No Place Like Home: Outside

[voidtreckermods]

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NO PLACE LIKE HOME: OUTSIDE

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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...

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...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...

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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.

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SETTLEMENTS

• Buddhist Temple, China ( Koumyou Sanzo | TL )
  
• Rebel Camp, Lothal ( Hera Syndulla | TL )
  
• Homestead, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA ( Nell Ingram TL )
  
• Capsule Corp ( Trunks | TL )
  
• School Grounds, College ( Idia Shroud | TL )
  
• City Ruins, beach ( Najaran | TL )
  
• Hakkei Palace, Tai ( Taiki | TL )
  
• Gusu Lan, mountain sect (China) ( Lan Jingyi | TL)
  
• Lotus Pier, riverside, China ( Jiang Cheng | TL )
  
• The Endless Abyss, Hell ( Shen Qingqiu | TL )
  
• Hyrule Castle Town ( Zelda | TL )
  
• Haven Palace ( TL )

COMMUNITIES

• Spaceport ( Yondu | TL)
  
• Mobile Station Base ( Kiyoiri )
  
• Arkwood, Town (Ryo | TL )
  
• Techstead, Town ( Devero | TL )
  
• Tatsumi Port Island ( Ken Amada )
  
• Mor Dhona / Town, Mountain, Lakes ( K'zeka Tai | TL )
  
• Hyrule Field & Lon Lon Ranch ( Link | TL )
  
• Ishigami Village, Japan ( Senku Ishigami | TL )
  
• Aether Paradise/Artificial Island/Natural Preserve ( Katsuya Jonouchi )
  
• Nautilus ( Spark/Clef TL Clef | TL Spark )
  
• The Underworld, Hades ( Zagreus and Thanatos | TL )
  
• Sanctuary ( TL )

CITIES & KINGDOMS

• Saillune City ( Zelgadis | TL )
  
• New Mantle, City ( Ruby Rose | TL )
  
• Brooklyn, New York City, USA in 2017 ( Jake Peralta | TL )
  
• Azabu-Juban District, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ( Usagi Tsukino | TL )
  
• Hau'oli City ( Eva Iden'no | TL )
  
• Gauig City ( Little One/Buttercup | TL )
  
• Kyoto, Japan ( Masumi Sera | TL )
  
• Shinjuku, Japan ( Yosuke Otoha | TL )
  
• Kingdom, Evermore ( Roland Crane )
  
• Garlemad, Kingdom ( Zenos | TL )
  
• Kingdom of Knothole ( Mina Mongoose | TL )
  
• Domino City ( Yugi Muto | TL )
  
• Amnity Park ( Danny Fenton | TL )
  
• Garlemald ( TL )
  
• Lothal ( TL )
  
• Los Angeles ( TL )
  
• The First - Crystarium and Lakeland ( Elidibus | TL )

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.

Comments

[knifewithnoname]

"Do you be having a gun? We could be blasting the doors."

Would that cause problems later? Very likely...

Does she care? She figures it will at least stop the train for a while, giving them time to figure this out.

Would it work? Very unlikely. Is she willing to try anyways? At this point yes.

[bakegarasu]

"No, just my sword." He eyes the doors and frowns. "I don't really want to break it while trying to pry the doors open. I don't know that it'd work..."

Nothing feels right at the moment anyway. Everything feels sort of hopeless.

[knifewithnoname]

"No... I could be trying a gun..."

But would that even work. She has no idea. "If nothing else it might be getting the trains attention..."

Maybe...

[bakegarasu]

"With how tough the train is, I'd be worried about it ricocheting back at us." But if she wants to try, he's certainly not going to be the one to stop her.

[knifewithnoname]

"That do be being true." She sighed. "You should be standing back."

Was she going to do this? She was irritated enough to try it. Stupid train. Couldn't even send them home right. She should have known. It was the worst stupid train.

[bakegarasu]

He steps back and puts an arm across his chest just in case. He just wants to make sure that his heart doesn't get hit.

Not that he doesn't trust her, but he doesn't want to take a chance.

[knifewithnoname]

She nodded and focused pulling a large gun out of her head. It is pretty big, she has to balance herself in order to point it towards the train.

She glances at him to make sure he is clear before she pulls the trigger. A blast of energy flies out, hitting the train and pulsing back out. She is flung off her feet and goes flying backwards, hitting the ground with a crack.

"Ow..."

[bakegarasu]

He rushes over to her, kneeling on the ground next to her. "Are you all right?" He carefully starts to check her over for injuries. He'd ask how she got the gun, but people have all kinds of strange abilities.

[knifewithnoname]

"Urgh." The world was spinning, hear ears were ringing and there were at least six of Otoha peering at her.

She tried to sit up and immediately regretted it, curling up instead.

"Yes." She said, far too loudly. She was fine. She just needed the world to stop spinning.

[bakegarasu]

“Just sit for a minute.” He checks the back of her head for blood… nothing. Good. “Next time let me cushion your blow.” Not that they really need another shot. If that didn’t make enough noise to get people to open the doors, nothing will.

[knifewithnoname]

She sat still, grinning at him, eyes wide, an almost wild expression on her face. "That did be being so cool."

But maybe cushioning? Maybe?

"I do no be thinking it did be working though."

[bakegarasu]

"Yes, yes, very cool. I'm just worried about you right now." He ruffles her hair slightly. "I don't think it worked either. It didn't really do... anything."

Nothing they wanted to accomplish, at least.

[knifewithnoname]

She sighed, it hadn't worked at all. She stretched her legs, still working at least and looked up at him.

"Do you be having another plan?"

[bakegarasu]

"... No, not really." He leans against her a little, just so she has something to lean against. "You were right to try."

[knifewithnoname]

"Yes. Now we do be knowing." She was glad he agreed and she leaned against him, exhausted.

"So we do just be waiting?"

[bakegarasu]

"I think so. And maybe check on other people while we're here. There's... there's got to be people coming in from situations like mine." He puts an arm around her loosely, careful not to restrict her too much.

"We're going to have to figure out food and stuff like that, too..."

[knifewithnoname]

"Yes. If it did no be working for anybody there will be being people to be checking on."

Leaky eyed people, either those whose time in their world had been bad. Or for those whose experience had been good and yet they ended up back here anyways.

"We can be getting food from my world. It will no be being difficult to be nabbing some."