No Place Like Home: Return OOC Information

[voidtreckermods]

PART 2 DETAILS

~ Part 2 takes place through February 20th to 25th (Poi 26-28). On Poi 26, the train will finally communicate with the passengers onboard about its unsuccessful attempt to retrieve untethered individuals. Now, it is their turn to try.

~ For Returners (those who returned 'home'), as well as the obvious strange things that are effecting them they will begin noticing strange thing in the world itself. Namely colours flash across the sky, clouds reflect and kaleidoscope of colours. It is not constant but it builds and becomes more obvious to those around them.

They might also become aware of strange dreams in the general population. People speak of dreaming of bright colours, or just very vivid dreams. They might claim to have seen the past or the future or another place altogether. It's not everyone by any means but enough that it can't be dismissed so easily.

~ For Returners with Ministry contracts around, they will get a message to their SCA. Detecting large readings of void energy. Use caution. If contacted they will say they are working on figuring things out but have no answers as of yet.

~ Below is the information on anchoring given to Voidtreckers:

ANCHORING: NOTES

In the unlikely event a tether gets stranded on a liminal space platform or between their own world and the platform space, you should, in the first instance contact the Void technicians who monitor their non-travelling self. However, in the case they cannot be reached or there is a mass displacement of tether, an anchoring procedure can be carried out.

Ideally, this will involve two fully tethered individuals to retrieve the lost tether. One should be a stationary anchor. They should be outside of their void raft but if possible in physical contact with it. The second should be a roaming anchor reaching to draw the tethers back. In situations of mass tether displacement the stationary anchor can hold mutiple roaming anchors but it is recommended to not exceed five. In this situation it is recommended that anchors rotate between stationary and roaming.

To start an anchoring of this kind those anchoring should activate their anchoring program. Those staying station should reach out to the tethers of those they plan to steady. This might cause some emotional upheaval and they will need to stay steady, especially if connecting to more than one roaming tether. Roaming anchors then must hold the person they search for in their thoughts and move towards them. It is recommended that the lost tethers activate their emergency beacon to facilitate being found and returning but this is not a necessity.

Once the roaming anchor has found the lost tethers they must keep hold of them and guide them back towards their craft, the stationary tethers must draw them back, pulling them through.

~ You can have your characters do both jobs, since rotating will be necessary. Those being stationary can hold onto up to five people and their main job will be holding fast and trying to keep themselves from being lost in the swirl of consciousness. During the rescues they will be able to communicate mentally with those they are holding on to and to an extent be able to see and hear what they do. This will be more difficult the more roaming anchors they hold onto.

~ All those on their worlds will find themselves returned to their anchor point. If they had no world or you chose to have them stuck on the platform they will find themselves in a foggy space all alone, a message will tell them to hold fast and that help is coming.

~ Those roaming must move through a foggy, void river whilst thinking of the person they are wanting to find. Getting to them will be easy enough and once they are at their side they must hold onto them as they move back to the train. For those who anchored in fake Diagad this is very similar. They will be bombarded by images and voices from the person they are rescuing's world and life. This will be like a siren song that they must stay steady against.

~ Once they get close enough to the train the person getting rescued will glow gold and vanish, waking up in the luggage carriage. They will be very tired and need to sleep but those that are rescued early can help by anchoring on later days if they wish.

~ Comms will not be working - but all those in a anchor chain will find they can communicate mentally with each other even across distance. Any attempts to talk to the train in any way during this time will be unsuccessful.

~ Anything they took with them comes back with them unless they left it purposefully in their world. Nothing they picked up in theirs or any other worlds comes back with them.

~ Everyone who anchors will suffer a deep and total exhaustion that will last the rest of the month, though they will be back on their feet by the next platform.

Comments

Questions?

[voidtreckermods]

[controlsthedie]

What if a location cannot see the sky? Is there an "indoor" equivalent to the colors?

What if practically no one sleeps because they are all workaholics or dead? People won't question Hypnos having weird dreams, and Cerberus can only bork.

Is there anything different if a world actively has the Ministry on it, or is it just like the Ministry contact message?

Do the rescued get woken up in the luggage carriage like the did the evac button or like they died?

Is there anything people should know if their character tries to remain in their world as long as possible? (Someone is going to try to stay until the last possible moment....)

rescuing or anchoring

[jingyeets]

Wei Wuxian will act as the stationary tether for any rescuer who needs one, as well as be the roaming tether for anyone who wants him to bring their character back to the train.

