Oh. [ right. ] I've been on a train. It's special, though. It only shows itself to some people, and it never makes any stops. Each car is like... its own little world, and it goes on forever. There's new cars being added every day. [ there's some more rummaging noises ] That's why I've got my number. Passengers get a number when they board the train.
[ this is a rhetorical question, but she answers the rest: ]
Numbers can change. The higher it is, the stronger you are. The conductor has the most numbers of anyone else on the train. [ she pauses but this time it's for dramatic effect: ] If it reaches down to zero, passengers get taken off the train. But no one knows where they go or what happens to them. They disintegrate. I've seen it happen.
[ anyway, it's been long enough that grace finally steps out of the bathroom. she's in a bathrobe and she hasn't got her red wave on her face but he's probably seen her without before because they are roommates and she draws it on ]
Japan? That's cool. I was in America before the train. [ she knows. also don't be rude it's lipstick dreams, which is worse. ] It's a little weird that we can all understand each other, right?
Mm. They said it's like how an actual court works in the sense that... we're all the jury, but even though we decide who's innocent or guilty, we're not the ones who put down the actual sentence. And neither are the Avatars, since they're not the judge in the scenario.
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For hours?
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[ obviously. ]
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[ ... ]
Where were you before this?
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[ weird. ]
Is there a reason to go on it?
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It only shows itself to people who want to go on it. It's hard to explain. Kids, adults, it doesn't matter.
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Can you get off after you're on?
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[ this is a rhetorical question, but she answers the rest: ]
Numbers can change. The higher it is, the stronger you are. The conductor has the most numbers of anyone else on the train. [ she pauses but this time it's for dramatic effect: ] If it reaches down to zero, passengers get taken off the train. But no one knows where they go or what happens to them. They disintegrate. I've seen it happen.
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[ a pause, and he looks around. ]
Like how we're here despite everything.
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[ :| ]
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So it's better.
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[ anyway, it's been long enough that grace finally steps out of the bathroom. she's in a bathrobe and she hasn't got her red wave on her face but he's probably seen her without before because they are roommates and she draws it on ]
What about you? Where were you from?
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I live in Japan. [ he has no idea if she knows what japan is he hates it here ] There's nothing supernatural or anything. No powers.
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It is, yeah. I wonder how they're doing that?
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[ or both. ]
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Apparently the Avatars don't get to pick whatever the punishment the voted person gets. It just gets generated?
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[ i am still waiting on a tag back but this is what i got from the threads so far ]
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Actually, yeah, that makes total sense. A robot brain would think of that.
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