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EVENT: Into the Unknown

"Good morning Voidtreckers and passengers of the voidtrecker Express. Today is day twenty two of the month of Symphony. As you are aware we have some guests on board and our next task is to deliver them safely to the void hub. The tethering kits can only keep them tethered to this craft for a short space of time. We will be arriving at the void hub tomorrow."

Until now the scientists have kept themselves to themselves, remaining in their room and rarely exiting out. However after this announcement they emerge more and more, interested in asking about the void hub, the ministry workers and what they might expect from the situaion.

The next morning, just before lunch, the train makes another announcement.

"Approaching Voidbase now. Prepare for docking."

There is no shaking, not leaving the void: instead those who risk looking out of the windows will see a large structure ahead of them. The void turns to metal around them as they enter the structure, and for a moment, there is nothing outside the train but darkness.

"Welcome Voidtreckers." A voice speaks over the ICPs. Not the voice of the train, this is a male voice, sentient. "The filtration process takes a few moments, so please be patient. Meanwhile, I am sending some information about our void base over to your SCA's."

They will receive a small pamphlet on their SCA's explaining about the void base, this is the same pamphlet as last time but will be useful reading for those who are new, or those who didn't pay attention the last month. It explains that the base was set up as a research base and has been expanded to provide living quarters for some of those rescued from system #78961112094711. It explains that they had made the decision to invite the voidtreckers there to further unravel the mystery surrounding them. They would be quartered in ministry sleeping areas, and have free access to the ministry part of the base. Anyone who wished to visit the citizens of system #78961112094711 could do with good reason.

It's not too long before the filtration process is completed, and the doors of the Voidtrecker Express open. This time they are greeted just by the scientists who welcome them back.

AT THE VOID BASE

~ VOIDBASE INFO ~ OOC INFO

SETTLING IN

They are shown to their sleeping quarters first. They are in small suites, which match their room assignments on the train. They will be given time to unpack and rest, and told that their SCA's have been programmed to allow them access to the general ministry parts of the base.

Their time here is their own, And though the ministry hopes that they will help out with the various experiments and research programs they have going on, they do not need to. If they wish to take the time to rest and enjoy the amenities, they can.

1. MULTIMEDIA. There are a few types of lounging rooms, chairs and cushions, tables for sitting at. Slim televisions sitting on walls, a few tables - that can be lowered or raised - joined with screens that can be more privately watched. Shows and movies are available in some rooms, gaming equipment in others. There is also a more quiet room for lounging in, with access to e-books and screen readers for them, audio options also available.

Relax, or get into a multiplayer game -- games that break friendships are available in the void.

2. FITNESS AND SWIM. For those looking for more activity in their 'rest', there's the fitness gym and swimming pool. In separate rooms but nearby, the fitness gym is larger than the train's gym, and more well-equipped. Muscle training, speed; there will be a Ministry worker to show how to use the variety of equipment, so that nobody has an accident.

The same will be for the swimming pool, with a shallow and deep end. Balls, floating pads and more can be grabbed. It's a swimming pool - what's not to love?

3. TRAINING. Beside the pool and fitness gym is the combat gym, where they will find small groups already exercising in a variety of fighting styles. Voidtreckers will be left alone to train if they wish, but any who take interest in partners will be allowed to join in with the ministry training. Magic, energy, weaponry; some of them use special batons, Ministry-issued, and the Ministry workers will show how to use them. If a Voidtrecker becomes well-trained in how to use one by the end of their stay, they can be given one to use on void missions.

The Ministry fighters will also introduce them to a special training tool, the hard- and holographic courses and 'dummies'. Quite a few fighting styles can be set to a holographic opponent, or even one made to mimic a voidtrecker after fighting them - they're surprisingly quick to adapt. The hard-light partner can listen and read sign-language, and will change on command. Want them to move faster, focus on attack, dodging? Now they will.

4. GREEN THUMBS, OPEN AIR. The last room in the relaxation area is a curious one, reading simply 'GARDENS AND SIMULATION' on its front. Opening it will lead to a simple and long corridor, five more doors on each side. Four devoted to gardening, labelled Hydroponics, Hot Houses, Ice Houses, and Land. Entering, each space will be larger than should be possible. But it is, with each an indoor type growing space except for land, which mimics a farming field. There's a sky above, a wind in the air; sometimes, it might be raining when you enter.

