Train Ride [Pregame]

[Ryo Asuka]

As each of you finishes your application, a man walks up. "My name is Hiroto Takahashi, and I will be your co-conductor today. Your other conductor will be Mr. Albert over here." Hiroto pointed at Albert. "So, once you are all ready, please come aboard and we will head to Archova!"

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After finishing the application, you are given a ticket and approach the train. It is quite large and luxurious; with a full staff and everything. There is food, bathrooms, and televisions on board. Hiroto checks all of your tickets and you all board the train. Upon doing so, the doors seal behind you. "We will be leaving the station shortly!"

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After finishing your app, feel free to RP here until I finish (just like any other pregame we've ever done).

[Falin Touden [Ven]]

*Celestia sits down on one of the luxurious seats, after a while of looking up and down to see if someone will come she gets up and walks towards the food bar* "A milk tea please".

[John Dark Souls]

*comes up to Takahashi*
"Ohh, so you are that infamous Takahashi. I have heard so much about you. Though I imagined you would be sitting in the driver seat when we meet. Well, I suppose there is no reason for bringing out Takahashi to a simple non-urgent express passenger train. In any case, looking forward to working together with you Mr.Takahashi."
*stretches out hand for a handshake*


*hears Celestia and swiftly gets over to bar stand*
"Please wait a moment."
*quickly looks over the bar equipment taking note what is where and then with obviously used hands quickly boils water, gets out teapot and teacup and prepares milk, warms the teapot, puts tea leaves over into it along with boiled water, closes the teapot lid and sets a quick timer with an hourglass*
"Just a little bit longer now."

[Falin Touden [Ven]]

*Celestia is amazed* "Oh my! A young man who knows how to make proper milk tea, what a lovely sight to see indeed."

[John Dark Souls]

"Haha, you are over-exaggerating. It is nothing special at all. I am fairly sure any proper train conductor should be capable of at least this much, and if they are not, usually a chef would be hired for train's cafeteria cart."

*stands around the teapot occasionally swirling the teaspoon in it and once all of sand falls down in hourglass, pours the tea from teapot into warmed up teacup and then finally in the end adds milk and carefully mixes it in with tea spoon before finally carefully placing the teacup in front of Celestia*

"There you go, one cup of milk tea. Enjoy your drink. Ah, but be careful since its still hot though. Please tell me if you need sugar or any snacks."

*returns to examining the equipment and selection at the bar stand*

[Ryo Asuka]

"You recognize me, Albert," he asked. "I mean, I am a pretty famous conductor. I do know how to operate trains, but I was specifically picked to be on conductor duty today. I don't know all the details, but either way, I'm glad to have you on board."

[John Dark Souls]

*appears to be thinking something as he adjusts the position of glasses with his index finger*

"Hmmm... Ah, I see... Well, I suppose it is nothing strange, anybody would specifically pick Mr.Takahashi if they had an opportunity to. In any case, it may be just for today but I am honored to work alongside a legend."

[Ryo Asuka]

"A legend? You're being too kind. I'm just a simple guy like anyone else!"

He went over to the food bar and grabbed himself a crescent roll.

"I stil find it odd. I was given no information. Just that I would be co-conductor of the train to Archive with you."

[John Dark Souls]

*starts taking random supplies and drinks and ingredients and shakers and while making cocktails.*

"Well, well, as good at our job as we may be, in the end, we are just conductors, no more, no less, for better, or worse. I don't see a reason why we would need to be told any of that information. What we have to do doesn't change after all. Rather than that..."

*finishes making some cocktail and pours it over into 2 glasses placing one in front of Takahashi*

"How about a small toast to our meeting? Although, we are both at work right now so no alcohol this time, of course."

[Falin Touden [Ven]]

*Celestia takes a sip of her hot milk tea* "Oh my this is lovely." *She walked over back to her seat and sat again, slowly sipping at her milk tea and continuously glancing out of the window*

(I wrote this on tapatalk which is why it will look different to my other posts).

[Exusiai]

*As the train crawled along the track, a boy with red hair stares at the seat in front of him. His expression is plain with an unwavering stare and firm lips in between dissatisfaction and slight enthusiasm.
The train lurches to an angle as it makes a curve and the boy tumbles out of his seat onto the aisle. Unprepared, he lands onto his face with arms stretched overhead*

"..."

*The boy recovers a few seconds after the turn, but his expression is still void. He takes a moment to regain balance and climbs back onto his seat as if nothing had happened*

[Ryo Asuka]

Hiroto looked at the silence on the train before getting on the intercom system.

"Ladies and gentlemen. We still have about eight more hours until we arrive at Archova. However, to pass the time, we are opening up the social car. There will be fantastic classical music, the finest wine, amazing hors d'oeuvres, and luxurious seating."

Hiroto looked at Albert.

"Can you go around and help direct people to the social car in the back?"

[John Dark Souls]

*looks down sadly on a cocktail glass turned down and ignored by Takahashi before taking a sip from his own to check if it tastes okay only to get more puzzled since it is normally good*

"I wonder if orange juice cocktails don't suit his taste... Oh well, it would be wasteful to just leave it like that. Anyone else wants a drink?"

*offers Takahashi's cocktail to anyone thirsty and then goes over to show people to the social car*

"Everyone, the social car is this way. Please follow me."

[Ryo Asuka]

Hiroto takes a moment and admired Albert. How he can seem to calm. So collected. So...happy. He looked out at the rush of trees outside the window. He really didn't want this job. But, the company required it of him. He needed to keep this job, even if it meant...no. He was better than that. None of that mattered now. Not his past life. Not his past job. None of it. Just the here and now. The reason he ignored Albert wasn't because he didn't care. It was because he cared to much. How some people can have the world just handed to them. How they can be so happy. So calm. But, he pushed that thought to the side and sat down with a glass of wine.

[Exusiai]

*Orion watched as his feet dangled from his seat. In spite of the prompting from the co-conductor Albert, Orion did not leave his seat. He continued to look at his feet, swaying along with the train's path.
It was not that the directions fell short of his ears, but that he saw no point in travelling to the social car. To the automaton, social was just an adjective that did not describe himself in the slightest*

"There is no... benefit."