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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2021-03-26 04:46 am

The Will to Fight: Conclusion

The battles rage loud and ferocious at the gates of the city and off in the ruined wastelands of Erda, and on the walls a struggle of a different kind occurs. The team who stayed behind at the towers are small but determined as they move stoically across the walls to right the stones that have become misaligned, even as their friends battle not too far away.

The city begins to hum. It's a quiet hum, not loud enough to be heard out where the others are fighting but it vibrates even through stone. The recovering monks assure them that it is done, the wards are back up and no demon will be able to enter the city.

Eventually the battle is won, all three battles. The demons fought back and killed, a major blow to their gate system that will keep them back for hopefully a long time. Those waiting in the caverns return to the city and by the time they get there the illusions are gone. Everyone can see the world for what it really is.

But despite the ruins of their world the people are relieved, the adrenaline of the fight coursing through their veins and the mood is one of hope. They will build again, their people will survive.

All Voidtreckers please return to the Voidtrecker Express. Departure will be in a few hours

It has landed not too far from the city, cloaked to make it unnoticeable to the citizens, for all the good that does. No one has been particularly subtle this last week. People can begin regrouping, packing up the camp and getting any wounded not already healed to the train.

However roughly half an hour later another message appears on their SCA.

Passenger Persephone has requested we remain on system System #86525656412355 for an additional day to further assist the people of Erda. The Voidtrecker Express will depart on the morning of Day Fifteen of the month of Kazoo.

The train remains where it is, so the voidtreckers can use its facilities. There is definitely a lot that can be done to assist those of this world and the citizens will welcome any helping hands.

After an extra day they finally depart, returning to the void once more.

(OOC Note: Once the wards are up any characters who are demonic in nature will not be able to enter the city either!)
azrthmtrnznthos: (....really?)

[personal profile] azrthmtrnznthos 2021-03-29 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"If you don't mind waiting, I'll grab you one and be right back." She didn't know if there was a spare blanket or not, unfortunately.
helborn: (Default)

[personal profile] helborn 2021-03-29 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh. Why were some families just awful? "I'm glad you've got a good chosen family now. ... Iggy... Ignis, right?"
10billionpercent: (I Sense A Plot)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-03-29 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not in charge of anything no, but I don't feel any less responsible for the people around me." Senku responded.

"I don't have to tell them what to do to be in charge. Often I don't. The big decisions, yeah, but most of the time?" He shrugged. "People know what to do...and I look out for them."
helborn: (huh wha i didn't do it)

[personal profile] helborn 2021-03-29 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"I... don't know." He leaned back a little. "On the one hand it's nice. On the other hand the perfect pitch is a side effect of learning Siren song magic. Like the 'pull sailors in and wreck boats and eat them' sirens. I got shoved in a merman's brain and was basically unconscious the whole mission. So I don't know how I feel about it."
10billionpercent: (This Is So Exciting)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-03-29 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Probably when the train forces me." Senku responded just as easily. "Only because it does."
thawed_pride: (Nort-My patience is wearing thin.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-03-29 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Demyx? He did give me quite the scare, though I doubt he realizes it." The poor young man seems to have resigned himself to the idea that no one is inclined to worry about him. "Though, at least I have little worry about him overexerting himself. He's rather disinclined to do any more work than is demanded of him."
helborn: (i'm not an anime protag i swear)

[personal profile] helborn 2021-03-29 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Honestly that's the way to go in my opinion. People don't react well to being told what to do a lot of the time." He sure didn't. "Just... give yourself times when you put some of the weight down. Or try to. You're going to hurt yourself from stress if you carry so much around all the time."
thawed_pride: (Nort-I had become a monster.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-03-29 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah." His tone is one of complete understanding, and he reaches out to put a hand on Ken's shoulder. "It was as if you were back there, and you felt helpless and afraid despite the fact that you were not actually powerless."
thawed_pride: (Nort-I shall take it into consideration.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-03-29 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
He had, at least, already seen to his own wounds. While he'd have to look into getting his shirt and hoodie fixed, he at least wasn't injured. His response to her concern was just a tired smile and a dismissive wave of his hand.

"I will sleep better if I know all injuries have already been seen to."
ourtomorrow: (DGMN02bd_EP37_19956)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-29 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Ken hadn't thought of it that way, but until and unless he can reclaim his Digivice, that will remain an issue. The former offer is heard and appreciated, but it's the last that gets him musing.

"I'll fight!" Wormmon offers, but Ken-chan is looking contemplative.

"We could still get ambushed." And therefore Wormmon would not be able to respond in time, or be busy with another foe. Against Digimon there's little points in the human partners attempting to fight, but with a wider variety of potential enemies......"I know some judo."

Except that's not. Relevant. Is that relevant? He doesn't know. He quit it after he stopped caring about how good he was at things in relation to others, but the core of the art is self-defense...

"....Will that help?"
blitzcheer: (ummmooo)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-03-29 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
For now, this is a double-sided blade that Tidus can handle, scoffing at that comeback--and the fact Inigo's taking himself very seriously. His upper body responding to the shake before Tidus nudges that shoulder up.

"Wouldn't it've done it by now? You're still alive, far as I see! Unless you're...an Unsent?" His head swivels, and he looks the guy up and down, voice slowly deliberate. "Something you're not telling me, Inigo? You know, if you died and came back, I won't judge you."

