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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote2019-04-27 10:32 am

Character Shenanigans!

Sometimes things happen that may have consequences further down the line. Sometimes characters decide to do things that might have immidiate reprecussion. As mods we want to have our fingers on the pulse of the game as it were, but we are also aware that we won't be able to read every single thing!

So that's where this post comes in. If your character has done something 'noticable' that you think we might need to know about, throw us a link here. Some might require a response, some will just be noted.

Example: "Over *here* my character is trying to smash the windows of the engine!"

Sometimes you might have an idea in mind that you believe will have consequences and be in the midst of writing the thread, however you want to know what those consequences will be for threads going forward. Or you might still be in the planning stages and would like to know how things might pan out. That's also what this post is for!

Example: "At the end of this event my character is planning to not rejoin the train and instead ride off into the sunset! What happens?"

Ask away!
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2021-08-29 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Rapunzel and Curufin are talking about getting some artists together (or just passengers who want to contribute) and creating a mural that would be a memorial to former passengers and possibly to past Voidtrecker experiences. Curufin could buy canvas, paints, and wood for framing from the train store.

This thing would be quite large, and it would need to hang on a wall somewhere. I'm not sure whether there is any space on the train that might be a possible location. Do you have any ideas? The descriptions of the carriages often say that the walls are already occupied.

They could do the painting in one place and hang it in another.
Edited 2021-08-29 21:36 (UTC)
jingyeets: (peer | the kings and queens oh yeah)

[personal profile] jingyeets 2021-09-01 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
This is just a note since in case I'm lagging behind getting all his Daily Train Feedbacks in but:

Jingyi's going to be offering all on-train days for the next OOC month to have all his points "taken" so people get a candy on their pillows next. Platform.

... so basically if there's a way to use whatever points he has to earn everyone a piece of pillow candy one of these platforms, let me know, because in all his many recommendations to the train ("recommendations") I as a player absolutely am for his points going to something that ridiculous.
so_dark_a_road: (driven as leaves before the wind)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2021-09-01 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, thanks for the suggestions! I'm going to reread the carriage descriptions and see what might fit. I'll get back to you.
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[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2021-10-03 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
I had a question about those carriages that are described as having a corridor down the left side. In all these carriages, does the wall on the left side of the corridor have windows to the void? Or is it just a blank steel wall?

The ones I was looking at were Coaches A, C, D, J, K, and M. That is, the Quiet Coaches, the Sports Gym, possibly the Medical Coach, the Music Coach, the Libraries, and the Spa. Not all of these would be good choices, but if in any of them, there were no windows to the Void, that outer wall in the corridor would be a possibility for the mural.

I don't think Rapunzel and Curufin would want to hang the mural over windows.
Edited 2021-10-03 02:55 (UTC)
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Thread for Elidibus Creation Magic Mod Approval Stuff!

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-03 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Here it is! The catchall for things of the creation magic persuasion which will need mod permission.


[The above box is for me to have a nice format for the requests. I hope this helps!]

The first thing up for the docket!

Requester: Kiyoiri

Request: Magic bullets (status ailment type) for the matchlock rifle retrieved from Ayumi.

Material: Some type of casing/cartridge material which can hold a spell. There are materials native to Elidibus's world that can hold a charge of aether (and likely a 'spell') or basically anything that would be able to hold a magic 'charge'. The spell itself would be supplied by the enchanter.

Efforts:

1. Elidibus would aim for a cartridge style that can be replenished with the appropriate spell by someone with casting knowledge. Would the result be a one-use (resulting in more overall ammo in the alloted time and a need to get more materials when they run out) or can a rechargeable cartridge be created (less cartridges, but recharged by spellcasters)?

2. While the request is slated for status ailments, Elidibus would probably try to make them versatile enough to hold any 'basic' spell (Effective spells but nothing monstrous; they wouldn't be able to contain 'high powered' spells and would break if someone tried.) There will be 'status spell' cartridges, 'defense' cartridges or 'offense' cartridges if he succeeds. He would focus on the requested type first. What would be the result?

3. Length of time to develop and create the ammo in question (see notes below)?

4. How much was created?


Notes: There should be no problem with the theory. FFXIV's canon is very well established in having guns and ammunition; both gunpowder based and cartridges that hold aether charges. There is even in-game lore supporting someone else charging cartridges with aether for someone who can't do it for themselves. (Spoilers, can elaborate if needed.). Ammo with a specific spell effects has never been shown but it should be easy for a sorcerer of Elidibus's caliber to build on the existing knowledge and create a solution. As he has had a recent rapport with Kiyoiri, saw her distress and sees this as a way to improve the child's strength, he would put a priority on developing this ammo. This would be a minimum of two weeks however, plus whatever time you might see fit to tack on.