It might be a shocking experience for some, the first time round.

The last six rooms simulation rooms are less specific, but with plenty more options. Rooms of prayers, beaches, cities, open valleys; with some time spent learning the menu, people can recreate a realistic area. The rooms can be set to private, but some people may leave the spaces they've created - on purpose, at random, or on accident - free for others to wander into. Sharing is caring, and there's only six of these rooms, you know.

EXPERIMENTING

A lot has happened since they were last here and the scientists of the base will be happy to share their news as well as here reports on what the voidtreckers learned in their last mission.

PROGRESS They have done a lot of research into time and they think they have managed to replicate the Voidtrecker Expresses' ability to respond to catastrophes, they currently have a test crew on a new voidcraft furthering that experiment. They also believe they have found a way to stabilise the tethers of the Voidtreckers enough to loop them to the void base, this will give them an extra level of protection should anything happen to their craft. They are also very interested in speaking to the scientists found on system ##3721010010.

They will once again take any help in research or experiments and will be very interested in doing health checks on the newer voidtreckers.

2. REACHING OUT. At the top of the void base is an area with a clear domed roof, allowing in the light of the void. Here voidtreckers can attempt to reach out, to strengthen their connection with the train and through it try and find those that have left the train.

For those that did this last time they will find it easier now, practice and a lot of atuning make it feel easier to do, easier to reach out towards those specs of light. Those who put in a lot of work feel like they can almost touch them now, just a bit further and they could reach out and pluck them from the vastness.

It is still very hard work. It's easy to get lost in the void, though the room has ministry workers who are highly trained and will be able to help anyone who needs it.

They do say it might be easier to go in pairs, to meditate together and help guide each other, using each others tethers as a touch point. Anything is worth a try.

OOC NOTES

~ Questions.
~ This part of the event runs until the 19th August (Day 25)
~ Part Two will go up on the 20th August

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Open Air- Closed to Roxas and Xion

Lea had really just been scrolling through the available simulations to see what was there when he'd spotted it. Not quite believing it at first, he'd called it up and gone inside the simulation bay to check. But it was. Twilight Town. And the simulation would even let them get up on the clocktower. It was perfect. And might actually make Xion receptive enough to really listen to him and Roxas.

So when he told them he had the perfect location for ice cream that evening, and to meet him in Simulation Bay 3, he'd already be there, sitting on the ledge, and waiting to see their faces when they saw his surprise.

Multimedia- OTA

Lea was taking advantage of some of the downtime on the station to just relax and do a bit of people-watching with a bit more variety that on the train. He had a mug of tea next to him and a notebook in front of him that he'd sometimes doodle in. Wonder what he was drawing?

Training- OTA

Not really the type for meditating, Lea still wanted to be ready to help out. And with a bit more room than on the train, he could let loose a bit more. He could be found going to town on some holographic dummies with Keyblade, chakrams, and magic in one of the training rooms. Best stay back until anyone stays back until they announced their presence, lest they accidentally be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Wildcard

(OOC: Want to do something else with lea on the station? Go for it!)

Xion was confused by the request, but of course she went. Why wouldn't she? But when she entered, she stopped in the door way and stared. Just... stared. Her eyes under her hood were huge for a moment. But just a moment. She flung out a hand, creating a Dark Corridor. She rushed through it to come out on the side of the ledge where they always came out, to walk around the corner. All of it so familiar. So very...

And there was Axel. Sitting on the ledge. She pushed down her hood, smiling brighter than the setting sun. Roxas was actually on the Train, and she presumed he was coming too, so she sat in her usual spot to leave space for him. There was a warmth like from the sun, but from inside. She didn't understand it, but didn't examine it closely. She was too focused on where they were.

"We... We really made it back...?" she asked, breathless.

Without her having to be forgotten?! They were done with the Train and just back? Axel had somehow... somehow found them a way back to Twilight Town?

Roxas had given the room's entrance a good long side-eye when he first read the label. The word "simulation" made his skin crawl, brought back flashes of friends frozen in place, a glitching Keyblade, a cold sterile room of eerily glowing blue and another so white that it threatened to swallow him whole... How was a simulation supposed to be a good place for ice cream?

But Axel has given him no reason to distrust him since he arrived and, in fact, had shown himself to be more willing to divulge any kinds of truth with Roxas. So that earned him something of a break. Enough to have Roxas follow the long corridor to the final room, as Axel had described.

