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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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10billionpercent: (Satisfied)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2022-04-10 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Decades." Senku corrected and he smiled. "Even for me, well, not just me. Everyone will help me. I'm not alone in this." That seemed strange to say in a vast and empty world.

"What you see around us..." Senku pointed a few things out. "The damn over there, our power plant. The things you don't see uh, we've got a mine a huge ship that's probably half way across the world..." He smiled.

"All of this took us four years. We're going to have to go a lot bigger."
flatteries: (and i will change my ways)

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-04-10 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It does feel a little strange. Especially since Senku is going to be alone in this once he properly gets home - until he manages to depetrify some of these people, after all.

But Inigo doesn't make a big deal out of that. It's something Senku will find a way to deal with.. Inigo hopes. Thinks. .. hopes? It's not something he wants to drag the other down with by speaking up about right now.

Instead he just looks at the things Senku is pointing out.. while still trying to not think too hard about how high up they are, thanks. Even if it's not that high, it's still dizzying to a guy like Inigo.

"That means things will have to go on developing even after you die, huh?"

Not that he expects Senku to die young, mind you! It's just.. if all of this took them four years, and Senku is suggesting it might take decades.. then it might not be done before Senku is already old enough to kick the bucket.
10billionpercent: (Sentimental)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2022-04-11 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
"That's right." Senku agreed, a gentle smile tugging at his lips.

"Humans evolved science for thousands of years before me and they'll continue for thousands of years after I die." He agreed.

"Isn't it amazing what humans can accomplish even within a finite lifespan?"

After a moment he turned back so he could lower the flame and bring them back to the ground.
flatteries: (but now is better than never)

we can wrap this one here!!

[personal profile] flatteries 2022-04-12 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
".. yeah."

But even after he says that and while the balloon is being lowered, Inigo is still thinking. After all, humans existed for such a long time in his world too, yet they don't have anything like all the stuff Senku was describing..

.. does that mean there's something wrong with his world?

It's not something Inigo likes to think about, especially when there's enough to deal with in their current situation as-is, so he does his best to shake it off, not letting it show on his face.

"Come on, let's look around more and see if we can find something out about what happened here after all."

That feels more important. It's just what he's got to focus on right now - trying to help his friends.
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