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Hey! Hey Train People- er- Void Treckerians- er - Dudes!

[He waves and gives the ICP a big smile.]

I know some of you sometimes buy random books at the end of the month and I don't have any points- well I have ten, but I'm hoping to buy something for someone.

[He pauses, realizing how that might sound. However, he was on a mission, so he pushes himself to keep going.]

Would anyone be willing to buy a book on chocobos? Pretty please! It can be for the train library and not just for me! Please! Not enough people know about how awesome chocobos are or worse, don't even know what they are!

[This is a horrifying concept clearly, given his expression.]

Anyway, thanks for listening and keep rocking all.

callmegladio

[Gladio appears on the ICP and starts things off with a laugh.[

So I guess I was nominated for this council thing, and doing one of these is the done thing. Personally I'd prefer meeting in person but... [He gives a shrug] This way reaches more people.

For anyone who doesn't know me, my name's Gladio Amicitia. Gladio is fine. A member of Blue Team.

I think I'm supposed to list my accomplishments and leadership qualities, right? [More laughing, a bigger grin.] I'm just me!

Back home I was known as a Shield to the King, or Prince, at the time. King later... An office of the Crownsguard. I'm military trained. I'm trained to protect. Since coming here none of that seems to matter. Who I was back then doesn't matter. Who I am now does.

And who I am now is a man who wants to do his best by the people on this train. Whatever skills I have, if I can use them to do good, to protect the people here, I will. To the best of my abilities.

What that means? Got no idea till it happens! Just know my actions will always have the interests of the people at heart, it's what a Shield does, after all.

Anyway... I'm an open book. So ask me anything.

runs_on_batteries

If there are any kids- both big and small- who don't want to be alone right now, I'm making hot chocolate and blanket forts in the dining room.

Also, bring a blanket.

blitzcheer

Sooooo, not being able to talk to most of the train that day sucked, huh? I don't know what to think about any of that, but since we can talk to each other now, I was thinking: How about we share where we're from, and see who's from worlds like ours?

And who speaks the same languages too! An actual list be better if that ever happens again, but for now, tell us about the kind of place you're from, what makes home home to you! You got kings or dragons? Machines? Portals to other worlds? Talking sea life? You just trying to get through school?

I'll go first to give you guys an idea, but share whatever you feel like!

( ooc: this is open to all, meaning feel free to put up a post and chat with other characters! )

runs_on_batteries

[ooc: Each header is different topic for the council members to discuss. Please tag as one group thread underneath. If you want, you can add new headers for additional conversations. Handwave Tony either bringing this up for your character or when he asks if there is any other business, your character presented the topic. Also OOC note, this was the best way I could come up with, so hopefully this works.]

[Following an announcement early that day, Tony let everyone know where the council meeting was being held and that they were going to have it over the ICP so everyone could see it. He promised at that time that there will be a chance for asking questions at the end.

Tony has rigged the ICP in the dining room to stay on video and it's angle is at one end of the long table and he is at the other. The volume on the ICP in the dining room has been disconnected, but everyone else can hear it.

For the council members, they will find a stack of agendas and pens when they arrive and at a side table there is coffee, tea, lemonade, and a few hor d'oeuvres prepared.

Tony is wearing his three piece suit instead of the usual train garb and greets everyone with a mildly friend smile.]

Welcome, please take a seat. Grab a refreshment if you'd like.

[Once everyone is settled..]

Thank you for coming to our first council meeting with our newly elected group. Congratulations, you just got handed a thankless job that everyone will have strong opinions about how you're screwing this up. That's politics and you need to be able to take some heat because of it. Fortunately, there's a majority on this train that believe you have shown great leadership skills and you've earned their trust. If we all do our best, then we can sleep with a clear conscience.