He swears it, bro.
thawed_pride: (Nort-My patience is wearing thin.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-03-29 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
He had helped to close portals early on, but it was a large area to cover, and defending the camp had turned into its own ordeal by the end. At least his injuries are healed, but the fatigue...well, there's a definite tiredness to the way he waves his hand.

"Merely tired. I have overtaxed myself this week, that is all."
ourtomorrow: (Default)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-29 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is it?"

Wormmon cups his head in his top appendages. He knows he needs to thank her, but.... "Geheheheeeeee."

HE NEVER GETS CALLED COOL. THIS IS WONDERFUL.
ourtomorrow: (DGMN02bd_EP37_17112)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-29 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
If you don't mind.

[ Said sternly, with an erect back and a familiar determination in his eyes. Younger Ken is a softer boy - but that doesn't mean there isn't steel in there yet. ]

Something hurt and used these people. I can't let that stand.
fivemilesdeep: (But if we try this)

[personal profile] fivemilesdeep 2021-03-29 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
His glib reply - I suppose you should - is completely forgotten once Ryo fully processes what Thanatos had said: my healer.

Thanatos's healer.

Had Thanatos-

No. No, and he couldn't have known what it means anyway. But if Thanatos hadn't, that means-

This is medicine from your healer.

...he'd done it. Ryo had made the claim himself, without thinking about it - without realizing it until Thanatos had repeated it back to him.

Oh.

Oh.

...he probably can't even heal Thanatos himself - not without consequences - how could he possibly make that claim-

But Thanatos has finished his tea, and Ryo puts a stop to that train of thought. He can worry about it later, when he has the time and energy to put towards it. "Not all of them, no. For medicine, if it tastes terrible, it's generally good for you, and if it tastes good, it's usually very dangerous."
deadwenwalking: (recognition)

[personal profile] deadwenwalking 2021-03-29 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Wen Ning thinks to correct him - if he's using a title then just 'Mister Wen' is fine - but he doesn't think it's worth the effort. He also finds it cute to be addressed that way, so why say anything?

He gives the boy a smile in the hopes of alleviating some of his concerns. The dagger is tucked neatly into his sleeve. If it ends up being curse, he doesn't want the boy to come in contact with it.

"I'm fine. I'm sturdier than I look." Given that he looks mostly human and he's not sure what he actually qualifies as anymore.
enthunder: (concern ☇ :C)

[personal profile] enthunder 2021-03-29 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh, apparently the answer is 'yes', but that person is her. She braces herself-- then makes a half-sound, a sympathetic, exhaled ah, and tries to stamp down the sinking feeling that she's seen that expression before, on another kid two worlds away from here. Heard that guy in similar tones. She wishes she didn't know what a kid reliving his mom's death looked like.

The memory comes to her, of telling Hope, there's no room for sympathy. What a joke. She doesn't sigh. Instead, she leans forward, head tilting to try and catch his eye again.

"Hey, don't... Thanks, for telling me."
miseris_socios: (ugh...)

cw: blood

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-29 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
“... I was, though. My spear got stuck in it and I couldn’t free my hands. I... I couldn’t do anything but get slammed down and caught by its swipe after.”

He rummages in his bag and pulls out a bundled up red towel. He opens it and there’s his other pair of pants, nearly completely cut to ribbons from the mud-thigh down. Blood coats the fabric, and Ken looks away.
yondu: (2 3 4)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-03-29 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"If I see any of 'em that I know of while I'm out, I'll tell 'em you went back to the train to rest an' they ought to get there too, alright? At least you ain't gonna have to worry about 'em bein' riled up for a few days."

'Cause other than Demyx, it seems, they'd be wore out after this mission.
yondu: (1 1 3)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-03-29 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, go ahead. I already replaced a ton of doors so I'm bettin' there are other places with other broken stuff. I just need those two wrenches- keep comin' across the same sink problems."

Everything is wonderful in the world until the world is too good to check for leaks.

"You an' all the others stay pretty safe durin' that last fight?" Yondu went out for it. He figured his talents were better spent fighting than down a cavern; but then he got illusioned.
yondu: (1 3 2)

[personal profile] yondu 2021-03-29 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think you're right, there's no way that city would have won, position it was in."

He was in there long enough. "Even when we loosed their army, they'd been low on supplies long enough that there was no way they woulda caught up. Ever'body was kinda in a sorry state."
10billionpercent: (Slight Smile)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-03-29 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know I'm not required to do that here, but I..." He pressed his lips together. "I worry about people." He murmured.

"I guess that's a rough habit to break."
melodiouspacifist: (So Very Interested)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-03-29 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Believe it or not, that's one I know." Demyx said with a little grin.

"Huh...sounds kinda weird. I mean, I get why it'd be strange. But you remember yourself now right?" He asked, tilting his head a little bit.
melodiouspacifist: (Real Villains Use Cue Cards)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-03-29 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, no, I'm fine now." Demyx said, raising his hand a bit to stop him. "I got healed up already, I'll be fine, I just need to rest or something."
worthallthis: (amused-jefferson)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-03-29 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Soldat looks somewhere between amused and resigned at the display of magic. "Show-off," they comment, but it's teasing. "Sit, hold this plank in place," they add, tapping the plank of wood they're fitting into the supports.