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

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Hmn? Rizadon?" It takes him a minute- wait, he thinks he's got it- "Oh! Charizard," he mutters, before turning. "...Y' think he ain't too spiky f'r it?"

There's a rumble from his shadow, and Katsuya hisses at it. "Y' ain't foolin' anyone if y' come out righ' now..!!"

Back to Eva, then. "Nyh, point made on th' cash, but I'm still lost on what th' heck t' do. Flyin sounds neat though, so if y' figure it'll work out, le's do it!"

[mtsilver_conquor]

"Not really. We could also say he came from an unexpected breeding between one and a bangirasu or the like. Sometimes first gen crosses get weirder than normal." Eva shrugs as she walks in the direction of a large tower-like structure with a flat roof. It's at least five stories tall and towers over the houses, though it doesn't seem to be in use right now.

"I'll likely use Wingthing for this, too." Aerodactyls are the best and she misses her scaley baby. "I'd say he could come out at the top of the platform... But only ghosts come out of shadows."

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Ah yeah, guess that'd have actual effect here huh...I mean, y'd think that would be how it works normally, but go figure, on tha' other Alola? Y' put two differen' species t'gether, yer just gonna get whatever th' mom was."

...

"Also no one can figure out where th' eggs come from, which is a whole other thing..." Given his tone, yes, yes he knows it's ridiculous, but that's just cartoon-land for you!

Changing his tune as they talk more about flying, Katsuya grins though. "Heheeee, got it! ...An' you, stay put down there f'r now," he whispers to the shadow. There is an audible grumble for a moment, but Red Eyes otherwise cooperates.

"Sheesh, I know he gets stir crazy on th' train, but it ain't like he didn' get t' run around anywhere else..."

[mtsilver_conquor]

"It's much the same here, but sometimes it's more notable. People are likely to assume you're Rich, so just go with it." Eva says with a small laugh - and then she blinks. Cocks her head before bursting into laughter. It takes her a bit to calm down and continue on.

"So like, preschool logic then? - and yeah. Please? I'll let you know when you can come out, promise."

[luckydragonsfoot]

Fair enough Eva- when he first heard about it he had a good long laugh too. "HAH! Yeah, preschool sounds abou' righ'!" he laughs, shaking his head. As for Eva's request, there is a whining rumble from the shadow, but no presentation of a certain dragon's head.

Katsuya goes back to focusing on the idea of...well. "Man, bein' rich...I can't ev'n imagine, an' tha's with livin' at Seto-chan's back home..."

Every now and then one of those Kaibas says or does something, and it puts things riiiiight back into perspective....

[mtsilver_conquor]

Eva rubs the back of her neck with a small laugh. "Money makes things easier, but I wasn't born rich. Everything I have, I worked for."

She was, however, born a woman; an automatic plus in the game of life as played on Arkea. "So, way I see it, if I want to spend, I don't know, a few million on a monster, I will."

She means yen, too.

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Hey, never said y' weren't- I'd be gettin' th' hard end of a shoe 'f I tried tellin' Seto-chan she didn' work for it either," he answers with a shrug. "Jus' hard t' wrap my head around, th' idea of so much cash bein'...there, y'know?"