Character Shenanigans!

[voidtreckermods]

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!

Comments

[shutupnail]

So! I don't know how to phrase this. Well, as you know Piccolo wants to escape so what would happen? I kinda would like a description of the platform to know what's around him. I've always wondered if a majority of the platforms are outdoor or indoor platforms...or if anyone ever notices with the fog obscuring the area. Anyway! Need to know the ceiling of the platform and if it's visible or invisible (magical) for flying away purposes, and what if anything can be damaged by blasts???

Re: dun dun DUN.

[voidtreckermods]

I'll keep my eye on the thread and if no one pokes that prompt I will give you a non response- response.

[voidtreckermods]

Hi

So this platform at least is outside- hence the rain! It is not huge, but large enough to not be too crowded once everyone is off the train greeting people. There are walls all around it except for the tracks. At one of the long ends there are the barriers where those that dropped/idled disappeared through.

Nothing will be damaged by blasts (except other people and their belongings). He won't be able to get through the barriers, as if there is an invisible wall. If he tries to fly up he will realise after a bit that though he feels he is flying, he is not getting any higher- if he keeps trying to fly his SCA will start doing the danger beep.

[shutupnail]

...what happens if he ignores the danger beep?

Also, can he only get as high as, say, the walls surrounding the platform or is it higher? Does he feel any magical energy or any barrier when he tries to fly or is it just...he can't go higher but can't figure out why?

[voidtreckermods]

It beeps more insistently and he will start feeling like he really needs to fly down and board the train. If he keeps ignoring it/fighting it then he will find himself waking up in the luggage compartment on day two with the honour of being our first in game death.

It is a little higher than the walls, but the fog is too deep to see anything beyond them. He won't be able to figure out why he can't get higher but it doesn't feel like a barrier as such.

[runs_on_batteries]

Ooo that would be better. What kind of devices did you get? :) Also hi Garrett!

[shutupnail]

I mean.... that's tempting.... he's used to dying.... /bricked

Thus comes the question: does the same non-wall feeling happen when he tries to slip over the wall or something else? OH. Can he feel anything out there with his ki/does anything outside have life? (Has any of the Star Wars people asked this? I know there's nothing in the Void but are the stations....in the Void.... :|a)

[themasterthief]

Hello, hello! You should make him fill out the thing while he's cornered otherwise he never will. He got anything small and not taken with the evac. He doesn't know the difference from a phone to a tablet but those two things are basically what he stole because he knows they kinda look like computers.... he thinks.

[voidtreckermods]

Yes the same feeling happens if he tries to climb over the wall.

He won't feel anything with his ki, the only life he will feel will be from on the platform - the other passengers.

[shutupnail]

Aaaand I think I'm done for now. Thank you, thank you! c:

[unfavorableinstigation]

A response to the non-response~!

[yep_stilldead]

Ivy's gonna be trying to ghost float her way into the engine room! I have a feeling I know how this ends, but let's get the shenanigans confirmed: Will she be able to do it?

e: Thread here.

[voidtreckermods]

She will find that the wall is solid! She will bash into it and not be able to float through it!

(As a note the same would happen if she tried to pass through any of the outer train walls into the void, in case she ever tries)

[unfavorableinstigation]

From the same thread: Nita is having another go at talking with the Train - though this also counts as a wall interaction. XD

[thegreatninja]

Just as a heads up. Yuffie is trying to make her own team here. I am so hoping someone stops her but I wanted to keep giving you a heads up.

Also nothing is on fire yet but that might happen because she's cooking with Edge.

[unfavorableinstigation]

At Ivy's insistence, Nita tries some new questions! Because she doubts tricking the train is a good idea.

Peridexic Shenanigans~

[unfavorableinstigation]

This is what I put down as my first post on this comm, why am I like this?

