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* CentralTheme: Escapes and how people selfishly hurt others just for them in contrast of learning to move forward. Amelia wanted an escape from the pain of losing Alrich and it destroyed the lives of passengers and denizens for thirty years. Meanwhile, Casimira wanted to escape her loneliness by opening the doors to passengers but it nearly ended with her nearly killed by a Train. November refuses to move forward with her life and is stuck living a dull life while Sei chooses to move forward once she gets her act together.



** Edith Finch, Simon's next door neighbor, is partially responsible for getting Simon on the train when her remark that "no one will read a story from a boy who can't use spell check" has him clam up the night before a spelling bee that would whisk him onto the Train. However, she was also going through a stressful time with her mother's cancer and Simon made a nasty remark how most of the tragedies the Finches suffer through his all because of Edith's great-grandmother unable to just move on with everything. Simon's mom admits that Edith felt sorry for what she said.

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** Edith Finch, Simon's next door neighbor, is partially responsible for getting Simon on the train when her remark that "no one will read a story from a boy who can't use spell check" has him clam up the night before a spelling bee that would whisk him onto the Train. However, she was also going through a stressful time with her mother's cancer and Simon made a nasty remark how most of the tragedies the Finches suffer through his is all because of Edith's great-grandmother unable to just move on with everything. Simon's mom admits that Edith felt sorry for what she said.



** Goh thinks that a Snom is a horrible present for Chloe due to it not matching her. Turns out there ''is' something in common -- they have big appetites and going "Om nom nom" as they eat.

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** Goh thinks that a Snom is a horrible present for Chloe due to it not matching her. Turns out there ''is' ''is'' something in common -- they have big appetites and going "Om nom nom" as they eat.



** While he's being a dick about it, the Padlock Earring street cleaner is right that Chloe shouldn't think she's invinicble just because she's One-One's chosen one to stop the Apex or that she has the blessings of the Goetias by the side. She can still be killed at any moment and there are a lot of denizens (like the street cleaners themselves) who don't see what the big deal is about her.
** A street-cleaner asks Tres what's the point of the denizens serving ''passengers'' when they get nothing of their services. Given how denizens are considered "lesser" to people who couldn't give a damn about them, and the Conductor put down Lake's idea to get a number and leave the Train, and you have a bit of a compelling arguement.

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** While he's being a dick about it, the Padlock Earring street cleaner is right that Chloe shouldn't think she's invinicble invincible just because she's One-One's chosen one to stop the Apex or that she has the blessings of the Goetias by the side. She can still be killed at any moment and there are a lot of denizens (like the street cleaners themselves) who don't see what the big deal is about her.
** A street-cleaner asks Tres what's the point of the denizens serving ''passengers'' when they get nothing of their services. Given how denizens are considered "lesser" to people who couldn't give a damn about them, and the Conductor put down Lake's idea to get a number and leave the Train, and you have a bit of a compelling arguement.argument.
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** Augustine throws one to Alrich when he states Amelia is atoning.
-->'''Augustine:''' Then why does it take a ''child'' to make her realize she fucked up?
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* RunningGag: Yuri keeps mispronouncing "Palimpsest" and someone has to correct him. It was based on how Spinner kept typing it wrong and both she and Green Phantom Queen threw it in.

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* RunningGag: Yuri keeps mispronouncing "Palimpsest" and someone has to correct him. It was based on how Spinner kept typing it wrong and both she and Green Phantom Queen threw it in.constantly corrected her.
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** Chloe is so pissed off at Casimira opening her entitled mouth, and just after Chloe was nearly killed by a runaway train and ''strangled by the street cleaners'', that she punches the bitch in the face.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Gladion mentions how White Gestalt left the Soda Beach Car was written due to the death of Creator/KazukiTakahashi dying a HeroicSacrifice in the ocean saving a mother and her child when Part 4 was being written.
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* AdaptedOut: From the original ''Palilmpsest'' book, Oleg Sadakov's arc and most references to it -- as his was about chasing an imaginary copy of his older sister[[note]]Said sister died as a young girl and appears to him as an older version wearing a child-sized dress and was said to be in an imaginary incestual relationship with her. Yeah.[[/note]] -- are omitted.

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* AdaptedOut: From the original ''Palilmpsest'' book, Oleg Sadakov's arc and most references to it -- as his was about chasing an imaginary copy of his older sister[[note]]Said sister died as drowned when he was a young girl baby and appears to him as an older version wearing a child-sized dress and was said dress. Oleg is heavily implied to be in an imaginary incestual incestuous relationship with her.her and the delusion appears because Oleg constantly keeps refusing to take his meds. Yeah.[[/note]] -- are omitted.



