Train Log

[voidtreckermods]

Please use this space to record your thoughts and feelings about your ongoing voyage with the Voidtrecker Express.

(OOC: To use this post please make a top level with your characters name in the subject line, then you can post entries below that top level- put the day and month in the subject line! This post is voice and video only, entries save but you cannot reply directly to other characters posts.)

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Nita Callahan

[unfavorableinstigation]

6th Fiddlesticks, Voice

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita can't bring herself to use her Manual for this one, so for once she's specifically venting to the train instead before falling into bed.]

I hate being cut off like this. Whatever's doing it, whatever's holding the spiritual powers of this world hostage, we have to stop it.

... I had times like this in Nautilus, even times where I forgot I was a wizard, but none of those were Nautilus' fault!

You're not knocked out by whatever's wrong here too, are you? I mean, are those visions we see yours?

[There's an awkward silence, before she backtracks and says:]

I know I can't hear you, especially now, but the worst thing I've experienced when it comes to this is being alone.

And we're not. And you're not, either. Just remember that, okay? We have to remember that...

Webmind

[iamnotgod]

25th Egret (post-Event) - Voice

[iamnotgod]

I am not certain I am literally even equipped to understand what just happened, but I do believe an explanation is in order.

[This is accompanied with a binary request through the ICP system: Are you all right?]

If that was a danger being a Voidtrecker cannot solve, I would prefer to learn its nature sooner than later.

I strongly suspect I am not alone in this.

Wei Wuxian

[yilingdaddy]

Day 20

[yilingdaddy]

Lan Zhan and I got a very nice gift and message from the train yesterday for our wedding. It was sweet, and makes me a little more happy to be here. And all the people we've been meeting! New friends!

Arataka Reigen

[internetsexsymbol]

Luke Skywalker

[faithfulson]

Day 19

[faithfulson]

I thought Corellians were the most frustrating human beings in the galaxy, but not even that smuggler has anything on Earth humans.

I know this isn't entirely train related, but it needed to be said.

Wen Qing

[radishlobbyist]

Seto Kaiba

[blue_ice]

Egret, Day 21

[blue_ice]

This is likely some sort of trap. I imagine the conductor's listening in, wants to know how the test subjects are doing. In that case, I'll tell you what I want you to know.

We're a mess. But I bet you know that already. I'm still going to do everything in my power to keep them safe, because the safer they are, the safer I am.

Aaron LeBlanc

[bornebygrace]

Joscelin Fitzthomas

[dredefulchilde]

Curufin Fëanorion

[so_dark_a_road]

Egret Day 25

[so_dark_a_road]

This is for you, Voidtrecker! WHY DID YOU PULL US OUT OF THERE??? We could have fought those cloud entities and saved the people. Now we've left them to die or be subject to who knows what evil?

We're Void Warriors, we don't run, we fight. [ Of course it's not true that Curufin has never run from a fight in his life, but he wouldn't have run from this one! ]

Lea

[hotheadwarmheart]

Fiddlesticks Day 17

[hotheadwarmheart]

Guess I should probably make use of this, huh? Didn't get much chance to before now; what with the mission and learning my way around, the first two weeks here were kinda crazy. And it's been awhile since I had any kind of 'journal' type thing to make entries in.

Still, all in all being here hasn't been too bad. Long as you don't mind being randomly hauled across time and space, that is. Jury's still out on what I think of the train itself, but most of the people I've met here are alright.

Could do with some sea-salt ice cream bars at the next supply restock though, if whoever's running the train wants to take grocery list ideas from this.

Vian Tail

[voidtreckernpcs]

Starshine, day 12, voice

[voidtreckernpcs]

[The voice is female, and though definitely an adult she does not sound very old, late teens or early twenties as a basic human equivalent.]

Junior Blue lead Vian Tail here. On day twelve of day, month Sier... [There's a muffled second voice, too faint for words to be heard but Vian laughs.]

Fine. Month of Starshine. Day twelve of the month of Starshine, happy? [More muffled words.] You going to let me make my report?

[There's silence, just the faint noise that means the recording is still going.]

Had my first catastrophe mission today. Jarla says I got lucky with four months of normal missions before we had one. They didn't even tell me until after we were done. I guess on the face of it they aren't much different, either everything has gone to... gone wrong and we are there to fix it, help people, bring it all to rights again. Or it's is about to go even more wrong, the whole world hangs in the balance and we are the only ones...

It's completely different. When you put it like that, but it didn't feel different. I'm sort of glad I didn't know. Blue teams job didn't change. Evacuate the coastal villages. Doesn't matter if it was because of the storm sprites we thought we were fighting, or the fact that an all powerful sea god was going to use the souls of the drowned villagers to raise a flood to destroy the whole continent...

We succeeded by the way. [She laughs again, a tinkling sound.] I maybe should have started by that. A whole world lives to fight another day because of the Voidtreckers. [Another muffled voice, laughter.]

Yeah of course I'm proud of myself. And my team. I'm not going to hide that. You guys have utterly ruined my report.

Vian Tail, signing off!

Crowley

[agathokakological]

Fiddlesticks, Day 24

[agathokakological]

[Crowley is in the greenhouse, having secured himself a plot and planted a few bulbs and seeds. In a small starter pot sitting above the soil, he's propagated a cutting of a rubber plant, and has brought it forward to show it off to the ICP.]

Say hello, Aldric. You're going to grow gorgeously big and green, aren't you? We need to show these other plants what we're made of.

[Crowley's voice is rather firm as he speaks, and as he sets 'Aldric' back down, his hand waves impatiently at the other seeds he's planted.]

