voidtreckermods: (train)
VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2022-02-12 07:08 am

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.
hotheadwarmheart: (Headshake)

Re: Two steps

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2022-02-26 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Lea gave a relieved sigh at hearing Xion's voice and catching sight of her next to him. "No, it isn't," he confirmed. "Don't know why, but we got bounced back here somehow instead of going to Diatu. And given that.... wherever it was we ended up, trying to get through again is probably a bad idea."
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded Glance)

Re: Two steps

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2022-02-26 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe a Dark Corridor?" she asked, moving a bit closer to him.
hotheadwarmheart: (Serious)

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2022-03-14 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
"We won't be able to get back to Diatu that way," Lea said. "But we could maybe try and make it back to the train, at least." Hopefully it wasn't too far gone. If it was, or was otherwise unreachable, the Dark Corridors would probably be as ineffective as before when they'd attempted to travel from world to world with them.
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded stare)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2022-03-14 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
"But if the Train let us go, then the Corridors can take us wherever we want now... right?"
hotheadwarmheart: (Serious)

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2022-04-03 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think they quite work that way here," Lea said. "But we can try." It wasn't like they had a ton of other options at the moment.
nobodys_puppet: (Dark Corridors)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2022-04-03 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded and flung out her free hand, trying to summon a Dark Corridor. It was hard to tell if it actually opened, but she thought it did. "This way!" she said, heading for where she thought it was.
Edited (did you know there isn't an f in SAID?) 2022-04-03 07:26 (UTC)
hotheadwarmheart: (Serious)

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2022-04-08 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Lea followed behind her, though not nearly so eagerly. And just as well, because it turned out there really wasn't any need to hurry. Though the portal had appeared, when Xion tried to go through it, she simply passed through it as though it were empty air. "Yeah, thought that might happen," he said. "Or something like it." No way was it going to be that easy to get out of this.
nobodys_puppet: (Dark Corridors)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2022-04-12 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"No... it has to work!" she said, stubbornly creating another and pulling him by the hand as she tried it.
hotheadwarmheart: (Serious)

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2022-06-26 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Lea allowed himself to be pulled, but the second portal was no more effective than the first. "Xion, it's not going to work," he said a bit more firmly. "We're going to have to figure out something else."
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded Scream)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2022-06-26 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Like what?!" she asked, desperate.
hotheadwarmheart: (Neckrub)

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2022-07-13 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm... working on that," Lea said. Meaning he had no clue. "But panicking isn't going to help either. Take a deep breath and try to focus OK. We'll come up with something."
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded Trying To Stand)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2022-07-13 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Focus on what?!" Yeah, she was panicking for sure.
Edited (icon fix) 2022-07-13 06:39 (UTC)
hotheadwarmheart: (Neckrub)

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2022-08-02 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"On... on me. Focus on me," Lea said. "Take a deep breath, and try to focus on me, OK? This isn't the time to panic."
nobodys_puppet: (Hooded)

[personal profile] nobodys_puppet 2022-08-02 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Focus on you... I can focus on you..." she said, almost more to herself than to him.