* AmbiguousSituation: Did the Train really did interfere with the lightning bolts on the denizens? It's only a speculation from the heroes and the Train never interferes with a passenger's path to growth.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Did the Train really did interfere with the lightning bolts on the denizens? It's only a speculation from the heroes and the Train never interferes interfered with a passenger's path to growth.growth, not even when Tulip was with its ''Conductor'' for months.

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* AdaptedOut: From the original ''Palilmpsest'' book, Oleg Sadakov's arc and most references to it -- as his was about chasing an imaginary copy of his older sister -- are omitted.

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* AdaptedOut: From the original ''Palilmpsest'' book, Oleg Sadakov's arc and most references to it -- as his was about chasing an imaginary copy of his older sister[[note]]Said sister died as a young girl and appears to him as an older version wearing a child-sized dress and was said to be in an imaginary incestual relationship with her. Yeah.[[/note]] -- are omitted.


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* AmbiguousSituation: Did the Train really did interfere with the lightning bolts on the denizens? It's only a speculation from the heroes and the Train never interferes with a passenger's path to growth.


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** Inari asks Chloe what "Chloe of the Vermillion" means to her, helping Chloe start breaking out of her illusions.

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* AsianFoxSpirit: One car in the Third Rail are filled with kitsunes who tend to rice paddies. A kitsune girl tries to possess Chloe in an attempt to leave her car and explore outside the Train.



* EasilyForgiven: The kitsune girl who possessed Chloe's body is forgiven by Chloe and Inari for what she did, but she doesn't get off easily for destroying plenty of cabbages in a car. She accepts the punishment of spending time to tending to new cabbage.



** On route to seeing everyone, Chloe questions Casimira's idea of help involving "forcing preventing others from getting support is wrong" and Casimira questions if she's talking about herself or the Infinity Train in general. The end of Part 2 reveals that Usagi/The Third Rail ''deliberately'' is separating the Windchases and Red Lotus Uprising to trap Augustine to become its conductor.

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** On route to seeing everyone, Chloe questions Casimira's idea of help involving "forcing preventing others from getting support is wrong" and Casimira questions if she's talking about herself or the Infinity Train in general. The end of Part 2 reveals that Usagi/The Third Rail ''deliberately'' is separating the Windchases Windchasers and Red Lotus Uprising to trap Augustine to become its conductor.



* HandGaggig: As Lexi explains what a pescia is, which is derived from a term of Monks copying tomes into smaller books, Yuri asks why not use printers or computers. Lexi shoves a quill pen in Yuri's mouth to shut him up.
* HardTruthAesop: The heroes learn that their small actions aren't enough to truly make huge changes in Palimpsest because it's a huge cesspool of hatred and spite. It takes a true ''conscious'' effort to make sure that changes are taken place for the long term.

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* HandGaggig: HandGagging: As Lexi explains what a pescia is, which is derived from a term of Monks copying tomes into smaller books, Yuri asks why not use printers or computers. Lexi shoves a quill pen in Yuri's mouth to shut him up.
* HardTruthAesop: The heroes learn that their small actions aren't enough to truly make huge changes in Palimpsest because it's a huge cesspool of hatred and spite. It takes a true ''conscious'' effort to make sure that changes are taken place for the long term.term and even more effort for people to ''make'' the change.



** From ''Infinity Train'' itself, Frank recalls how he saw Khaki Bottoms (the plush rabbit from the Ball Pit Car) roaming about with him losing an ear.

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** From ''Infinity Train'' itself, Frank recalls how he saw Khaki Bottoms (the plush rabbit from the Ball Pit Car) roaming about with him losing an ear.ear in the Lucky Cat Car.



* NakedPeopleAreFunny: London makes note that Gladion and Specter are in nothing but swimming trunks after the White Gestalts defeats Ai's monsters. Then the fangirls with their phones arrive.
* NotSoSimilar: Casimira remarks that she and Chloe are the same as they had the will to help do something grand and break barriers. Chloe remarks that the thing with the Mirage Pokémon was for ''them'', and never for herself, whereas Casimira was a selfish bitch who didn't care of the reprecussions of her war, not to mention that Chloe nearly ''died'' for her stunt and Casimira looked like she never had to go through the violence or torture Chloe went through.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: London makes note that Gladion and Specter are in nothing but wearing swimming trunks after the White Gestalts defeats Ai's monsters. Then the fangirls with their phones arrive.
* NotSoSimilar: Casimira remarks that she and Chloe are the same as they had the will to help do something grand and break barriers. Chloe remarks that the thing with the Mirage Pokémon was for ''them'', and NoNameGiven: The kitsune girl is never for herself, whereas Casimira was given a selfish bitch who didn't care of the reprecussions of her war, not to mention that Chloe nearly ''died'' for her stunt and Casimira looked like name, with author notes stating she never had to go through the violence or torture Chloe went through.wasn't planned with one in mind.


