Race Against Time: Mission Start

[voidtreckermods]

Preparation

Four days after the newest passengers join the train everyone’s SCA glows with the colours of the void. A message for the mission to come.

There’s a few hours as usual to get prepared before there is an announcement. "Arrival to System #16125 imminent. Prepare for exit from Void. All passengers are to wear their Safety Control Apparatus."

A shudder as the train jerks to the side and judders. "We have arrived on Space Station Delta in system #16125. Passengers should note that due to the adverse conditions of the planet evactuation protocol should not be relied on."

Arrival

With that the doors hiss open into artificial lighting. As passengers step off the train they will find themselves in a vast room of stark metal. A hangar of a ship, the train looks strange next to a move conventional shuttle craft.

Footsteps sound, heavy on the metal floor. Three people approach. A man flanked by two women take in the group silently.

“Voidtreckers. Thank you so much for heeding our call.” The man speaks. “I am professor Jori. I am the lead scientist here. This is officer Mira, head of security and captain Quin. I believe you have some information already and time is short but we have arranged a short induction and basic training for you. A lot of the equipment we use is strange even for us and we know… nothing of your origin world. We will be taking the shuttle down to the planets surface and our base there. If you would follow us to the shuttle we will do our best to answer any questions on the way.”

He pauses and looks around. “I will warn you, the planet is very unstable and not a safe place to be. Even though we are deeply grateful for your assistance we do not wish to take anyone who does not wish to go. If anyone wishes to remain here and help with the technical side of things they may.”

It is just large enough for everyone, though it is a bit of a squeeze and those who are tall, large or spider will find it an uncomfortable ride.

It is a relatively short journey, the craft is small and fast. It has no windows and passengers are strapped into their seats, but apart from a couple of dicey moments the journey is smooth, allowing Jori and Mira to answer questions. Quin is busy piloting.

They arrive at a large camp, except most of the actual buildings are underground. Jori leads them down through tunnels to a surprisingly well lit room where there are a group of people waiting them.

“This is our main rest area, you are welcome to use it as a base whilst you are helping us. There are sleeping compartments at the far end, feel free to use any not in use. Food will be served here too, it is very basic I’m afraid. We have an open radio channel you will have access to for use in emergencies.” Jori explained. “I will pass you along to those who have agreed to give you a quick training course in our equipment and the specifics of the tasks we need assistance with.”

Basic Training: Red

“Those assisting with the clearing of space debris please come this way.” Quin called, before turning and leaving the hall quickly. She led the way up out of the compound to a large transport bay where there were a series of small fighter craft.

“These were donated very kindly by the Gubita people and are the best craft for the job, they can take a hit. A few hits actually and their beams practically obliterate space debris to harmless levels. Problem is,” She grinned, “Gubita have four arms and so they cannot be piloted by someone with two. Luckily they are just big enough to fit two. One person needs to do the actual piloting while the other controls the guns.”

She led them over to the open cockpit of one so she could explain the different controls. She spoke as briskly as she had walked and seemed to assume they all had at least a basic understanding of fighter craft, though she was open for questions if anyone got confused.

“Feel free to test them out. Once your ready then the sky is yours. There’s a group already up there, but they could do with being relieved. Radio is on the left.”

Basic Training: Purple

“Those willing to evacuate villages please come with me.” A young man gestures anyone over and begins leading them out of the main room.

“We estimate about fifty villages, though in reality they are glorified bunkers underground that house groups of people. Some we are in regular contact with and they are ready to evacuate once transport turns up. Others are less… They don’t want to leave their homes and believe that as the world didn’t end last time it won’t this time either.”

He shrugged, “Our aim is to leave no one behind, do what you must.”

He enters a bay that contains some strange looking transport. Best described as glass bubbles. Each has a front bubble, or carriage, with a control panel and then two spheres attached. Each sphere had a ladder leading up to it’s centre and a bench around the side, with thick straps. Metal legs kept the transport up off the ground.. “This is what is left of the public transport system here. But they are our best way of moving groups. Each pod holds ten people. We don’t recommend pulling more than two pods per engine, as it is harder to dodge falling rocks. They travel about fifteen feet from the ground at their highest.”

He took them over to show them how they worked. If they checked they would find the whereabouts of the villages on their maps and their guide was happy to point them out. “Once you have a full load bring them back here and we can shuttle them to the station.”

