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

[notthebreakman]

[Casting out an (apparent) child of Mithos's age with only his sister by his side to protect him?

...Proto was built partly to help humanity, but sometimes, he really just wants to shake them all by the shoulders.]

I'm sorry. No one should have to endure that, especially not so young.

[eternaldivide]

[ Mithos offers him a small smile ]

It's ... alright. It's no worse than what you had to go through. I ... I at least had my sister.

[ even if no one else would accept them they had each other ]

[notthebreakman]

But I chose to leave! I knew what the consequences would be, and I made my peace with that! I wasn't forced out by...

[He cuts himself off and takes a moment to force himself to calm down.]

...I'm glad you weren't alone, at least.

[eternaldivide]

But... they pushed you to make that decision, didn't they?

[ mithos takes a deep breath before another, though a bit of a forlorn, smile ]

Yeah... she's someone that, despite how bad things get, she would always find a way to smile and see the good in the world.

[notthebreakman]

It was ultimately my decision. And he...

[He only wanted what he thought was best for his son when it all came down to it, right?]

...Your sister sounds like a remarkable person, Mithos.

[He'll just... move away from that other topic now, thank you.]

[eternaldivide]

[ he is absolutely okay with it because talking about his sister is 10000% better than talking about ... the other thing. ]

She is! [ just look at how much he brightens up for a moment? ] She's so kind, perhaps to a fault. She's someone you can always depend on and be there for you if you need her to be.

[ ... ]

I ... I miss her...