You'll get names when you've shown me you're worthy of them.

Willow Amarina

[runicfeathers]

Hikaru Aosora

[extrasaltypotato]

(testing, testing)

Re: Hikaru Aosora

[extrasaltypotato]

Thank you.

I have met people I needed to meet with your help. And saved a world from pestilence, perhaps from famine.

I would have preferred an invitation, yet I don’t regret the adventure.

Agent 8

[consider8]

Horseshoe, Day 17, Early Morning

[consider8]

[Eight is coming into view from in the Cinema carriage. Behind her is a a set-up that looks like bed sheets hoisted up to a faux set.]

[As she moves away from the camera, she wrings her fingers in a fit of nervous energy.]

H-Hello. My name is Agent Eight... [Deep breath.]

I wanted to take a moment to make a brief recording... for everyone. When we first arrived I was surprised at how many people there were... and we were very confused by the tired march of the people that came off the train. All of us--myself included--was not aware of what it means, much less it meant that those were people who were... no longer a part of the Express.

[Her bravely raises and she smiles in the ICP.] But despite that, everyone here has been especially nice! We were nervous and worried, and the ones that stayed behind were grieving and hurt, but we still came together. I have to admire your strength, and hope that I will be able to be there if another group appears.

And... for those of you who are still mourning... I hope you can take comfort in knowing that speaking for myself as a representative of the new people that those who have left where blessed if you showed them half the kindness you provided us.

I hope you don't mind but I was preparing something while I was having some trouble sleeping... [She takes a moment to pull out a piece of paper.]

With brave smiles we say adieu
The us now ends, our hearts descends
To nurse a hole that once held you.

[The octogirl forces a smile, but trembling hands wipe something from her eyes.]

W-Well... hmm... [She draws in her energy before taking a moment to strike a pose.]

That's all for now and so Agent 8~
Is hoping your day is gonna be great!

Claire Farron

[enthunder]

Merriment 2

[enthunder]

[ The bunks of Upper 1-A are folded up for the day, and Light is perched on the seat that would have been 47's bunk. The curtains are closed, the lights of the Void only visible as a thin line of shimmer above and below the window. ]

Dunno if I'll be here forever. Last month, I was gone for a while, so, now's as good a time as any to leave one of these. It's been... twelve months, huh. According to Stark's calendar, that makes it a year since I... since we got pulled into this mess. [ her exhale is almost a laugh. ] We didn't have a damn clue what we were doing, or why we'd washed up on that platform. Hell, where I'd come from had taken most of my memory away. Could've been a better start to a journey. Not my worst, but...

[ Even though she's recalling something amusing, her smile doesn't reach her eyes-- and then her eyes soften. Absently, she reaches across the cabin to straighten Emporio's sleeping bag. ]

Meeting everyone, fighting with them... I remembered. People to miss, promises to keep. Apologies I need to make. Friends, family, an entire world. A reason to go back. But... the people we've met, they're reasons to stick around. To keep going. Hundreds of reasons, from hundreds of worlds.

[ A breath in and out, and she shrugs in her habitual, dismissive way. The smile hasn't quite faded from the slant of her mouth, but it's been a year and an eternity since she saw Serah. She's tired. ]

There's a lot to worry about. A pile of unanswered questions, strangers after us, shit we don't know about. But... we can't go back. We're on this ride until the end. All we can do is believe in each other. The ones who left, the ones who stick around, and the others, waiting beyond the Void.

What I'm trying to say is, we'll find a way to get through this. No doubt about it. We just... I just have to remember why we're doing it.

Right. That's enough for now.

Tidus

[blitzcheer]

Daia

[diamondsfortears]

V

[constantvrunning]

Vexen

[thawed_pride]

Zelda

[wisdominshadows]

Auditi Blyght

[piercinggaze]

Xela Istrola

[voidtreckernpcs]

Nubecula, day 25, video

[voidtreckernpcs]

[This one sort of has video. There’s a pair of legs, in cargo trousers and laid upon them are two hands poking out of orange sleeves. The hands are dark with silvery tattoos though it is hard to get any detail because the torch on the SCA is on, putting a weird glare on the video.]

I was thinking Voidtrecker Express. There are so many worlds out there that don’t know about the void. Can you even fathom it?

Never knowing the void, never hearing its song. Never even knowing that you aren’t alone in the multiverse. What is that like? How do people even live like it.

[The head tilts up slightly, a small sigh.] I can’t sleep again. It escapes me. But I’m banned from the lab after dark. [A muttering.] You cause one small explosion and suddenly your sleeping patterns are everyone’s business.

I wonder what it’s like to discover the void. To not know it at all and then… To realise. For your world to grow so much in a moment of knowledge.

[The video goes on for about another half minute, just silence and then cuts out.]

Ave Sill

[voidtreckernpcs]

Beetroot, day 5, voice

[voidtreckernpcs]

[A quiet steady voice, obviously someone who takes a lot of thought with their words.]

We’re a couple of hours from a mission on home turf. It happens now and again but not on my run as a Voidtrecker. Emotions are running high, most here have family in the space force and they are obviously worried since we got the call. A robot army large enough them to recall us, it is worrying.

My elder sister is in the space force. She’s a good pilot. I worry for her but I know she worried about me in return. I’m on the first strike force, we’ll use the spare fighter ships and help the main front.

It’s just any other mission. But it feels as if the stakes are higher, when it’s your own system. Just another mission. We’ve got this.

Look forward to my victory report in a week.

Until then. Ave Sill.