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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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flatteries: (i don't know the words)

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-03-19 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
There's a tiny moment where Inigo worries that the hug might just be making things worse. Because even though Taiki usually enjoys hugs, maybe he might not in this moment where his emotions are stretched beyond belief, where he's being pushed to his limits.

Thankfully the other melts into the hug soon enough though, making Inigo only wrap the other up in his arms tighter. As if he could somehow protect Taiki from the way his world got messed up like this. Just by holding him.

"Stay like this," Inigo whispers. "We can figure stuff out later."

After all, who knows how long they'll be stuck here, having been kicked off the train in this odd, only half returned sort of way.

"But rest for a moment first. I know all of this is a lot on you."

And Inigo is willing to stay here and hold him for however long Taiki requires. Without complaint.
longforgottenpromise: (Default)

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2022-03-19 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
Stay like this. Inigo whispers and Taiki wishes he could. Just forever like this, forgetting everything else. But he can't. He knows he can't and Inigo knows he can't.

He can be here for a little while though, taking strength from Inigo's arms. Just a moment, a moment to breathe.

"I need to keep going, to fix what I can fix. We don't know how much time we will have."
flatteries: (i was left to my own devices)

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-03-20 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"One minute more or less won't matter."

After all, when has the train ever really done things in a timely manner? If it hasn't realised yet that they're all still here by now, then it'll probably be a while before it does.. or so Inigo thinks, anyway.

It's a sucky situation, but at least it gives them more time to work on Tai for now.

"Just rest for a minute or two, and then I can take you over to Ylisse so we can see if we can contact Naga to help." Probably not, but it's at least worth a try. And it means that Inigo can keep Taiki away from the mess that is the current state of Tai for a few moments, which is also a good thing.
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[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2022-03-20 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
A minute or two. He could rest for that long. Maybe. As long as it was no longer.

There's too much to do for it to be any longer. But he doesn't fight Inigo. He's too exhausted to fight Inigo.

"Okay. As long as you don't mind... I don't want you to..."

Be uncomfortable. Go to Ylisse when he never planned to and might not want to see it.
flatteries: (in the city that we love)

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-03-22 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Look, Taiki's not-too-great state working out for Inigo for once! Even if it's just to get Taiki to rest for a moment or two before he has to get up again.

"I don't mind."

Truthfully, he really doesn't want to go back there. But as long as they stay out of sight of everyone - which honestly should be easier than it'd normally be, given their current states - then it can't hurt too much. Just find some secluded spot and see if he can call out to Naga, even though he isn't too sure it'll really work..

But it's at least worth a try.

"You know I'd do anything for you, Taiki." At least that's true, above all else. There's not a word of it that Inigo doesn't mean.
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[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2022-03-22 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know." His voice is quiet, almost choked. Inigo would do anything for him, it's terrifying. He doesn't deserve him.

But he can only be grateful for him. He looked up at him and nodded. "I'm ready."

He was. Walls were back up. No emotion showed on his face at all. It couldn't. If there was a crack he would break.

He can't break. Not when there is still things to be done to help Tai.
flatteries: (and i will change my ways)

we can probably wrap this one here!

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-03-23 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
".. okay."

It hurts to see Taiki like this, but on the other hand, he gets that it's the other's way of coping with this entire situation. So Inigo isn't going to take it away from him, or even tell him that he doesn't have to do it. If this is what gets Taiki through this situation, then Inigo will deal with it.

But as he stands up, he still makes sure to hold the other's hand. At first to help him stand back up, but then just to keep Taiki by his side.

"Let's try to get back to the platform, and then to Ylisse from there."

And Inigo.. well, he's going to be by Taiki's side, every step of the way. He vows as much inside of his heart.
longforgottenpromise: (Kirin)

Re: we can probably wrap this one here!

[personal profile] longforgottenpromise 2022-03-24 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay." He held Inigo's hand for a moment, taking a last moment of strength. Then there was a gust of wind as he twisted and transformed into kirin form.

"We have to fly." Is his only explanation. He assumes, it's how he had ended on the platform last time.

To the platform and then to Ylisse. He's lucky to have such a friend. Friends were so easily lost, torn away and so all he can do is keep him close, for now.
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