Trying to push down his anxious thoughts, he carefully pulls it open and it is absolutely stunned by the familiar sight that materializes in front of him. Roxas hadn't so much being missing their tower as the sunset. He'd just been talking about it the other day with Kairi. His previously uneasy thoughts are scattered with regret that he hadn't brought that watermelon or even the paopu Kairi gave him. Even so, his eyes widen as they take in the image he has long committed to memory, his heart swelling with fondness for the person who's brought this back for them.

Yet, he pauses. He can see Axel just a few steps ahead, waving their promised treat. But he's sudden stricken with a wave of disorientation. He hasn't been this unsure of the razor-thin delineation between reality and illusion since he realized was was happening in the datascape. The thought of willingly placing himself into that unknown is suddenly terrifying. What if he starts believing he's trapped again? How will he be able to convince himself that what is actually real when an illusion this convincing can exist even here?

He grips at the doorframe, paralyzed by his indecision.

Clef had been working nearby. Specifically seeing someone else focusing on elemental Fire, he had chosen to work with Elemental Water. So when Axel was on a break between bouts he might see a dummy off to one side get shoved into the air by a blast of water. Shoved into the air to crash into a... yes. Clef had put a shield around the whole area he was working in, in addition to his personal shield within. The outer one flared with color whenever anyone got too close to keep them from smashing into it, but it was otherwise invisible.

Lea was very grateful for the shield; that looked like at least a Watera level spell, which for him would hurt. Still, it was interesting seeing someone other than Demyx working with the relatively rare element, so he paused his own training to watch for a bit.

When the guy- he was betting he was an exceptionally short adult, rather than a child; not even Ienzo had been that good as a kid- paused between castings, Lea spoke up. "You know, you're pretty good," he said. "Don't see a lot of water magic users, at least where I'm from."

Clef glanced over and gave a small nod. "Thank you. I felt water probably a wiser element to work with here than electricity or earth. And with you already working fire I was concerned that we might overheat the area for those of insufficient shielding." He considered for a moment. "Did you wish to train together?"

"Yeeeeah, Earth spells on what's basically basically a space station wouldn't go well," Lea said. "You could probably get away with Thunder magic though, if your control is good enough. Kinda surprised you know water and earth though; they're tricky elements to work with if you're not a specialist in them. Earth especially; I've only really ever met one guy who uses it."

"And I wouldn't mind training, but not if you're gonna keep using water. I've got a natural affinity for Fire magic, so one solid hit with a water spell like you were using, and I'd be flat on my back."

He chuckled. "I can change elements to one that would put you at less of a disadvantage. I am a Guru, back home. Teaching Elemental affinity spells is one of my jobs, along with unlocking that potential within people. My current focus is chaos magic, so that if and when we return to Naut I can better teach Bending. But there are few elements I have encountered that I do not have at least a basic level of skill in."

Lea nodded. "I've been working on expanding my repertoire a bit so I'm not such a one trick pony magically," he said. "So far, I've mastered the base level Aero, Blizzard, and Cure spells, though frankly I doubt I'll get beyond the basics with anything other than Fire. Magic's not really my strongest point overall; I'm more of a physical fighter, generally."

"Anyway, though, a change in element would probably be good on your end. Maybe ice or wind? Or maybe even gravity magic; gravity spells are tricky to dodge, so getting in some practice there would be good."

"I had been thinking air. I can work with gravity if you prefer, however." He didn't much use gravity as an element, but given his preferred method of locomotion he was well practiced in it, nonetheless. "I could also aid in your defense training if you wish to work on physical blocks mixed with magical shielding."

"Could do wind yeah," Lea said. "What's your weapon of choice of physical fighting though? The mages I've known have been all over the place with theirs; shields, playing cards, books, musical instruments... Not exactly things most people would think of as weapons."

He chuckled lightly. "I have little need for physical fighting myself. My magic is more than ample to the task." And boy was he ever glad Link wasn't there at that exact moment. He did not need argument just then. Or to be laughed at by a son twice as tall as he was.

Lea shook his head. "Yeah, sorry, but no," he said. "Even if physical combat isn't your strong suit, you still need to be able to handle it. Otherwise, one Silence or Reflect at the wrong time and you could be screwed."

"Magic is an act of will. My will is strong enough, I assure you. Nothing short of a Storm will rob me of my powers and I am working on that."

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