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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2022-02-12 07:08 am

No Place Like Home: Outside


NO PLACE LIKE HOME: OUTSIDE


HOME SWEET HOME
You find yourself not on a wide station platform, in the clothes you last remember, holding what you were when you went through the glas door. There's no longer a train behind you, no sound of its whistle, with no other passengers around you in similar style of clothing to your own.

You're somewhere familiar, or just - the last place you remember being before your life became tethered to the Voidtrecker Express. A field, a city, a kingdom, or perhaps even a space station. You should be nowhere, yet you find yourself somewhere, despite all odds.

People - if there are people - don't at first notice you; but attract enough attention to yourself, and that will all change. Friends, family - are they near, a phonecall away? It's either everything you wanted or everything you imagined (for good or worse), and it could seem unbelievably real. But it is real - you're off the train, back somewhere you know.

Finally - the journey is over...



...If only.

You're moving away from where you arrived, for whatever reason. Who wouldn't? You may be far from home, have business elsewhere, or want to go sightseeing. It's time to return to - and live - your life, and that doesn't include sticking to one place.

But you'll find that when you reach a point, the world becomes...foggy. A fog that you hadn't seen in the distance before it appears, and when you walk through it, you'll find yourself in a place some have already found themselves in.

Because for some passengers, there was nowhere for them to return, and so the barriers lead only to fog, and then straight back onto the platform. The Voidtrecker Express may be stationed, or there may be a blanket of fog where it should be; sometimes, it can be caught trying to leave the station, only to come back a few minutes later. The doors are shut tight, and the windows are obscured, showing nothing inside.

Those who came from somewhere can go back, should they go through the turnstiles again. And if they want, they can take people along with them, too...



But sometimes, they go to a world no one knows. They go through the barriers into nothing, a black emptiness. Not space, for those that know space, and it doesn't seem to be the void either. But it is a void, devoid of anything at all. Just a darkness so complete they will not be able to see anything at all, they will only know their companion is there through touch and sound. How they are breathing, how they are living at all, is a mystery; one probably answered only by the SCA on their wrist.

Being there brings an unease deep down inside them. This place is not natural, not somewhere that they should exist in. Not a place that should exist at all. Luckily they are never there for more than a few moments before they return once more to the station, fog covering them like a safety blanket.




A DIFFERENT CORNER: LOCATIONS

In the first couple of days (whatever that means, when time doesn't match up between most places), the only way to move to another's tethered location is by them leading another there. But after that, individuals will show up in other locations when they reach close to the distance limit. Indeed as time goes on everything gets a lot less stable. They may know their five miles perfectly but still one step to another leads them back to the platform. Attempting to return to their world leads them somewhere else entirely.

And there's quite a few places to end up.


SETTLEMENTS
COMMUNITIES
CITIES & KINGDOMS


OOC NOTES
OOC post. Ask questions here.

LOCATION TOPLEVELS: Since it'll be easier for players to engage with settings presented by those offering them, when we see a toplevel for one of the above locations put up, we'll add it to the list! We've also included the OOC comments for settings to the side, so any questions can be left with the player, as well as extra details. Please always speak with the player first if you intend to do anything drastic to the setting!

A REMINDER: Time of log is Poi 22-25, but time within worlds can last up to a maximum of two weeks. Minimum is whatever you want it to be.

During Poi 22 and 23, characters will need to be led to a location to be able to access it. From Poi 24, people will show up in locations regardless of invitation.

The second half of the event will go up during 20th to 25th February (Poi 26-28). But as always, play around in here and do as you like!

If your character's setting isn't above, link us to it in the Questions post, along with your toplevel! We'll add it.
sirentologist: (Science!)

Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-15 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Whatever Lilith will let me." She pauses there for a moment too long before she continues speaking again.

"Which I suppose is anything now, since she is no longer here to stop me."
silver_eyes_rose: (pic#14217776)

Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-15 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Anything, huh?" Ruby uttered, looking around. She couldn't help but chuckle.

"I guess I probably walked into a trap now that I'm here, huh?"
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-17 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
A sigh, then "No. Lilith ordered me to dismantle them all for some ridiculous reason like 'someone could wander in to them.'" That is exactly the point of a trap, Lilith.
silver_eyes_rose: (pic#14217777)

Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-17 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Ruby stopped and blinked at that.

“Isn’t that the point of traps?”
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-17 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Exactly! But no, I have to let the local yokels wander in and out as they please, touching things." Hopefully they'd make the mistake and end themselves on one of her experiments, and then she could have the plausible deniability.
silver_eyes_rose: (pic#14217780)

Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-17 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
"...want me to help you set those traps back up?" Ruby asked.
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-21 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
There is a long moment where Tannis seriously considers accepting the offer, but eventually she sighs.

"No, I would like to keep things the way Lilith intended them to be." There's that sentimentality again, sneaking up on her. She'd have to figure out a way to keep that from happening again.
silver_eyes_rose: (pic#14217776)

Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-21 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Heh, alright." Ruby said, smiling and shrugging. As she did, she started to approach Tannis.

"This is the most I've seen you open up. I'm honestly surprised you hadn't tried to kick me out..."
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-21 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
"I have spent the majority of my adult life trying to 'kick people out' of labs, and it has thus far proven a fruitless effort, I do not see why I should start being successful now." No respect, Vault Hunters.
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-21 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ruby chuckled a bit before seeing if she could approach Tannis now.

"I probably would have listened. Been sad that I couldn't look, but...!"
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-24 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, well. I shall have to save the violence for later." When she can keep it to herself.
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-24 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ruby can't help but smile widely as she gets closer to her.

"You know, despite our differences, I'm glad I met you."
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-26 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
That is about the moment that Tannis notices that the girl is significantly closer to her, and she takes a large step back with a confused blink.

"Excuse me, what are you doing?"
silver_eyes_rose: (pic#14217778)

Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-26 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Ruby laughs at that before she steps back as well.

“I’m sorry, I figured that with you here, you would be more approachable.” She said. “I guessed wrong, huh?”
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Re: Lab

[personal profile] sirentologist 2022-02-28 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"I am never 'approachable,' don't be so insulting. She has worked very hard not to be approachable, dammit.
silver_eyes_rose: (Default)

Re: Lab

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-28 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Heh, if you say so." Ruby said, chuckling. "I'm not into too much science, but... need a hand, even if I'm just a guinea pig?"