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

[deadwenwalking]

Frog chefs... the idea of a chef whose soul purpose in life was to cook frogs is an amusing one. Wen Ning decides not to correct Romeo on the subject. Who knows? Maybe there's one somewhere out there in the multitudes of universes this train goes through.

"I agree! The train should supply its passengers with cute looking food all the time. For morale." He would request it himself, but he doesn't want to take any focus away from his frequent requests for his sister.

[myblueskies]

"Yes! It should. I think that would help people's spirits a lot!"

It would cheer everyone up definitely. Especially after missions like this when everything got really scary!

[deadwenwalking]

"O-or at least something cute. Something... cheerful looking." People might get tired of having frogs all the time (though he's not sure he would). It would preferable to break things up and add more options. Though he wouldn't want to push their luck.

"You've at least lifted my spirits today, Young Master Romeo." And he can always use a little optimism.

[myblueskies]

"I'm glad mister Wen Ning!" After all he had looked a little lonely sat out here alone so Romeo was glad he had lifted his spirits with cute food!

"Maybe we can try and figure out how to cook some cute food together sometime, so we can cheer everyone else up!"

Keeping peoples spirits up was something that was far too often needed on this train.

[deadwenwalking]

"Ah! Yes, we should do that. I've never cooked for quite this many people before, but we some help we could do it." There were only around fifty people or so at the Burial Mounds, and he'd had help when he cooked then too - aside from those rare times when he insisted on doing everything himself.

"A lot of the passengers would like that, I'm sure." Aside from the few that insisted on being spoilsports by default.

[myblueskies]

"I think they would! It would make everyone smile."

Some people might be grumpy, but he bet they would like cute food really even if they felt they needed to grump about it!

"There's lots of people but I bet people would help us too!"

[deadwenwalking]

"It's a promise, then. At some point we'll cook a meal together for everyone."

Wen Ning's smile becomes a grin and he holds out his hand for the boy to take.

[myblueskies]

Romeo's grin grew even larger and he took Wen Ning's hand. "A promise! Do you know how to do pinky promises?"

Because that was the only real way to seal a deal like this!

[deadwenwalking]

"Pinky...?" Like the color, or...? Wen Ning blinks in momentary translation confusion before slowly holding up the pinky finger of his right hand. "Like... this?"

He has most certainly never made such a promise before. He vaguely recalls younger kids doing something like it, but he'd been kept away from many other kids his age for a lot of the early part of his life.

[myblueskies]

"Yes!" He nodded and held up his own finger. "Like this and then we link them together." He did so, bringing his finger to Wen Ning's and curling it around.

"Then we shake them and it is a promise!"

[deadwenwalking]

"Oh..." It may seem a bit silly and childish, but as someone who's never made a pinky promise before he gets a certain thrill from doing it now. For just a moment he gets a taste of that childhood he'd missed out on.

He shakes pinkies when prompted. "Alright. Promise made!"

[myblueskies]

"Promise made!"

He grinned. "I'll see you soon mister Wen Ning!"

And they could make food together! It would be very fun!