I also had the thought that if this ammo ends up being a rechargeable cartridge, the person placing a spell on the cartridge must have the prerequisite knowledge of enchanting, imbuing or infusing an object with a spell. It won't be just a matter of casting a spell at it.
Edited 2021-10-03 17:57 (UTC)
wewillwewill: (Default)

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-03 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It would be best to use material from his world, otherwise he'd have to learn a new world's material and that would add time. :E And that sounds absolutely fair! 3 weeks it is.

Just to clarify 3 weeks for both status and offense/defense or 3 weeks for status and say... another week for offense/defense?
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2021-10-05 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, thanks for the information!

The Music Coach is also described as having a corridor running along one side on the bottom level, with a door to enter the music room itself. It doesn't say where the door is. Is the door in the middle of the corridor wall? Or is it at one end?
Edited 2021-10-05 00:24 (UTC)
securityconsultant: (now it's fine)

[personal profile] securityconsultant 2021-10-21 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
GENDO HANDS

so as per this conversation, Murderbot will be attempting to make a direct contact with the train through whatever system it finds available; it's already been established that the train is holy shit-nigh-overwhelming in terms of presence, IIRC, but would it still be able to make contact/what format would you like that to take? (Just through ICP/feedback post, handwaved, actual thread on the log, whatever?)

The way I'm envisioning it is mainly trying to do a systems-status request, as well as uploading its data re; the interviews and a request for a stopover at a world related to the treaty book Yondu provided. Handwaving with no response/it sending out this information to the (metaphorical!) void is fine; 'sup to you folks.
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Enemy Unseen Post Mission

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-21 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Besides wanting a place to carry out his perusal of the others' interviews in peace and quiet, another reason Elidibus stays near it is in response to network talk about the possibility of stowaways. Which granted may have also shaped his reason for going there in the first place. So consider him a guard in case something spoopy does end up happening! He will periodically be looking around with his senses.

[A guard who brought his laptop with him to watch netflix anyway.]
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Re: Enemy Unseen Post Mission

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-23 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
Forgive me if I misread. But he would be standing as near to the Engine as anyone can get. From the setting page I am led to believe this is an unbroken wall in the storage carriage where a connection between cars normally would be.

TL;DR: Standing guard over the Voidtrecker Express engine. At least as near as anyone can ICly get to it.
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[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-11-04 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Would it be reasonable, if people approach and/or make Elidibus aware of the vegetarian problem, to convert stuff into aether and make vegetarian products out of them? Picture if you will, plants, veg, octopus, someone's torn shirt, all turned into aether and then made into edible veg and tofu and mushroom and whatnot.
(no one need know about the shirt)


(This is a sort of preapproval-or-not) question in case it comes up because vegetarians.
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[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-11-18 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Elidibus didn't use all of the ore he ordered to make the full amount of bullets he could (he made the 'small item' batch of 20 bullets and kept the remaining 30 bullet's worth on hand for later).

He will be using some of this to make a supply of colored pencils (probably about twelve packets, based off the ones he got from the coloring book he got so.... probably about 8 per packet) to go with a post I'm planning on posting soon as I get an okay here.

He'll try to reclaim what remains unused for material fodder for something else but you know how colored pencils are. XD Some will get used to the nubs, others just forgotten to be returned, lost behind seats, etc, etc.

Would this be okay with modtypes?

The post will be a network post, asking people to post network responses about what they colored and why, etc. If anyone responds he will reward them with a small 'free creation' favor with the materials needed purchased at his expense. (like making some clothes or a favorite fruit that isn't on the train or something minor) Though this won't be ICly mentioned.
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Back on Osiga...

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-12-29 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure how many credits Elidibus would have had or whether they'd apply to 'anything on Osiga' rather than just tourist shops, but given his conversation with Ten-Nank would likely touched on tethers enough and general desire for information since this is a void hub, he would search out non-tourist trap bookstores (digital bookstores? Libraries?) looking for the following:

1. Information on the actual science/technology behind tethering, both the application of it in history and current technology. He would look for a layman's 'How it Works' overview but also a more in-depth technical version as well.

2. Information on what's known about the study of voidspace. Its energy, its 'science', how it's harnessed. Specifically knowledge that isn't readily available in the train's library (that he's been able to discover).

3. Newspaper articles on Void Ministry stuff! Not necessarily the VTE's current news (I can't remember if there was public news about the discussions, but if there are he'll note whether or not they're being kept secret or a public thing). But also articles about past incidents, how the Ministry handles cases, whether or not they get criticized or if it seems surprisingly 'towing the ministry line' in the papers. E.G. very ministry controlled or reasonable freedom of the press.

He will want to purchase what he can or make copies of what's allowed to be copied from the library (like interesting news articles). Elidibus is not above discreetly making copies of books he can't take with him or afford with his creation magic too. u_u But he will make the effort to purchase and seek to limit copies to the library sort of places.

Unless there's actual postings against doing that. Then he won't because he isn't trying to make waves here. XD

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