SKREEEEE!

[strangerpeople]

SKREEEEE!

[It's about three o'clock when the train suddenly hears something like the cry of a crow. It's not coming from inside the train, either; it's coming from the outside.

Almost instantly, the speaker system comes to life, and the Conductor's voice echoes through the cars.]

Attention, all passengers and crew! We are under attack. Please come to armaments if you are willing. Otherwise, please congregate in the lounge for your own safety. Immediately, please.

I will meet those of you coming to the weapons.

Comments

[disregartist]

Beautiful. I wish to see it-I have been learning it for a very long time. Perhaps this one is new.

[A smile comes on her face at this.]

It is a language of power. And yes. You would have seen it before.

[The hand not holding the jacket brushes against her hairpin.]

Naturally. Ah-yes. Your jacket.

[Here it is. Have at it.]

[overworker]

[So they were the same after all. It's very good to have that confirmation.]

So the symbols themselves are a source of power? That sounds pretty incredible.

[Towa takes the jacket and very carefully folds it over her arm. Only once it's neatly folded there, can she pull out her notebook and then-- from it, she pulls the picture she took.]

Here it is.

[disregartist]

Indeed. They are Law.

Ah, thank you.

[She takes it and examines it. Her eyes light up.]

"A concept beyond the empyrean, firmly rooted in this firmament". I haven't seen a complete one like this. Excellent. Of course it would be in a land like Menahoven!

Perfect. Listen-I...of course, I can't exactly ask favors of you. I am aware that I am seen as little more than your captor, and I respect you may decline. But if...you should see other symbols of the Correspondence, do let me know. I am always looking for them as part of my main job, you see. Among other things, it's very important to me to know about these.

[overworker]

I'm a little interested in them myself now, so if there are others, I'll do my best to find them. And if I do, I'd be more than happy to show them to you.

You know more about them then I do, so it's a learning experience for me as well.

[After all, she wouldn't know any of this if she hadn't shared it with her.]

But in return, I'd like to know as much as I can about them as I find them. If that's alright.

[disregartist]

[A hum, then a nod.]

Yes, that is acceptable. I shall agree to this.

[overworker]

Then we have a deal.