Day Twelve, Conclusion

[voidtreckermods]

All battles come to an end. Professor Chill and his henchpeople is defeated, the ice giant slain by the brave heroes of purple team. The townspeople led out of the tunnels and due to some extraordinary pun-hacking skills by Kaito the weather machine is de-powered.

Being a magical snowstorm the shutting down of the weather machine causes it to vanish, snow begins to melt and then evaporates into the air before it can become a larger problem in terms of a flood. The temperatures rise, going from dangerously cold to a warm spring day, warm enough that the voidtreckers will soon be too warm all bundled up as they are. The clouds disappear, the sun shines. Within a short period of time the streets are dry, the mountainsides are green and the trees are bright with flowers.

The streets are still a mess, property is damaged and the clean up operation is going to be intense but it doesn't look like there is any lasting ecological damage at least.

The ice labyrinth vanishes and those inside it will find themselves suddenly standing in the field below. For red team, the journey to the top of the mountain took four days in the blizzard but with the weather clear and going downhill they will reach the valley by the end of day eleven.

The army has arrived and mostly taken over gathering the injured and dealing with the more serious damage but there is plenty to do for those who still wish to help. Houses need put back to rights, streets and paths need sweeping of debris.

Help out, find your friends, swap stories. Celebrate a job well done.

Towards mid afternoon of day twelve a beeping from their SCA's should draw everyone's attention. The map leads them to a place just out of sight from the town and there is the Voidtrecker Express. It is time to leave.

Comments

[myblueskies]

Once all the people were safely out of the tunnel and all the snow had melted Romeo made his way into the town. It was good to see that all the people could go back to their houses and everyone was safe! It must have been really scary for them to have to leave their homes because of the ice monsters!

He goes looking for his friends, he's been with Madoka the whole time but he wants to check that Joss is alright and Kaito and especially Elfnein! He has been worried about her a lot! He wished they were on the same team.

As he's looking for her though he is easily roped into helping, carrying this, straightening that. Comforting a crying child. He wants to help the people here as much as he can before they have to leave!

[orangewayfinder]

Terra had been handed a baby and if there was a more nervous person more highly unqualified for that job, they didn't exist on this planet. But he did end up giving the baby right back pretty much. The mother had just been grateful that the Blue Team had helped her and her family escape the ice caverns.

There was some ice that was stubbornly sticking to the pond and the keyblade wielder had raised his keyblade and then brought it down hard to crack it. Cheers went up and Terra found himself an unexpected hero of a small farm family.

Heading back to where the main part of the Blue Team had assembled, his blue eyes searched for Namine, but hadn't seen her as of yet. He was starting to get a little worried and went to go check the Orange Team to see if she'd gone back when he came up against a fellow team member.

Nodding at the boy on his team, he smiled. For some reason this kid reminded him of Ventus with the kind heart he'd witnessed in the background.

"Hey."

[alchemists]

Elfnein was also helping out making sure anything that could be done before they left was done. Though she couldn't carry much she was still running around trying to help until she noticed Romeo helping out as well.

"Romeo, you're helping out to?"

Here Comes the Sun

[runs_on_batteries]

[OTA: Catch him at any point between the mountain and going to the town.]

Victorious and exhausted, Tony reached the bottom of the mountain and headed toward the field. Past that was the town, which was the ultimate destination. Still, he was very pleased to see the orange team was in one piece. Some of them looked a little worse for wear, but he knew they were in good hands as the healers were gathering.

Tugging off his coat, he tucked it under his arm as he strolled along. The green scarf he'd kept around his neck was loose now and gloves had been stuffed in the coat pockets. He was counting people as he spotted them, trying to account for all the voidtreckers. The town had a long way to go to get back in shape, but the threat was gone and that had been what the voidtreckers were there for. The rest of this was the town's responsibility (though they still might help a bit before they were summoned to the train).

There were a few people in particular he was looking for, but one tall, dusty blonde haired man in blue was at the top of his list.

[hashtagparkerluck]

Guess who's been 'breaking' into houses and straightening and cleaning things and making sure food's been put away and properly stored. He knows that's not super high on the list of important things but thinking about how much food would have to be thrown out was enough to give him anxiety! Food is expensive! He's spent hours doing that and also helping a few people with laundry and making a few new friends.

It's only by chance that he runs into Tony. There's a number of flowers in his hand as he looks up from where he's definitely been picking flowers. He quickly hides them behind his back like he's been caught with something he shouldn't have and just smiles his. 'I'm totally hiding something from you smile'

"S'up Mr Stark! Glad to see you made it back okay! Did you get to talk to Professor Chill? Did you ask him if he was a chill guy? Was he a chill guy?" He asks at his normal anxious speed, wild flowers still tucked behind his back.

[faithfulsupport]

For the moment Ignis was focused on a little girl's knee cap that had gotten scraped up pretty badly when she was running from one of the snow beasts. That of course was before it up and suddenly disappeared. Taking out a potion, he applied it to her knee cap.

"There you go." he said softly before her face broke into a huge grin. She turned around to go to her family, but then turned around to the advisor and hugged him so hard that he nearly fell over. "Thank you mister!" she laughed happily before jumping up and down in front of him and then taking off.

