( video; english ) this should come as a surprise to absolutely no one

[libertyfuckyeah]

[ Unlike many people, America hasn't quite found anyone he knows among the bodies yet. That isn't even his primary concern. He's seen bodies before; he's seen people he's loved or hated or never knew die before. He's had to wade through corpses and sort through the dead. No, it's the fact that they're blinking in and out of existence that has him

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[lonelyglub]

...
wwhats a rail tracer

[libertyfuckyeah]

You ever heard of a demon?

[lonelyglub]

yeah

[libertyfuckyeah]

The Rail Tracer is like that but worse. Demons will possess someone, but you can get rid of 'em with some holy water and chanting. There is no easy way to stave off the Rail Tracer. It's evil manifest, something that can take the form of a man or exist as the terrors around you. Its tendrils can get under your skin and infect you, like a virus, and then your path is paved by the Tracer's motives. It can swallow up all the people on a train without anyone ever knowing it. Like they were never there at all.

[ethericbit]

...Who's the Rail Tracer?

[ Jack hasn't seen anybody he knows yet, but bodies oh boy. He's not too scared, but he's already blaming the scientists, so he's already in kinda a crabby mood. ]

[libertyfuckyeah]

Evil incarnate.

[ Yeah pretty much. America just knows bodies usually precede something even worse. ]

[ethericbit]

What do you mean?

[libertyfuckyeah]

I mean that its presence is fused to this universe like a bullet fuses to bone after you've been shot so bad there's no way to get it out! And every bad thing that happens is the lead that leaks through your system, the infection that rots you from the inside out.

It's the gangrene of reality!

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[baoziaru]

I would not say those are cute, but they are definitely interesting, aru.

[A short-haired China also looks like he had a rude awakening, and his bayonet rifle can be seen in his other hand, fingers clamped around it so tightly that they're white.]

They look like a combination of a dragon and a horse.

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[libertyfuckyeah]

They're cute!

[ America reaches to pet one, but it flinches away, ears pinned like a pissed horse, snapping and making all sorts of demonic sounds. America just pulls back. ]

Just not too tame. They've got wings, so I wonder if they can fly...?

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[gochuugoku]

They probably can, I mean why else would they have wings, aru.

I wonder... would it be possible to tame one? [Implying an idea he has in his own head.]

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[libertyfuckyeah]

I dunno. Chickens have wings and it's not like they can do much flying.

[ You have planted a seed in America's mind. It will grow into a beautiful idea tree. ] Worth a shot! Then you'd have a flying horse. And hey, if I've already got some experience under my belt taming some of the monsters around here.

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[fragrancy]

Cute horsies is one way to put it.

[ He looks... unperturbed, as usual. Why even. ] What's a Rail Tracer?

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[libertyfuckyeah]

It's the truth!

[ America's expression suddenly goes serious. ] It's a very long, complicated story, but it takes the form of many things. A man, a monster, ghosts, Russia... but its true form is unknown. Anyone that knows it isn't exactly around to tell anyone what it looks like, if you catch my drift.

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[fragrancy]

The cute part's pretty subjective.

[ Eff you, Discedo. Claire Stanfield will return one day and set his story straight.

Again. ]

Does that mean Russia isn't real?

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[libertyfuckyeah]

[ Too late. Isaac and Miria have forever ruined America (and Discedo) with their warped version of the story. ]

He's real, but he's a vessel for evil. No surprise there.

[fierybluebird]

Rail Tracer?

.... I'm not sure that horse is remotely cute. It kind of reminds me of Doc Q's horse in somehow even later stages -- may the bastard burn in hell.

[libertyfuckyeah]

Man I just need to make some big general explanation 'cause apparently people haven't been around long enough to know all of its terrible exploits!

Naw, it's cute! It's like how some dogs are so ugly that they're cute.

[fierybluebird]

Aye. I've never heard of it.

What? That doesn't make any sense. Dogs are either cute... or just not. Not so uncute they become cute again. That would like negative numbers getting so negative it loops back into positive.

[libertyfuckyeah]

Just know that it's super evil and it's everywhere! More info to come, I promise.

No way, man. You ever seen a bulldog that's got droopy eyes and tongue sticking outta the corner of its mouth and it constantly snorts, but it wags its whole body when it's happy to see it? Like that! Ugly-cute!