Aka the thing I talked about on plurk. Responses not expected but very welcome! And if the peridexis' own perception of time(/interaction with the Video Game-esque reset that puts everyone in their beds) should be altered the same way everyone else on the train's is, please tell me. |D

[rieper]

I'd like to finally put up those garden boxes. There's a small one in 1:A since Sarai requested one but more importantly:

There's one luggage sized garden box in each of the carriages (minus Sleepers and Medical) put as out of the way as possible. That's one for Luggage, Dressing, Games, Gym, Standard, Quiet, Dining, and Stores. The Garden carriage has four boxes so far, one for each corner. More will probably be added later. 47 left out Medical for sanitary reasons though someone could convince him to put one there eventually, too. Or make their own. Or request one and not tell him where they put it. XD They can also request small personal boxes for Sleepers or whatever if anyone see this and wants to handwave some CR!

Anyway! Thought maybe it was a good time to add that to the list of changes to the train. I'm sorry I took this long... (47's probably had this finished for a week or two by now.)

[voidtreckermods]

Aw 47!

Can I have a quick descrption of the garden boxes themselves. I understand they are in suitcases. Are there plants that he has gotten from worlds? Are they mostly soil right now? Or are they little rockeries? Just so I can put it up on the setting!

[mimidaeia]

I mentioned in her application that SXT-2 can connect to electronic devices, much like your laptop connects to your home/work wifi and it only takes one login process before the two pretty much recognise each other as familiar.

Is it possible for her to at least be hooked up to the ICP network & her own SCA, and be to access all the information on it while she's on board? (oocly, it'd make life much easier for her from a character design/accessibility standpoint).

Other than the comms network which is the most obvious case, are there any other appliances she can connect to? SXT-2 relies a lot on appliance data to understand what's going on around her, so her exploration of the train will also involve seeking out those things. Are the lights / ventilation networks accessible? Single android is looking for wifi-enabled dishwashers in her area.

[voidtreckermods]

Hi!

Yes it is possible for her to be connected to both her SCA and the ICP. Though she would still need to be next to an ICP to use the network part of it (if she would even do so). She can have access to all the things that passengers can access (as on the ICP and SCA pages)

Other accessible things are lights, ventilation, heating, washing machines in the laundry room, most of the kitchen appliances like oven, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, kettle- they run on a basic network which seems mostly there for emergency protocols but is accessible on a very surface level. The carriage are connected too and the screens at the doors of the cabins (she will not be able to open any cabin but her own. But she can read the screen data- which is the names of the occupants)

She won't be able to get into anything deeper than that (nothing connected to the running of the train or any life systems.) The heating/lights/ventilation she will be able to read the data of but not control in any way.

[rieper]

...I really wanna say he grabbed some plants from the last mission but I didn't think about it in the excitement of MISSION for 47 so it's okay if he didn't get a chance. But if so, maybe some flowers for Sarai, I mean uh, the non-Garden boxes.

They should be larger suitcases so plenty can be put in them, especially the Garden boxes since they want to try vegetables. But right now most of them look relatively empty! They have soil or paper materials to act like soil on the top levels where the seeds are ready to germinate. A pipe is sticking out of the soil on one side and the opposite side has a hole in the side to let excess water out. If a person were to dig in them they would find rocks/pebbles at the bottom where the water goes and a mat or cloth to separate the rocks from the soil material.

Gwen-mun mentioned food stock crates as an alternative to suitcases so a few may be made from those if any wooden crates are used to hold the stocks on the train.

In the future 47 would like to try to procure some roses (for Lightning) so I'll try to remember to ask at each mission what new plants they can get! I'm sure the others will as well. But specifically: roses.

[voidtreckermods]

There was definitely time on the final day and a meadow full of flowers so he could have grabbed a few things to start him off!

I will add the description to the settings page!

Thank you!

Follow-up, inspired by the Handwaved CR post:

[unfavorableinstigation]

Assume the peridexis has continued talking about some of its adventures with Nita&co after the dream event's end. The entries are part-matter-of-fact-reports, part-contemplative-reflection in tone, and are kept as quiet as possible.

Occasionally it wonders if the train (or just the Voidtreckers effort in general) has been on similar adventures, as well as why they haven't crossed paths or heard of each other before.

[voidtreckermods]

Noted!

Also yes, I missed the crossed out bit of your initial post here. The peridexis will be subject to the reset and its perception of time altered (as in there seems to be no time before when night owl people are up and when the morning announcement happens and everyone is in bed)