Basic Training: Orange

“If you come this way I will give you the rundown on lindusi and how to catch them.” Jori gathered any science types to his side and led them into a side room. There were chairs around a few desks and Jiro gestured for them to sit before turning on a hologram projector at one end.

Large lizard-like creatures are shown prowling around forests, or skittering up mountain sides. “This is the only planet in the system where we have found lindusi. It is an umbrella term for many sub species of creatures but they are all reptilian creatures that don’t just survive in this environment but seem to thrive here. They are predators, preying on each other as well as other creatures.” He grinned as the images moved through different creatures, some small, some very large.

“We have transporter ships read, we just need help rounding the creatures up. You will be given a restraining device.” He help up an object that looked a bit like a yoyo. “You attach the strap to your wrist and throw the device towards the creature.”

One of the scientists stepped forward and Jori threw the yoyo at him, It stuck where it landed and there were three short beeps. “It will detect their heartbeat and their size and create a harness for them.” It did indeed do that, straps sprang out of the cylinder and wrapped around the scientist, restraining him whilst leaving him able to walk. “

We do not recommend trying to restrain a creature more than half your size unless you are unnaturally strong. Larger creatures can be lured into the transporters directly. You will each receive a tranquilliser gun in case things become dangerous but we ask that you only use those in emergencies.”

One of the scientists began handing out the restraining devices. “Please have a practice with the restrainers. They are completely painless so practising on each other is fine. If anyone has any questions now is the time to ask.”

Basic Training: Blue

Mira gathers up anyone left and takes them off to a large training room before handing them a glove with a small disk in the centre. “Shields. Very easy to use, just clench your fist to activate the shield and throw your fist in the direction you need to protect. They will fly out up to ten feet so can be used to block falling rocks. They don’t last long, thirty seconds at best but they will save you from a rock rain or stop a charging lindusi.”

She looked around. “Your job is easy, don’t let the scientists die. They won’t let us actually shoot lindusi, even the ones that try to eat them, so tranq guns have to do.”

She went over to a basket full of small hard balls. “Have a practice with these, make sure you can all activate the shield before you leave. Good luck, I’ll be out there too so just yell on the radio if you need me.”

Comments

A Message from the Train Leader Before Arriving

[runs_on_batteries]

Greetings Everyone. I know some of you just arrived here and none of us asked to be here, but for whatever reason those who have brought us here believe you personally have a skill or talent that is badly needed to save these worlds. I, for one, am going to give the mission my all and stow any shit I have with my circumstance till all of us are back on this train alive and well. I ask that you do the same. Your teammates, your roommates, every single person on this train needs your help with that. They don't deserve to have anything bad happen to them.

Team leaders, your job is to keep your team alive and bring them home in one piece. We all want to do the best we can for this world and I have no doubt that we will make a huge impact in a positive way. However, if it comes down to your team member or someone on the planet, you pick your teammate and yourself. Team leads, keep the priority straight even if your teammates falter on that. No one gets left behind, no one gets lost, and we serve as the heroes this world needs us to be. I believe we can and will be successful. Go prove me right.

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis had mentally nodded at the team leaders comments as he continued to double check that he had everything ready. As usual he stayed near his team and thought back to the last mission. Going out to help others was nothing new to him but this mission felt different than the last, though it was probably due to the changes that had occurred since then.

He smiled softly at hearing the bits about no one getting lost or left behind, but he didn't comment. Tony had played hero the last time and that wasn't going to happen again. Looking over the roster of the Orange team, he saw May's name on it. Turning to the man on the screen right afterwards, Ignis didn't look long at Tony.

"Stay safe out there."

[mtsilver_conquor]

Will do.

Be safe yourself, Stark-san.

Orange Team & OTA

[so_dark_a_road]

Preparation:

Curufin listens to the VoidTrecker's mission information, and then later to Tony's message, and then to the drop warning and the arrival announcement.

"I can hardly wait to wrestle with a velociraptor," he remarks to whomever is near him, with a grin and an only-slightly-sarcastic laugh. "Oh well, I volunteered."


Arrival:

Curufin listens to the short presentation, nods and smiles. He mutters, "Unstable planet, here I come! It's not like I have no experience with fires and earthquakes. The sun trying to wipe all life off the face of the planet with electron-showers will be new to me, though."

