Marco rose a brow to all the events that transpired. Keeping his hands tucked in his hoodie, Marco looked over Starfire. "You remind me a lot of my best friend, Star." Marco said before turning to Chase. "Also I've seen some stuff like this before. Travelling dimensions every other week kinda shows you some pretty weird stuff. I just want to be sure where we're going, is all."
"I- is that so?" Nono asks. "then Morikubo... has no reason to be afraid of you... probably... maybe..."
"Come on Nono, smile, smile," the first girl says. "Well, it's near Christmas after all."
"But... Morikubo... doesn't know if Santa will give her presents... because... Morikubo... was a bad girl."
"Can't be worse than me," the girl replies, then shifts her eye to the second girl, "or Shouko for that matter. Shouko, stop scaring the kids and making yourself a living nightmare, or you'll be put on the naughty list."
"You know a lot, but I know many things that cannot be derived from reading those old books..." the one known as 'Shouko' intimidates Knowitall. "Such as... such as..."
"No, no," Nono says, "Morikubo did much worse things... like... being a rebel... Morikubo... broke into an unsupervised school swimming pool... through peer pressure... Morikubo is a bad girl... it wasn't even Morikubo's school..."
"OK... moving on..." the first girl says, finding Nono's statement a little odd.
"So... will Morikubo be on Santa's naughty list because of that?"
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Cedric Diggory opened his eyes. He found himself standing in front of a train. Now this was quite the familiar situation for him, he remembered that much. He looked around, and this was not the same setting. He looked at his feet to see snow, among other things. Definitely, not King's Cross station in London, was this place.
Upon hearing a familiar beckoning from an unfamiliar but seemingly friendly voice, his Hufflepuff instincts kicked in. He was to be on this train, Cedric was convinced of that much. Muscle memory was a awakened, even if his awareness and memories were not quite there. He ran, the longtime Seeker did, and made it with a full dash in the snow.
He dusted himself off of the snowflakes as he caught his breath. "Quite appropriately, I find myself in the caboose", he said softly to himself. He then looked around for any signs of life to possibly tell him where this particular train was headed.
@Minerva @Crow @caboose
"Kori!?" the white princess cried in shock as she looked at her pen pal for the first time in real life. "I did not know you'd be so...orange! Is that something they do in New York?"
Tomoko had been busy surfing the web late on Christmas Eve, trying to formulate a plan to get the other kids at school to notice her, and hopefully become her friends. The plan to squish the cockroach and save everyone had backfired on her a while back, and since then, she had kept to herself.
Tomoko was ripped from her thoughts when she heard a train whistle blow obnoxiously loud from just outside her house. She frowned. She stood from her computer and made her way over to the window, surprised by what she saw. A Train was stopped on the street, a passenger train none the less. Tomoko's jaw nearly touched the ground, her mouth agape. Tomoko wasn't sure why, but curiosity got the best of her as she threw on some clothes and some shoes, forgetting to tie them. She ran outside and was confronted by a man she assumed was the conductor.
Tomoko could only babble incoherently as the conductor explained the locomotive was"The Polar Express". When he asked if she was coming, all she could was stare and quietly mutter
[BCOLOR=#000000]"I-I-I guess so."[/BCOLOR]
She stepped onto the train. looking between the two cars, she frowned, there were people in both cars. She wasn't good with people. She decided to sit in the caboose, Hoping she wouldn't be bothered.
However as she stepped through the door, she tripped one of her untied shoes, causing her to faceplant.
"Owwwwwwww" She said in pain, laying motionless on the floor of the caboose.
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@Yun Lee
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With all their merrymaking in the Caboose, it was nigh impossible for Cedric Diggory to not notice the conversation held by the small group.
Cedric Diggory, while walking along, might notice 6 shiny red eyes that shortly disappeared while looking around. These shiny eyes shimmered in the shadows and stood near the ceiling.
