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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.'
subcircuits: (processing... processing...)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-29 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"But I thought-- how could he get--" You can almost see the equations flickering around Devero's head as he tries to make things line up.

Stop. Regroup. "I thought you said you don't really have much technology in Shangri-- La... He's not from Shangri-La, is he?"
its_dad_sanzo: Ibun-era (point)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2021-01-29 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah!" Confusion solved! "No, I don't believe he is. Almost no one grows up in a temple, almost everyone had a life before they became a monk. Even Buddha."

Koumyou is a strange case.

"There isn't much travel in and out of Shangri-la, but it isn't actually forbidden."
subcircuits: (i have stared into an abyss)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-29 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Honestly, sometimes I forget that your world does have technology, since you're so unfamiliar," Devero admits. "But if he got a PhD in bio-engineering--" At seventeen, what the fuck. "--the rest of your world might actually more advanced than I thought."
its_dad_sanzo: (ha ha Ukoku you're awful - no really)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2021-01-29 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Such high praise," Koumyou teases, "more advanced than you thought, hm?"
subcircuits: (embarrassed)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-30 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
"--Just made myself sound like a total prick there, didn't I?" Devero says with a groan. Hey, at least the man's somewhat self-aware? He offers Koumyou a crooked, hopefully conciliatory smile. "Sorry."
its_dad_sanzo: (<3)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2021-01-30 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Koumyou laughs at that, "I'm just teasing! Shangri-La is way behind the rest of the world. They've got planes and trains and cars elsewhere."

No space travel yet, and nothing as crazy as Dev's exo and implants, but... some tech!

"And cameras. I still need to sit down and figure out how to use the one I ordered, because I never could get hold of one before."
subcircuits: (definitely like what i'm seeing)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-31 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Plenty of tech! Enough that Devero definitely shouldn't be a dick about it.

"When we get back, I'll try to remind you," he says. "And I can help you if you get stuck." Probably. As long as it's not too vintage.

He steps between two trees and reaches out to both, soothing vines on both sides.
its_dad_sanzo: (:])

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2021-01-31 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Koumyou shoots him a fond look, "Deal."