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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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subcircuits: (that could be a problem)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2022-02-21 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
He shakes his head. "I have. Every time I try to evac, it just brings me here. If I try while I'm here--"

He holds out his wrist and stabs at the evac button. "--Nothing happens. And it won't let me back inside!"
controlsthedie: game art of Thanatos default conversation picture (But the other saying I like so much more)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2022-02-22 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Thanatos watches, and when nothing happens, he looks at his own SCA. Should he try to... No. If he does that, then he may be stuck in the train. This is just a way to give Charon and Hermes a break along with a chance for the House to process this next influx of shades. Then he's back home to bring back Death again.

"The train is still here," Thanatos repeats, not entirely sure how best to comfort him. "You can visit other worlds while you wait to be picked back up. You don't have to be in your own."

He doesn't have any other ideas for how Devero might be returned to the train. No.... He has one. It's a last resort.
subcircuits: (fucking WHAT)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2022-02-27 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I-- I don't?" he says, looking up at Thanatos with blank surprise. Apparently, that hadn't even occurred to him as a possibility.
controlsthedie: screenshot of Thanatos in front of Hades's desk (These souls inside my pocket)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2022-02-28 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"I have visited a few other worlds when giving a break to Charon and Hermes. Unfortunately, I don't think my world would be very hospitable towards living mortals." He looks to see if anyone else is on the platform who'd have a nicer world.

"This platform would likely be more comfortable than the Underworld."
subcircuits: (embarrassed)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2022-03-09 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Devero droops a little, averting his eyes and worrying his lip. "Maybe we could try anyway?" At least he'd be doing something, and not standing around here agonizing. "I... I have to admit, it'd be interesting to see an actual Underworld, even if I had to evac back here right away."
controlsthedie: screenshot of Thanatos talking with Zagreus at the balcony (I'm not asking for much)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2022-03-25 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Very well. If you wish to try." There have been living mortals in the House of Hades before. That's not what Thanatos is worried about. It's... just not a very comfortable place. However, if Devero can manage not to draw attention to himself, then he could just observe. Probably.

"Come with me." Thanatos begins to float towards the gate.
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