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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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gathersnomoss: ({h neutral)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2022-02-22 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Given we're stuck on the platform, and whatever worlds we can get to, I'll limit the collateral damage. I could try spelling out giant icy letters if you think it would help."

He doubts it.
flatteries: (somebody said that life isn't fair)

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-02-22 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Be my guest."

Honestly, no plan is too ridiculous when they have absolutely no idea what might or might not work.

So Inigo does what seems the safest here. He steps out of the way, just so there's plenty of space for Zelgadis to work with. So he can do whatever he thinks might be necessary to draw the vehicle's attention towards them.
gathersnomoss: ({h neutral)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2022-02-26 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Zelgadis considers for a moment, then starts to work, creating patches of ice and frost on the platform spelling out HELP. They aren't in immediate danger, but it's a good universal signal. And the train can translate written language.

It's a small amount of magic, but repeated castings does cause Zelgadis to take a breather after that. "It'll probably melt in hours, but if the train has some sense of magic, it might observe that even if it doesn't see the letters themselves. I'm tempted to start throwing spells at the train if this doesn't work."

After he catches his breath. His magic reserves weren't what they were.
flatteries: (bringing darkness from above)

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-02-27 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thankfully forming ice letters isn't too strange to Inigo, so he doesn't have to get startled by the display. Instead he just stares at the letters and then at the train - waiting, like he's expecting the train to show some sort of reaction to all of it.

But a moment without any passes, then another moment..

.. and then the train suddenly takes off into the void again, causing Inigo's jaw to drop, his mouth hanging open in indignation.

"Hey, how rude is it to just ignore our call for help like that?!"
gathersnomoss: ({h determined)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2022-02-27 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"OH, come on. When it gets back, I am seriously going to launch a Flare Arrow at it. Tell people to stay clear."
flatteries: (from the scrapes and bruises)

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-02-28 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Alright. It shouldn't take long."

If the previous times are anything to go by. Inigo has been watching the train going through this motion a few times already by now, after all, and he's found that it never takes too long for the train to reappear on the platform.

And in the meantime, Inigo gestures at the other people gathered on the platform. Thankfully there's not many, since most are either staying in their own worlds or taking other people there, which means he's just trying to keep a few people from getting between Zelgadis and where the train ought to be in a few moments.

"Though I'm honestly not sure if it's going to pay attention to anything at this rate." It's almost as if the train is willfully ignoring them, Inigo thinks.
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