WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[The train wouldn't stop. Not until very early the next morning. The few who might have been awake would be able to exit the train, entering the cool twilight of the dawn. The star is dark, and few stars can be seen in the sky as a cold breeze begins to blow from the mountain beyond. You can see some chunks of rock floating idly nearby, far away from the station that it won't hit trains, but near enough that one can see they are larger than the train they just disembarked.

Lastly, laid out in front of them, the first port of call: Menahoven. The mountain: The Throat of the World.

But which world? Who knows. Not any of yours. Maybe it doesn't matter. Not when you are so far from home. Not when you have no way to get off this rock without the aid of the trains-and they will not let you pass.

It looks like you're stuck here until the Conductor decides to leave. In the meantime, everyone will need to get comfortable.


There are fifteen strangers left in this place.]

Comments

[zackthekiller]

[... Yeah, Zack's gonna try to walk up to the pyramid and touch it. Construction workers be damned.]

[strangerpeople]

[What.]

Hey! Be careful!

[It's pretty neat. Smooth, but sturdy.]

[zackthekiller]

I'm not gonna break it! Geez...

[He doesn't have anything on him to break it with... What kind of smooth is it, anyway? Sandy smooth? Or more like a polished rock?

Also yelling at the construction workers.]

Hey! What kinda rock is this?

[strangerpeople]

[It's polished.]

Limestone and granite, why?

[zackthekiller]

[Shiny...]

I just wanna know, duh!

What's this thing for anyway? [Lightly knocks on the rock.]

[strangerpeople]

Hey, hey! Don't kick it!

It's Egyptian, just like the rest of this dump is!

[zackthekiller]

[Screw you. This thing looks solid.]

Ya sure about that?! I dunno much about Egypt, but the pyramids I saw on TV weren't this shiny.

[strangerpeople]

Yeah! We're sure! Where else do you see pyramids?

[zackthekiller]

Uh... Movies?

[Zack, no.]

[strangerpeople]

.......

Ugh, just stop kicking the pyramid!

[zackthekiller]

Okay, okay! Geez!

[Backing away from the pyramid, see? He is five feet away now.]

... You never said what the Pyramid was for, by the way.

[strangerpeople]

No one knows. 'Cept maybe the Duchess, but...

...

wait, why am I telling you!?

[zackthekiller]

Who?

And I dunno, maybe I'm kind of stuck here and want to know more about this thing while I'm stuck here?

[strangerpeople]

The old bag! Doesn't leave wherever she is much, not anymore. But she likes this place at least, so it seems.

And how is that my problem you're stuck here!?

[zackthekiller]

[He doesn't know or care, so enjoy your shrug, guy.]

You sure the lady's not dead?

[strangerpeople]

Pretty sure? Seriously, it's not like you'll get to meet her anyways!

[zackthekiller]

Yeah, I get that. Isn't that usually why old people suddenly stop walking out of their homes and stuff?

[strangerpeople]

Ugh, why do you keep talking to me!?

[zackthekiller]

... Because you started talking to me? Isn't that how conversation works?

[strangerpeople]

Because you were trespassing! Oi!...

[zackthekiller]

Oh, now you tell me?!

[Was there any sign on the way to the pyramid? Because he didn't read it.]