Chapter 1: chaos commences
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[RUSTY] has created Chatroom Server [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[RUSTY] has added [PEARL], [GREASEBALL], [DINAH], [THE RED CABOOSE], [ELECTRA], [BUFFY], and [ASHLEY] to [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[PEARL] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
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[DINAH] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[THE RED CABOOSE] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[ELECTRA] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[BUFFY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[ASHLEY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
RUSTY: Hey everyone!
DINAH: Heeyyy!!
BUFFY: Holy shit he managed to figure out how to do it
RUSTY: I'm not a complete idiot y'know
ASHLEY: You got everything set up just fine, Rusty?
RUSTY: Yep! All good! :)
RED CABOOSE: w hy is it my full name
GREASEBALL: seconded
ASHLEY: The settings is a thing that exists, use it.
[THE RED CABOOSE] changed nickname to [CB]
[GREASEBALL] changed nickname to [GB]
CB: infinitely easier there we go
PEARL: Is this that chatroom you mentioned to help keep us in contact?
RUSTY: Yeah, Ash and I came up with the idea on break the other day.
RUSTY: It'll help keep everyone connected while we're out and about working.
ASHLEY: And also stop everyone from dying of boredom
RUSTY: That too :v
DINAH: We're missing people
RUSTY: Yeah I don't have the Components added on my mobile phone so u h
ELECTRA: I'll do it
RUSTY: T hank you
[ELECTRA] has added [KRUPP], [WRENCH], [PURSE], [VOLTA], [JOULE], and [CHARGE] to [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[KRUPP] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
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[PURSE] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[VOLTA] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[JOULE] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[CHARGE] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
ELECTRA: Done! 🎵
CB: i forget theres so fuckin many of them
WRENCH: *ahem*
CHARGE: Wassup bitches!!
KRUPP: Language.
BUFFY: Krupp hun dont even try to stop everyone from swearing because it will not work
BUFFY: And youre going to exhaust yourself in 5 seconds
PURSE: Besides it's not like we're in public.
KRUPP: True.
KRUPP: Sorry, force of habit.
VOLTA: A chatroom? Interesting.
RUSTY: :D
JOULE: holy shit the steamer made it
RUSTY: I AM N OT THAT BAD WITH TECHNOLOGY
RUSTY: I KNOW STEAM ENGINES ARE OLD BUT LIKE
RUSTY: S HUT UP OKAY D:
PEARL: Guys, be nice! :(
JOULE: im being nice im just surprised
BUFFY: Trust me i was surprised too
ASHLEY: Hey GB now you have a way to keep in proper contact with your boyfriend
GB: shut up i already had a way with the comm system thingy
ELECTRA: That you still can't figure out how to use fully. 😑
GB: hey i aint a technology genius either
GB: we only started gettin phones recently
GB: and before that CB was the only guy with a fuckin communication radio
RUSTY: Which is why, now we've ALL got access, I've got this set up
RUSTY: It'll help save CB and everyone else Starlight knows how much time.
PURSE: .. Wait I just scrolled up.
PURSE: Master why do you have Rusty's phone number anyway???
ELECTRA: T o keep in contact?? Incase there's an emergency?? 😶
KRUPP: Makes sense to me.
RUSTY: Also I send him funny cat videos I find online.
ELECTRA: That too. 🤭
WRENCH: Of course. Very important.
JOULE: bro send some to me
RUSTY: Will do! :D
DINAH: Well now everyone's here
DINAH: I'm planning for a movie night tonight, who wants to come?
PEARL: Me!!
RUSTY: Sure!
BUFFY: Hell yeah
ASHLEY: Niiiice, movie night
GB: yeah sure, i'll show
CB: SWEET, MOVIE NIGHT!
ELECTRA: Are we invited perhaps?
DINAH: If you're free and you wanna come then by all means show up hun!
Charge: what movie we watching
DINAH: Inside Out :D
DINAH: The movie just came out like a few days ago
WRENCH: I've seen trailer adverts online and on TV for that.
WRENCH: I'm invested. :)
Charge: yooo count me in
ASHLEY: What's the movie about? I've not seen shit about it.
DINAH: It's an animated movie about girl who moves with her family to a new place
DINAH: And it follows her but also like. Her emotions?
DINAH: Her emotions are personified and they go on these adventures too and everything.
DINAH: I haven't seen it yet so I don't know the story but it seems like something ya'll would enjoy!
JOULE: oooohh i like the sound of it!
VOLTA: If Joule's going then by default I have to be there.
VOLTA: Partly because I love her but also because I cannot leave this idiot alone for more than 2 minutes.
JOULE: :(
CB: i'd say thats kinda mean but she did somehow manage to burn a box of microwave fries the other day in the suite when me and GB came over
CB: so
JOULE: beat me while im down why dontcha?
VOLTA: A movie night sounds fun as well, so.
ELECTRA: Animated movie sounds fun.