He saw that young father again, the one that had thought Madoka was his daughter and that man shook his hand. "You take care of you and that young 'un." Ignis couldn't help but smile slightly and nod. "I will certainly do so."

And that's when he turned around and saw the face he'd been wanting to see the most. The man who started this whole journey for him. First by being made the leader of the Blue Team without voting for a single council member. Then it changed for Ignis again by having his heart opened to a relationship and it was opening further by considering a family of sorts.

Seeing Tony wearing the green scarf just made him proud and he waited patiently for the Red Team Leader to make his way over.

[myblueskies]

"Hello mister Tony!" It is not the blue team member he is looking for but it is a blue team member nonetheless. He had his coat tied round his waist, his hat and gloves were gone too. It was nice to be warm again but now he felt like he had far too many clothes on!

"Did you stop professor Chill? Is everyone in red team alright? Did you have to fight lots of monsters?"

[happyends]

Clearly the side-effect of looking for someone specific in the blue team is that you also run into all the children there along the line.

Because Madoka is also most definitely there. She's holding her now too warm winter clothing bunched up in her arms, her pink hair still a little poofy from having worn a winter hat over it all this time. But she smiles wide the moment she spots Tony walking around.

"Mister Stark..!" She runs up to him. "Welcome back!

Madoka briefly stares at him, but then laughs just a slight bit. (It's relief, really.) "You look like you're doing alright.. As expected, nothing can get you down."

The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

[hashtagparkerluck]

Peter's out and about helping the people in the village. He's been through several homes to make sure things were neat and tidy for their return and stored food that was out back correctly so it wouldn't have to go bad. Seriously! Aunt May would have a heart attack if they ever had to throw out that much food! He goes to person to person to see if there's anything he can help with and made a few friends.

He keeps getting sent on errands for them-will you take this over to my friend? Ask so and so if they did this or that, can you get me something from the store? Will you help me dry out my clothes? The flowers in my vase died, will you get me some more? That last was a request from a sweet elderly lady whom he's helped more than others since she didn't seem to have anyone to help her. She told him he was such a nice young man and also treated him to the saddest romantic tale he's ever heard in his life.

Anyone can catch Peter zipping through town and doing errands for people. They might even catch him out in the fields searching for flowers for the old lady's vase.

[knifewithnoname]

She is so ridiculously happy that the snow is gone. She never thought she would miss being warm so much. But after days of trudging through an endless blizzard she feels almost giddy with relief.

She was mostly unharmed, scrapes and bruises for the most part. She hadn't gotten to professor Chill, waylaid by snowmen but those snowmen had got what they deserved.

Snow was stupid.

She isn't helping anyone. She has done more good deeds lately than any shadow serving child should and she's taking the opportunity to look for any plants she might know on this alien world.

She sees Peter, who is not a flower but is probably her friend and she waved. "Hello Peter. You did no be being smushed by ice monsters."

[pleple]

"Well you're keeping busy," said while catching him in the midst of probably the eight separate task she's spotted him in the middle of. Ple Two, for her part... doesn't know enough about what a normal life even is to help out that much, at least in her mind. Heavy lifting isn't really her thing either, and no one seems to be going out of their way to ask much of her...

[deductiongeek]

Conan would have rather liked to have taken notes as the ice labyrinth disappeared and he found himself on the field below, but... he'd hit the ice hard during all the excitement earlier. The back of his head was aching and he was certain he had a concussion.

So all he can do is endure the change in location,still wrapped up in Hattori's coat from the other detective's first aid efforts.

[azrthmtrnznthos]

Raven is exhausted, and all she really wants is to get back to the train and go find a quiet corner and curl up. But they're not done yet even as she's pulling off the first layer of her warm-gear and stuffing it in her backpack. There are still people to take stock off and things to do, including injuries.

Finding Conan isn't hard, even with the over-sized coat. "You're conscious, which is a good thing. What happened?" No permission asked as Raven sat down next to him, and reached a hand out to his shoulder softly. Preparation, as after this quick assessment she'd start healing.

[runs_on_batteries]

The red team was approaching the field when abruptly the orange team members appeared. Tony hurried forward and scanned the group to make sure they were okay. And wow, they did not look okay. His eyes landed on the strange seven year old who he'd grown rather fond of and frowned as he saw how little the boy was moving. Coming over, he crouched down.

"Conan, you're hurt. What happened?"

[stealsyourheart]

A nudge, and Kaito pops a cup of coffee in his hands.

"How's the head?"

[schrodingersghost]

Danny comes swooping down to the ground, with a broad grin. In a quick flash of light he transforms into his human side just in time to land on the ground and run forward.

"That was awesome!"

[marriedanidiot]

Nerdanel looks tired, but is otherwise unhurt, and she smiles when she spots Danny.

"Was it? I take it you had a lot to do then, as you expected!"

Steve Rogers | OTA

[tholes]

Steve comes limping into town in the morning, maybe a little ahead of his team members. He's not seriously hurt, at least as much as he should probably be, but the fight to take out Chill was pretty intense. And also he really, really hates the cold.