So here are the cards we've been dealt. We're a group of very different individuals from a myriad of backgrounds and skill sets who have been taken against our will from our lives, our family, our time, and our world. For some of us, this is a positive, but the majority it is not. We want to find a way to get people home who want to go back to their old lives. In the meantime, we're tasked by an unknown power to save worlds on the brink who badly need rescuing. We've been given a limited amount of resources to do that and everyone here could likely list a dozen or more things that should be here to complete those tasks that aren't. In fact, probably everyone here has their own set of goals that may or may not coincide with the ones the train has given us or our train-mates would be pleased about.

The goal of this council is obvious. We want everyone to be safe, healthy, and supported on this train. Exactly how we're going to achieve that is what's up for debate.

callmegladio

[Has no idea what he's doing and would have asked for help but clearly didn't, which is why this is audio only and not video because he THOUGHT he'd done it right. Gladio clears his throat. First time nerves and all that.]

Ahem... Right. Guess I should just come out and ask.

Wondering how many creative people we've got here. Been thinking about this one and off, making our own entertainment.

[A pause, because he's clearly not thought through what he planned to actually say. He sighed and laughed at himself.]

A mini theatre. Something like that.
Artists to make backdrops and props.
Musicians for sound effects.
Someone to write screenplays. Though, thinkin that one though, could just order a screenplay from the store...
People up for acting in front of everyone.

Is it something everyone would be interested in?

usernamesarecool

[ The Doctor's clearly in the Medic car, as he promised he's spending a good amount of time there-helping to get things a little more organized and keeping any potential patients happy and generally healthy. ]

Hullo everyone! [ He smiles brightly and goes to fix his bowtie but stops as he remembers... ]

Erm... Anyways, I'm the Doctor-yes the one that was recently appointed a member of our lovely train's council. I'm not here to debate the legitimacy of the council so if your intent is to complain about that well-frankly, I don't want to hear it. I could go on for hours-possibly even weeks about why a systematic government with this many people onboard is, in fact, necessary, but I'd really rather not. Although, I suppose, if you must-come talk to me in person and I'll see if I can't ease your doubts.

There is something I'd like you all to think about-The Train. What do we all think? Because based on what just happened a few days ago I'd have to say, and my friend Nita agrees, we might have got it a bit wrong.

So I invite you all to consider this: the Train is alive.

If you don't believe me-answer me this, why haven't we been in contact with driver or conductor? Why are cars added so quickly? It also explains why we can only communicate with the train through the ICPs.

I've been mulling it around for a bit as I do have a ship that's also alive-she might even be on the other side of the wall and keeping the Train company for all I know.

I bring it up now because I think it's important that we recognize that during that last mission our dear Train got scared. It ran away-and fast from I could feel.

longforgottenpromise

[Taiki is sat on the bench in the small cabin, looking straight at the camera with a very serious expression. Despite the fact that speaking to so many people, even over a video is a terrifying concept and despite the cloud of sadness that still clings to him nothing shows on his face. He looks perfectly calm, though he doesn't smile as he begins.]

Good morning. I apologise for disturbing you all. I was handed this ballot. [He holds it up.] Unfortunately I disappeared for a little while and so I have missed any run up to this election. [At least he understands the concept of an election, even if political science wasn't exactly a subject he had paid much attention to in school.]

I am still relatively new to this train and so I don't know most of the people on this list. I don't feel I can cast a vote without knowing what the candidates stand for and so, though I apologise if it is covering ground that was covered whilst I was away, I would like to know something of each candidate.

Thank you for your time.

deductiongeek

Okay, who nominated me for the council?

[Until told otherwise, he was assuming that this was another one of Kaito's pranks. ]

maxwellsdaemon

[Once again the teenage boy stands in front of the screen, clearly within one of the showers, there is a bucket at his feet. Once again he's shirtless, his braid down his back this time. Instead of a smile there is a cold look in the boys eyes, no emotion on his face as he looks into the camera. He tilts his head and when he does smile, there is very little feeling behind it.]

Cheater and a coward. That's what I was called for... well. I don't suppose it matters, eh? This is what everyone wanted.

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys. Time for take two.

