voidtreckermods: (train)
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!)
tactlesstantei: (surprise)

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-03-28 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
They seem like a nice droid, I don't mind. [She doesn't really mind Chiff scanning (?, she's not quite sure) her, but is quick to get to the questions she has on her mind.]

Anyway, what happened? From what I heard, it sounded like you got stuck here.
voidtreckernpcs: (Anan)

[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-03-28 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, I got trapped in the illusion here."

She frowned, "Or rather, I should say I was forced under the illusion here."

Chiff beeped a few times in rapid succession.
tactlesstantei: (surprise)

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-03-28 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
Forced under?

[You’ve got her attention now.]

If you don’t mind me asking, what do you mean by forced under?
voidtreckernpcs: (Anan)

[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-03-28 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean I was attacked. [Her hand reached to her bare wrist, rubbing it as she spoke.] I didn't see who, they came from behind but they hit me pretty hard and then... The next ten days I believed myself to be a citizen of this world.
tactlesstantei: (disgust)

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-03-29 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
What? Where did this happen?

[Hadn't there been some talk of a traveler's pack in one of the towers? Either way, she wants to confirm where this happened since that would be pretty important to know.]
voidtreckernpcs: (Anan)

[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-03-30 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
In the city, near to the southern tower. There's a market place there and I have a contact there. Approaching his stall is the last thing I really remember clearly.

[She frowned.]
Edited 2021-03-30 17:17 (UTC)
tactlesstantei: (thinking)

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-03-30 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I see... [Suspicious. And there was how she’d rubbed her wrist earlier...

Maybe...]


Well, I heard that a bag that might belong to you was found in one of the towers. Anything else you lost?
voidtreckernpcs: (Anan)

[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-04-02 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
"My SCA." She looks a bit worried. "I'm hoping it might be with my things but I doubt it."

She looked worried. "I was wearing it, if they took it off me..."
tactlesstantei: (serious)

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-04-02 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. I didn't hear about anyone finding an SCA unfortunately. [She could have missed it if it had been mentioned, or it might not have been mentioned at all, so she'll have to ask if anyone found one.

But for someone to knock Anan out and take her SCA, the thing that helped to hold off the full effects of the illusions, that was odd. It could be someone just taking something that looked valuable from a target, but given the effects of not having an SCA, and having heard that illusions were historically only associated with humans, not the demons...]


Was there anyone who knew what it was, or what it did?
voidtreckernpcs: (Anan)

[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-04-03 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
There shouldn't have been. It might be that they just took it because it looked interesting. Or perhaps there have been another void mission through here that were careless. But still, to take it...

[She shook her head.] There are too many unanswered questions. Did your people see anything suspicious?