[The train's been kind of quiet lately, and Senel hasn't been helping with his sudden love for the beach car. Instead of just playing in the water like someone would expect him to, Senny's relaxing on a beach towel. He's completely engrossed in the ocean waves as they come back and forth... and heck, he's half-asleep by now ( Read more... )

Well, that entire setup was nothing but a waste of time.

[One seemingly ordinary car is filled with the sounds of soft crying. In the very corner, next to the mouth of a vent, there is a teenaged girl - about sixteen - huddled over her knees. Her face is buried in her hands, behind a curtain of long brown hair ( Read more... )

[Patchouli is busying herself with looking out a window.]

Did I miss something? [She sighs softly.] I can never seem to keep track of time very well...

[Library car, again. Patchouli is reading a book and taking notes.]

This is most interesting. It's the only book about it, though, disappointingly...

I guess it can't be helped.

[Just leave it to Fluffy to go poking its head in the generic haunted house car. Tear had thought she was keeping a close eye on it, but somewhere between pondering how so many people and so many different (oftentimes perplexing) things could fit inside of a mere train, getting her bearings, and trying to avoid anything she deemed "spooky", she had ( Read more... )

Is there a calendar here somewhere? More to the point, have any of you been keeping track of it? I'm fairly certain it isn't February anymore, but then there's the question of whether it was February here when I came, even though it most definitely was in the world I was in before.

(Archer's birthday was ten days ago. She has no idea. Inform her ( Read more... )

[Inara doesn't bother searching the train just yet. There has been a critical shift in the universe, something that she can sense even as lacking in power as she is currently. This train is clearly not the train that she first boarded, and she is at a loss to explain why or how, or more importantly where she is. She glances, turning slowly and ( Read more... )

[As usual, Patchouli is found in the Garden Car. She is sitting there, reading a book. She has collected a large quantity of books from the library.]

Hm... Back to normal. I know I'm safe now. I may as well just... research... [She has retrieved her notebook and writing utensil.]

[Feel free to bother her, but she might not like it.

*Archer is laying down in one of the sleeping cars, apparently looking over a piece of paper and hoping that nobody comes in. She sighs and gives a shrug...

...hey, is that a clipping from an idol photobook?*