Crumbling Away, Falling Down [06]
The groaning doesn't stop when the tunnel swallows the train. It sounds like the city itself is slowly crumbling and dying...But at least not as loudly as it was when the train first fell through. If the tunnel is going to collapse, then at least it won't happen instantly.
Mary stares down at the hole where the train used to be, all while telling her feet that this is not the time for them to give up on her. Especially not while she's still looking down through the floor, and the rest of the tunnels...And further down. She thinks that she might still be able to see an outline of the train as it falls away from them, although how she can see that when things are so black...
...It might be because the sides of the train are being illuminated by stars, Mary realizes as she lurches back, away from the hole. Her stomach feels likes it's going to heave after seeing that, and Mary has to force words out instead of whatever is left in her stomach.
"Is...Is everyone alright?"
Mary stares down at the hole where the train used to be, all while telling her feet that this is not the time for them to give up on her. Especially not while she's still looking down through the floor, and the rest of the tunnels...And further down. She thinks that she might still be able to see an outline of the train as it falls away from them, although how she can see that when things are so black...
...It might be because the sides of the train are being illuminated by stars, Mary realizes as she lurches back, away from the hole. Her stomach feels likes it's going to heave after seeing that, and Mary has to force words out instead of whatever is left in her stomach.
"Is...Is everyone alright?"