Lan Jingyi needs a rescue, and can act as a stationary or roaming tether when he's back, if you would like him!

Please comment here if you want to work with either of my guys as stationary tethers to your roaming tethers, to rescue Jingyi, or to be pulled back to train by either Wuxian or Jingyi!

[blitzcheer]

Tidus will help you, old man!!

Tidus can also help with getting Jingyi back (DUDE YOU GOT THROWN OUT THE TRAIN!!) too if you like, but willing to leave it up to someone else. Or whatever!! B)

Soldat/Bucky - Anchoring like a boss

[worthallthis]

Soldat is going to be anchoring because they found in fake Diaghad that they're actually really good at that, mostly stationary but with some roaming because there's some people they really wanna get back thanks.

So 1) who wants to pair up with this dude to hold them steady, or for them to hold you steady?

And 2) who wants this dude to come rescue you? They're specifically looking for close CR, but will go after anyone they're pointed at.

Heads up, anyone who anchors with them gets to hear headmates! Enjoy that very crowded brain you are currently linked up with, friend.

Re: Soldat/Bucky - Anchoring like a boss

[mtsilver_conquor]

Given Soldat has rescued her before, they'd likely be a good choice for an Eva rescue team on the last day?

Depends on what you have planned.

[tactlesstantei]

Masumi will need to be brought back to the train, and well. Whoever brings her back will probably see a lot of things she's been keeping secret on the way back. Additionally, while she will recognize that she has to go back to the train, she will want some time to say goodbye to her family and promise to come back for real one day.

Once she's back on the train and had her time to rest from being brought back, she'll insist on helping with anchoring unless told otherwise or she's rescued too late to help.

Ryou is one of those who stayed on the train, and will be helping with anchoring, both on the stationary and roaming sides. He doesn't know very many people yet, so he'll probably go get whoever he's told needs rescuing if roaming.

Feel free to plot with me if you want one of mine to rescue yours, if you want to have our characters team up for anchoring, or if you want to go rescue Sera.

Tidus - anchoring!

[blitzcheer]

YO Tidus will happily be a stationary anchor for anyone who wants to roam, as well as will be a roamer himself! He doesn't care if he doesn't know you well, he'll do it. His head will be rather emotional but also focused. Sometimes there's a fleeting worry of disappearing that's very personal, an anxiety of not being able to keep himself together physically, so anyone who can keep him focused at that points at the beginning would be good.

He'll be interested in getting back any close CR, checking up on them, but he'll go and find whoever he needs to.

Want Tidus to come and say 'hi everything's broken' to you? He will! He also won't force people to go immediately if there's something they still need to do/fix and will try to help. (Hi looking at you, Taiki, Senku -- Danny?!)

[10billionpercent]

Senku definitely wishes he *could* do something, but he needs about two years. Can you give him two years Tidus?

Come on, it'll be fun, he'll feed you copious amounts of fish.

Najaran | Clef | Spark | Xion

[najaran]

All four of my kids went roaming and will need a rescue.

Xion will be with Lea/Axel, and they will be visiting someone else's world when found most likely, so we can plot a big thread if people are up for that.

Clef will be with Link, either in Hyrule or Naut. Not sure yet if Shadow and/or Zelda will be with them. If so this might be another big one.

Najaran needs a rescue and we can do this while she is with Mina if Mina's player wants, or have them have gotten seperated. I'm cool to plot either.

Spark is in Nautilus alone and will need help for sure. Esp. if I decide he's started to mess with the Gates.

Feel free, if you are rescuing mine, to let me know how much info you want your character to absorb in terms of images and voices, and also what your triggers are because some of my characters have... trauma.

Re: Najaran | Clef | Spark | Xion

[mystic_mongoose]

We can have both rescued!

[mtsilver_conquor]

Rescuing Eva - 28th Poi please!
~ Drag her back to the train. She's NOT going to be thinking straight. 
~ This will work best in two teams of two+Anchor (so this will be a (max) six-way thread), as she is not going to want to leave her world.  She can fix it--!

Details!
~ Every psychic Sapient (Human + Mewtwo) in Eva's world will get those dreams; they will freak out and as such her internet is going to explode with people wondering wtf is going on. Rescuers may respond to these and may interact with NPCs as required to locate Eva. 
~ The Rescuers will have to deal with Fluffy, her mewtwo. She will be semi-hostile Until The Situation Is Explained. (allowing the mewtwo to read your mind will hasten this. Fluffy will yeet Eva as needed, given mum is being stupid. >))
~ Bringing Eva back will mean dealing with wild psychic pokemon attacking. Possibly tame ones, too. Eva will have her pokemon out as defence, but...
~ Eva's life can/will touch on some pretty traumatic things due to this being a realistic pokemon world, so let me know your limits if you plan to Anchor the team!

