AMALTHEA

[soulping]

[ The Traveler steps in front of all of you, her arms raised dramatically! ]

Today, we take the first step of a very, very long journey together! This dream belongs to a young man, a criminal and his gang who on an otherwise normal heist has gotten in way over his head! Normally, this would be a nightmare, full of blood and death and abject horror!

Fortunately, I have taken the liberty of altering this dream so that it is completely safe and above all, fun! It would not do to have your first foray into the world of unreality to be so unwelcoming! The goal of this game is to survive, reach the end, and solve the mystery...

The mystery of the Train Tracker!

Comments

[goodbyenurse]

[A mystery, you say?]

[THIS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT THING.]

Interesting... Survival and mysteries are two of my favorite things.

[chuggachuggasnoozesnooze]

Excellent!

[soulping]

[ A young conductor ushers you aboard, his frumpy red hair gleaming beneath his hat.

You're in the dinner car of your team's train, where some very clearly high-class people are mingling...for the most part. There's some people up at the bar that you can tell are LESS THAN SCRUPULOUS. Also, one of them is apparently a cowboy? It's 1931, for godssakes.

The cowboy appears to be telling the young nervous man a story. Something about a TRAIL TRACKER, that appears on trains to murder everyone, at which point the train vanishes...obviously a urban legend, but the nervous man proceeds to FLIP THE FUCK OUT ABOUT IT, and runs off out of the car, insisting that he needs to find the young conductor to warn him that everyone on the train is going to die.

The moment he vanishes, you hear the sound of a pistol firing, and people start to panic. Welp.

OBVIOUS EXITS ARE EAST.

> ]

[goodbyenurse]

[>TALK TO COWBOY]

Pardon me, can you go into detail about that trail tracker?

[morbirdinterest]

[> TRY TO DISCERN WHICH DIRECTION THE PISTOL SHOT CAME FROM]

[doublefangs]

Shouldn't we... go?

[ >start heading for the obvious exit ]

CAR 2

[soulping]

[ As you leave the dinner car, you see a group of people in black suits, carrying cases for musical instruments, running into it. The nervous man seems to have stopped for a second, watching them as they file in, wondering what the christ they're doing when someone just fired a gun.

OBVIOUS EXITS ARE WEST, EAST, and NORTH.

> ]

Re: CAR 2

[goodbyenurse]

[...Cases for musical instruments.]

[> Engage the black suits.]

Pardon me, could you play a number for us?

Re: CAR 2

[morbirdinterest]

[> Question the nervous young man.]

Why are you searching for the young conductor?

CAR 2.5

[soulping]

[ You are now in the Orchestra's Cabin!

There is a CELLO CASE leaning against the wall, and also a DELICIOUS MEAL on the table in the center. ]

Re: CAR 2.5

[morbirdinterest]

[> Open the CELLO CASE leaning against the wall.]

Re: CAR 2.5

[goodbyenurse]

[FKAHFAHFAJFJAFFFFFF THIS IS NOT REALLY 'CLOSE' BUT IT IS STILL NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL.]

[FLAILING FOREVER PUT ME DOWN PUT ME DOWN.]

CAR 2 V. 2

[soulping]

[ The ROUGH MAN is gone now, and so is HOTTUB. The hall is empty.

OBVIOUS EXITS are EAST, WEST, and NORTH. ]

[doublefangs]

They're gone...

CAR 3

[soulping]

[ There's nothing in here but a few crates, which if you wanted you could probably climb up to the HATCH on the roof.

SUDDENLY, a man in a white suit carrying a pistol walks in. The nervous man cries.

OBVIOUS EXITS ARE EAST AND WEST.

BELT is COVERED IN STICKERS AND BOOZE.

> ]

Re: CAR 3

[goodbyenurse]

[>...Tackle the man and start punching him.]

[I'm a ghost that makes me invincible right?]

Re: CAR 3

[doublefangs]

[ >..............


just gonna question Hottub while Belt beats the crap out of that not psychopath ]

Where did you say this conductor guy was?

Re: CAR 3

[morbirdinterest]

[> Fly up to the HATCH and see if it's unlocked.]

CAR 4 - ROOF

[soulping]

[ You go up through the hatch, to find yourself on the roof of the train. There doesn't really seem to be much up here, and if you could find another hatch it might be a easy way to get to the conductor's cabin!

...Seems really hard to climb across, though. One wrong step would mean death.

OBVIOUS EXITS ARE DOWN and EAST. ]

Re: CAR 4 - ROOF

[goodbyenurse]

[Is there anyone up here?]

[If not I have people to clear out in the train.]

CAR 4

[soulping]

[ The NERVOUS MAN runs past you, before bumping into a RATHER LARGE MAN in a white suit, who has just exited his cabin. He seems upset, but the NERVOUS MAN apologizes, babbles something about having to find the conductor, and continues on.

The RATHER LARGE MAN scowls, but the sound of MACHINE GUNS intensifies, and suddenly he's skipping down the hall towards you, singing about how EXCITED he is.

I ASSUME YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SHOOT HIM.

THERE'S A LADY IN 4.5, TOO YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT HER TOO AREN'T YOU

Obvious exits are EAST, WEST, and NORTH. ]

Re: CAR 4

[goodbyenurse]

[Well.]

[Yes. I'm going to shoot the both of them.]

[Are they carrying any good loot/is there any in 4.5? Also where are the machine gun sounds coming from.]

Re: CAR 4

[morbirdinterest]

[> Stay out of the way of any bullets, checking behind them to see if they're being followed. Just in case.]

CAR 5

[soulping]

[ Wow, you're almost home free! You see some blacksuits talking to eachother...but then one turns his back, and the other is pulled out the WINDOW. The other turns, and starts freaking out, calling for back-up on his WALKIE-TALKIE...and then is also pulled out.

SOME MYSTERIOUS THINGS HAPPENING ON THIS TRAIN?

BELT continues to be COVERED IN BULLSHIT.

Obvious exits are WEST, EAST, NORTH, and WINDOW.

> ]

Re: CAR 5

[morbirdinterest]

The "Train Tracker"...?

[he sounds fascinated, but is staying away from that window]

CAR 6

[soulping]

[ You have reached the FRONT OF THE TRAIN. Here you spot A DEAD, HORRIBLY MUTILATED RED-HAIRED PERSON. There is a PRISTINE CONDUCTOR'S HAT on the ground.

The NERVOUS MAN is staring in ABJECT TERROR. ]

H-he's dead! I'm too late, the Train Tracker already got him!

[ HOTTUB BLEMISH CRIES. ]

Re: CAR 6

[morbirdinterest]

[...darn.]

...Perhaps my theory was wrong.