PA System: "Train for Sector OND now arriving on track two. Train will be departing in fifteen minutes."
A train pulls into the track next to the smashed monorail train. This one features a rusty engine and several ramshackle looking cars, the train tilted at a slight angle.
Is there anything you'd like to do before boarding the train?
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Lanius sighs deeply before shouting at Thomas "Oi! Newfie! Train's here!" He then tries to scavenge around for his pole. After he finishes searching (whether or not he found the pole), he boards the train and tries not to think too hard about being on his second-to-last clone.
edited 29th Dec '15 10:16:48 PM by Tojin
“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
Fenix blinks a few times at having gone through another clone.
"You'd think that auto pilot would have slowed down in time..."
He, rather hesitantly, gets onto the train.
"Oy!" A large man in an orange jumpsuit and wearing a train porter's badge steps in front of Fenix. "Hope you got your wickets all set, if you're gonna be ridin' the snails. "
Seeing Fenix's puzzled expression, the man goes on. "Snails, rails, it's rhymin' slang, ain't it. Anyway, if you're got your kit all settled, take a seat, we'll be strollin' out soon. I'm the snorter... sorry, porter for this run. You need anything, just purse your lips and give a thistle."
Fenix blinks a few times.
"Am I the only sane person in this place? If so, the irony isn't lost on me."
He takes a seat.
"...And what's a snorter? Is that even a word? Wickets...is cricket or whatever still a thing?"
It seems the recent events have him questioning just about everything.
"I have info about that. I recall it from when I edited books for Friend Computer. But you didn't so I can't say," Silence noted.
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"You're probably not the only sane person, Fenix. Then again, we live in Alpha Complex. Sanity is relative."
“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
((I'll probably have the train leaving tomorrow, so if there's anything you'd like to do in HRG sector, post it now. Otherwise, just sit back and enjoy a ride in the monorail, the safest... -starts laughing- sorry, I can't say that line anymore with a straight face.))
-bing-"Attention, Citizen Fenix-O-Mor-4. It has been reported that you have demonstrated potentially treasonous knowledge about the sabotage of the recently destroyed train. How did you know that the auto-pilot did not engage braking? Why did you not suspect brake failure or the chance that the train had been placed in the instant obsolescence program?"
"On a completely unrelated note, Integ-O-ITY-5's XP balance has been credited 10 extra expenditure points. Bringing his balance to 150." -bing-
edited 30th Dec '15 6:47:09 PM by Nodrog
I wasn't thinking of brake failure, as trains are the safest...form of travel between Sectors. And I thought that we would be informed if it was instantly obsoleted. So, I jumped the the next, most unlikely answer.
Fenix just sat down, still partly brooding.
"Oy, bake your sweets... that meens take your seats. We'll be takin' off in half a bob. No standin' on the apples and pairs while the train is brakin' or speadin' up. We'll be at Sector OND in thirty min, right as you please. I'll be comin' 'round wit' me punch in 'bout fifteen minutes, so have your wickets ready. Thank you for ridin' the monorail, the safest form of transportation between the sectors. Blimee, the stuff Friend Computer 'spects me to say with a straight face."
The train lurches forward, then begins to accelerate more smoothly as it pulls away from HRG sector.
((I'll just assume everyone is aboard, and hope you all have a safe and happy New Year's Eve))
edited 31st Dec '15 12:16:25 PM by Nodrog
You too dude.
Silence groans as he boards the train. "I don't like this, I try to avoid death! I've been good about it! But now!"
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Same to you, Nodrog! And to the rest of you, as well!
Lanius leaned on his pole and shrugged. "Hey, at least we've still got a clone to go. Maybe if we do well enough here we'll be rewarded with an extra clone."
“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
Happy New Year's, everyone!
Happy new year!
Happy New Year!
Fenix goes through his spellbook again, trying to find something that might be useful in a fight.
The first fifteen minutes of the trip pass peacefully. Then you see the porter re-enter the train car. "Tickets, please." He announces, then starts going down the aisle.
Integ holds out 5,1 what appears to be a valid ticket. The porter punches a small hole in the ticket with his punch and moves to the next trouble shooter. ((Integ now has a pierced hand and a stat point awarded for creative problem solving))
edited 1st Jan '16 11:42:08 AM by Nodrog
Um...um...
Fenix waves his hand in front of the porter's face, wiggling his fingers a bit.
"You've already punched my ticket."
He uses Magickal Influence That spell that adds dice to increase his attempt at Bluffing.
Fenix's taps into the power of magic 3, 3, 1, 5 is a mixed success; he successfully bluffs the porter, but at the result of further fraying his fragile grasp of reality. New sanity: 71 results in fraying his own mental faculties but also convincing the porter.
((Waiting for a volunteer to go next. So far not having a ticket has cost one troubleshooter a pierced hand and a second one a sanity point))
But hey, getting to do a Jedi Mind Trick was worth it. 
Fenix heads back to reading his book, still trying to find a spell he can use for combat.
Fenix finds a spell to send a projectile made of coherent light at an enemy. The spell is called 'use laser pistol'.
Silence sits and grumbles as the train goes off, he decides to hold off on speaking to the machinery, suicide for the glory of Friend Computer can wait.
Silence groans, "Not again!"