[motherofresistance]

Leia will be doing both types of anchoring, can defend herself, is familiar with psychic things, and can out stubborn most anyone. Care to have her retrieve Eva?

[blue_ice]

Jake needs saving. He's sad about it, but he can be mature. His staying will hurt Amy and the squad, and he can't do that to them. Someone has to go fight.

Seto is an available anchor all days. Anyone connecting with him will likely feel a twinge of his bitter loneliness from the last few days, but he's trying to keep that in check. He needs to focus. But there will be Emotions if reuniting with people.

Lioriley; anchoring.

[invigorates]

Lioriley will be attempting to anchor all days, being either stationary or roaming. She will also be attempting to keep track of everyone and making sure they rotate so no one gets overwhelmed or overextends. Expect her to ask for your name and check up on you constantly to assure you're not being stupid and are ok to continue. This goes double for those rescued earlier who try to join in. She will be providing healing and comforting words and all that good shit.

I'd like her to at least personally rescue one person on her own (with no help from other roamers or whatever) and successfully convince them to return. She failed with Malekith on the platform so she needs this. :(

Her emotions will be mostly calm but people linked to her might feel her anxiousness and fear of loss, like this has happened far too many times before.

[bornofthedarkness]

well, well, well. if it isn't failure #2.

[goingthroughaphase]

Kitty will likely prefer to rescue, since she isn't sure she'd make a very good tether. She'll be looking for specific people, but will search for anyone that others are looking for.

T'Challa will likely be an anchor more often, but can take over and go in to rescue people to relieve those that need to switch to anchoring.

[yondu]

Would T'Challa wanna be one of the stationary anchors for Yondu?

[yondu]

Yondu's going to need some saving. Tobirama's going to do the roaming save but stationary anchors are still open for planning.

[azrthmtrnznthos]

Raven can stationary anchor for him and some others.

[paopuofyourlife]

Kairi and Yugi will be needing to be saved, Kairi most likely would be on the platform and Yugi of course would be on his own world.

Allen will most likely do both anchoring and saving when and if needed so if anyone wants him in particular let me know. But really he would try and save as many people as he possibly could aka until he passes out.

Fai himself would most likely be the anchoring type unless he does need to switch. That is mostly due to the fact he hasn't been on the train for all that long to know people personally.

[motherofresistance]

If Lea gets rescued himself in time, he'd be available to help rescue Kairi. Would you be up for that?

[cureofmanyworlds]

All four of my girls will be needed saving.

Mina will be with Najaran on her world, so whoever's saving her will get a double deal.

Usagi will be on her world as well. As much as she'd rather stay, she's done her mission and she'll drag Kyoko back, too, since she followed her.

Nozomi's on the platform most likely. Probably will grab Kairi with her.

Ruby Might either be on the platform or on her world. If it's her world, she'll try not to go, since it's a mess.

[wishalone]

i'm thinking about having kyoko be roaming, since she'd want an active hand in rescuing. and nozomi would 100% be on her list to pick up if she can, so, points eyes, points at y'all??

Thanatos: A Problem...

[controlsthedie]

So while Thanatos guessed that this wasn't going to be a permanent stay, he is still going to attempt to stay on his world for as long as possible. There is so much work to be done, and it's no longer giving a quick break to Hermes and Charon with a short trip to the platform or another world. We all saw what happens when the cycle of life and death are messed up last mission.

• Difficult to bring back
• He wants to stay to allow as many as possible to pass on his world
• Actively resisting makes it harder to retrieve him as rescuers are more likely to be swept away
• Traumatizing thoughts because his life is Death on an eternally winter world and without Death for seven months
• His anchor point is in Asphodel which looks like general depictions of hell instead of a nice field because the fiery river flooded the place
• Possible ways to make this "easier"
• Possibly knock him out (will need to let the mods know)
• Shamelessly pulling the Zag card
• Being some godly entity who won't be traumatized so easily because his thoughts are just Tuesday

As a personal note, while it might sound fun to traumatize a lot of characters who don't normally experience death on a worldly scale, I am not looking for that happening.

Re: Thanatos: A Problem...

