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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!)
controlsthedie: game art of Thanatos default conversation picture (But the other saying I like so much more)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-04-15 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I don't think I do," Thanatos says as he tries to hide a yawn behind his hand. It's not a lie really. Zagreus is the only one he's pulled form the brink, and he's hasn't tried it on anyone else. Internal moral debates aside, he wouldn't announce that he had the ability to use on others. He'd hate for anyone to get lax with their own self-preservation. (Chasing after Zagreus is enough!)

"But I'm glad to know another healer on the train in case things go wrong."
worthallthis: (thinkingsad)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-04-15 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds... hard. Soldat is quiet a moment, holding the door to the kitchen car open for her. "Everybody gets angry. I get angry. I used to have a really big tree out behind the house I'd go out and punch a lot when I got angry. But it doesn't turn me into the Asset again." (No. You know what I mean, buddy. You're not the same anymore, either. No.)

They set their lantern on a counter near the storage car door, so they can just leave it there and move about, the ghost figurine next to it. "I don't think you're going to ever be like him. If it helps."
happyends: (i won't forget)

[personal profile] happyends 2021-04-15 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Hmm.." Madoka lets out a hum, like she's thinking about it. It takes a moment, with only the usual spa background noises filling up the silence, but then the girl speaks again.

"I don't think that's selfish.. I mean, there probably are a lot of people out there who feel that way, right..?" It's maybe worded a bit oddly, but it's mostly since it's not a feeling Madoka herself has ever experienced. Sure, she's always wanted to help people, but she never really cared about the size of that help.

But it's still not something she imagines is very rare in other people.

"Besides, you did it with really nice intentions! You just really wanted to help those people out."
adropofsunlight: (216)

[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2021-04-15 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Spicy seems like a good one for those who love that kind of thing." Rapunzel herself knew that she probably wouldn't enjoy that as much as others. But it helps to have variety too.

Pascal himself seemed happy to have someone who was perhaps the same size as him or at least similar in size.

"So which one should we do first or which two? I do one you do another."
adropofsunlight: (309)

[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2021-04-15 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course and being positive is a really good thing. I mean when I'm feeling not as perky as usual having someone positive helps a lot. Maybe not everyone, but it can help.

[Just doing her best to help. Plus she sees that as being important in her mind. Having moments of being positive to keep spirits up.]
adropofsunlight: (266)

[personal profile] adropofsunlight 2021-04-15 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was okay. I mean I didn't really do a whole lot compared to everyone else." Which she felt honestly bad about. She could have done a lot more but didn't.
subcircuits: (all right i'm listening)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-04-16 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, Madoka, he's on to you. He actually shifts his seat from the stone to the cobbles below, leaning back gingerly against the chunk of rubble. From down here, he has to look up at her.]

Thanks. [Gently, and hopefully aiming this salvo in the right direction:] I was telling those kids the truth, about having to be taught how to perform lifts like that safely. I started lifting seriously when I was a teenager, and I competed in the squad intramurals when I was in basic training for the Guard.
subcircuits: (just give me a moment to think)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-04-16 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"No," Devero says slowly, as something occurs to him. "The simplest explanation is someone capable of Void travel who came here-- like you have-- and started pulling strings. Whoever took your SCA wouldn't have to know what it is or what it does if they were told by their boss to take that thing from this person. And that person could coordinating the efforts of the local, er, magic casters casters to amplify their abilities..."
namethattune: (Lost in my train of thoughts)

[personal profile] namethattune 2021-04-16 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
I do not know.

[The words exhibit a calm he does not otherwise feel. He's questioned the train before - its abilities, its methodology, its very existence - and never managed to find a satisfactory answer. It bothers him, in a way he's never been able to assuage.]

It may be an algorithm, or an individual decision, if you believe the train to be capable of making its own decisions; regardless, I do not have that answer, and I do not believe any of us will find it anytime soon.

[Not the most encouraging of answers.]

That said, it does have feedback capabilities; if you know of a world in need of assistance, perhaps it will take a request.

[Slightly more encouraging. He wishes he had more to offer.]
flatteries: (you don't get)

[personal profile] flatteries 2021-04-16 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The compliment is getting through to him more and more as he contemplates it. 'Of course', Rapunzel says, like it's natural. Like he's not just any old positive person, but the most positive person she knows.

Inigo may know deep down that it's not fully true, but even if he can just project that kind of image to others - then he's already happy. Hence why he can't quite stop a smile from spreading on his face, ducking his head a little as he can feel it. ]


Well.. In that case, please make sure to seek me out whenever you feel like you need it. You know that I never mind spending some time with you, Rapunzel.
happyends: (the ancient magic i dreamed of)

[personal profile] happyends 2021-04-16 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
..

[ She stares at him, unmoving. Especially since he got down to her level - or rather, really even a level below that. It would feel unkind to move away or to even look away from him when it feels like he's trying so hard to meet her here.

.. And it'd also be unfair to lie any further in that case, huh? To continue to try and sweep her worry under the rug. ]


But.. didn't it hurt, sir..? I'm pretty sure normal people couldn't do that so easily.. I was so worried about it falling and hitting you really hard. I-I'm not sure I would have been able to help you in that case, all by myself..
melodiouspacifist: (Think Think Think)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-04-17 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure we're being graded or whatever. I don't know. No one told me if we were." Demyx commented.

