is anyone alive/making robot noises/option C?

[railwayrhythm]

['Sup, DR? It's been a while since we've seen someone new, huh? Do we even have a bus anymore? That thing just keeps fixing itself. Somehow]

[Like it will be in 3.8 seconds. A gorgeous white train with splashes of electric blue rolls into the DR. Tracks appear before it, the railway behind it fading away]

[Actually, make that BLASTING into the DR, steam whirling behind it as it heads straight for--!]

[BOOM]

[the bus flips into the air like a Team Rocket character punched into the sky. A Len in a conductor's cap hops out of the front cab. He gingerly stares at the front of the train and adjusts the bass guitar slung on his back]

Ahhhh~ Who put that thing in the way of my train?

[the bus CRASHES to the ground with a squeal of metal. Well, guys? Is anyone gonna make this guy pay for the damages?]

Comments

[absoluteblue]

I have a general idea. How about we hide the train so no one will touch it?

[railwayrhythm]

. . . Hide the train. [a pause] Yeah, that'll be easy. Let's hide an entire locomotive.

[absoluteblue]

Yeah!

We need to find something to pull it and hide it with a huge train covers!

Sounds easy, right?

oiashdfpoij I lost my shit, bless <3

[railwayrhythm]

[ANOTHER......PAUSE......]

[then he facepalms] Yeah. Yeah, sure. Easy.

Giant train blankets. Good idea.

<3

[absoluteblue]

...Am I not convincing enough?

Come on, I'm sure you don't have those things, do you? I could just ask other Len to bring his roadroller to pull that big girl of yours.

[railwayrhythm]

Of course I do. But that's effectively covering a train with shrink wrap. That doesn't solve the hiding it from sight pro--

Wait, roadroller? Then he can tow her. [THERE'S HOPE!] Great, tell this guy to . . .

[narrows his eyes, warily:] I didn't tell you my name.

[absoluteblue]

Ah, so you are one of them.

This sounds crazy but this place has a lot of people with same names with the same face. This place we called Dressing Room where any Vocaloid related has taken here.

Kagamine Len is one of the Vocaloid twins, as well as my little brother.

By the way, my name is Shion Kaito, or you can just call me Kaito.

[railwayrhythm]

[PROCESSING . . . PROCESSING . . .]





Right. Yeah. Okay. That's not crazy at all. The recycling's gotten a little out of hand here.

Normally my passengers call me the Conductor. But you can call me Len, I guess.

[absoluteblue]

You sure? You were speechless a minute ago.

[He smiles.]

Alright then, Len. Welcome to the Dressing Room.

[railwayrhythm]

[he puffs out a cheek just slightly in a pout. you actually made him make an expression, GJ. he's not sure whether you're messing with him or not]

Thanks. Since we're popular-- You see Rin show up with a suitcase?

[absoluteblue]

[Kaito laugh softly. He knows Len too well.]

Sorry. I haven't see her.

[railwayrhythm]

[danger, Will Robinson, people who are your alternate self's older brother are danger]

[a sigh] Of course. Let me know if you do.

[absoluteblue]

Maybe you should specify this Rin. There are countless Rins here, other than the suitcase of course.

You could tell me about her characteristic and personality?

[railwayrhythm]

Do they all wear clothes like mine?

[a hand to his chin. huh. well okay]

She's following her dream. Probably's bossing everyone around by now, if she's here. Might have arrived by train. She can be kind, but she's pretty mischievous. And she doesn't really think ahead.

[absoluteblue]

The sailor outfit. Yeah.

[He shakes his head, sadly.]

You're the first person I saw that arrived by train. I don't think I saw her before you.

[railwayrhythm]

Oh. [he deflates a little] Then she's probably not here.

[absoluteblue]

Cheer up, Len. She'll be here eventually. Depends on the this place's will. It takes awhile but sometimes people you want to meet or not will appear.

[railwayrhythm]

[he shrugs. he's not holding out for a hero or anything]

It's best if she's free to travel anyway. Not like we'll be sticking around for long, right? [he pats the side of the train]

[absoluteblue]

Now you mentioned it. We should move her. Can the train move off the rail track?

[railwayrhythm]

[that's exactly the topic change he was gunning for!]

Yes, but . . . we'll need a crane. Or at least cables and pulleys. And we'll have to be very careful. Usually a derailed train is a dead train.

[absoluteblue]

I maybe a mechanic for a long time but I don't know where to find those tools.

Should we leave her here while we look around for them?

[railwayrhythm]

[he gives the train a conflicted look for a few long moments. then he turns back to Kaito]

Yeah. Got any hardware stores around here? Or construction sites we can jack?

[absoluteblue]

There's where I find the vehicle.

Also I'm pretty sure there's a lot of hardware stores in the middle of the city.

[Yep, going to escort him now.]