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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!)
melodiouspacifist: (Aw We Do Too Have Hearts)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-03 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Hehehe." Demyx chuckled light and offered a shrug. "People don't usually think about that part."
melodiouspacifist: (Nort Yeah yeah I'm on it)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-03 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe, but I've never really worked with one. Not really how we operated." Demyx explained with a little sheepish chuckle.

"Besides, who'd want me on their team anyway?"
helborn: (you're kind of cute)

[personal profile] helborn 2021-04-03 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, I wouldn't mind you being on your team."
controlsthedie: game art of Chthonic Companion Mort (Could ya let go of your soul for me)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-04-03 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Death Incarnate is very soft on the inside despite the serious air he gives off.

Should Kumoko try to reach for Mort, she'll find him losing his shape, becoming a bunch of lifeless plushie parts. Fabric, fluff, string, just pieces.

The chance is instant, but Thanatos doesn't seem too concerned. He'll reach for Mort who will reform just as quickly as he had fallen apart. Mort squeaks amused.
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-03 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"What a useful creature," she murmurs, but she can really only deal with one thing at a time right now. She takes the water and drinks, thankfully. "I don't know if 'used to' is the right turn of phrase. I've experienced such things on my own world, but it isn't something I would ever want to become used to."

She rubs the back of her hand against her nose. "The idea that this is all I have to face here is almost unbearable."
fun_thementalist: (soft)

[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2021-04-03 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
"You're so good to me, Senku-chan ..." Gen said with a yawn, eyelids drooping a little as he stumbled along with Senku. "Even when you wear me down with work. I wonder, since getting rest is so very boring ..."
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-03 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
She winces. Fighting is already almost obscene to her, and the thought of someone so young getting involved isn't better by any means. "I have a daughter about your age," she says, in the direction of the ceiling. "Maybe a little older. It would grieve me greatly to know she was involved in fighting in that way. I'm sorry."
miseris_socios: (blankly)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-03 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm eleven. ... If I didn't have to fight, I would. But the only way I can get food or keep myself safe is to fight monsters or steal from places when there's only a few people awake." He huffs and closes his eyes. "My group found me... four months ago? Five? I was on my own before that. I'm sure my mom wouldn't want me fighting either, but someone killed her in front of me. I spent that time trying to find him."
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-03 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
She bows her head. "I can respect a technique like that. I don't think the Valans would ever have believed us capable of such a thing, though we certainly could have. They thought us children. We shared with them our breathmicrobes, made them immune to their medicines, but I don't believe they would ever have thought we could share anything that would hasten death with them, even as they turned as purple as we are."

It turns out a patriarchal culture doesn't take a society of naked women and children very seriously, especially when their technology is biological and invisible.

"You took a drastic chance, though. I'm glad it worked for you."
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-03 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps we're not here voluntarily, but there still seems to be a sense of responsibility, and there are still souls out there who need help."

But Alice is right, and she recognises that. Merwen sighs. "But I think I may have reached my limit to share in that, just at the moment. I'm not sure it reflects well on me." She smiles sadly.
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-03 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
She nods. "That's right. And you're... Taiki? I'm glad to share meeting with you properly, as you usually are, then."

This is nice. This is a nice, normal conversation with a nice person. She gestures to the creatures on his shoulders with a curious look. "Who are your small sisters?"
theturksway: (161.)

[personal profile] theturksway 2021-04-03 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"You better!"

Keep to that like it was a promise. Reno gave Demyx a hard look for a few more seconds to emphasize his point. But, there was something else that came to mind after Demyx's words and after that moment passed the Turk's expression shifted again. He frowned slightly, mildly thoughtful.

"...you know dying here isn't permanent. The train brings its passengers back after some time. The only way you leave is through one of the platforms, and no one knows why--short of the train's explanation of 'the link couldn't be maintained between person and train'. Also, for the record, in case you missed the memo... if the train gets destroyed then we die with it. So, that's how that works."
ourtomorrow: (DGMN02bd_EP31_10486)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-03 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Strega is your group?"