"So you probably did plenty."
chocobosnap: (pic#12045180)

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2021-04-17 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Nothing really I did, but I lived alone so you know, something goes wrong it's cheaper to fix it yourself." Prompto said with a smile.

"It's not like I broke things on purpose, if I did that my parents would probably be pretty mad."
dyingpro: Curious (Goodbye to all the plans that we made)

[personal profile] dyingpro 2021-04-17 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
There's a familiar laugh that soon becomes a familiar shock of fluffy dark hair crowned in flame-laurels as Zagreus steps into the car behind Thanatos. "I can just picture you now, floating everywhere and leaving trails of water in your wake," he teases, immediately moving to pull off his shirt before he registers the shock of pink in one of the pools. "Oh! Hey Sephe."

... and now he's feeling oddly shy about just casually getting undressed in front of his not-mom. His cheeks begin to turn pink as he tugs his shirt - still filthy with ash, by the way - back over his chest.
fun_thementalist: (fanart - casual hug)

[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2021-04-17 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Lovely," Gen said, leaning against Senku a bit more, trying not to yawn. "You're the one guard I wouldn't try and escape from."
seacub: (who put baby in the trash)

[personal profile] seacub 2021-04-17 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[That just...makes him frown.] ...It's important to me because it's important to you, [he insists steadily.] ...Can't that be enough, if you matter to me as my friend..?

[Ah...but then, she asks that question. And while it's not exactly a new hurt, it's something he...knows should be one, he supposes. Something that makes him feel more bittersweet than despairing, because he only ever had one parent to begin with and-] ...My mom... ...my mom didn't have anyone like that, [He starts. Nothing like a proper husband, anyway. That much he's sure of.]

...And... ...she died when I was really small. [He remembers it too. Being too young to know more than the fact that she was leaving, bit by bit, after Pucci stole everything from her mind. He has one piece of her- had, rather, and he'd feel terrible asking the train to bring it there as a purchase- and the way he got that...

...he doesn't want to think about that any longer.
] I knew her for a while, but...
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-17 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
"On Shora, we term it a sickness," Merwen says. "The desire to share pain with anyone is a sign of sickness, surely, something to heal someone of. It's... disheartening to see so many souls hurting in this way." She presses her lips together. "Though I doubt many here are interested in what I might have to say on this point."
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-17 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
She smiles, faintly. "You are a kind sister," she says. "And you share your own wisdom, certainly. Thank you for reminding me of that."

There's hope in that thought, that maybe she might have allies in this, that she's not completely surrounded by violent-sick people.
theimpatientone: (Default)

[personal profile] theimpatientone 2021-04-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, there's some awkward affection.

It still means something, though. Merwen sighs a little, and tries to offer a smile, to show she understands. "And there is something that shares wisdom, with so many different people here, so many different perspectives. It's just... difficult."
myblueskies: (the world is beautiful!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2021-04-17 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
"You have?" Frogs would be funny to eat he thought, but lots of things could be cooked and they tasted okay even if you thought they wouldn't!

"I bet it wasn't as cute as this either." You couldn't eat real cute frogs, that would just be bad!

"I don't think I ever had frog before!"
irrationally: (i don't even have a song)

[personal profile] irrationally 2021-04-17 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Of course Alice has no idea what in the world an algorithm is, but thankfully she can still more or less get what he's trying to say here through the context of what she does understand about it. The girl won't even disagree with him. She's cynical enough to believe that they won't get answers that easily either.

If only it was as easy as threatening someone. ]


Do you think it would?

[ It's a simple question, but the underlying question is bigger than that. Do you truly believe this thing has good intentions?

Her hand lands on the cow, gently patting it, as if it's a way to keep her frustration with the situation under control. ]


I'm sure multiple people must have requested to be brought home by now. And it doesn't exactly seem eager to grant those requests.
azrthmtrnznthos: (casual conversation)

[personal profile] azrthmtrnznthos 2021-04-17 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't want to be." Raven said, with some vehemence. "But...even the times when I've been angry, but controlled... I've scared my friends. I'm worried he'll be able to have some influence over me--even if I'm in control of my anger."

Raven moved to get tea from the cabinet, and start making some. Automatically going to make two cups, since he was there with her.
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[personal profile] dragoonrouge 2021-04-17 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Worry not, neither was I!" Q'uila is entirely full of faux cheer there, "They are essentially powerful beings who represent different aspects of reality, we were their chess pieces in their friendly competition to shape all the universes in their image."

How pleasant did that sound!

Q'uila's faux cheer becomes a little more genuine at that news, "Good because I have a lot of armour and weapons to reclaim. Or remake if the raw materials would be cheaper."
longforgottenpromise: (listening)

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2021-04-17 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
The desire to share pain with anyone is a sign of sickness. That was very true. Even he was not immune. He had hurt. He had... He had killed but he should not have been able to. It was because he was a sick kirin, able to act against his nature.

But humans? Were they sick if they killed?

"I am interested and I think others would listen as well. Humans are just... It's more complicated for them when it comes to questions of killing."
dragoonrouge: (Q'uila Woah)

[personal profile] dragoonrouge 2021-04-17 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Q'uila blanches. Her? a healer?! "Ah, no, no ,no!" Q'uila shakes her head and frantically waves her arms, "I am no Healer, friend, my skills should only be used in emergencies or in the field. I could never hope to match a White Mage or an Astrologian in the field of medicine!"