He follows Jori, Mira, and Quin to the shuttle and boards. Squeezed in between the other passengers and strapped into his seat, he simply waits and grabs the seat when the ride gets bumpy.

After they land at the camp and enter the tunnels to the underground base, he keeps up his commentary, a habit that has gotten him through many a dicey situation. It's intended to be understood as humor, not as complaining. "Food, a radio, and training for the mission! What could be better."


Basic Training: Orange

He watches the holo-projector presentation and then happily takes one of the yo-yo like objects.

"Anybody want to practice with me? I'll gladly be the lindusi, and you can see if you can restrain me." He mimes clawing with fierce little front feet and grins as though he had big sharp teeth. "Grrrrrrrr! I'm a lindusi. Catch me if you can!"

listen she was asked to be on orange to help keep people safe - basic training: orange

[hibana_incursa]

"Scary" Gwen monotones, trying to keep the twitch of a smirk off her face. She has one of the harnesses in her hands, twirling it idly and humming Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea by Missio to herself. It must be playing in her head because she's kinda dancing to it, too.

"Most terrifying lindusi ever."

Honestly, when she watched the presentation her first thought was Jurassic World In Space. And she loved those old movies, watching them with rapt attention while her mother hovered nearby in case she got scared. And the books were great, too.

"So, come at me, bro," Gwen says, arms outstretched at her sides in typical 'come at be bro' fashion. One foot shifts just a bit, knees bending a tad. Is she going to run? Is she going to jump? Who can say?

Come at her. Bro.

Arrival

[mayp]

May isn't sure what to think of this. She knows she was chosen for a reason but she doesn't think she has many useful skills in this scenario. She will do what she can though to make sure everyone stays safe. She isn't going to let people be hurt on her watch. "So, here we are," she says turning to look at the person next to her. "Have you been in a situation like this before?"

Basic Training (okay, actually in the correct place this time fml)

[shockinglycaffeinated]

Telli watches the presentation from the back of the group and accepts the harness she's handed without word. The lindusi remind her of smaller, less fearsome rancors and she wasn't all that worried about facing them. What she wasn't pleased about however, was that she would most likely have to reveal her Force abilities.

When one of her teammates offered to allow them to test the harnesses on him, she decided it best to reveal her abilities here as opposed to out in the wilds. She steps forward, making it seem as if she just wanted a better look, and she reaches out with the Force to grab Curufin, holding him so that he could not move anything other than his head.

Preparation

[deductionrival]

Heiji rolled his eyes during the old coot's speech, but was quick to go find his teammates afterward to get ready. He's helping with packing up the supplies when Curufin makes his joke and he laughs along with him.

"Who would've ever thought I'd get to add 'saving dinosaurs' to my resume?" This place could be very strange and this mission fit right in with that description. "At least we aren't getting evacuation duty this time."

Basic Training: Orange

[kumoko]

Ah, this is just like... well, every hunt she ever did in the great labyrinth, actually, dinosaurs and all, so at his invitation she winds her yo-yo thingamajig around two limbs and then spins it out. Special Attack: Meteor Spider! Adapted Non-lethal Version!!

Wow, this weapon is not the same weight as her webs at all, it'll be a miracle if it hits. Good thing, really, because she didn't give him any warning at all.

Basic Training

[internetsexsymbol]

"Hmm...try to get in the head of a lizard more. You're way too friendly looking." Reigen is joking, of course, who knows lizard psychology anyway? He fiddles with the new yo-yo device that he'd been given, as if trying to be certain it's properly attached, before looking to Curufin again.

"So I just throw these, right? Can't be that hard!" Hopefully the lindusi are only on a similar level of intimidating as his buddy Curufin (training with Curufin sounds less terrifying than with his dad, anyway).

Basic Training

[deductiongeek]

Conan picks up one of the yo-yos and inspects it skeptically.

"According to the instructions I should only use this on lindusi half my height," he points out dryly.

Basic training

[alchemists]

[ Elfnein knew how to use yo-yos, after all they were the main weapon of one of her friends back home. ]

Take this!