[azrthmtrnznthos]

I could have Raven act as a stationary anchor? Asphodel won't actually bother her (it looks too much like what her father wants to do to Earth), and she's already kind of traumatized a bit--but she's working through it, and also mentally stronger than most due to her powers and heritage. (She also grew up KNOWING she was a threat.)

I'm willing to help.

[10billionpercent]

Senku went home, so he's gonna need a rescue.

There are no NPCs to contend with, nor likely, anything particularly dangerous. However, getting images, thoughts, feelings of the world and Senku's life could be quite difficult to hear.

Human consciousness in general is for the most part terrified and bleak.

[averyusefultray]

Mordin is available to anchor or roam in rescues since he has no need to go back

Death will be content to come back once offered rescue and might be useful for convincing others if rescued early enough to start assisting

Hera Isn't going to be thrilled to leave the fight unfinished, but made some progress and knows she has to be practical if she's still half tethered to the train so she'll cooperate with rescuers

MOlly Uh... someone remember to rescue the new kid?

[blitzcheer]

Tidus can come and help Hera! He'd tell her the situation and what's going on, sorry cap'n, gotta get you back.

[gathersnomoss]

Zelgadis will need retrieving. His world is pretty steady in terms of events, and friends are used to him going off for 'I need to fix this', so getting him to come back will be easy. He may freak out if his memories are being shared to others, but the degree will depend on how close he is to the person retrieving him.

Because he will most likely go back easily, I'm open to having him be a stationary or roaming tether on subsequent days.

[blitzcheer]

Would Tidus be alright for helping to get him back?

[the_aunt_general]

Amaya ended up going to Tannis' world, so guess she'll need pulling back in.

Guri is up for rescuing anybody needed.

[silver_eyes_rose]

Wanna have Guri rescue Ruby?

[crouching_sin]

Naoya will be anchoring - he can do either job. He can handle more difficult people if need be.

Otoha will be getting rescued but will be open to anchoring later.

Ken will be getting rescued but will be open to anchoring later as well.

[motherofresistance]

If both he and Lea get rescued in time, did Ken want to team up with Lea to do some anchoring/rescuing?

[renegadeprince]

Vegeta: Right now I plan for him to act as an anchor to others. If someone specifically wants him to be rescuing them, I am open to that as well.

Idia: He will be ready to come back, he's already made his peace with his world. Someone just come and pick him up! May be able to shove a bit of last minute emotions into it (if I plan right), but he won't put up much of a fuss.

[calmness]

lan xichen will need a rescue from his own world! he'll have been sent back to cloud recess after some world hopping and a bit depressed about this and all the world hopping.

Rescuing or anchoring- Lea and Leia

[motherofresistance]

Leia will take turns at both types of anchoring as needed, though she'll likely start out as stationary. If you want your character to be rescued by her as a roamer, please let me know.

Lea will need to be rescued at first, but if rescued early enough, would be willing to serve as a roaming anchor too. Being stationary isn't his thing, though.

Nell needs rescuing!

[nell_of_soulwood]

Anyone who wants to help get Nell home? She's going to need some help getting out.

Elidibus-In-A-Box [free to good home?]

[wewillwewill]

Elidibus will be dead by Poi 25. He will reappear in the luggage carriage on Poi 26. Whatever happened to him will have left him extremely weakened and he won't be available to act as an anchor.

However if someone is watching the luggage carriage or the ICP roster and sees the death marker appear on Elidibus's name and wants to find out what the hell happened, he'll be imminently ambushable. See: Weakened.

Because he will be in a weakened state, he may very well reach out to someone to keep an eye out for dangers. This will largely be limited to people he knows can potentially deal with said dangers. See: Zenos.

(who is on hiatus right now, and thus for now is largely flavor. Though the weakened state will last at least as long as those weakened by anchoring so there's room for various CR here).

Maybe there's someone that wouldn't mind being able to take advantage of Elidibus's weakened state besides Zenos! Whether it's to badger him when he can't teleport away or try to take care of him when he... can't teleport away. Or even hollar at him. Make CR! Good or bad. :D

There will be a TL! Also if you're interested in him touching your TL, please write it down here. I'm trying to keep up but I've got a lot to catch up on, plus trying to keep track of the end of the month being a short one that Feb is.

[invigorates]

Lioriley has been neurotically watching the roster and trying to keep track of people, so if you're down for it she can harass him. She is also a healer and will be pretty adamant on getting him to chill and recover.