Meanwhile, when Chase activated his abilities, he would first scan the area they were currently in - the Caboose. This run would lead him to discover two things that might stick out from an ordinary caboose - one, that there were two individuals, one humanoid and the other quadrapedal and animalistic at the entrance just outside the Caboose, and two, that what appeared to be shaped like a spider, about the size of two chihuahuas, was creeping on the ceiling - the very ceiling above them!
Chase would soon realise that the spider-like being, as well as the individuals hiding behind the door, would vanish instantly. He would probably find that scientifically impossible, seeing that they didn't even sublime.
If anyone in the Caboose looked at the translucent window of the entrance of the Caboose, they would notice a silhouette that vanished near instantly.
That was a very, very, odd occurence indeed. Just what was that?
(I'll leave @Minerva to do the further analysis on the traintracks, @LuckycooHawk9 )
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"That's... uh... kind of her thing... especially around crowds," the first girl nervously speaks. "I think she-"
Shouko stands on the table, looking down on Akira, her face even closing in on her!
"I'm always sleeping... even now.... I've been sleeping since... FOREVER! HYAAA HYAA HYAAAA! MY SLUMBER IS ETERNAL!!!!"
It almost seemed as if she was possessed by the devil or something.
"Time to take matters into my own hands," the first girl says, feeling mildly crossed as she grabs Shouko by the mouth, pulling her back onto the seats.
"Mmmm! Mmmm! Mmmm!"
"I'm going to release you in 3, 2.... 1!"
And so Shouko was released from the claws of oblivion as she gasped for air, her eyes reverting back to a more 'normal', unstressed state.
"Fuhihi... my apologies... I guess I got... carried away... maybe I should've... brought my mushrooms after all..."
"Shouko," the first girl says to Shouko, "I'm sure they're fine back home, waiting for Santa in your stead. Just relax for now, OK?"
Needless to say, the shenanigans have only just begun. Telling this bundle of whatever Shouko was made of to relax would soon be revealed to be an impossible feat.
Impossible in the long-term, that is. For now, her voice was more meek.
@Minerva @Takumi @Crow @C.T. @Kaykay @PassengerCar
Tomoko had been busy surfing the web late on Christmas Eve, trying to formulate a plan to get the other kids at school to notice her, and hopefully become her friends. The plan to squish the cockroach and save everyone had backfired on her a while back, and since then, she had kept to herself.
Tomoko was ripped from her thoughts when she heard a train whistle blow obnoxiously loud from just outside her house. She frowned. She stood from her computer and made her way over to the window, surprised by what she saw. A Train was stopped on the street, a passenger train none the less. Tomoko's jaw nearly touched the ground, her mouth agape. Tomoko wasn't sure why, but curiosity got the best of her as she threw on some clothes and some shoes, forgetting to tie them. She ran outside and was confronted by a man she assumed was the conductor.
Tomoko could only babble incoherently as the conductor explained the locomotive was"The Polar Express". When he asked if she was coming, all she could was stare and quietly mutter
[BCOLOR=#000000]"I-I-I guess so."[/BCOLOR]
She stepped onto the train. looking between the two cars, she frowned, there were people in both cars. She wasn't good with people. She decided to sit in the caboose, Hoping she wouldn't be bothered.
However as she stepped through the door, she tripped one of her untied shoes, causing her to faceplant.
"Owwwwwwww" She said in pain, laying motionless on the floor of the caboose.
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@Yun Lee
@Poe Dameron
@Caboose
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"On Christmas Eve, many years ago... I lay quietly in my bed.
I did not rustle the sheets.
I breathed slowly and silently.
I was listening for a sound I was afraid I'd never hear... The ringing bells of Santa's sleigh."
"Mathematically, Santa is an impossibility. His sleigh would have to go significantly faster than the speed of light, and to carry all this presents, his ship would require more mass and carrying space that a cruise ship. The North Pole is a barren, inhospitable wasteland, and no one could survive there for very long, much less maintain an industrial level society.
In conclusion: Saint Nicholas is a historical person, but Santa Claus is mythological."