He's used that phrase before. Ken is wondering whether it means to Amada-kun what "Chosen Children" means to him.
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-03 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, Flossa is a little older than you."

She shuts her eyes, too. "I'm sorry if I'm sharing grief with you. I'm sorry for your mother. I wish you hadn't found yourself on your own. I only grieve that you had this experience at all, that you had to grow up before your time."
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[personal profile] averyusefultray 2021-04-03 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"You know what you're looking for?" She couldn't just assume that a kid had a lot of experience with structural stability. THen again, from Sabine she knew that she couldn't just assume he wouldn't.
averyusefultray: (Default)

Re: Train

[personal profile] averyusefultray 2021-04-03 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Good preparation for massive hordes of demons." At least that's how she's looking at it. Palpatine would enjoy having one of those.
miseris_socios: (no!)

cw: murder

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-03 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
"... Yeah, well. I can't fix it. I tried fixing it, but the guy was dying anyway... he pushed himself in front of me to protect me from someone. Which makes no sense. He... I was trying to kill him."
melodiouspacifist: (Nort Huh??)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-03 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
He appeared genuinely surprised. "I...Why?" Demyx couldn't help but ask without thinking that through.
miseris_socios: (not so innocent)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-03 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. SEES is the other group of Persona-users... they work for the Kirijo Group, though. They're bad news... covering up my mother's death was one of the less shady things they've done."
melodiouspacifist: (Nort Vexen You're Full Of Shit)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-03 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
He wasn't afraid to meet Reno's eyes as Reno made his point. Message received.

Afterwards though, he looked a little more serious than he usually did. "I don't know that that would work though." He admitted. "I'm not really a person. I'm a Nobody."

He knew he was going to have to explain. "It's magic that holds me together, I think. I'm a...an incomplete creature. Monster. Something to that effect." He ran a hand through his hair.

"When we die, it's not a death so much as it's letting go of whatever's keeping me like this and rejoining the rest of me, only I don't know where my heart is. Maybe I can't do that." He admitted. "I hadn't found it yet, and it's definitely not gonna be here." He waved his hand.

"Can the train really bring me back?"
light_of_willpower: (long hair profile talking)

Re: Train

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-04-03 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
"That's probably true. Although you don't strike me as the kind who usually fights on the front-lines."
helborn: (even in monochrome land i'll defeat you)

[personal profile] helborn 2021-04-03 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, first of all you seem pretty nice. And if you were a dick I'd eject you out of my team so fast you'd end up flying halfway down the train." He's had toxic groups before. Never again.

"I mean, that's the main reason. The other, less important reason is that I've got a decent number of ice-related tricks, including one that lets me flash freeze a huge amount of water. Makes it easy to stop an enemy in their tracks. I can only make about a gallon of water at a time."
10billionpercent: (Ha Ha)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-04-03 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
He snickered lightly. "You picked up on that pretty quick." Senku was impressed.

"I didn't do it alone of course, I was just the architect. A lot of the heavy lifting I can't help too much with, but I can try and ease the creation of various parts. It's a hybrid of oil and wind power." He explained. "It should hold up nicely to travel around the world."
10billionpercent: (Avoiding Emotions)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-04-03 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
"What is it you wonder?" He couldn't help but ask, glancing at Gen.

"If it something that involves you doing more than closing your eyes and lying still, I'll push you out of the bed, until you give in."
10billionpercent: (I Sense A Plot)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-04-03 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I did." Senku agreed with a nod. "If my bluff had been called, I wouldn't be here today. The truth is, he wanted something. Everyone does. I might not be able to tell what it is offhand, but everyone wants something."

He wondered if he should tell the rest or not, and decided maybe it wasn't the place for that. "So while I can't say I've been strictly non-violent, I'm definitely anti-killing and in favour of peace and negotiation. It's my belief if we try hard enough, the entire population of the planet can find a way to survive."