RATATOSKR

[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

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Ah, come on, first suit guys, and now some other guy? [She's backing up, glancing back at Hottub.]

[She doesn't panic though. Panic doesn't help. This guy can't be with the suits. So who is he?]

[...oh. Fucking duh.]

I don't suppose you'd be the Train Tracker? You know, there was something I really don't get about that story.

Whose telling it? Really doesn't make sense. Oh, a guy goes around, killing everyone on a train. Then the train vanishes? Poof? That'd mean there's no witnesses. Makes no goddamn sense.

[soulping]

[ HOTTUB is busy crying.

The TRAIN TRACKER grins, and then suddenly, impossibly fast, dashes at you. He whispers into your ear -- ]

Where's your ticket?

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Hottub.]

[Oh shit, I'm gonna get stabbed or something, SHIT SHIT SHI-]

.... [What.]

Oh my fucking god. [She laughs.] Oh, you have to be fucking with me, is that it? That's fuckin' amazing. Are you seriously the train guardian?

[Do I have a train ticket? I was packing my pockets full of ammo, should have noticed that, right?]

[soulping]

[ You absolutely do! You just didn't notice it before because you never thought of it. #dreams.

Once you show it to him, he grins and then jumps past you, clotheslining the whitesuit that somehow untied himself and followed you up off of the train. ]

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Go go dreams.]

[Oh, wow, that was nice. Looking over the Train Tracker. Hnnngh, lots of blood, but that hair...wonder if that's the color it's SUPPOSED to be...]

Thanks for the help! There was some guys with machine guns in Car 1!

[How's Hottub holding up?]

[soulping]

[ CRYING ]

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[She reaches over to squeeze his shoulder.] Hey now, don't be so upset.

The Train Tracker is a train guardian. He's not gonna hurt anyone whose supposed to be here.

[Be outright sadistic to anyone whose fucking shit up, though, but let's not dwell on that.]

[soulping]

Y-yeah?

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Nod, nod.] Yep! Just wanted to see my ticket, and I'm pretty sure the suited guys are bad guys. So the innocent people will be fine.

Come on, we can talk to the conductor and I'll see about helping others in the train.

[soulping]

[ Advance to CAR 6 INTERIOR. ]