[ There was an attempt to get the string to wrap around but Elfnein didn't really have the strength to get it very far. ]

Re: Orange Team & OTA

[unholyandbroken]

[Arrival]

A tiny smile slips out of Jessie, Curufin's running opinions is keeping her from a flare. "Don't think I'll have to break out the Latin" going for humor.

[mtsilver_conquor]

Basic Training: Orange

Her breath hitches when Eva sees the lindusi, and she can feel Princess tense. "And here I was just getting used to the idea of non-pokemon animals."

It's a lame joke and she knows it. With an exhale, Eva turns to address her team, the scientists, and those who've come along to help.

"We might not need the tranqs if they can be lured towards me. Princess can and will put them to sleep for at least an hour, though this is likely better on the bigger ones. I don't mind playing bait to bring them into range of Sing-"

Here, Princess growls, deep, guttural. It's a sound few would expect such a fairy-type to make. Eva doesn't even flinch. "But Princess wouldn't like that. That said, if it comes down to you or a lindusi, do not risk your life or the lives of those counting on us."

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin nods and agrees, "Don't worry. I think we're all on the same page here. We'll save the lindusi if we can, but we won't risk our teammates' lives for them."

He adds, "Is Princess refusing to risk your life in this baiting scheme you just mentioned? Your pokemon is very loyal to you, it seems."

[internetsexsymbol]

"Your pet knows hypnosis? That's great! We can use that--we're not sending anyone as bait, though! Easy, boy..."

Reigen is little intimidated by Princess' growl, like the Pokemon is an angry Chihuahua.

"Hmm...what if we set up some meat on a decoy that looks like another animal to lure the big ones in? I saw it at a zoo once!"

Basic Training: Purple

[sweetnessandfight]

Sarai listened quietly to the young man, nodding at some of the pertinent points...until he came to the 'do what you must' part.

"I understand that you want to leave no one behind, and I commend that, but certainly you don't mean at the end of a weapon, do you?" Her expression was slightly horrified, to say the very least. Mostly because she'd never found these things to end well--some people, where she'd hailed from? They were perfectly all right with the idea of dying, rather than leaving their home.

"Obviously I'll do my best to be persuasive, but are you ready to accommodate people who were wounded by our hands? Are you going to tell them it was for their greater good?" Sarai would certainly do her best, but there was still something about this that didn't sit well with the Au Ra.

[voidtreckernpcs]

Rath looked towards her as she questioned him, noting her horrified expression and to his credit looking a bit discomforted.

He reminded himself that these void warriors were from a different world, had different ways and were to be treated with the utmost sensitivity. It had been in the briefing that morning.

"It is for the greater good. I understand your point, we would rather not see people harmed. But I do not want to see anyone die. Not when there is the chance we could have saved them."

BT:B

[pleple]

Briefly, Ple Two was about as comfortable as she's been since being whisked away. An actual proper spacecraft that makes sense; more like 'home' than many much kinder environments. Not as formal or as militaristic as she was accustomed to, but at least she'd gotten used to a more relaxed pace. Not that this would be relaxing for very long at all.

Upon being split up, Ple Two had considered and... then ignored the possibility of requesting to assist the Red Team. Her skills would be useful with any of these assignments, so it seemed a bit of a moot point, especially when they were relying more on equipment than on size and strength. Added bonus: she was two for two on not being told to not fight by the people she was helping, probably largely due to how serious and comfortable she looked.

So, training. Shields. Easy enough. Tranquilizer darts... well, they couldn't kill what they were here to try and rescue, so that made sense. Just find someone to practice with.

"Hey. You." Ple Two nodded at whoever she was addressing - insert your character here - and held out a ball.

[happyends]

Apparently Ple Two managed to catch Madoka off guard at just the right moment. The girl had been so busy overthinking everything she was being told that she hardly even notices that someone is near her until Ple Two suddenly speaks up, eliciting a small yelp from the girl.

She quickly turns towards the other, her cheeks a little pink at having gotten startled so easily. Her look quickly turns into one of surprise though when she sees what Ple Two is holding out.

"Huh? Oh, do you want to practice..?"

Orange Team/OTA

[stealsyourheart]

Preparation

"Ah. Joy." He mutters. "So we might get stuck there, is what they're saying?"


Basic Training

Uhoh~ A yoyo in the hands of a magician.

This is Absolutely Not how they're supposed to be used, but Kaito is, indeed, playing with the capture device. Tossing it out and pulling it back before it can hit, spinning it around and switching hands.

