Plot: Coming for that sweet train data!

[10billionpercent]

Following the train's recent answering session, some nerds have gotten together with the big idea of wanting to help the train. There's the question of what's going on with the train's missing memories surrounding what happened to its crew, and helping the train has always been difficult. Nobody understands what makes the train tick, and how can you help the train when you can't get to its engine room? You access a backdoor with permission from the train, and have it show you files so that you can try to decipher exactly how it works - and invite everyone to come help.

HOW? WHAT?

There will be a network post inviting computer-touching types and also those with energy-reading expertise, and also memory/seer-type gifts to join in on the project. There will be two approaches (simplified): Using computers and a scientific approach to deciphering how the train's data is formulated, and - while also using VR tech to create a projection - also allowing more energy/vision-based gifts to help explore the data to understand it. This is to allow more than scientific-nerds to get onboard. And come on, the train is very special: this is a good chance for scientific and spiritual nerds to come together, and for everyone to help out.

WHEN? WHERE?

This will be taking place over a period of time, between the April and May events. The upstairs game carriage will be used for these sessions to allow for room (just move aside the giant blocks, nobody needs them, right), and anyone willing to help is free to come along. Laptop screens can be projected, as well as the data shared by the train. This will be a group effort, and it may be able to help with other problems - such as the tethers, and how to find those lost. Who knows! First, there must be research.

SIGN ME UP!

If you would be interested, please comment below! You can also ask questions, and please - tell us what ideas your character can bring to the table! If your character might be able to help but would be reluctant at the start, let us know if any of our characters can help. The initial people involved in this project are: CLU/Faux (ranoutofbuts), Elidibus (wewillwewill), Emet-Selch (apokroteo), Esteban (crowneddragon), Senku Ishigami (10billionpercent), Seto Kaiba (blue_ice), Tidus (blitzcheer) We'd love for all skills to be helpful around this time. If you have an idea for another approach, let us know! Also..

SIDE PROJECT

An idea will be to offer energy to the train to potentially help it, but it will be cagey about this. However, making a battery to store energy that can be used in the future would be good - if for the train, or for void tears. Tidus is interested in this after speaking with Edge, and a project is a project! If anyone has ideas for this, feel free to share them!

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Approach:</b> (Tech? Magic? Energy Readying? Seer? Other Role?) <b>Notes/Ideas:</b> (Want to expand? Have ideas to add? )

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[thepriceforalife]

Character Name: Thomas Price
Approach: Thomas's powers are not fully defined in canon, but he can both detect and siphon off energy that comes from passing through the boundaries between worlds or dimensions, and use it for things. As a newbie, he's going to do detection/perception, because he doesn't know enough about Void Physics to want to mess with anything relating to that on the train. (He'd set it up that any energy gathered by travel through the Void would go to offset the cost of powering the engines if possible.)
Notes/Ideas: Mostly he just wants to be involved so he gets the news first hand. Sadly, while he's a smart dude and a scholar, he's also been off Earth since the 1960s.