December Information and CR Meme!

[voidtreckermods]

 We hope everyone had a fun month! Some information for your ongoing journey.

IC Month

This month is the month of Imagination. Days can be found here.

The thought of the month is: "We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."

This means: Any thread that reaches 15 comments (total) will earn you two points.

Threads that fulfil this criteria can be submitted during December AC. You may find it easier to keep a tracking list of threads for easy compiling of bonus AC!

Recipes are here. The ingredient of the month is Honey. All the ingredients can be found in the storeroom and characters are welcome to make other food with them.

This month’s chore assignments are:

Blue: Cleaning bedrooms and passenger areas
Purple: Meal Preparation
Red: Laundry
Orange: Cleaning kitchen and bathrooms

The Train

When characters regroup on the train after the platform they will find a new carriage at the end of the train, beyond the luggage carriage.

Triage

This carriage is a double carriage. At the back of the car is a staircase, but at the front there's a lift connecting the two floors. Both floors have a corridor running down the left hand side.

The bottom floor is one large carriage, though there are curved curtain rails on the ceiling so that thick, grey curtains can be pulled around areas to cut them off. There are four medical beds that can be wheeled around or locked in place, and a handful of chairs. There are cupboards with medical equipment, primarily for first aid.

Upstairs there are two surgical bays. Though the equipment is basic, it is enough that wounds can be sewn and minor procedures undertaken. The ICP in this room has instructions for more complicated medical procedures but also carries warnings that advanced medical training is advised and surgery should only be carried out by senior medics.

This has been updated on the setting. Remember to let me know if your character does anything to alter the setting!

Important Dates

This month there will be two mini events! One on the 12th December which will be a little more meta-plot orientated and one on 20th which will be seasonal festive fun!

There is also a player-ran train meeting going up on the 5th December. As a reminder we have a player plot calendar for any large train-wide things anyone wishes to organise!

The TDM will be posted on the 16th. Reserves will open on the 19th. Apps are between the 22nd and 29th. AC will run from the 23rd to the 30th of December.

Other Info

~ The mod team would like to give a huge THANK YOU to Ree (Player of Tidus) for her tremendous help during the boss battle! Team two have her to thank for that epic fight.

~ Talking of that fight and the mission: if any characters died please report their deaths here.

~ We have compiled the story so far for those interested in the slowly unfolding meta-plot!

~ AC this month will be check-in only. As long as you check in on the AC post when it goes up you will pass AC and get the 5 points for doing so. There will still be the opportunity to claim bonus challenge AC. If you are holding a strike from November you will have the option to either clear it in December or take the free check in and carry your strike over into January.

Monthly Plotting

Feel free to use this post to plot anything you want for the next month! Here’s a structure you can use!

<b>Name:</b> [your name] <b>Contact info:</b> [anything you want to share] <b>Character:</b> [name] <b>About them:</b> [canon, a brief description of who they are] <b>Plans:</b> [got anything in the works?] <b>CR wanted:</b> [anything specific?] <b>Things to avoid:</b> [just so lines can be drawn]

Comments

Questions?

[voidtreckermods]

[runicfeathers]

Name: Ren
Contact info: TsundereShadow | TsundereShadow#6350 (Discord)

Character: Willow Amarina (OC)
About them: She's an OC who is a Phoenix. Willow's a stubborn gal who is very sisterly/motherly and will fiercely protect her CR, especially the non-adults of her CR. Even with her stubbornness, she's got a bit of an antisocial streak to her that she's working on coming out of as she's been on the train.

Plans: For the latter half of the IC month, Willow'll be taking it EXTREMELY easy and more than likely is either going to not be found around at all due to being in her cabin (so cabinmates will see her the most), or in the medical car. She can be pulled out of her cabin by her cr as/if they notice that she's not out and about like usual. Willow will still do her chores but will be a lot more scarce. She'll be on the mental mend due to the mission scaring the feathers off her and mentally overexerting herself by healing and stubbornly refusing to rest, but I do want her to be pulled out and do some things with her cr. (keep in mind that oocly I'll be tackling the backlog of tags from the mission, so I'm not taking on many new Dec tags but things that were planned prior to the mission I'm still 100% on board for!)

CR wanted: Any and all! Negative cr for this month in particular isn't a very good idea for her, but I'm game for it regardless!

Things to avoid: ICly not so much! OOCly I'd like a warning of topics surrounding cancer, self harm, suicide, and sexual abuse either prior to a tag or mentioned in the subject header please and thank you~!