"So we're using yoyo's to capture dinosaurs. Welp. My time here gets weirder and weirder..." He muses as he continues to play with it. "Want to play tag with these things?" He offers to his teammates.

Preperation

[knifewithnoname]

"That do be being what it do be sounding like." As usual there had been a lot in the mission brief she didn't understand and actually she had been looking for Peter because if anyone could explain stupid words it was him, he used enough of them.

But she had sort of understood the trains last message. No evacuation. That meant the thing that had saved her and Peter last time, hitting the device on their wrist three times and getting back on the train. That might not work.

Well they would just have to not need it. They hadn't even known they had it last mission until they had tried it at the end so it wasn't a huge loss.

[knifewithnoname]

Preparation

This was her third mission. The second real mission. The last one had taught her a lot, about fighting and war. It had made her see that she had needed more training. It was something she had been working on in the time since.

She is in the standard coach when the message comes up on her SCA. She curled up on a seat and began reading.

There's a lot she doesn't understand but plenty more she does. Another rescue mission. They are so different than the missions she was used to at home. It's strange to be expected to help people and save creatures. She sighed as she got to the end. Protect an evacuation from space debris. Sounded strange, but everything was strange and had been for the last few months.

Once she had read the briefing she set to work. Preperation was important. She grabbed her rucksack and began packing things. Her sleeping bag, her raincoat- very important considering the stupid amount of rain on the last mission, spare clothes, bandages. She wrinkled her nose at her boots, she disliked them but she had to admit they were useful sometimes. As a compromise she tied them to her rucksack. Ready.

Arrival

She stood silently looking round the weird metal hall. It was huge, the biggest room she had ever seen. Even bigger than even some of the grand halls she had spied on. She watched as the figures approached and stayed silently in the crowd, knife ready but un-needed. It seemed they were expected. This was a place where people often turned up on trains?

She followed the group to the... It wasn't a train. Maybe a car? She has no idea but they are getting in it and she finds a seat, people are tying themselves down with strange straps so she tries to copy, pulling the straps and trying to figure out where to tie them to.

Red Training

She had wondered how she was supposed to destroy space debris. It wasn't like she could just stab it. Sadly. But her confusion didn't last long as she followed the red team and Quin.

She stared at the weird metal tube. They were to go in that? Not as strange as it would have been a month ago. But still they were to go in that and fire light at rocks?

She didn't want to look too confused, especially since Quin seemed to think they knew what they were doing. And she would die before she looked afraid. So she nodded. She could manage this, she listened carefully and tried to memorise the controls.

Arrival

[mtsilver_conquor]

"Want a hand?"

It's offered as Eva slides into the seat next to Little One, her own straps ignored in lieu of helping her cabinmate.

Princess, for now, is in his pokeball. It's just easier right now.

Blue Team/OTA

[faithfulsupport]

Preparation -

This was simple enough, protect the scientists and Orange team. However, Ignis worried about his tiny team and their safety. He knew a few could handle their own and there hadn't been enough time to get his team fully up to snuff on being combat ready as a unit. That was definitely on his to do list when he got back to the train. And he was determined not to not have anything happen to him so that he could ensure he would be there to cook for them this time.

Getting things ready, he held onto the shield and a tranquilizer gun. The shield put him in mind of Gladio and the gun was more Prompto and Noct also but to a lesser degree. He highly doubted he would use the shield though there had been some practice alone with it.

Feeling a presence near him, Ignis finished getting himself ready before speaking to the person.

"Don't be afraid to ask for help should you need it."


Arrival -

Ignis looked around, green eyes taking note of everything as he walked through the room with the guides. He kept an eye on his team too, worried for one or two of them more so than the others. But he looked around and saw the people approach.

Nodding to the man who identified himself as Jori, his eyes moved to Mira and then to Madoka as the offer for someone to stay behind to help with technical things was offered.

Once the basics are pointed out, he lets out a small sigh. At least there's access to food and rest areas on this mission and radio communication too. Those are definite improvements from the last time.

Turning he looks over at his team. "Are we clear on what needs to be done?"

And should anyone else be nearby, he'll nod at them. "We'll go and make quick work of things."

