The Will to Fight: Conclusion

[voidtreckermods]

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!)

Comments

[azrthmtrnznthos]

"Madoka, from what I've seen, you always do your best." Raven said, honestly believing it too. "It felt close there, a few times...but you were right."

[happyends]

[ Madoka doesn't doubt that it must have felt close. She hasn't seen many of the demons herself, but just the odd few that had strayed down into the cavern had been bad enough. She can't even imagine what it must have been like to fight entire hordes of those things at once.. ]

Them not winning, even though it felt close, is since everyone really did their best. Even though none of us are here voluntarily, and some people are.. um, well, they don't really like oweing up to their goodness..

[ To put it mildly. ]

Even so, everyone works really hard to defend these places so people can keep living here. It's really sweet..

[azrthmtrnznthos]

I think it helps that most of us are the kind of people who'd help anyways. Especially if we'd been asked.

[happyends]

.. right?

[ It's true. Madoka knows just how many kind people there are on the train, how many there have been in the past. Just how many people have helped her out without asking for anything in return. ]

I'm glad for that though. I can only imagine how awful it'd be if we had a lot of mean people on the train.. Though I guess not everyone among us is super nice. [ But the nice people outweigh the mean ones for sure. ]

[azrthmtrnznthos]

"It's honestly kind of amazing we haven't had more trouble, sometimes, with internal squabbles."

[happyends]

[ Yes, thank god. One train murder is more than enough for poor Madoka's brain.. ]

Especially since we're all stuck in such a small space together, huh..? But maybe people are being considerate exactly because of that, since they wouldn't want to involve other people in their trouble..

[azrthmtrnznthos]

"There are quite a few people who I'd be surprised if they were considerate at all." Raven couldn't help some skepticism. "Maybe they're just wrapped up in their own stuff."

[happyends]

Well..

[ Madoka really doesn't like looking at it from that point of view - no matter how realistic it may be. Hence why the girl is starting to look a little awkward as she's thinking about it. Yet she doesn't want to dismiss Raven either, so.. ]

Maybe they just realise that if something would happen that'd be bad enough to destroy a part of the train, it'd have really negative consequences for them too.. [ They're all stuck on it, after all. ]

[azrthmtrnznthos]

I hope they're using that kind of enlightened-self-interest for their logic.

[Raven could hope. But if someone was driven enough, logic probably wouldn't enter in to things.]