[herarrows]

Name: Beth
Contact info: scattershot || discord: Scattershine#5868

Character: Selenay
About them: Queen of a country trying to pretend she's not Queen of a country while she's here. Blah blah something about magical white horses blah. And psychic-y powers and everybody in Whites is a Good Guy.
Plans: Nothing really solid beyond meeting new people and not failing so hard
CR wanted: Anything and everything. Friends, enemies, frenemies, whatever.
Things to avoid: Nothing I can think of but if it gets too baby I will let you know!

[stardustofdawn]

Name: Pandora
Contact info: plurk | discord Pandorabox#6173 | pm character journals!

Xiao Xingchen

[stardustofdawn]

Character: Xiao Xingchen
About them:

cw: canon death, blindness

Story so far! Xingchen is a kind-hearted Taoist priest, who is blind. His tragic story is linked to A-Qing and Xue Yang, as he's part of this family. So far, he's doing much better on the train and sees the errors of his judgment prior to death.

Plans:
- He'll get an eye surgery that restores his sight! His vision won't be restored right away, but once he's healed and recovered, he'll be able to read books and actually study to be a future healer/nurse in Jan/Feb.../puts on nurse hat
- Xue Yang recently died on a mission and returns. He and Xue Yang are going to be roommates, which on the surface may look like a disaster, but they're working on their friendship/relationship and other issues that stem from their past life. In a way, a mediator to bring peace on his return.

CR wanted: He's open to all kinds of CR, but he might need a strong support system when needed, basically his connection to people and friends on the train. He's working on building his self-esteem and standing up for himself.

If you have any interest in CR with him, let me know! He's generally quiet and passive, and work on himself and his close CR. Basically, the month of December, it's going to be quiet for him as he takes his time to heal, rest, and bring happiness and peace to his friends and family around and spend time with them.

Hua Cheng

[crimson_rain]

About them: Hua Cheng is an 800-year-old, Ghost King.
Plans: He has no plans, so it's generally slice of life, getting to know people, know other cultivators, being adjusted and settled on the train.

CR wanted: He's open to any CR! For now, because he's new, he's interested in gathering new information, meeting new friends, but he can be protective of youngsters and children if he likes them. Think of him as a ghost pokemon that likes playing tricks and games, but once he forms a bond with you, his friendship and company is beneficial. He's generally a private guy who keeps to himself.

Please let me know if CR and friendship with him interest you! He can cook, clean, do chores, and he is helpful when he wants to be. Just domestic stuff.

Other notes: He openly flirts and he's in a romantic relationship with Xie Lian. So he can be seen generally in his company and is very protective of him.

[consider8]

Name: Argent
Contact info: argentb || argent#9074

Character: Agent Eight / Mimi K. Octoling
About them: A refugee from the Octarian military that still has fond feelings of her family back home. Left it all behind for the pursuit of art, freedom, and broadening her horizons. A little nervous that she's the only octoling (and feels some comfort in the non-humans on board). Also terrified of falling into the spa.
Plans: After the craziness that was last month (OOC), Eight is going to be making herself available to getting to know more people and continuing to work on acclimating to life on the train. Her current project is is working on Della's prosthesis.
CR wanted: Anything and everything! She's pretty positive overall, but is strong-willed and stubborn. With everyone being a bit tense, Eight is going to be a bit less stern and will be focusing on picking up the slack for folks that need bed rest. What she also really needs is someone to uncover a little bit of her homesickness and anxiety of being in a world so far removed from her own.
Things to avoid: None offhand! I will let you know if anything comes up~

Re: Xiao Xingchen

[hotheadwarmheart]

Connections to friends are basically the name of the game in KH, so expect Lea to be checking in. And he'll definitely be happy when Xingchen gets his sight back. (There may or may not be sea salt ice cream involved.)

[namethattune]

Name: Kia
Contact info: kiaxet or Kiaxet#7085

Character: Siebren de Kuiper (Sigma)
About them: From Overwatch, currently on Orange team. Siebren is an astrophysicist with the ability to control gravity because of a lab accident in space. He's intelligent, generally friendly, protective of teammates and people he cares about, and has some pretty massive mental health issues - also caused by that lab accident in space - that he does not always succeed at hiding.

Plans: This past mission hecked him up something fierce. In the short term, he needs to actually relax for a bit and try to get back on an even keel; long-term plans include him actually talking to people about what he's been through, getting more involved in the overarching plot and trying to figure that out, and learning to diversify and expand his use of his powers. Someone did not grow up with shonen anime, so he's gonna need some help there.

CR wanted: GIVE ME EVERYTHING. Science buddies, people to snark at, Actual Friends, people who will call him out on his bullshit, rivals, enemies, the works. I want it all. Let's go.

