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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!)
miseris_socios: (grr...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-04 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"That's what they keep saying when we run into them. I'm not convinced. And even if it were true..."

He screws up his face in frustration, trying to not sound selfish. "What are we supposed to do? Strega can't survive without using the Dark Hour. ... The others besides Koromaru aren't going to survive long, anyway. I... I don't know how long."
melodiouspacifist: (Natural Look)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-04 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah, him." Demyx nodded. "Well I mean, I don't know him. Like, we never talked or anything. He killed me once. He's kinda important to the whole light side thing." He waved his hand, although he wasn't terribly upset about that?

No, in fact, what really pissed Demyx off was being dragged back into the mess and discarded. That had been more than enough.
seacub: (who put baby in the trash)

[personal profile] seacub 2021-04-04 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yes?

[He's still very genuinely confused.] ...Because I can help- because I knew how to help. Using the air a certain way meant that I could get there fastest, and help expose the stone best- and it was really close for them, too.

I don't want to think about what would have happened if I hadn't done something...

...But...I also always go with Red Team, [He adds with a raised brow.] No one said it was a problem...
nutkrusher: (Cassie Wins)

[personal profile] nutkrusher 2021-04-04 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," Cassie says. "Not my first fight with demons, and with the people I had next to me, it wasn't the toughest one either. But the town's safe, thanks to us."
chocobosnap: (pic#12045179)

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2021-04-04 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"I-I...w-what?" Prompto blushed darkly looking flustered. "I, I mean, um, no no, don't- you don't have to do that!" He squeaked.

"I'm not like, uh, I'm just an ordinary kinda guy who- well I mean we were best friends? Before all that stuff happened so Noct invited me to be in his retinue and just-" He was definitely flustered.

"The other two guys are nobles, I'm not though! I'm like totally ordinary."
chocobosnap: (pic#12045171)

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2021-04-04 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Prompto didn't mind a few minutes of quiet while he was working, and he didn't mind a spectator at all. "Oh um, I'm good?" He grinned.

"I was fine before just..." He waved his hand. "I mean. I was just nervous!"
subcircuits: (definitely like what i'm seeing)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-04-04 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Koumyou. Not that he's remotely surprised, and he just looks between the priest and the stranger.

"They're yours!" GASP. He's delighted. He laughs and grins at her reassuringly. "Don't worry, mischief was the least of anyone's worries the past few days. Once we realized they were harmless, I don't think anyone really minded."
foxyou: (you're not THAT bad i guess...)

[personal profile] foxyou 2021-04-04 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
He jumps at that, turning to look at her again--is she awake? Is she asleep?? He doesn't know!

".........You'd know if you looked," he says, at a normal speaking volume. After which he leans over slightly, peering warily at A-Qing. Did she hear that...
helborn: (yeah okay you wanna go?)

[personal profile] helborn 2021-04-04 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"I said it was less important. You're a nice guy. Someone who wasn't wouldn't have helped, would have put a lot of people in danger. And you didn't."

Not arguable, Demyx.
subcircuits: (do a little turn on the catwalk)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-04-04 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
He eyes the little plush mouse as the stranger reaches into Thanatos's hood, and snorts softly. He heard that too, Mort.

"Sorry about that," Devero says, ducking his head a little sheepishly. He takes a minute to put up his weapons, deactivating and collapsing the batons and holstering them again. "Can't help being on edge after..." He makes a little circling gesture with one hand, indicating, you know, everything.

He steps back, giving the sleeping god and his companion...s space, even as he covers his mouth with one hand to stifle a snicker. "That would be horribly undignified, true," he says. But there's real concern on his face as he asks, "--Is he all right? Just tired?"
its_dad_sanzo: (dish that GOSS)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2021-04-04 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Koumyou, however, hadn't met the little robot at all before now. He'd been out fighting with the red team the whole mission, only now coming back to base camp to keep an eye on Devero and help with cleanup.

So this is something others have probably already realized, but...

"You must not be from this world? I haven't seen any other little robots running around."
averyusefultray: (Perpetually exhausted)

Re: Train

[personal profile] averyusefultray 2021-04-04 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Pretty close. There are places we couldn't hope to operate, but not many places that are properly safe." And even the safe ones might not stay that way if they were found out. If anyone ever gets something definitive on the Organas the situation could change rapidly.
10billionpercent: (Side Glance)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-04-04 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Senku shook his head. "Straight across. We're short on time. We need to make it there before December." He explained. "It was the end of September when I left my world, so...presumably we'd be able to make it, with a little luck, but you're right. It's a galleon." He grinned.

