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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.'
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-26 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
A compliment, huh? Senku slid his arm around Gen a little bit, pressing his hand on Gen's hip and pulling him to him, leaning in to speak so only he could be heard by Gen.

"Purple is your colour." Senku offered, squeezed his hip and let go.

"I would expect so, virtual world this seems to be."
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2021-01-26 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Gen wasn't expecting Senku to do that - so he blushed, even as he smiled. Senku's deep voice in his ear feeding him little compliments was as delightful as it was unexpected. "Why thank you, my darling."

Now he just had to try and stop blushing before someone saw. Gen coughed softly.

"Then I hope we're given magic swords or something from thin air. And Matrix-download kung fu knowledge into us, or we're kind of in a pickle," Gen pointed out cheerfully.
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-26 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know about you, but I have this stick." He held it up. It wasn't terribly impressive.

"Better hope there's a god and pray to it, I think." He commented dryly.
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2021-01-26 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, hmm, that's a good point!" Gen said, considering the stick he had with him as well. He held it up, and tilted his head. "I wonder ..."

Imagining a little, like he did with his clothes - first, he turned the stick into a magic wand, with a big star on top. "Hmm. Perhaps not the most useful."

Then, it was a sword from a rather popular fantasy game that he played a couple of years ago - complete with rather silly embellishments and bright colors. "This one probably isn't practical either."

How about a katana, straight up? Gen gave Senku a wry look. "The problem is, no matter what I turn it into, I still really won't know how to use any of them, not properly."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-26 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't look at me, I don't know how to fight." Senku commented as he changed his stick into a staff. That was pretty good at least.

"So let's give this a shot."

He huffed. "I already see something moving."
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2021-01-28 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Gen turned, and immediately moved to step in front of Senku. Immediately taking this more seriously, his katana changed again to one of the training staves Kohaku tried to use with them. Best Gen could ever do then was try and play keep-away for long enough until he could run.

Well, here, he'd try to protect Senku. Gen wasn't sure if their injuries here would just be fake, or if they'd translate into the real world.

"We're here to help," Gen called out, just in case there were virtual reality foes that could be negotiated with. Their luck was probably not that good, but he'd still attempt it. "We want to heal and fix this place."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-28 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Senku rolled his eyes a little bit, not because he didn't have faith in his boyfriend, but rather because he didn't think he needed to be outright protected.

Several mongeese appeared and Senku sighed.

"I don't think they're open to negotiations, dear." He pointed his staff at one.

Wait, were its eyes beginning to glow? "Ack!" He seemed to push instinctively and the creature froze solid. ".....Huh."
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2021-02-02 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Look, Gen was really tired of Senku getting hurt. Not even specifically on these missions, just *generally*. Of course he was going to try and shield him from, say, a robot firing lasers.

... Or, apparently mongoose who'd shoot lasers from their eyes? Gen wasn't about to find out, prepared to try and whack them with his staff ...

"You've got magic?" Gen asked, and then quickly - it occurred to Gen that this was a computer simulation. They could have whatever the programmers put into this place. So he pictured throwing something, like cards -

And instead, shards of ice appeared to skewer some of the virtual animals. "*Oh*. We've both got magic!"

It's too bad it wasn't real.
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-02-02 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Cool." Senku answered and from the snicker, the pun was intended.

"Okay, so I'll freeze them, you skewer them. Ready?" He held out his hand.
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2021-02-07 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite everything, the pun made Gen giggle.

"Ready!" Gen wore a bit of a devious expression, mostly just for fun since there was nobody to fool here, was there? "Let's show them what we can do when we're actually armed."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-02-08 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Let's do some magic." Senku said and froze the next charging mongoose, one hand out, holding the stick just in case they missed.