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?]

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[doubleringuns]

[Wow, so Len gets a fancy shiny new train now?]

[...I want one.]

[railwayrhythm]

[we can pilot her together and we'll rule this popsicle stand]

[but no wait first, he's gonna stare at you like you're the last person he expected to see. BECAUSE HI, YOU ARE]

--Rin?

[doubleringuns]

[Tch, not that like that'd be hard. Who would stop them these days?]

Hey.

[Remarkably unfazed by the whole sight, really, apart from being mildly impressed.]

[railwayrhythm]

[B*RS....? maybe....? okay yeah, it wouldn't be much of a challenge]

Hey. [okay you get a smile. HE JUST SAID GOODBYE TO YOU FOR MAYBE EVER, and yes he's pretty proud of himself] When'd you get here?

[doubleringuns]

[The old BRS, maybe. This new one doesn't seem to give a shit - and Rin hardly knows either of them in any event.]

I dunno. I guess I dimension-shifted here. Just like you did, probably.

[And at the risk of repetition: this idea doesn't seem to bother her much at all.]

[railwayrhythm]

[so basically they already own the place. cool]

Dimen-- Weird way to put it. We just took the train, right? By . . . magical means.

[why are you so cool about this though how long have you been here sisbro]

[doubleringuns]

[Well, funny thing, that. Rin's got her own home to go back to eventually, so sadly, she can't really rule this place with you. Sorry, notbro.]

Uh, you did, obviously. [Gentle emphasis, tho, despite italics.] I wasn't on a train. Probably.

I'm not the sis you know either. She's probably back where you came from, if she's not here. Or dead. Or whatever happened to her in your PV.

[C'MON RIN IT'S A KAGAMINE PV HOW DO YOU NOT okay you know what, we've already blamed mun laziness for this one, let's leave it there]

[railwayrhythm]

[awww! what is with Rins and breaking his heart :'(]

[he blinks wide] She's-- She's fine. She left.

[honestly considering their track record it's a freaking miracle they both survived. he still sounds conflicted about it, though]

So you're . . . one of the copies?

[ouch, Len. though no no, surely Rin just forgot singing such an old song about trains and journeys and destinations]

[doubleringuns]

Yep. Everybody's a copy here, if you didn't know. We never really got the originals.

[No offense taken, bro, that's how things work. Also, nothing's saying you can't visit her current plane yourself, if you can only find the means. Just look for the Bakerstreet, and something's bound to happen...]

[Or it may not, but you know. Fickle winds of the universe and all. At least there'll be a chance.]

[Also, forgot. Yeah, that's it. Totally forgot. ...Or it's just not something she thinks about much. The whole "doubles" deal never really did seem to bother her. Maybe she's just good at rolling with it.]