Things to avoid: On an OOC level, I generally don't need any warnings/am good with pretty much whatever, though I'd prefer to discuss bigger or heavier subject matter beforehand if we start heading in that direction. On an IC level, Siebren is a mental health minefield; I'm okay with putting him in situations that make him actually deal with his issues, but if we get too close to Actually Breaking Him, I'll probably ask to pull it back or head in a different direction.

[stardustofdawn]

He appreciates Lea checking in. Sea salt ice creams seem like the best way to celebrate the holidays!

Is he getting any by ordering from the train shop and shares them with the other passengers?

[10billionpercent]

Name: Nat
Contact info: Ammeschan Discord: Ammeschan#5385

Senku Ishigami

[10billionpercent]

Character: Senku Ishigami

About them: Senku is from Dr. Stone. He's a brilliant scientific mind with an expert level of knowledge in all the hard sciences, he's a village chief, a doctor, an engineer...he does a lot of stuff. And he's not terribly good at social interaction. That said, he's willing to talk to just about anyone, all the time like the chatty boy he is. He is very likely to randomly spout science at people. Very likely.

Plans: Senku has taken over the teaching, so I'm planning on having him let people know that because the mission kinda snuck in there on me before I got to that. This month he will be crafting some blankets and winter coats for some pre-set people. He will hopefully have way more material than he needs and will be willing to craft some more. He deals in favours, it's always better when people owe you a favour. Last month he was in the kitchen, this month he's doing other crafting. He's always doing something.

CR wanted: Anything and everything, give it all to me. He got hurt on the last mission rather badly, and nearly got killed in an accidental combat situation. That's yeah, that's something that might have to come up.

Things to avoid: OOCly, I'm fine with anything. ICly, Senku does not want you to touch him, please and thank you. He's very touch averse. Grabbing him without asking anywhere other than his arms/hands are bound to get an unpleasant reaction out of him. Expect IC consequences if your character tries to get physical with him.

Natsuno Yuuki/Koide

[reluctantjinrou]

Character: Natsuno Yuuki/Koide

About them: Natsuno is from the anime Shiki! He goes by Yuuki to just about everyone (but his name on the roster is Natsuno Koide), he's 16, he's an emo vampire who aha just exposed he was a vampire, so that's a thing. He was a very straight-laced, follow the rules kind of guy and his life turned upside down when he was murdered. He doesn't want to be here, thanks, he'd rather be dead.

Plans: Natsuno is plan-free. He doesn't do much, but sulk really, he's a joy at parties, although he has exposed himself by going full vampire on the battlefield. That...could come up.

CR wanted: I am looking to connect him to a wider variety of people. He's made friends, this is good, he needs more friends.

Things to avoid: Natsuno is sulky and hates being a vampire. I'm fine with anything, and he'd complain about that, but he's coming around a bit, maybe it would be better to talk about it.

[mynameisallen]

Name: Lisa
Contact info: Plurk: faysdarkangel

Yoite

[comefadeaway]

Character: Yoite

About them: Yoite is from Nabari no Ou. He's a ninja, one with a forbidden technique that's rapidly killing him as he uses it. He will not die from it here, but it will temporarily mess him up. Most notably, he's almost completely deaf. His vision is still okay, if a bit blurry, except when it randomly stops working on him and he's completely blind (has not happened yet in the game).

Plans: Yoite got his ass kicked last mission. He's not in a very good mood. He feels like he's completely useless. He will be trying to stay out of people's way, hiding in corners, that kind of thing.

CR wanted: Yoite could use more friends and kindness.

Things to avoid: As always, I'm good OOCly pretty much with anything. Yoite's entire life has pretty much been suffering and abuse, so getting personal with him could lead uncomfortable topics.

[melodiouspacifist]

Character: Demyx

About them: Demyx is from Kingdom Hearts, sliding in at the end of KH3. He was definitely a villain, but in the third game became a turncoat and a secret operative for the side of the light. He's a very laid back, go with the flow kind of guy, and a musician. He has no taste for combat (or chores for that matter).

Plans: He is brand new, give me everything you've got!

CR wanted: Anything and everything!

Things to avoid: Nah, he's a very easy guy.

Allen Walker

[mynameisallen]

Character: Allen Walker
About them: D.Gray-Man, Kind Hearted guy who leans more towards wanting to say as many people as possible and gets upset if anyone gets hurt or dies (There are exceptions to this, but you can count the number on one hand). Back home he had issues of knowing that one day he will lose himself and someone else will take over.
Plans: Since Bulla is coming onto the train and will remember him, Allen is going to have a very interesting time. Back in genessia he had what is dubbed an unknown crush on her... because he's never really experienced, romantic love on anyone so is a clueless idiot.

