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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2021-01-17 06:05 am

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.'
nutkrusher: (And Don't I Know It)

Going Further / Heal and Destroy

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-01-20 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
He'll spot it as a flash of red from the corner of his eye before anything else. But once he sees it clearly, it'll be pretty hard to look at anything else. They're completely divorced from the realm of sartorial sensibility now. And Cassie has decided to dress for the occasion.

She lands gracefully beside him, twirling and flourishing with her stick like a quarterstaff. Then she tosses her hair, smiling playfully.

"Oh, hey. Fancy seeing you here."
Edited 2021-01-20 05:16 (UTC)
light_of_willpower: (long hair-profile-blush-huh?)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-01-22 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Considering he was prepared for it to be another squirrel attacking with laser-eyes, he'd half-spun with his sword-shaped stick to thwack it far away, when he stopped. Mostly because---what?

It wasn't that she didn't look good--the outfit suited her. That was at least partially distracting him. The other part was the sheer incongruity of wearing an evening gown and heels. In battle.
nutkrusher: (Cassie Wins)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-01-22 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Cassie meets his stick with her own. Then meets his eyes, and chuckles. "I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that you like it."

She rests her stick on her shoulder, standing longer and straighter, with her right leg askew. Do get distracted, Trunks. Her legs are down here, you know.

"I've always been a sucker for action movies where the heroine wears something like this. I figure now I can do it without breaking my damn ankles."
light_of_willpower: (long hair-profile-blush-huh?)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-01-24 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh he's distracted. Which is probably not a good thing, really. But...well, Cassie was always beautiful to him, but her current outfit... It suited her well.

"Oh." So very eloquent in response.
nutkrusher: (Confidence)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-01-24 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Cassie steps forward, whacking aside a mongoose that had managed to get a little closer to Trunks than Cassie would have liked. It is now considerably further away. Or will be, when it comes down.

She winks.

"You look good, too, babe."
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[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-01-24 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, that helps him begin to snap out of it. Blushing slightly, and shaking his head to clear it further. "I'm glad you're having fun." Trunks murmured, before moving to whack aside some branches.
nutkrusher: (Sticks Out)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-01-24 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Cassie leaps over some swinging branches, bringing her foot down hard on an unfortunate mongoose.

"Well, now that you've showed up."
light_of_willpower: (long-hair-armor-sword drawn)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-01-24 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Trunks notes a mongoose coming at him, and holds up a hand instinctively. Instead of a ki blast like he intended though, ice shards come flying out. Huh...

Still, it's enough to get the mongoose, and he turns to whack another aside with his 'sword'. "I mean, you're the one who showed up, and I'm not complaining."
nutkrusher: (Brawler)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-01-24 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Cassie, meanwhile, tries to let loose with a fireball. She gets a sharp blast of wind, carrying with it razor-sharp leaves. Not quite what she wanted, but she'll take it.

"I'd say we both took each other by surprise."
light_of_willpower: (long-hair-armor-sword drawn)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-01-24 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Certainly not sure how I feel about these new powers." Trunks murmured, thwacking a branch and then moving to grab it. Freezing it as he did so, with a small 'tch' sound. "At least it gave us something work with besides sticks."
nutkrusher: (Sticks Out)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-01-24 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd swap out mine for yours if I could," Cassie says. "I've seen first-hand what you can do with cryomancy."

A cyclone of wind circles around her, flinging some vines off of her.

"Wind's alright, I guess."
Edited 2021-01-24 22:38 (UTC)
light_of_willpower: (long-hair-armor-sword drawn)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-01-30 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, you already have a touch of a 'windish'-feel to your ki. At least, I think so." Trunks replied, freezing another vine, then thwacking it away.
nutkrusher: (Confidence)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-01-30 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, you're definitely not cold," Cassie says.

A firm thwack to the head of a mongoose takes it out of commission.

"So I guess it breaks down there."
light_of_willpower: (long-hair-armor-sword drawn)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-01 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Didn't say it was a solution." Trunks agreed, watching the vines. "Anyways, we've got work to do. Ready?"
nutkrusher: (Cassie Wins)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-02-01 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Cassie nods. "Since the day I was born."