ELECTRA: I could do with a change after Wrench forced us to binge NCIS again with her last Friday when we had our movie night. 💢
WRENCH: NCIS is a treasure of a TV show
WRENCH: If you badmouth my favourite guilty pleasure you won't get fixed the next time you crash. : )
ELECTRA: a
VOLTA: IF he crashes, you mean.
PEARL: Does he ever crash?
VOLTA: N o of course he doesn't
PURSE: Last time I remember him crashing was the Championships
CB: trol
GB: b itch
CB: who me? :>
GB: y es you shortstack
CB: fuckin rude
RUSTY: I mean he isn't wrong-
CB: YOURE SHORT TOO
RUSTY: YES AND BY THIS POINT I HAVE ACCEPTED IT UNLIKE YOU
KRUPP: I'm still baffled how any of you have forgiven each other when you act like this regularly.
DINAH: CB calls it "friend bullying"
PURSE: That's a thing???
JOULE: yeah its like when we bully you guys
CHARGE: love bullying :)
PURSE: Fair point
BUFFY: I like how Electra has legit gone silent after Wrench threatened him
ASHLEY: Is he legit dead or-
PURSE: No he's just scared of Wrench
ELECTRA: Don't make Wrench angry if you value your life 👀
ELECTRA: Repair Trucks are a scary breed.
VOLTA: There is a reason why she's our second line of defence if Krupp gets hammered.
PEARL: Elaborate?
WRENCH: I know how Trainfolk function because my job is to repair them.
WRENCH: Meaning I know every bone and cog that can be broken without fatally killing you.
PEARL: P oint taken
RUSTY: S tarlight okay I see what you guys mean now.
KRUPP: Precisely.
CHARGE: Wrenchie is nice to us tho <3
WRENCH: <3
CB: gay
BUFFY: Gay
GB: says the lesbian
BUFFY: says the guy fucking the electric train
ELECTRA: M OVING ON-
DINAH: This went off the rails quickly
VOLTA: Joule don't even begin to type that thought.
JOULE: youre no fun :(
DINAH: Anyway yeah. Movie night. It's in 2 hours. ^^
DINAH: I can prepare some of it, I'll make everyone milkshakes, but we'll still need snacks and some more soda.
DINAH: Who can help out?
GB: buffy aint handlin it?
BUFFY: I would but im still waiting on my next paycheck
BUFFY: Bought more ingredients for our diner last night and now im sorta broke
GB: fair
CB: i can go grab some stuff Dee!
DINAH: Thanks CB <3
RUSTY: I can go roll and grab some snacks from the stores nearby too :)
DINAH: Thank ya kindly Rusty! :)
ELECTRA: We can grab some things on our way to the Trainyard.
JOULE: SNACK RUN LETS GOOOOO
PURSE: P LEASE STAY RESPONSIBLE I AM BEGGING YOU-
PEARL: There's a story behind that-
CB: well he's their accountant so
CB: theres absolutely a story behind it lol
WRENCH: Please do try to stay responsible with buying snacks and soda.
WRENCH: That goes for you two as well, CB, Rusty. We don't need a whole store of food.
CB: we want a whole store of food?
Buffy: Oh starlight
KRUPP: She said d on't-
CB: im still hearin do
KRUPP: DO NOT
CB: IM GONNA DO IT
CHARGE: YES DO IT
JOULE: DO IT
DINAH: CB D ON'T-
CB: IM DOING IT
DINAH: CB-
ASHLEY: Okay well. Note to self.
ASHLEY: Next time CB is going snack shopping, supervise him.
RUSTY: I had to go to the next store over in the street
RUSTY: B ecause someone decided to buy half the stORE OF FOOD
CB: lol worth it
ELECTRA: Why are you this way.
CB: answer undetermined please try again later
KRUPP: Words cannot express how I'm currently feeling.
JOULE: well now we have lots of snacks!! :)
CHARGE: i still wanna go buy some of my own tho
PURSE: I swear to Starlight if you do what he did-
CHARGE: lol nah im not gonna cause you a heart attack just yet
CHARGE: i just want gummy bears
JOULE: WOO YEAH GUMMY BEARS, LETS GOOO
CB: i bought gummy bears tho
CHARGE: i want a specific brand from the store nearby the suite that i like
CHARGE: joule come with you can be my supervision
JOULE: swag lets get goin xx
CHARGE: xx
[CHARGE] and [JOULE] have gone Offline
BUFFY: .
BUFFY: "Yet"?
GB: my man you good?
PURSE: The girls have poor restraint when shopping on a budget
VOLTA: And also just generally buy expensive things
PURSE: So do you when I tell you not to!
VOLTA: Someone has to buy the makeup around here.~
PURSE: BUT NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE BRANDS IN THE STORE-
RUSTY: Tbh I expected Electra to be the big spender :v
ASHLEY: Same here.
ELECTRA: Oh trust me hun I am. 🎵
ELECTRA: But I also have more restraint.
WRENCH: *a h e m*
ELECTRA: Most of the time.
WRENCH: There we go.
PEARL: Close enough I guess?
GB: im guessin krupp spends the least?