So Allen is pretty much going to be an awkward dork on the train during the next couple of weeks because of it. So please come help him.
CR wanted: I am up for any kind of CR with Allen. The hardest to honestly get is negative. You have to be a major unrepentant asshole to get him to dislike you.
Things to avoid: N/A

[salutosinedelectat]

Name: Skree
Contact info: skree, or PM this account

Character: Aziraphale

About them: Aziraphale is an angel, former Guardian of the Eastern Gate of the Garden of Eden, and main delegated angel to stay on Earth and influence humans toward Heaven. However, Aziraphale soon found himself very interested in humans themselves and the things that they made, with a special fondness for books and good food.

He was meant to be one of the pieces to usher Armaggedon along and to lead toward the new war between Heaven and Hell. He and the demon Crowley (also in the game, go say hi), who'd been on Earth for some six thousand odd years, wanted to find a way to avoid that. Thankfully, things worked out, and now they're no longer associated with their former head offices.

Plucked from right after that story, the two of them ended up in a strange new place for no visible reason (ie They ended up in another game). The world of Life Aftr,where they spend several grueling months with limited power, even more limited resources, and dealing with all sorts of magical chaos and tribulation. Soon, that world was coming to an end too - except, before that happened, they arrived at the Voidtrecker Express, where they have been for a few months.

For more infoon what and WHO Aziraphale is, and to read and share permissions, check my Info & Permissions post.

Plans: Nothing too specific at this time. He vaguely "take over" the top floor of the library, in some shape or form. Plus he's studying what he can about the Voidtrecker and this world, and other worlds.

CR wanted: All of it.

Things to avoid: I can't really think of anything. Check the permissions post!

[so_dark_a_road]

We should have Curufin and Selenay interact this coming month. I'm sure there'll be opportunities!

Hey, Curufin never wears white. Mostly black. I wonder if she thinks he's a BAD GUY? XDD

Yugi Mutou

[sizedoesntmatter]

Character: Yugi Mutou
About them: Yu-Gi-Oh!, he likes games, hates violence pretty much is a sweet and kind person.
Plans: The only thing I have planned for him is the whole learning self-defense but that is about the extent of it. He will never want to learn anything that can harm someone no matter what. Even this mission has only made him want to learn more defense than offense thanks in part to Tidus giving him his shield for that time.

It's still a way to help in his mind.
CR wanted: Any and all CR is welcome here
Things to avoid: N/A

[ourtomorrow]

Name: Mari
Contact info: ghoulfriend
Character: Ken Ichijouji (& Wormmon)
About them: Ken's from a sequel movie to the original Digimon canon, where he was a villain-to-awkward-buddy character. Since eight years have passed since all the Big Angst Things, he's a lot emotionally healthier but remains driven to kick evil's butt. When people's safety is not in question, however, he's a sweet nerd with boring hobbies.
He's brought along his Digimon partner, a bug with no conception of personal space named Wormmon. Digimon can change forms based on their energy level, though, so this month Wormmon will be....smaller. And cuter. There may be a pacifier involved.
Plans: Ken is trying to give himself space to work through feelings of frustration about the mission, since he doesn't feel like he did all that he could. He's a lot better at this than he used to be, though! He has also realized how much the train already means to him, so he might be a little sappy. Er. More than usual.
Leafmon/Minomon, meanwhile, is here to LOOK ADORABLE and EAT FOOD.
CR wanted: He's got a small core of people he knows well already, and his natural inclination is to be like "okay that's good". So I would like him to start to get to know even MORE people better - expand your social circle, buddy. It is possible to have many good friends.
Things to avoid: I think we're good!

[light_of_willpower]

Name: Lin
Contact info: Plurk shinotenshi22, PM this journal, Discord.

Character: Trunks Brief (future)
About them: Trunks here is a time traveler and the son of the two most stubborn people in his world. He went back originally to try to prevent his future from happening, and then came back again to help with the crisis in what is, to him, the past. He can be quiet and broody sometimes, but is usually pretty friendly if a bit shy. (Cassie Cage is both helping and not helping that shyness.) He's helpful, and wants to protect everyone. He's definitely a fighter.

Plans: Despite it being so fast-seeming (in game), he and Cassie Cage are dating and fast developing more than just crush-feelings. Other than that, I think I have plans for him to be training a few people in sword or hand-to-hand.