So you can probably catch him while he takes a quick breather, or while he's trying to help clean up some of the mess in town. Or even on the way to catch the train.

Breather

[luckybucky]

He has every intention of keeping his distance. Just peeking at Steve between buildings and steering clear, except that when he finally does get eyes on his best friend, he's limping. He's not sure who to be annoyed with -- Steve, or the chilly asshole that was probably responsible.

He doesn't look much better himself, but at least Bucky isn't limping as he appears from behind a building and comes up to Steve's side. "Who'd you let hit you?" he asks, with no shortage of grumpiness. Up close Steve can see a cut on Bucky's face, but it's already in the early stages of healing.

[usernamesarecool]

The Doctor's making his way back from the maze, pausing here and there to check on the life of the plants to make sure they weren't going to go into shock. So far, they all seemed okay. That was some maze.

He spots one of his fellow voidtreckers and moves over to them, an easy smile and casual air about him.

"Well, seems all's well that ends well, eh?"

[so_dark_a_road]

"I'll agree with that!" answers Curufin. "It didn't end the way I expected it to. I thought I was going to have to smash the machine, but instead, Kaito hacked it." His grins says he's terrifically amused by this. "And then I had no idea how we were going to get down from that aerial labyrinth, but it seems the shutdown process somehow involved teleporting us to the surface of the earth. Although I guess you'd have a better idea than I would of what technology made that possible."

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin is a little bit surprised when after a few minutes of Kaito's fiddling with the computer system, the ice labyrinth simply disappears and Orange Team suddenly is teleported to the field below. "What? Oh, nice!"

Then, of course, there's a round of laughter and congratulations, which last for a little while.

And then, within a very short period of time, the snow is all melted and the hillsides around him turn green and the flowers start springing, and it is too warm to wear the jacket. He goes to say hello to family and friends who were on other teams.

[flatteries]

Inigo is tired. He's so tired. He's no stranger to having to fight for a long time on end, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get tired all the same. He's mostly been sitting and resting ever since all the snow and cold disappeared, really.

But then he spots a familiar face nearby. Curufin's appearance is apparently enough for him to force himself to get up and run-- oh no, bad idea, more like walk over to the other. He even manages to hide most of his exhaustion behind a smile.

"Looks like you made it."

[pleple]

Well that's that.

Leaving Ple Two standing around with a quite badly dented aluminum baseball bat.

Frowning, she gently leans it up against the nearest house. She'd rather not be the one to return that directly to some disappointed child, no matter how justified her use of it was, and no matter how impressive it was that she'd gotten through much of this just battering things into submission with it.

...now what though?

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin comes walking by, and he sees Pie Two, whom he hasn't yet spoken with and doesn't know.

"Hello? What's that thing? An aluminum club?" He sees the dents. "Looks like there might be a few ice creatures who forever after this will run like hell when they see a baseball bat coming at them." Smile.

Belated OTA

[really_sketchy]

Naminé watched the snow melting with a frown. She remembered the snow creatures and had known from the beginning that this was their fate. Did they feel it? Being melted like that? Her heart twisted uncomfortably in her chest as she followed a small group back towards the town. She had no way of helping but she did what she could.

She didn't want to stop and let her mind wander back to that snowy landscape.

"Huh?" Naminé turned when she realized that someone was speaking to her, her crystal blue eyes unfocused on the setting around her. "Sorry. What?"

[stealsyourheart]

"Just checking to see how you are, Miss." The messy-haired teen offers her a paper rose from... somewhere.

"Don't think we've met before - you new? I'm Kaito. Kaito Kuroba."

[utulien_aure]

The threat is over, the villagers are safe, and finally Fingon can shuck off this damned coat. It's a wonderful change of pace, and Fingon revels in it even as he helps with the clean-up.

But when most of the work is done he wanders off, looking for the tools to make a better weapon than improvised tools or borrowed blades. Eventually he finds something- a fallen hardwood, the trunk still strong and the wood promising.

Material for a bow. Excellent. Now how best to get it aboard?

[stealsyourheart]

"Whatchu up to, Fingon-san?" Here's Kaito, as irrepressible as ever, despite the bruises and the fact that his hair looks even MORE like a rat's nest than normal.

(Possibly, the adrenaline high has yet to wear off)

[anewhero]

After that business was all taken care of, Marcus took off his blue coat which reminded him somewhat similar to that he had at home. A happy child came to thank the half terminator by shaking his pants "Hello Marcus sir, Thank you for the help.." Marcus rustled the kids hair and frowned "No problem, kid. Take care of yourself next time, alright?" The boy reminded him of a cute version of himself.

That's why he was the last blue member over the hill as he carried a small beer with him in his hands.

No need for the kid to see him drinking it.

[so_dark_a_road]

After Curufin had been dropped or teleported with his Orange teammates back down the the earth's surface, he spent some time in the town helping with cleanup and repairs. He took a few breaks, and on one of them he wandered a bit in the landscape.

He saw a tough-looking man with a beer in his hands. "Did you get that at a local bar? Care to point me in that direction?" Curufin said with a smile.