Soldat PSL Starters
Apr. 16th, 2022 10:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I. Down on the Farm - The World of Beacon
Maybe the train left you somewhere unfamiliar, alone. Maybe the train landed on a dimly lit world and you got separated from the rest of the Voidtreckers. Maybe the train let people go where they chose when the mission ended, and you chose to come look for Soldat.
However you arrived on the world of Beacon, the sun is up, but it's thin and frail-seeming, the light not quite as strong as it should be. There's a field with a weak crop of wheat, corn, and beans coming up, and a small cabin-like farmhouse beyond looks in serious need of repair. Is that a hole in the roof? Does the door even properly close?
Soldat comes out from the off-kilter, squeaking door, wearing flannels and jeans and the familiar combat boots, both necklaces-- chewing and memories-- around his neck. He squints out at the light, at the person standing on the edge of their farmland.
Want to say hi?
II. World-Hopping - Other Canons
Maybe the train didn't quite let Soldat go the same way it was supposed to and they've been bouncing from one world to another, and now they've landed on yours. Or maybe they opened their portal back in Beacon to your world, because they saw the World Eaters headed that way and came to warn everyone. Maybe you heard news of some confused guy with a metal arm asking for you, or maybe you just ran into them.
Time to show them around. Or be confused because you don't recognize this not-quite-person back....
III. Reunions - On the Train
Maybe Soldat appears on the platform again some months down the line, blinking in confusion at all the unfamiliar faces and their own sense of lost time.
They clutch their newly-restored rucksack like a lifeline and ask, "What happened?"
Maybe the train left you somewhere unfamiliar, alone. Maybe the train landed on a dimly lit world and you got separated from the rest of the Voidtreckers. Maybe the train let people go where they chose when the mission ended, and you chose to come look for Soldat.
However you arrived on the world of Beacon, the sun is up, but it's thin and frail-seeming, the light not quite as strong as it should be. There's a field with a weak crop of wheat, corn, and beans coming up, and a small cabin-like farmhouse beyond looks in serious need of repair. Is that a hole in the roof? Does the door even properly close?
Soldat comes out from the off-kilter, squeaking door, wearing flannels and jeans and the familiar combat boots, both necklaces-- chewing and memories-- around his neck. He squints out at the light, at the person standing on the edge of their farmland.
Want to say hi?
II. World-Hopping - Other Canons
Maybe the train didn't quite let Soldat go the same way it was supposed to and they've been bouncing from one world to another, and now they've landed on yours. Or maybe they opened their portal back in Beacon to your world, because they saw the World Eaters headed that way and came to warn everyone. Maybe you heard news of some confused guy with a metal arm asking for you, or maybe you just ran into them.
Time to show them around. Or be confused because you don't recognize this not-quite-person back....
III. Reunions - On the Train
Maybe Soldat appears on the platform again some months down the line, blinking in confusion at all the unfamiliar faces and their own sense of lost time.
They clutch their newly-restored rucksack like a lifeline and ask, "What happened?"