Re: Blue Team/OTA

[myblueskies]

"I'm clear sir! I think..." He grinned, "At least we get to be trained first!"

Training was important, it meant they would know better what to do. Last time it had all happened so fast, the wolves and the goblins and the wizards. Here looked and felt different than anywhere he'd seen before but all the grown ups so far had been helpful and explained things.

"We can make sure to keep all the scientists safe when they rescue the... lindusi." He said the new word carefully.

Red Team/ OTA

[runs_on_batteries]

Preparation:

Following his speech, Tony gets straight to work. He sets up people to brew potions, make rations, pack emergency supplies for their rucksacks, and arranges with several others to do a demo on basic field first aid with a focus on burns and heat exhaustion. Between the time they were given the briefing and when the Voidtrecker is leaving the Void isn't a lot of time to handle these previsions. He makes a mental note to start having these things ready before they even get a briefing.

Either way, it's all they have. He decides a few change ups to the teams was in order and goes about recruiting Luke and Renee for the red team. Joss and Maglor were being sent to the blue. He had opinions on what Maedhros should do, so he talked that over with Feanor. Lastly, he passes out to anyone who is either young (under 15) or have questionable talents to protect themselves some taser guns. He gives them demonstrations on how it's supposed to work and that the idea is simply to render their opponent incapacitated so they can run away. All in all, the preparation time is a whirlwind of activity.

Arrival:

Tony doesn't challenge authority as he lets the captain and head scientist guide the Voidtreckers through the space station and then down to the planet. The ride down was uncomfortable, but he doesn't comment on it. Instead, he focuses on Jori and Mira.

"Do you have a new home planet for those you are evacuating?" Tony asks Jori, attempting to ignore the tight quarters and the way the vehicle shakes. "What methods do you have to get this space station and the rest of you for enough away from the planet when it destructs?"

Basic Training:

Anyone who had met Tony for about three minutes, would already know he'd be the first to volunteer to go relieve the pilots who had been fighting the debris. It doesn't take him long to get a good idea about how the controls on the fighter craft work. He's surprised to see the ships need two people to fly and fight with, but it works out perfectly with his own decree that they were supposed to pair up with others on their team. When the demo is over, he climbs into one of the fighter crafts and gets ready for takeoff. "Alright, someone get your ass in here."

[dredefulchilde]

“I can handle myself,” Joscelin protests, examining the stun gun he’s just been given. He knows how to fight and how to shoot. “And I’m not hearing those voices anymore. So why am I being sent on a protection mission? My talents are better spent in offense, not...babysitting.”

To the untrained ear, he sounds awfully like a child trying to negotiate a later bedtime.

Purple Team: OTA - NPCs welcome!

[blueberryprincess]

Evie listened to the man speak, growing more and more concerned by the minute. The world was dying, some people were okay with leaving. Some refused to. They weren't convinced things were going badly. This had happened before, and it was stopped, so none of the people that wanted to stay believed it really was the end.

Still, Evie took notes, wrote down what mattered. She studied the controls of the vehicles, listening as their instructor mentioned falling rocks and went just a tiny bit pal...er. Paler than usual. And the more she heard, the more concerned she felt for this whole situation. So much so that anyone sitting within range would absolutely hear her saying 'son of a bitch' under her breath, along with another special word or two.

Well, Goblin Refuse. This was going to be hard, wasn't it? Aggravatingly so. She almost wished she had a couple mind control spells memorized. It isn't bad to use if it keeps people safe, right?

To the man giving them their mission, Evie asks: "Any suggestions as to how to get people to see reason?"

[voidtreckernpcs]

He looked over at the girl writing notes and pulled an apologetic face. "'Fraid not. We've tried reasoning with them, had teams of scientists reaching out and showing them the facts. But they won't listen, sick of scientists telling them what to do, I suppose."

When people decided to dig their heals in it could be almost impossible to change their minds. "My only advice is to try and get them on yourself, don't suggest that you are saving them. Let them come round to the thinking. Unfortunately we have a very small time window."

[hashtagparkerluck]

( Arrival. }

Peter has never been so happy to see an actual lab in all his life. Except every time he visits Mr Stark's lab. His lab never gets old. Never mind that though-he'll be spending much of the first day in the lab. Making web fluid-as much of it as he can because who knows when he'll get the chance again.