[Duo bends forward and takes the bucket in both of his hands and lifts it as if it weighs nothing at all. Up over his head it goes... he upends it... and in seconds he is soaked in a bucket of ice water that is clearly more ice than water. For a few seconds he is still and then a near painful shudder rocks his whole body before he drops the bucket behind him and steps out of the shower.

He pauses before reaching out to turn off the feed.]

You'll get your three bears.

[The feed ends.]

[ooc: The shower Duo was in will be locked for at least 24 hours after this! ^^ He's done the challenge so everyone should be happy now~ Yes? Duo is a good boy again?]

faithfulson

Those of you who find dumping a bucket of ice water over your head is an acceptable means of entertainment, I'm certain I can find something else more productive for you to do.

Especially those of you on Purple team.

[ There's a pause, like Luke's going to end the message, before he focuses back. ]

Oh, and if any of this "bucket challenge" is done in an area where it isn't wise to have water end up everywhere, you will be responsible for cleaning it up.

adropofsunlight

[Rapunzel seemed a tiny bit nervous and seemed to be for the most part mumbling to herself, but she was actually talking to Pascal, who was currently positioned on her shoulder.]

I know, but it's something I need to do, Pascal. I mean I am putting myself up for complete honesty and it's probably going to be negative honesty, but I can take it...

[With that said she was now focused on the task at hand.]

Hey, so um... Not that long ago, I asked a question to someone who... I guess I trust them enough to listen to what they had to say and it's... got me wondering about my relationship with Mother and if the way she acts with me is a bad thing. [She seemed nervous as she spoke, her friend patting her with his little green hands as she played with a stray strand of hair that wasn't tied up.]

So what I am about to explain why she is and the reason why she wants my hair to be so long. [She paused, taking a small breath before she carried on.]

Mother... Has always been rather protective of me. To the point, I live in a tower and in all my years I've never been outside of it until I arrived here. The reason for this? My hair. It's... How do I put it? It has magical healing properties. I sing a song and any injury heals like... like it never happened. It can even take away poison as Pascal here can attest to. [She gestures to her little friend who seems to nod.]

Another way she would always protect me was by telling me about the outside world and all the dangers it had. Ruffians, thugs, poison ivy, quicksand... There were a lot of things she would always list either the dangers or that I was naive or gullible to survive outside among other things.

{She had at least by this point stopped playing with her hair.]

That was her way to usually get me to stop asking to go outside. All of this... to protect me. That's always her reason. That's all I have to say. So I want to know? What is your honest opinion? it would help me understand it a little bit.

[She soon put her hands in front of her, giving a small bow before adding a tiny smile.]

Thank you for listening and... sorry if you didn't want to.

onehandsomeslickninja

Before I came here, the residents of the train chose a Council.

They chose unwisely.

You ask me to bend my knee to an unworthy leader, one who you have chosen for me. I will not. If my refusal to swear allegiance to one not of my land, not of my clan, and not of my choice is objectionable to you, then now is the time to bring your complaints to me. I await them.

[There is hot anger, and there is cold anger. This is cold anger. It brings out the formality in Edge as few things can.]

Let's see how this train is truly run.

blueberryprincess

[ Evie's message comes from the gym car. She sounds hopeful and curious, and for anyone that knows her, there's that hint of Stubborn Princess on a Mission. Don't worry. It's nothing bad. She's actually enjoying this little project she set herself up for. ]

Hello and welcome to the new passengers. My name, for those that haven't met me, is Evie Grimhilde. I hope you all got a pamphlet, because the information is very useful. I have a request to make. I need any and all unused hair bobbles and hairpins. There's a girl here that's going to need them, and I'm sure we'll come across more soon, but for now? We need your help.

We're in the gym car. And if there's anyone who is really good at braiding hair, please come see me. Not that I'm bad at it? I'm just going to need the help.

