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Okay, so, favour. Last time before the storm we got one of those info briefs, it was about the voidsickness, right? And it said it gave it to us because a bunch of us asked.

Can people take a minute to ask on the feedback option for info telling us why we get called to the conductor, and why those people end up getting to leave. See if it works? It put the stupid clocks up for polling, so...

[ There's a muttering here before an exhale. ]

That's it. If anyone wants something else asked about a bunch, share it I guess.

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I don't think it's a real conductor either. But I'm thinking, like you said, it's something the train's got in its system - and they have void trains out being used for travelling, right?

So if the train isn't writing these info posts it gives us but it's something it already has, maybe it has something for what visiting the conductor means. Who gets called to a train conductor in the first place, you know?

Maybe it's got something to do with that train tethering. All I can think of.

Some of the information we've received via the books and other media, and also from the inspectors from the Ministry of Void Travel, strongly suggests that there are many other Void transports, that the Voidtrecker is not unique.

Yes, I wonder if the train entity is writing these posts, or whether it is just posting information that was written in the past by others? And right, if there is a conductor at all, is it the train entity? And why does it call people and then dump them?

Hey Tidus, have you ever heard of anybody being called to the conductor for any other reason? Has anybody returned from such an interview without being dumped at the next platform? I might have missed something.

What does train tethering mean? Again, I might have missed something.

They're not always dumped though, right? Sometimes they show up on the train again, even before the platform day. What's that about, yeah? Like, where do they even go? Are they actually in the engine room?

[ That's some confusing stuff there. ]

Uhh, I haven't heard about people being called before. You've been here longer than me, I think. I just know that people sometimes end up in the luggage room or somewhere...? [ Something like that. ]

Oh, the train tethering? That's uh... I think that's what lets us void travel. We're connected to the train, or something. It was in the void sickness doc - or the maybe that ministry message? One of those two.

Have you talked to anyone who has had that experience? Do they remember it? And if so, what do they say about it?

[ Confusing, that's for sure! ]

Oh, I see. Yes, sometimes people disappear and their names appear in gold on the passenger list, and then they come back via the luggage car. I've seen that happen. Even went to the luggage carriage to greet a few of them. But they don't remember the interval between vanishing from the train and coming back.

I'll have to see if Webmind has a copy of the void sickness document, since I didn't see it myself. I did see the Ministry post, though I don't remember all the details. I'm not surprised that we're somehow tethered to the train, though. That would explain how the train manages to pull us back from a mission planet if we use the SCA to for an emergency exit. And I guess that's how it dragged us all out of that aborted mission, where the shadow-beings were devouring the planet.

Uhh, I never asked them a lot about it when it happened. [ Sheepsh. ] It was just calls over the train. A few people even missing out on entire missions 'cause of it? I know it's happened to Eva and Nita.

[ Since Curufin's on the council, if he remembers right... ]

Kaiba was giving every cabin copies of those two docs. Me and Light put some in the old library before - I'll see if she's moved them to the newer one. I was talking to Kaiba about everyone putting together all the info of what's happened on the train and all that.

Having all that info in one spot someone's gonna think to check's good.

Yes, I remember, that did happen to Eva and Nita. I was worried they wouldn't ever come back, but they both did.

[ Tidus does remember right, Curufin's on the Council. ]

I somehow missed that, that Kaiba was giving out copies of the two documents. Maybe my roomies still have copies. I'll ask them, but it would be great if there were some in the library. I did hear the talk about assembling all the information about what's happened on the train since we've been on it. And before that, I did testify to the Council about going with Arataka Reigen and the Ministry inspectors to some little Ministry office in who knows what part of the Void, to file a complaint about being collected by the Voidtrecker Express without our permission. [ Wryly. ] I'm sure that didn't endear us to the train! But anyway, I should add my testimony to our doc collection, since Reigen's not here to do it. By the way, I don't remember anything about how we got to that dingy little office, nor do I remember being transported back to the luggage car. So, the Ministry must be using a technology similar to the train's.

[ Well-! ]

That's news to me. I didn't know anyone went to the ministry. [ Huh! ] What happened? Did they just ask questions? What about how to get in contact with them?

