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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2022-02-12 07:08 am
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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.
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wisdominshadows: SSBM: Zelda in Blue (forty three)

[personal profile] wisdominshadows 2022-02-16 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Zelda sighs and pushes a loose strand of hair back.

"I arrived in the midst of an attempt to clear some rubble." She closes her eyes. "A great deal of rubble, actually. Someone has apparently decided to hire Goron demolitions experts to get rid of it all."

She should probably have words with someone about that, actually. That rubble was the stronghold of a sorcerer strong enough to make himself a demon; there's a good chance it still radiates evil magic.

Just one more thing to think about while she recovers from narrowly avoiding being blown up the moment she got home. Really. This is her luck.
Edited 2022-02-16 03:40 (UTC)
silver_eyes_rose: (pic#14217771)

[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Wow, that sounds bad. Especially if you were nearly blown up." Ruby said, sighing. "You need help? I'll gladly follow you back as a guard or something!"
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[personal profile] wisdominshadows 2022-02-16 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Follow-" she whips her head to the side, counting all the people milling about the platform. "Oh, goddesses. Did the train succeed in sending anyone home permanently?"

That worrying revelation delivered, Zelda turns back to the suggestion. She thinks a moment, then says, "I don't think it was deliberate; the Gorons aren't a malicious people on the whole."

When you're seven feet tall and made of stone, you don't really need to be aggressive to convince people not to mess with you.

"But... if you wish... I wouldn't object to some company."
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[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-16 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think so, no." And honestly, after what Ruby saw, she isn't sure she wants to go back to her home.

"Then, it might have been a mistake? Then, I don't think it would hurt just to be safe."

She smiled as Zelda gave her permission. "I hope no one would mind my presence."
wisdominshadows: HW: Zelda praying (thirty eight)

[personal profile] wisdominshadows 2022-02-18 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course. What did I expect."

Zelda stares down at her hands, looking as though she's tempted to bury her head in them.

"Finally a way home and it's all-" She catches herself, shakes her head.

"Ah, please don't mind me. And... I don't think there would be trouble. But it's been some time since I've been home, and I'm not entirely sure what might now be there."
Edited 2022-02-18 04:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] silver_eyes_rose 2022-02-18 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ruby took notice of Zelda's worry and concern before smiling again.

"Then I'll be your guard!" she replied. "I'll make sure you're safe and sound."
wisdominshadows: SSBM: Zelda in Blue (forty four)

[personal profile] wisdominshadows 2022-02-20 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Let's hope that isn't necessary."

A heartbeat later, the two stand in what looks like a quarry, or maybe a construction site. The ground is covered with large piles of rock, many of which look as though they were carved and shaped at one point in the past. If Ruby thinks about it for a minute, she might realize that they're in the remnants of a very large stone building. A castle, perhaps.

Her companion, meanwhile, is quickly searching the area for signs of anyone nearby, then quickly flicking her eyes up to study the color of the sky and the clouds that ring about a distant mountaintop somewhere to the east.

"A good sign," she murmurs, bringing her hand up to shade her eyes. There are very fine white gloves on the hand, Ruby might notice. In fact, Zelda's current dress is much finer-or at least much fancier- than the one she was wearing just a moment ago, though notably covered in a fair bit of soot.
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