Click. Good afternoon, all passengers. This is your conductor speaking. As a reminder, you are all on the vertical space line, though I’m sure the clothes, languages, and other… aspects of your fellow riders have told you as much by now.
Anyhow, our last stop will be the Grand Starry Station, where you must exit the train for our routine maintenance, even if your destination lies on these tracks.
For those of you who are first-timers, or have simply forgotten, the Grand Starry Station is the largest train station of any universe. It is the only station from which both time and space travelling trains are available, and services every time that has, or will exist, as well as each of the thousands of universes.
Since we arrive at the station rather soon, I would like to remind you all to please fill out the identification sheets which our stewards are passing out at the moment. It will save quite a lot of time later.
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[b]Name and titles:[/b]
[b]Species:[/b](Please describe physical attributes in the DT later, so that our illustrators can create an ID picture.)
[b]Coloration:[/b](Oh, and the pictures are in black and white because we’re not good about updating that sort of thing.)
[b]Date of first arrival:[/b](When did you appear in the universal array?)
[b]Biological age:[/b]
[b]Vague address:[/b](Universe, galaxy, system, and any other information we may need in the case of an emergency.)
[b]Occupation:[/b]
[b]Purpose of travel:[/b]
[b]Duration of travel:[/b]
[b]Final destination:[/b]
[b]Felonies:[/b] (Yes, you can have no felonies. Our security will brief you if any laws are… different.)
[b]Other background information:[/b]
[b]Declarations:[/b](Abilities, sicknesses, dangerous or live personal items, sustenance, and rants about bad service.)
I wish you all safe journeys and thank you for your patronage. Click.
A low hum overtakes the passenger car as everyone begins filling out their forms. No one notices the change of scenery outside the train until a cat shrieks, and its translated voice echoes in everyone’s minds.
“What did you say, Tabitha?” the cat asks, her face pointed at a kitten climbing on the window sill.
“I said I saw a crack, Momma.”
Someone else screams. Then a low growl rumbles through the air. Soon, the car is swept into a frenzy of panicking creatures. A crew member radios for assistance with handling the crowd.
It’s too late though. The train jolts to a stop, and everyone can feel air rushing past their skins, scales, and other manners of covering. It’s going towards the back of the train.
The kitten flies through the air first, a fluffy, calico ball of fur. Then comes her desperate, wide-eyed mother. It’s not long before even the strongest of passengers is sucked through the train, bouncing along the tops of seats and tables.
At the end of the train, the crack grins. Its mouth is wide open, and its hunger knows no bounds.
You are pulled in, and you think you’re going to die.
But you don’t. You’re alive on a planet that supports your kind. You don’t know where or when; you just know you’re suddenly standing on a train platform with all of your luggage neatly dropped beside you.
You look around, and there are a few others there too. No one you know well, but they were definitely in your train car.
The scenery is nice. It’s an outdoor platform, and though the air smells funny, at least you can breathe. Green clouds drift near the horizon, illuminated by two suns, and they all float over a deep, crimson ocean.
You ask yourself the inevitable question:
What now?
Notes from an experienced traveler :
1. Yes, superpowers are a thing here; please restrain yourself and avoid becoming over-powered! In the past, mind-control especially has been an awkward ability to deal with, so I would avoid that.
2. Plot twists are great! There are some vague notions of things-gone-wrong with the railway company, but the future is the future, and nothing is set in stone.
3. Be nice. It not only gets you material things, but also friends and a lot of satisfaction.
4. There is only one "god" in the array of universes, and you are not it (neither am I), so try not to "god-mod."
5. As far as setting and world-building go, this journey will have a lot of both! So, in order to keep everyone on the same page, we need to be communicating with each other about our ideas and visions.
6. I'd like to keep this whole thing as safe and friendly as possible. So while action and suspense are definitely a yes, we are keeping the ordeal PG-PG13.
7. You have an illustrator (moi) on this journey. Utilize her skills! If there is a piece of scenery, or a character or object you'd like drawn, go right ahead and ask.
8. Keep discussion-ey stuff in the DT, please!
9. I have no idea who will post first. It could be me, or it could be someone else. Whoever starts picks the POV, though. So if P#1 goes "let's write in first person!" then we all will. It's for consistency, and makes us all look better.
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