Thank you!

runs_on_batteries

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runs_on_batteries

[ooc: I thought this might be easiest for people to tag and talk. So the invitation to the dining car is going to be through the ICP, the actually discussions aren't. I'm listing a few topics as starts, but add your own if you'd like. Please indicate which conversations people should be able to threadjack and which ones they shouldn't.]

[ICP Part: OTA?]

[Mid-morning on Basoon 15, Tony appears on the ICP looking freshly showered and still in his sleeper 1C room.]

Council members, please join me in the dining car. It's time we finally got together and discussed some matters that have come up on board. Ash, that means you too.

[Council Meeting Part: Council Members Only]

[When the council members arrive, they'll find tea and coffee have been freshly made and a freshly baked coffee cake with small plates and a spatula are next to it.]

Welcome everyone! Please, get yourself some refreshments and have a seat. Since Manabu appears to be missing, I've asked Ash to join us as the alternate.

[ooc- in case anyone forgot the council members are: Tony, Feanor, Manabu, Sarai, Dread, and Lightning with Ash as the official alternate.]

so_dark_a_road

[ Curufn has been awake for hours and is dressed in his road-crew orange clothing, but he came back for a shower, and he's still in Sleeper Carriage 2:A, speaking from the ICP in the cabin. His hair is not yet combed, and it is still wet and straggles about his forehead. He looks worried. ]

I hesitate to tell you this, but I think it's my responsibility. I had a dream last night, and I don't believe it was just a dream. Let me say that in my home universe, I had visions of evil things occurring, and they always came true. So, I'm sounding a warning, so that we may prepare in any way that we can.

I saw a city in flames. There were people in those burning buildings, and I heard screams. Other people were running, some escaping and some not. The air was choked with smoke.

There were winged creatures flying about this burning city, and I think they must have been demons, as I've seen that sort of creature before. I seemed to be standing quite near a building, as a wounded man came running around it toward me and would have escaped -- except that a small, white-haired, red-eyed being came swiftly behind him and stuck a spear into him. And then it turned on me, and I was about to get into a fight, but I suddenly awakened.

I don't know if many of you come from cultures that credit such visions, but I'm concerned.

[ OOC: This dream was PM'd to me -- to Curufin, I mean -- by the voidtreckermods last night, so you can bet it means something! XD ]

runs_on_batteries

[Tony's counted up the ballots and finished up with lunch. He's still in the dining carriage looking relaxed and pleased with the news he's giving.]

Congratulations to the new Council Members!

Those voted in are Sarai, Lightning, Feanor, Manabu, Dread, and Ignis! Ash is going to be an alternate.

So if you have any issues you'd like us to address, please contact one of the members and they can bring it up at our first meeting.

enthunder

Hey, the 'Voidtrecker' books I ordered arrived today, if anyone wants to read them.

[ she holds up a comic book and flicks through it so you can see panels where characters in familiar hoodies are featured: a woman in purple warning a classroom to evacuate, various characters in red hoodies fighting robots, blue emerging from crumbling buildings with children in their arms, orange rescuing a group of civilians from a crashed shuttle. ]

This one's an educational comic for kids. Tells 'em that when we arrive, it's because their world is in danger from something they can't deal with.

The other's a diary from someone who travelled in the Void a different way. It mentions Ciyesia - uh, the world some of us were sent to for training - so it might have some truth to it. It gets really into describing plants, so you might like it, Sarai?

... Anyway, I'll leave them in the main car.

runs_on_batteries

Video
From: [Sleeper Cabin 1 C]
To: everywhere

[Tony's face appears as he's quickly figuring out how to use the ICP. For anyone who saw him on the platform or shortly after, he's looking a lot better. There are some bruises on his face and he looks stressed, but this is still an improvement.]

Lightning. I don't know where you are, but I need you to come to the end of the sleeper carriage near the dressing carriage door. I have two idiots who need some help.

[About two hours later... it's just his voice this time.]

Whoever abducted us, you better change the damn fragrance in the dressing room to something these kids aren't allergic to before I find you.

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