The Polar Express is a magical train that appears every Christmas. It takes children to the North Pole to see Santa Claus. It takes both those who believe to meet him, as well as those who doubt that he exists. On the trip, the passengers experience things normal people don't. They make new friends from interesting places, and at the end of it, they meet Santa Claus, who chooses one of them and gives the First Gift of Christmas to that special child.
The train travels the Multiverse, looking for those special few for that year's trip to meet Santa at the North Pole.
Across the Multiverse, it's Christmas Eve, and you've just fallen asleep, or are in the process of falling asleep. Maybe you, like a young child, believe in Santa, maybe you're of the staunch belief that he doesn't exist. No matter where you are, be it a Highrise in a cyberpunk city, an average suburban home, or a hovel out in the medieval countryside, the train pulled up to wherever you were that night. No one else heard it, despite its loud steam train sounds.
If you went outside (After putting on proper clothing), you would find a man dressed as a conductor standing outside of it shouting "ALL ABOARD!" and gesturing with a lantern.
If you ask where you're going, he responds "Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the POLAR EXPRESS!" He says gesturing to the train. "We are on a tight schedule, so make your decision now."
If you would get on the train just to see what it was all about, you would find yourself in between a passenger car and the caboose. In the passenger car, you would find assorted kids and adults, including a petite, odd-looking trio mingling amongst each other in a manner most merry. The caboose, meanwhile, just has a red haired girl clutching a notebook.
From here, there are two options open to you:
The passenger car or the caboose
@LuckycoolHawk9 as Chase Davenport (Lab Rats)
@thatguyinthestore as Marco Diaz (Star vs The Forces of Evil)
@Poe Dameron as Cedric Diggory (Harry Potter)
@Crow as Silence Dogood (OC)
@york as Hogarth Hughes (The Iron Giant)
@Hospapayas as Ritsuko Inoue (Those Who Hunt Elves)
@Takumi as Inukashi (No. 6)
@Gummi Bunnies as Mato Kuroi (Black★Rock Shooter)
@C.T. as Satsuki Miyanoshita (Ghost Stories dub)
@Yang Lee as Sonia Nevermind (Danganronpa)
@The Wanderer as Peter Parker (Marvel Comics)
@Ringmaster as Ebenezer Scrooge (The Muppets: A Christmas Carol)
@Minerva as Hana "D.Va" Song (Overwatch)
@Yun Lee as Starfire (Teen Titans)
((And, we are a-go! My Co-GM is @Crow, and he will help handle stuff. We will try and make this a fun and enjoyable Christmas experience for all. And if you want me to do something, don't hesitate to ask.))
Hogarth Hughes - Prologue;
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@Passenger Car
It was almost the night before Christmas, and an eerie silence settled over the town of Rockwell, Maine, as its sleepy residents prepared to go to bed. A few months had passed since the Iron Giant had saved the small town from a nuclear disaster that had almost come to pass thanks to the Paranoia of a Government Agent, also known as the infamous "Kent Mansley".
One of those people just happened to be Hogarth Hughes... The one who had once been in possession of the only piece recovered after the Iron Giant's sacrifice; a lone metal screw that held his jaw in place... Before he woke up just a few weeks ago to it emitting a strange blue light.
It didn't take him long to realize that the Iron Giant had survived the force of that nuclear blast that he had believed killed him... And so, he let the screw roll out of his window and through his lawn, to a far off place, where he knew the Giant would be waiting for it.
He had waited countless nights since then, but so far, the Giant had failed to show up. However, he still knew in his heart that he was alive, and he was coming.
Maybe he'd arrive on time for Christmas?
At any rate... It seemed that Hogarth was fast asleep for the time being, clearly wanting to wake up as early as possible for Christmas tomorrow.
Unfortunately, fate seemed to have other plans for him as of right now, as lights suddenly coursed through his room followed by the loud whistling of a locomotive engine... A train? Here? At this hour? He quickly rushed up out of bed, not quite sure what to make of a train this close to his home.