Early one morning in the month of Bassoon, about a year ago by my time sense, we were awakened by the train announcing that the Ministry Inspectors had boarded the train, and that we should all have our tickets ready to present to them. We all experienced a feeling of foreboding, and our cabin doors were suddenly locked. In all the carriages, we heard a sound kind of like choral singing, but it also sounded like crying. Maybe that was a sound from the Void as the Inspectors breached our transport. Reigen and Renee and Jessie and I heard the stomping of metallic boots outside in the passageway, and then the Inspectors came in, two of them. I pulled out my goblin sword and dagger and asked them what they wanted. They told us that an anomaly had been recorded -- whatever the hell that meant! -- and that we must show them our tickets. I asked them what they meant by an anomaly, and they didn't give me any information, just said that we passengers were all an anomaly. Reigen argued that it was the train that was an anomaly, not us, since none of us had been asked for our permission before being taken aboard. The Inspectors demanded that I drop my weapons and threatened to take action if I didn't. I eventually did, because I didn't want to get my roommates killed. They took my ticket and read off my stats, and they did the same with my roomies' tickets. They also said to Reigen, "If you believe you have been kidnapped, coerced or press ganged into service onto this transport you may come with us to file a report and your case will be looked into. The ministry takes allegations of trafficking using void transport seriously and all cases are dealt with robustly." Reigen said he'd go, but he wanted to take his advisor, me. They agreed, and we went with them.

They never asked us any questions, and they managed not to answer ours. They never gave us any contact information.

As I said, I don't remember the journey to that dingy little white-walled Ministry office, nor the journey back to the train. There was nothing but a desk and some forms to fill out. Reigen dealt with the forms, and then we were returned to the train via the Luggage Carriage. We were only gone for a day, apparently.

Edited 2020-11-06 04:47 (UTC)

[ okay

okay, maybe he took that all in?? Did he? Tidus hopes he did. It takes him a second to say anything, but... ]

Okay... [ Let's just repeat that a lot, inward and out. ] So all the doors locked -- but they could get into rooms, but you couldn't get out? And they haven't been heard from since except for that time they sent a message out to everyone in the void. And the train instantly tried to block that.

[ That's their timeline with the ministry so far, it sounds like. He wonders why the ministry hasn't been in contact with them since, but - that has to be because of the train, right? ]

No one else went? That you know about? Just you and this Reigen guy?

[ It's a lot to process! ]

Exactly. The inspectors could cause all our doors to lock, and we couldn't get out, but they could get in. And no, we haven't heard a word from them since then, except for that peculiar Ministry APB that named the Voidtrecker as a possible criminal enterprise and advised all Void transports to be on the lookout for us.

[ Maybe the Voidtrecker is clever enough to avoid the Ministry? (Pun intended.) ]

As far as I know, nobody else went with the inspectors. Just me and Reigen. I didn't want him to go alone, so that's why I went along. I'm thinking that if the Inspectors had taken anybody else, we'd all have met in that little office.

[ Tidus is quiet as he thinks. ...but that doesn't really last long, since he's not really great at it, and he just gets annoyed as he does. ]

Ugh. Didn't they take you people seriously? This is so stupid. [ He huffs- ] There wasn't anything about reaching anyone on that planet we went that screwed with our memories either! What are we missin'?

[ ughhhhh stupid void space place thing-! ]

Hard to tell whether the Ministry took us seriously or not. Even if they did, they are sure taking their time about investigating.

Oh, you mean the memory share?

[ Very strange, the properties of the Void. If the Void is actually responsible for any of these odd events. ]

Uh- yeah, the place that happened. Jema'grethy. The train said that void missionaries take breaks there, but I didn't find anything like... you know - anything where you could reach anyone.

I've never taken a holiday on another planet before, but you'd think there'd be some kind of building or info for emergencies. [ Like... a hotel would! ]

Hmm. That's a little suspicious, a Void missionary resort with no Void communications facilities?

[ Scratches his head. ]

Right! Doesn't anyone in the void expect nothing to happen when they end up somewhere?

No one's heard of emergency contact in the void, that's for sure.

[ Bahhh. ]

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