.

On the Outside

For anyone who does not enter through the panel it will seem like their fellow Voidtreckers have entered a deep trance. The area they are sat around the tree is calm, no threats enter there. But outside that area there are still threats, the branches attack, the animals attack and sometimes Helpmates try to evict those they see from the area, claiming it 'restricted.'

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Overseers--Purple
The sudden change in scenery wasn't the weirdest thing Raven had experienced. Which meant she adapted fairly well, dodging and weaving, phasing where needed, blocking with her dark energy. Still, she kept her eyes out for anyone who was having trouble reaching the panel with her.

Going Further
At first, she's taken aback by the white room and everyone being together again. Surprised, and curious (and suspicious) of those tubes of liquid. When the voices ring out, her eyes just narrow even further in curiosity and suspicion. It sounds simple enough...

Before she can look for familiar faces on other teams however, the room vanishes and they're all suddenly within a forest. With sickly looking red vines choking things. And she's armed only with a stick?

There's a slow blink, before Raven intones "Azarath Metrion Zinthos" and flings a hand out, prepared to summon her dark energy to move some of those vines. And nothing happens.

Was this another illusion? Like when Mad Mod kidnapped them, or tried to erase the American Revolution? Could she break it?

Heal and Destroy
Well, this just got more and more frustrating. She didn't have her powers, and there was some kind of mind-altering going on. It had taken her a bit to see through too, although she supposed she owed some twisted thanks to Mad Mod for the practice.

Being drawn towards the red wires (that had looked like vines a few moments ago) was not the most reassuring sensation for her, but they did have a job to do. Being armed with a white pole (instead of a stick) was also not her ideal weapon. Still, Raven had dealt with not having powers a few times before too--at least she wasn't a bunny this time.

Heading towards the wires, she reached out a hand to grab one--prepared to yank at it. Instead a blue glow emanated from her hand, and Soothed the wire. Running down it, and then fading away.

Does Madoka know what's going on?

Not really. There's suddenly so much happening at once, and it's all so overwhelming that she doesn't even have the time to process everything that's going on here.

But what she does know is that she's spotting a familiar form. Even though Raven seems to be looking.. well, quite different from the usual. (It seems Madoka hasn't realised yet that she herself is very much looking that way at well.) It's what makes her look pretty worried as she runs over to the other.

"Raven..! Are you okay..?"

Raven knows that voice, and turns when she hears Madoka. Raven's head tilted slightly, but she offered a slight smile to the other girl. "I'm fine, Madoka." Come to think of it, Madoka looked slightly different herself...

"My guess is that when we entered the white room, after reaching the panel, we're now under some kind of mind control illusion. I haven't figured out how to break it yet." And she sighed, the smile vanishing. "Really, aside from the fact that I don't seem to have my powers, I'm fine."

".. Mind control?"

It's obvious from Madoka's very tone that she hadn't even considered that possibility yet. In fact, it was just about the furthest thing from her mind when she was considering what was going on here. Madoka just thought it was some sort of magic making them all temporarily look like this-- that wouldn't so weird after everything they've seen so far, right?

But now she's trying to wrap her head around this other concept instead, staring at Raven with worry in her eyes.

"Why would we be under a mind control illusion?"

"It might not be, but it's the only thing I can think of. First I saw was a room with white walls, and wires, and drone-things. Now I see a forest instead." Raven shrugged.

She nods a little. If anyone could figure out that sort of thing, it'd be Raven. Her mind-powers are very amazing to Madoka, after all.

"Is there any way to notice that's happening..?" Madoka figures not, especially for a relatively normal girl like her, but it can't hurt to ask. "I-- I could keep an eye out too! Especially if we don't know why it'd be happening.."

And if it'd be happening for any malicious reason, they may all be in really big trouble.

Raven | Purple+OTA

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