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* NotSoSimilar: Casimira remarks that she and Chloe are the same as they had the will to help do something grand and break barriers. Chloe remarks that the thing with the Mirage Pokémon was for ''them'', and never for herself, whereas Casimira was a selfish bitch who didn't care of the reprecussions of her war, not to mention that Chloe nearly ''died'' for her stunt and Casimira looked like she never had to go through the violence or torture Chloe went through.
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* HandGaggig: As Lexi explains what a pescia is, which is derived from a term of Monks copying tomes into smaller books, Yuri asks why not use printers or computers. Lexi shoves a quill pen in Yuri's mouth to shut him up.


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* PassThePopcorn: Inari is eating ''kitsune udon'' (udon topped with Inari sushi, tofu pouches stuffed with rice) when they watch Asher turn into a bird-like humanoid.


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** Chloe looks into Asher's soul to reveal something else about him.
-->'''Chloe:''' Asher being a Prince and being raised by Malphas and Raum was right all along. But…he’s not a Shadow nor a Goetia. He’s really Prince Armand Vrana Alchiba of the Royal Aviary Car.
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* RefusingParadise: The theme of this car is about leaving this surreal paradise for broken people and actively work on themselves.
** Amelia has finally found her Alrich and can live a relatively peaceful life with him...but she eventually lets it go. The Alrich made by Palimpsest is not ''her'' Alrich, stuck in the past. He is his own person, and Amelia only requests that he lives his best life and to remember that she made him happy even for a moment.
** Sei comes to the conclusion that she's going to stay with the Third Rail as a mother figure until she's ready to work on herself as a person. While she will always be a ''densha otaku'', she understands that this type of happiness shouldn't be permanent.
** Chloe slowly starts recognizing the patterns she's made in becoming Chloe of the Vermillion and takes the steps to leave her fantasy behind.
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** In general, this car is the one that changes the events of ''Book 3'', where it's ''Simon'' the one who gets the redemption arc instead of Grace.

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** Ululiro may be the more innocent one of the two, as she went to war in self-defense against Casimira, but she never controlled her (all male) street cleaner group about the idea of maybe you should ''not'' kill an innocent child for a crime she didn't commit and she was part of the idea to cut up a zoo of animals just for an advantage. She realizes her fault in this and decides to start making changes.

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** Ululiro may be the more innocent one of the two, as she went to war in self-defense against Casimira, but she never controlled her (all male) street cleaner group about the idea of maybe you should ''not'' kill an innocent child for a crime she didn't commit and she was part of the idea to cut up a zoo of animals just for an advantage.advantage (she has a shark's head). She realizes her fault in this and decides to start making changes.


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** Edith Finch, Simon's next door neighbor, is partially responsible for getting Simon on the train when her remark that "no one will read a story from a boy who can't use spell check" has him clam up the night before a spelling bee that would whisk him onto the Train. However, she was also going through a stressful time with her mother's cancer and Simon made a nasty remark how most of the tragedies the Finches suffer through his all because of Edith's great-grandmother unable to just move on with everything. Simon's mom admits that Edith felt sorry for what she said.

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* BittersweetEnding: For Amelia. She's finally found a place to belong, along with a copy of Alrich, after thirty years wasting her life trying to build a car of her own. But she's realized that it's nothing more than a pipe dream at this point, as she has Chloe to look after and Hazel to rescue. She ends up telling the pescia Alrich to live his life, but to remember that for a brief moment, he made her ''happy''.

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For Amelia. Amelia: She's finally found a place to belong, along with a copy of Alrich, after thirty years wasting her life trying to build a car of her own. But she's realized that it's nothing more than a pipe dream at this point, as she has Chloe to look after and Hazel to rescue. She ends up telling the pescia Alrich to live his life, but to remember that for a brief moment, he made her ''happy''.''happy''.
** In general: Palimpsest won't be getting big changes soon as the prejudice between denizens and passengers are too deep seated and Chloe will be having more mental health problems in the following car. But she and Augustine have decided to start working together thanks to Tres, Sei vows to work with the Third Rail until she's ready to go on her personal trip, Ululiro's eyes have been opened up to how her racism towards passengers nearly ended with Chloe's death, and Casimira is now punished for her actions.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Beneath Sycamore and Chloe trying to iron the kinks in their relationship, Amelia is the focus character of the car as she confronts the reality that she can never be with her Alrich again, and that Palimpsest isn't the paradise it makes itself out to be.

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