...
After a lengthy discussion with the train conductor, and some half asleep mumbles about going back to sleep from Hogarth's part, the train Conductor prepared to leave... Saying something along the lines of "suit yourself".
However... Just as the train began to do so, Hogarth suddenly snapped wide awake, realizing the weight of the decision he had made right here, right now. Not knowing, or caring if it was a dream or not, he finally made a choice in the heat of the moment; breaking into a run, and with a rather remarkable feat of agility for someone his age, he jumped aboard the train.
It was definitely a sight to behold, espevially for a boy like himself... A luxurious train filled with many kids his age, and even some adults, going to... The North Pole apparently.
Still a little groggy despite the small andrenaline rush he still had from literally jumping aboard the train, he quietly took a seat in the Passenger car... Yawning a little as he leaned his head against the cool glass of the window, preparing to get a little sleep... Unless of course, he had any stimulus to wake him up again... Or heck, just a cup of espresso.
With all their merrymaking in the Caboose, it was nigh impossible for Cedric Diggory to not notice the conversation held by the small group.
Cedric Diggory, while walking along, might notice 6 shiny red eyes that shortly disappeared while looking around. These shiny eyes shimmered in the shadows and stood near the ceiling.
Meanwhile, when Chase activated his abilities, he would first scan the area they were currently in - the Caboose. This run would lead him to discover two things that might stick out from an ordinary caboose - one, that there were two individuals, one humanoid and the other quadrapedal and animalistic at the entrance just outside the Caboose, and two, that what appeared to be shaped like a spider, about the size of two chihuahuas, was creeping on the ceiling - the very ceiling above them!
Chase would soon realise that the spider-like being, as well as the individuals hiding behind the door, would vanish instantly. He would probably find that scientifically impossible, seeing that they didn't even sublime.
If anyone in the Caboose looked at the translucent window of the entrance of the Caboose, they would notice a silhouette that vanished near instantly.
That was a very, very, odd occurence indeed. Just what was that?
(I'll leave @Minerva to do the further analysis on the traintracks, @LuckycooHawk9 )
@Minerva @thatguyinthestore @Yun Lee @Yang Lee @LuckycoolHawk9 @Poe Dameron @Caboose
"That's... uh... kind of her thing... especially around crowds," the first girl nervously speaks. "I think she-"
Shouko stands on the table, looking down on Akira, her face even closing in on her!
"I'm always sleeping... even now.... I've been sleeping since... FOREVER! HYAAA HYAA HYAAAA! MY SLUMBER IS ETERNAL!!!!"
It almost seemed as if she was possessed by the devil or something.
"Time to take matters into my own hands," the first girl says, feeling mildly crossed as she grabs Shouko by the mouth, pulling her back onto the seats.
"Mmmm! Mmmm! Mmmm!"
"I'm going to release you in 3, 2.... 1!"
And so Shouko was released from the claws of oblivion as she gasped for air, her eyes reverting back to a more 'normal', unstressed state.
"Fuhihi... my apologies... I guess I got... carried away... maybe I should've... brought my mushrooms after all..."
"Shouko," the first girl says to Shouko, "I'm sure they're fine back home, waiting for Santa in your stead. Just relax for now, OK?"
Needless to say, the shenanigans have only just begun. Telling this bundle of whatever Shouko was made of to relax would soon be revealed to be an impossible feat.
Impossible in the long-term, that is. For now, her voice was more meek.
@Minerva @Takumi @Crow @C.T. @Kaykay @PassengerCar
The young girl closed her eyes for a bit, then opened them up again.
"My apologies, Ebenezer Scrooge, but I too, am a passenger awaiting refreshments. Just a casual question to get the night rolling."
Her monotonous face was retained.
She then sees Hogarth Hughes sitting beside her. She decides to speak to him for a bit.
"The trip will been long, young boy. Take the rest you deserve."
The being that Scrooge referred to as the girl's 'dog' eyed the near-sleepy boy.
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