"I'm rather proud of that design." He admitted. "It was almost as fun as designing a car."
averyusefultray: (Default)

Re: Aftermath

[personal profile] averyusefultray 2021-04-04 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
"That's important. It's one thing for us to fight for them, but it's better if we can help them get ready to look after things themselves." She looks around. "And now they can fix things here."
averyusefultray: (Default)

[personal profile] averyusefultray 2021-04-04 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
SHe won't say she's glad, since it implies a lot before. Still. "Making it to this stage is good. You might have more experience with this step than I do."

Ryloth didn't really get much of a chance after the CLone Wars, after all.
10billionpercent: (I Sense A Plot)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-04-04 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
That was true, but he could only hope that someone noticed and didn't leave them there to perish.

"That's true. It's just another facet of what it can do. A data point." He explained. "It's unremarkable on its own, it gets all added together, that's how the science works." He sighed. "But we will prioritize safety, more than we were."
controlsthedie: game art of Thanatos default conversation picture (But the other saying I like so much more)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-04-04 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Giving her a quick look up and down, Thanatos doesn't immediately see any reason why not to trust her. She's a passenger too, and if she had meant ill will, her opportunity would have been while he was asleep.

That said, holding hands with a stranger is still beyond his comfort level, so he floats near her instead. Company might do well enough. "I would appreciate it. The mission has taken more out of me than I expected."
knifewithnoname: (you're joking)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-04-04 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
She tilted her head as she listened. Injected with experimental supersoldier serum? It sounded... Just as weird as anything else she knew about the world they came from. She nodded.

"Peter." She confirmed. It was Peter's story but also he didn't exactly keep it a secret, he couldn't with that frog-mouth of his.

"He did be being bitten by a spider that did be working with the ER gang who wanted to be stealing all his money but he could no be paying them because he did no even be having any money. But then he did no be dying but he did be getting stronger and faster and he can be sticking to things."

It was a wild world that they came from.
knifewithnoname: (worry)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-04-04 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
I did be sleeping and then I did be eating and then I did be helping to be taking down the camp.

[She's not against helping out, if asked. But also she finds no real desire to help people.]

Did you just be talking to the cow?
worthallthis: (lookback-sarge)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-04-04 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
The ghost certainly doesn't seem to mind. The chain-rattling subsides, and it bobbles from side to side gently, as if on springs inside its little plastic base. "Don't worry about it. If they wanted one, they probably would've bothered me more about it whenever I brought it up. They're just my little ghost friend, now."

A second shirt joins the first, and they scoop the ghost up entirely while they step into their boots. Laces can wait. "All right. I. Think I ought to eat. Or I'm going to regret it before too long."
worthallthis: (doubtful)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-04-04 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Soldat's brows go right up. "Really. Huh." Well, Sora did say for a while he wasn't as forgiving as he got later on. "He was a good friend for a long time. Back in my last place. He explained heartless and Nobodies and. All that. Just not very well."

They shift over, motion for Demyx to move with them, and line up a second plank. "I was like the heartless for a long time. Still am, a little bit."
melodiouspacifist: (Aw We Do Too Have Hearts)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-04 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Demyx pressed his lips together, but shook his head. "You don't really know me. I've done that."

He had been loathe to admit that on board so far.
melodiouspacifist: (Nort Huh??)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-04 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
He had no problem moving and helping at least, as long as he didn't have to know how to do things.

"Like a..heartless?" His brow furrowed. "No, I don't think so." He shook his head. "Heartless aren't really- I mean, they don't have much going on in their heads. They can't think of stuff. They rely on instinct." That instinct just happened to be to rip someone else's heart away from them and steal it for themselves.
worthallthis: (but i did it)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-04-04 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't have much going on in my head, either," Soldat says with a little shrug, lining up a nail while Demyx holds the plank in place, and hammering it down. "I just followed my orders so they'd put me back in storage." It's maybe not exactly the same, but it had been helpful in explaining their time under HYDRA to Sora. "Not exactly the same. But similar. And heartless can recover, too, you know."
worthallthis: (Default)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-04-04 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
That does sound kind of wild. A spider working with the ER gang? Who's the ER gang? Soldat doesn't know enough about modern healthcare to connect that to "emergency room services" or anything, sadly. "Yeah, we did a gate together, him and me. I saw some of that. Must've been some spider."