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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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[personal profile] yondu 2022-02-17 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh I'm one for plannin'. But I'm also one for wingin' it." He stretches his arms along the back of the booth.

"And what if they mess this up even more? Chances are they can get y'all back to your bodies? But me? I'm stardust. So time to take advantage of what resources I got to enjoy what time I might have left. Or at least work with whatever time I got left in this universe."

The android leaves them menus, and Yondu's looking around the bar at some of the serving staff. "So, honest to god question, what's your type? You favor men? Women? What's your thing?" 'Cause he's got some leftover money to burn through before he says good-bye to that account.
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[personal profile] herarrows 2022-02-21 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
There are all sorts of implications in that statement that Selenay would rather not unpack right now, but she does make a note of it for later. If there's anything she's learned from Talia, it's that it's not good for a person to hold that much feeling in.

If only Selenay were the Empath.

"I've never been with a woman, though I think I must still say that I prefer men."
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[personal profile] yondu 2022-02-23 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
To each their own. Yondu prefers women himself, but he's definitely had some guys that he's taken a shine to. It's a particular sort of guy, though.

"What kind? Point me out one." He leans in and looks around at the various guys milling around. Some workers, some not. No one in clothing all that similar to her time, but there are even a few that are 'dressy' for this universe's standards.
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[personal profile] herarrows 2022-02-24 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I suppose at this point it's too late to say that I've learned in my life not to make any rash decisions based on appearances?" And that she really prefers things other than looks? Oh well. At least she's not blind. After a subtle glance around the room, she turns back to him.

"That one with the dark hair looks rather nice." It might have been a few years since she's really needed to flirt.
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