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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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mtsilver_conquor: (On top of the world!)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2022-02-26 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can get trains that big? Really?"

"Yes, really," Eva says with a snicker, half wishing she'd walked the length of the train one last time, just for a solid number to give Hisa.

"Yeah." Hisa grins ay Kiyoiri and bounces a little. "Sis said she'd buy me a belated birthday present, so maybe a togepī or pī!"
jan_ken_hacking: (smol smile)

[personal profile] jan_ken_hacking 2022-02-26 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"With enough votes, even bigger as well." She's not quite sure of what she wants to have added next though.

Oh well now then- "Oh- happy belated birthday, then," she hums with a nod. "If it was a promise, then we should do that then."

Did the tables just turn here? Hm.
mtsilver_conquor: (casual)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2022-02-26 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hm." Eva nods with a small hum.

"Thanks!" Hisa beams with a small bow. "It was really weird though, that Sis wasn't there..."

"I know," Eva pulls her sister into a brief hug, then grins at them both. "Right. To the Emporium, then?"

She points up, towards one of the taller buildings in the city.
jan_ken_hacking: (smol smile)

[personal profile] jan_ken_hacking 2022-02-26 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"The important thing then is that she's here now," Kiyoiri notes, looking toward where Eva now points.

"...Lead the way," she encourages, adjusting her shirt a bit. "...I haven't been here before though, so if there is anything you think I should take note of, be sure to say something."
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2022-03-05 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Yea!" Hisa's nod is sage and known, even if her eyes flick to Eva. This is a child who knows what's going on, more or less, but is willing to make the best of it. "Don't eye contact."

"Eye contact means aggression and that you're willing to battle," Eva clarifies. "Come on you two."

The difference between Eva and Hisa as they head towards the Emporium is like night and day. Eva's always had a quiet, silent confidence about her, but now her strides are that of a woman who knows she's privileged. That she's a powerful trainer but chooses to downplay it with a smile here, a small shake of her head there, never meeting anyone's eyes. Hisa on the other hand does not yet have that about her. She's still a child, but even she doesn't meet people's eyes.

The glass doors that lead into the Emporium have a big, red sign that reads 'only service mon allowed', and more than a few people recall pokemon as they enter the building, while a man with a cane enters, a strange humanoid creature floating beside him in a yellow jacket with a small, pale white stone set into a collar around its neck.

Cool washes over the trio when they enter -air-con is a blessing- and Eva takes them towards the map of the building that is set up between a pair of statues carved from wood. the map itself is basically a seven-floor building set up for the sale of small pokemon. "Where to first?"

Hisa shrugs. "You pick, Kiyoiri-san."
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[personal profile] jan_ken_hacking 2022-03-08 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
"...I see." Well, easy enough to pull that off. Kiyoiri's eyes are far away from any- they're mostly focused on studying the two with her, as she walks. She's quiet enough that she may likely avoid notice from most as it is. While she may have attracted Eva and Hisa's attention earlier, she's not exactly announcing her presence to anyone else.

She does glance however, at the pokemon in the yellow jacket. In a sense, nothing ever changes.

Pulled from her thoughts, she looks to the map. "Ah...." Hmm.

There's the two that were mentioned earlier of course, but... "...here, if that is fine..."

The little egg carrying pokemon seems sweet enough as a map label...
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