It's time to go.
Most people are on the train by now. Settled into their cabins and among friends and loved ones. There are only three new arrivals left to board and once they do, Hal pulls a conductor's hat out from underneath the bar, tugs it on, and steps around it to the middle of the train. He opens his mouth to talk, voice filling the train.
"It's time to go. Stops happen once a day until everyone's departed and I already have your stopped listed. If you'd like to be prioritized, let me know, otherwise we'll go in order of death. Settle in and enjoy the ride. If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask, folks."
This, of course, means that those who died earliest (Manfred, Higekiri) will depart first while those who died latest (Barnham, Damian, Percy) will depart last. There's a stop for everyone, though those who want to get off together are more than welcome to. Hal pulls a notepad and pen out of his pocket later and people will notice that he goes around the train confirming stops with everyone. Whatever feeling Hal may have had to a character back in town isn't noticeable here -- he is simply a robot assigned with a job.
After that, it's all a matter of settling in and enjoying the ride. If that's possible for you, at least.
|
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sheriffexe) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
robowest2017-03-04 12:02 pm
no subject
I think it's too late for that.
[They're past the point where being "safe and well" is possible.]
no subject
[because yuna has already decided that the basic laws of reality are also going to be included on the list of things that won't keep her from harassing shinnosuke]
no subject
... Did you have that speech memorized, or something?
[Good friends, huh...? He hasn't exactly been one to anyone, save perhaps Gunjou (and even that's debatable, though going on a suicide mission to save her probably counters some of his asshole attitude towards her—as does his reluctance to mess around with his world, lest he go back to an alternate version and leave his original friend behind). Here, though?
He's been pretty shitty. He can't imagine that anyone here benefited from being acquainted with him, whether it be Xion, Sei, Yuna, any of his little group, or anyone else. Ultimately, he might not have the right to their support.]
no subject
That's just really what I believe! I really, really think that, so I guess it just comes easily!
no subject
... You know, at the start of the game, I thought you were a huge idiot, and incredibly naive. [A girl who, when dropped into a strange setting like this, would still so readily befriend people.] You proved yourself to be a little smarter than I first thought, but for the most part, my impressions have remained the same. You're still an idiot, and you piss me off.
[All impressions—except one.]
I thought this game would break your idealism, though. [A pause, and then, almost fondly:] But it looks like that no matter what, you're still Yuna.
[A girl who, when dropped into a strange setting like this, still believes in the best of the world.]
no subject
Of course I am. I couldn't be anyone else!
[Stupid and annoying, she's Yuna, who wants to stay by her friends' sides and keep them safe, who will always remember the favorite colors of everyone in this town who would tell her, who sees before anything else that this town was full of people who meant the best and worked hard for it in spite of everything. This is all she's ever been.]
You've always been that same Shinnosuke-kun who wanted to do his best and take care of people, too. [She's seen this in him from the start; what makes her happiest is knowing he's finally started to let himself accept the support to be that.] I'm really glad for that.
no subject
I was never—!
[He was never trying to take care of people, damn it. Never. Ever. Nope.
... All right, maybe he was, as much as he wishes no one had looked past his asshole attitude, but he's still not at the point where he's ready to admit it.]
no subject
no subject
[He doesn't buy it.]
no subject
[most of the time she really is just that dumb but no she's starting to grin. she's absolutely just screwing around]
no subject
no subject
[she knows!!!]
no subject
Shut up. That's just because you've been stupidly stubborn ever since the first week!
[It's not common for Shinnosuke to raise his voice like this, however childishly, which is... how you know that he cares—a lot.
He's going to miss Yuna like hell.]
no subject
What's that got to do with how good you are at lying...?!
no subject
no subject
[SHE THINKS???]
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
[Shinnosuke feels the inexplicable urge to bang his head against the nearest wall, but he refrains.
Stop saying mushy stuff like that, Yuna—it makes him feel warm and fuzzy inside and it also makes him want to vomit. Or throw himself off this train.]
Like I said before, don't you have others to go talk to?
no subject
no subject
— You know what, I think I have to go use the facilities right now.
[STANDING UP
BYE]
no subject
[STANDING UP she's knocking over candy bars in the process. they live on the floor now]
no subject
[He says, looking over his shoulder as he begins... walking away...]
A hero should keep things neat and tidy!
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)