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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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flameinthedarkness: (Really? 03)

[personal profile] flameinthedarkness 2022-04-01 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
...Idia let out a long and tired sounding sigh. See, this is why he doesn't talk about this crap. Well... it's not the main reason, but a reason. People didn't get it. "I just wanted the Mystery Drink..." Ughhh, why was that so difficult?! He didn't want to get into talk about all of this!

Fine. "Of course it's inevitable, it's a requirement of my family's responsibilities." They were the best ones for the situation, the best to watch over STYX and all that came with it. They always had been. There was never a choice for Idia with this, he was 'fated' to be stuck with the role. It wasn't that he wanted this... he had just... come to accept it. There was no changing it, it would happen, so why fight it?
jan_ken_hacking: (Talking)

[personal profile] jan_ken_hacking 2022-04-01 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hmmm."

Hmm, is all she's saying to that. Has Idia ever been 'hmmed' at by a young teenager? Now he is. It's probably the worst.

"...Will they erase yours as well once you return?" she eventually asks as they wait for their drinks, fingers still tapping at her pouch.
flameinthedarkness: (Worry 09)

[personal profile] flameinthedarkness 2022-04-02 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, he's been told off so many times by Ortho now about not doing stuff, or doing stuff... he's kinda used to it.

Playing with the edge of his sleeve as he thought about if to answer this at all... Idia sighed again as he slumped further in his seat. "No, but it doesn't matter. My body is here." He's seen it. Well, not 'here' here, and not 'seen' it, but he's gotten into the computers of STYX to find out what was going on and had seen the reports on him. The real him. Not... whatever the train had made. "But if the me here wakes with my memories, no. I get to keep them all." For better or worst, both if they keep their memories of the time on the train and... everything else.

Anything he may had wanted to add to that was cut off as Jade seems to pop out of nowhere, getting a squeal of shock from Idia, who hadn't spotted him, "Ehhe!" His hands coming up to his chest in fists.

"Oh my, excuse me for interrupting, I didn't mean to cause such a fright." A very well practiced smile displayed on Jade's face. "Are you ready to order?"
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[personal profile] jan_ken_hacking 2022-04-05 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
"I see." She does, at least, seem visibly relieved to hear that. "...Cherish those then," she remarks quietly. "...Even if they forget, those are still yours to keep."

It's again the words of someone who knows what that feels like. A strange and distant quiet, the words too soft to be heard by anyone outside the booth even if they were clearly perceived.

It's not long after that, that Jade appears.

"Ah..." Well. She passes on her order to Idia. Best not to stress him out more by clearly stating it to the second twin.
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[personal profile] flameinthedarkness 2022-04-06 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
...cherish? What, his time at Night Raven? Of what had happened to him growing up? ...why? It would be better to be without it all. To start fresh and escape it all... but he can't. Even on the train Idia can feel those claws still hooked into him, waiting for the day to come back to all of this and... start his responsibilities again. As much as he missed being here for his games, and media, and of course Ortho, the train... was nice. It was an escapism his media only pretended to give him. On the train... he could do what he wanted. For the most.

Then again, with what was going on now... would they get back to the train, or just be stuck as ghosts wandering between worlds? He's not sure what is worse.

However Idia doesn't answer that, keeping this thoughts to himself as he points out on the menu the two orders, Jade confirming their choices and a promise to be along shortly with their food before vanishing off into the rest of the Lounge.

It however leaves Idia really not sure what to say now... he really had no skill points in socializing, and the talk of memories and what was happening here... he really didn't want to go into it. It was no one's business but his own. Hmm, ahh... hmm... Um... "So... you like... the ocean?" Ugh, that was horrible. Let him just sink into the ground already and vanish.
jan_ken_hacking: (smol smile)

[personal profile] jan_ken_hacking 2022-04-08 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps Ortho himself would be able to pose the question that Kiyoiri has the sense to hold back.

Was everything here truly nothing worth remembering?

Idia doesn't say anything about his thoughts however, and so Kiyoiri can hardly say anything in reply to them. Obviously there's some sort of inner conflict at hand- she's studied enough people during a crime and its aftermath to recognize that.

But unlike her 'cousin', she's hardly one to pry about it. Instead she smiles and appreciates the awkward effort being put forward into small talk.

"...If you don't like talking...it's fine not to. ...I'm used to quiet. Even though it's been a few years...people, and feelings...can still be a bit much."

But the ocean...hmmm. "...I was born..." A pause- she feels like she should give a bit more honesty than that, given what Idia has been somewhat forced to reveal. "...where I was made," she corrects, looking out at the lounge, "...it was an island. The ocean was a way to keep the inhabitants inside...but, it was also what allowed me to leave."
flameinthedarkness: (Really? 01)

[personal profile] flameinthedarkness 2022-04-10 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
She says that, but Idia knows how it is. People say they're fine with not talking, but change their minds quickly if he just ignored them and tried to do his own thing on one of his devices. It was all lies.

Though as she moved on and actually answered his poor attempt at carrying on casual conversation, Idia's brow raised at the answer. 'Made'? "Are you organic or inorganic?" It may not be the most sensitive or tactful way to go about this, but Idia really didn't have that when he wanted a question answered. If she was robotic that would be amazing...
jan_ken_hacking: (smol smile)

[personal profile] jan_ken_hacking 2022-04-10 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Organic is correct," she assures, though she has a somewhat amused smile at that, as she glances back to do so. She can guess that he'd be more impressed with inorganic, but alas, it isn't to be.

"...But, if you look at my age on the roster, it will not match my physical one. ...I am a genetic clone; technically," she adds with a small wink, "...I am only 'five'."
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