Conclusion

[voidtreckermods]

Thank you.

For those inside the system the voices of the Great-Seasons ring out around them once the red mass has vanished and the blue plinth it was smothering is freed once more. They don't have all that much time to reflect on that before they find themselves waking up once more in their bodies around the tree trunks.

Or at least, around the tube that is the Great-Season they entered through. All illusions have vanished now, all that is left are pipes and metal.

The Great-Seasons allow them passage out from the centre, no sentries or pipes attack them this time. Everything seems to have been put to rights, the walls in the Autumn sector have stopped moving, there is no strange weather effects in the Summer Sector, no engineering problems in Winter and all the camaloid creatures in Spring are calm. Any Helpmates they come across are doing their jobs and no longer malfunctioning.

After a small amount of time, enough to check that all is well, their SCA's light up. All Passengers are to return to the Voidtrecker Express.

Considering the vast distances involved it is probably best that they use the evacuation function to return to the Luggage carriage.

Once all Voidtreckers have returned the train returns to the Void once more.

Comments

[voidtreckernpcs]

"This system is also known as #2207385 in the Void Ministry's database; it includes the planets of Sumar and Omotah as well."

The helpmate waits patiently; if Rich needs a moment to write the number down, or asks for it to repeat the answer, it's perfectly capable of both.

[firewalled]

"Oh, shit... okay, uh." Rich fumbles to jot the number down. It's a miracle he has a pen that works, despite getting drenched, and he just... writes it down on his hand. That should at least last him until he gets back to the train.

"Okay. I'll remember that. I... well, I hope you really are trying to help people." That's about all Rich wanted to make sure of.

[voidtreckernpcs]

"Thank you. I am glad to have been of assistance."

Isn't Rich glad he didn't give the Helpmate his name?

Maybe the Helpmate nods at him, just a little, but if Rich doesn't have more to say it will just... walk off.

Much work to do, and all!

[firewalled]

Rich is very glad he didn't give the Helpmate his name. Hearing it from that robotic voice might have been enough to send him spiralling. Either way, he'll leave it to its work, hopeful that whatever he learned can be somewhat helpful to someone.