I'm also looking forward to him finding out he has a sister, thanks to the CRAU Bulla who's coming in. :D
CR wanted: Any welcome.
Things to avoid: Please talk to me if you've plans for anything major with my char, as I try to balance any potential 'suffering' vs. RL. I promise I don't bite, and I'm a giant friendly puppy.

Doing Nita now; the rest will come after work...

[unfavorableinstigation]

b>Name: S.M.F./Ace
Contact info: Am on Discord (Autistic_Ace#5045), Plurk (Autistic_Ace - if we're already talking elsewhere you don't have to add me, I try to keep my timeline public!), and, as always, this account is the one I'm in most frequently to receive PMs.

Character: Nita Callahan [CRAU from The Wake]
About them: Young Wizards - using words to fix the world, sometimes in more impressive ways than we do in ours, but not always! Nita herself is an info nerd and frequent researcher, though she's something of a powerhouse as well.
Plans: As always, I am initially ????? about all plots - if we have something in the works, hit me up with reminders here! If we haven't talked in a while but you'd like a thread with me, ALSO hit me up here!
CR wanted: Again, ??? Am down for more friends, though.
Things to avoid: I'll be keeping an eye on my own headspace for this, but I am Not as good as my characters at writing levelheaded debates. (May not be true according to other people????)

Character: Webmind
About them: From the WWW Trilogy, he's what you get when you gift an internet sentience and... treat him like a person. Though still with people trying to control/kill him, those people are largely talked out of it (though not before terrible things happen, both to Webmind and to a large part of China).
Plans: See Train Meeting things below!
CR wanted: More tech people, please. XD Someone - or ones - who'll help him literally re-tool his body to hold tools will also be wanted.
Things to avoid: /shrug emoji

Character: Alfredo Martini
About them: Romeo's Blue Skies is a canon where dark things happen to good children; Alfredo's story is one of the harshest - see his history for more about THAT, also content warnings. But he's a good soul, always willing to see the best in people. He does not like having to fight, but he absolutely will to protect his friends - and now, the world.
Plans: He's going to come into his own a little more this month, I think - again, see below!
CR wanted: More mentors, more peers/people his age, maaaybe someone who'll flirt with him? That is a VERY tentative thought, however.
Things to avoid: Nothing I can think of! He's hardier than he looks, much as he shouldn't have to be.

Now, TRAIN MEETING THINGS.

First, a personal view: one of the good things, for me, about seeing you all step forward is that *I* don't feel the need to be everywhere and do all the work. XD It shuts a bunch of my anxieties right down, so thank you all for that.

I can also now shrink my characters' focuses down to three key items:
Nita will be focusing on visions and talking to the train, trying to coax it into telling them just WHAT is up. To this effect I'll be collating all her received visions to-date, as well as the variants people have discussed with her, and how they seem to correlate with mission objectives. I'll be focusing on that this week (presumably when I'm not at work |D), to have the doc ready OOCly - presumably on GoogleDocs - by this weekend/the meeting.

Webmind's focus, meanwhile, will continue to be improving the Network (to wit: his endgame of textchat-for-all), though he'll also be branching out more into searchquests on the library. (Most of this has been handwaved to spare Katy, since most searches ARE dead ends, but he has the computer-time to spare, and if people want to figure out what exact wording works for a given search, he'll advertise that he's happy to do it.)

And Alfredo wants to talk more about training - specifically, training as a group and across teams, finding ways the passengers can boost each other's abilities and so forth.
I remember VR Training once being a thing here; if any current characters remember/are still doing it, I'd love for him to find out about it!

That's all for now; thank you all very much for your time and patience! <3

[azrthmtrnznthos]

Name: Lin
Contact info: Plurk shinotenshi22, PM this journal, Discord

Character: Raven
About them: Teen Titans (animated, not Go). Raven is introverted and quiet and snarky. She's also an Empath, and used to functioning as part of a super-hero team. She really can be sweet, once you get past her initial guard. She's also half-demon (her dad is the equivalent of Satan), has a temper, and wants nothing to do with his plans of world-conquest. Trigon tries to make her part of his plans anyways, so her being on the train (where he hopefully can't get her) is a good thing.
Plans: She was here briefly before, when the train was much smaller. She'll remember that time, but not anything in between--and when she finds out time has passed, she'll be annoyed. ^_^
CR wanted: Anything welcome.
Things to avoid: Please talk to me if you've plans for anything major with my char, as I try to balance any potential 'suffering' vs. RL. I promise I don't bite, and I'm a giant friendly puppy.

[magicurls]

Name: Zoki
Contact info: kharamagic, in the discord, or PM either journal!