He loads the new webfluid into his webshooter and fires one off. Oh. Well. Whoops.

"Uh... sorry." He says sheepishly. "I... probably should have uh.. paid more attention to where I was aiming."


{ Basic Training: Orange }

Peter's not so sure about this. They're supposed to catch the Dino-sorry-Lindusi with a yo-yo? Sounds fake, but okay. He twirls the yo-yo like he knows what he's doing before he accidentally conks his head with it, which activates it. He lets out a sharp yelp and somehow finds he's harnesses himself. Well that's.

Embarrassing.

"...Uh.. how do you deactivate the thing?"

Basic Training: Orange

[so_dark_a_road]

As an Orange Team member, Curufin is practicing with his yo-yo, spinning it and throwing it, even while his teammates are taking a break.

And then he sees Peter conking himself on the head with his own yo-yo by accident and getting harnessed.

Curufin comes to help when Peter doesn't seem to know how to release the harness. "There's a latch on the straps, and it releases like this. . . " He unsnaps it.

[tinkerheart]

Preparation [Closed to Maedhros]

The Red team is freed from the kitchen duty for the month of Catfish (what kind of name is it anyway?) and gets cleaning instead. So it happens that Fëanor is in the dining carriage with his eldest son doing exactly that when the new mission is announced. He barely glances at the message.
So it looks like there's an emergency and they are expected to provide aid. A rescue mission again? Fine, why not.

But then he looks again just to confirm. Did he misread that they have only a couple hours to prepare? That's a short notice. On a second glance the reality of what they are expected to do and what exactly are the conditions of the place they are headed to hit him like a fist of iron.
While the descriptions for Orange, Purple, even their own Red sound reasonable. Well, dangerous of course. A rescue operation like that is no walk in the park. Those people out there wouldn't need help if they could handle the situation on their own.
Yet it is a detail in the mission description for the Blue Team that provides additional information he somehow missed in the earlier passage that makes him want to rip the stupid watch off his hand and throw it at the nearby wall.

...space debris, extreme heat and volcanic eruptions

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS?!!

"What?!"

Fëanor looks up at Maedhros. This not happening. They can't be reasonably expecting him to ... no!

"This is insane! They cannot expect I'll let you go down there! Just no!"

Arrival / Basic Training: Red [Open]

The place the train stops is all metal. Fëanor wouldn't mind it if it weren't so ugly. Everything about this place screams artificial. No form just function. He wonders how those people can even stand living here. If they do live here of course.

Then there's the shuttle. Oh the shuttle, eh... The pilot - captain Quin, that was her name and rank, wasn't it? - is certainly skilled. There's but an occasional swerve to one side or the other, a couple of situations where something rattles at the metal husk of the craft. Like throwing small rocks at a metal shield. Apart from that, the travel is surprisingly smooth. Yet, being stuck in a shaking, metal box with no windows and a seating that he barely fits in is far removed from what he considers a pleasant journey so he's overall mood is sour. He almost feels sorry for the spider. She must have even worst time than he does.

Well, maybe the metal box is not the worst and He has to admit the machine, ugly and uncomfortable as it is, is at least interesting. So when it gets revealed that Red Team job is less boring than he expected. That it involves operating similar metal boxes and their instructor happens to be that same exact pilot that got them here. The one he was observing the whole trip.

As she explains the various controls Fëanor listens, uncharacteristically keeping all of his opinions to himself. Though he does wince a couple of times. Flying might be fun but what he really wants to do now is to take this thing apart. It's the second instance of this kind of technology, not counting the large vessel the train landed in, he has seen and already there's a general idea forming in his mind. He's curious about what he could find out on closer inspection. This thing needs to recharge every six hours? Splendid! Then he knows what he's going to use this time for! No, not rest.

"Hm, all I need now is someone to handle the guns..."

He could figure out how to solve the issue of not having an additional pair of arms but that's not exactly the most compelling problem to work on. Besides, he's not really interested in shooting. Shooting is boring.

Basic Training: Red

[afterburner]

Of the many people who are on the train, here's one of the few who would give one of the elves finger guns. Renee clicks her tongue and points both index fingers at Feanor, giving him a cheesy grin.

"You gonna go up and practice? I think my buddy's already out there, so if you don't mind me hanging on, I'll go up with you," Renee offers.