Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 00:19:31 No.66934918 Report

>>66934814
Inco's gotta drive a train. The dinner? BBQ ribs.

Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 01:36:47 No.66936688 Report

>>66934918
>I look over to Olivia, her face locked on the window outside. She's turning quickly between the landscape and her little easel. New this scenic train ride was a winner. Place makes for amazing photography, too. I snap another picture of my gator girlfriend. Maybe that's just her doing that.
>I stretch out and consider a walkabout of this little train, I glance over to Olivia and ask.
>"I think I'm gonna go check out everything. You wanna tag along?"
>"Nah, just show me any interesting pictures you take. Don't wanna miss this. Great idea, by the way." I swell as she paints another landscape masterpiece. Can't wait to see her finished product. I step out of our cabin and do a mental coinflip. Engine it is, then.
>The cabins are all stylized, rustic brown decor, gold inlays. Real old-timey vibe. I snap another photo, this time of a door between cabins, it's little window peering into the next. Another passenger cabin this way, diner is back the other direction.
>I step forward and bit and into the next cabin, then the next. Finally a storage cabin before the engine. A worker spys me. A short mircoraptor woman, tan and a black ponytail.
>"Sir?"
>"Oh I'm just taking photos, sorry." I shrug, and make motion to turn around.
>"Oh you're fine, in fact hold on a second." she steps back and turns, walking into the engine compartment. After a second she returns.
>"The conductor says you can come in and snap some photos." I perk up. How novel.
>"Sure, that's awesome!" I let her lead me in. A bristly bearded old triceratops man meets me.
>"Heya, son. You one-a them phot-o-graphers?" he puts strange emphasis on the word, his drawl old-timey.
>"Yup." I peek through my DSLR lens and grab a picture of the complicated levers on the control panel.
>"Good, get my good side, now." he smiles, yellowed and crooked teeth on wide display. I oblige and grab a photo of the guy posing.
cont.

Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 01:44:00 No.66936849 Report

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>>66936688
>"Thanks a ton." I play with the zeroing a bit, looking for a photo out front now. I make some small talk to pass the few seconds it's going to take to settle on some settings.
>"Must be complicated to learn."
>"Ah naw sonny just gotta know which is the stop and which is the go. Most others you can look up in the ol' handbook 'fore ya crash." I snicker at his laid back attitude.
>"So long as ya can find the brake lever you're pretty much a conductor yourself." I glance up to see him wiggling a small lever near his chair. Must be the brake lever.
>"I'll keep that in mind in case I ever need to stop an out of control train." I snicker and finally settle, another photo, this time of the landscape sprawling ahead. Olivia is gonna love this.
>I glance over to the conductor, now palming a handful of nuts into his mouth.
>He speaks, mouthful. "Never know when you mi-"
>He coughs and wheezes. I glance down to him in his chair.
>He's...choking. Oh shit. I panic for a second as he cough and slams his chest with his hand. I scoop down and start to try to heimlich as he wheezes.
>I pulse and squeeze. No dice, a few seconds later and he starts turning shades of blue. Oh god.
>He goes limp in my arms. I panic. Oh god I need to get someone I-
>The brake. I need to brake the train. I yank on it, the train starts to slow. Alright now I-
>"Guess that means I gotta dub you assistant conductor now huh sonny?" I whip my head back around to the conductor now chewing another handful of nuts and grinning at me.
>"You-"
>"Just a little prank, sonny. Don't get twisted up about it. And 'sides you got ta play with the controls." he wiggles his eyebrows at me. I sigh and lean back.
>"I guess so." Wild codger
>He chuckles a tinny laugh and waves me off "Come back if you wanna pull the acceleration lever next time. I'm feelin' a bout of seizures." I shake my head and step out.
cont one more.

Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 01:45:32 No.66936880 Report

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>>66936849
>The attendant microraptor is smiling at me. She was in on this I assume. I shoot her a dirty look and head on back to Olivia. I think I'll keep my short conductor stint private.

Fin.

>>66934943
5 the other day in case you missed it. 6 is cooking but not very much writing is done on it yet, like 200 words total. Payoff + consequences from 5 if you need a teaser.

>>66934950
Aight sure