PURSE: Ding ding ding, correct!
KRUPP: I don't require as much as everybody else.
KRUPP: Sometimes I will indulge in buying expensive things, or lots of items, but it's not often.
DINAH: W ell thanks to CB, we have snacks.
DINAH: Rusty has also brought in their snacks already, SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY, so thank you.
RUSTY: No prob Dinah! :)
ASHLEY: CB would it kill you to behave a bit more like Rusty
CB: ashley since when has safely and responsibly been anywhere in my vocabulary since you met me
ASHLEY: I know but still.
ASHLEY: I thought you were getting better.
CB: well fuckin duh i am
CB: i BOUGHT a ton of shit but i didnt hurt anyone
CB: and i paid for it
WRENCH: How do you even have the money capable of doing that?
CB: freight makes surprisingly good paychecks
CB: better than crashing ever did
ELECTRA: Fair enough
PURSE: "Since you met me?"
PURSE: You weren't born at the AV?
CB: lol nope
RUSTY: Poppa found him stowing away and adopted him like, 8-9 years ago?
RUSTY: He hit it off with the Freights that Poppa has under his wing and ended up working with them as their Braker.
GB: which was desperately needed cuz flat-top isnt knowing for slowing the f uck down
ASHLEY: Y e p.
RUSTY: Y eah pretty much.
ELECTRA: So you're half-siblings?
RUSTY: Kinda yeah.
CB: pretty much
KRUPP: And yet you crashed him?
CB: look ive not been the most mentally stable soul in the world you all know this
RUSTY: I don't hold it against him anyway, it's over now. :)
CB: [Message Deleted]
PURSE: what
ASHLEY: u h
VOLTA: Did anyone see what that said?
BUFFY: n ope
GB: h uh
DINAH: Heyyyy guys!
DINAH: Sorry to interrupt the conversation, but I just wanted to let ya'll know that movie night begins in a little over an hour!
CB: o shit already
RUSTY: Whoop-
ELECTRA: Right, we should go grab the girls and start coming over.
DINAH: How long will that take?
VOLTA: Not too long, Charge only wanted specific gummy bears.
VOLTA: Joule on the other hand-
KRUPP: We will try to get them to hurry as best as we can.
ELECTRA: Expect us there in half an hour at the very latest, Dinah.~
DINAH: Wonderful! :D
GB: i'll come meetcha at the entrance darlin'
ELECTRA: I'd like that. <3
GB: <3
CB: GAY
Rusty: Gay
Wrench: Gay.
VOLTA: Gay
PURSE: G uys stop bullying Lexi and let's go =_=
VOLTA: But it's fun to bully him.
ELECTRA: You wound me Volta 😔
VOLTA: You know I love you anyway
VOLTA: Like Joule and Charge said earlier it's love bullying
VOLTA: <3
ELECTRA: <3
[ELECTRA], [WRENCH], [KRUPP], [PURSE] and [VOLTA] have gone Offline
GB: i'll be arrivin with the others, 'kay dinah?
DINAH: Okay! See you then GB! :)
[GB] has gone Offline
ASHLEY: I'll be over in a minute hun, let me just finish my cigarette.
DINAH: Take your time Ash ^^
BUFFY: I'll be comin over with ashley so i'll see you then too
[ASHLEY] and [BUFFY] have gone idle
PEARL: Let me just get my wheels back on and I'll be right over!
RUSTY: I'll meetcha by the front door Pearlie <3
PEARL: <3
[PEARL] and [RUSTY] have gone idle
DINAH: CB, do you wanna play some UNO while we wait for everyone?
CB: hell yeah uno's the best!!
CB: lemme just finish sorting the snacks in the kitchen
DINAH: Alrighty! D on't touch anything you shouldn't!
CB: and receive the wrath of the almighty dining car?
CB: wouldnt dream of it, Dee
DINAH: G ood, you're learning.
DINAH: Now hurry up so we can play UNO
CB: 10-4! :)
Chapter 2: the reason why dinah doesn't trust anyone but buffy with cooking
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[DINAH] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[DINAH] changed chatroom name to [WHO DID IT]
DINAH: @EVERYONE G ET YOURSELVES IN HERE THIS INSTANT
DINAH: I DEMAND NAMES AND ANSWERS
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
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DINAH: THIS ISN'T EVERYONE-
ELECTRA: G ive my Components 5 minutes Dinah, damn girl.
ELECTRA: We're busy people y'know.~
ASHLEY: Dinah what's up hun?
CB: uh
CB: "who did it"?
GB: uh oh
RUSTY: I don't like that "uh oh"- O_O
GB: i know what this means
GB: one of ya'll about to die
ELECTRA: ???????
DINAH: W HO THE FUCK
DINAH: HAS CAME INTO THE DINER KITCHEN
DINAH: AND B ROKEN THE BLENDER?
CB: o shit someone broke it??
ASHLEY: Oh h ell nah.
GB: yyyeepp someone is absolutely boutta die
ELECTRA: O h my Starlight-
PEARL: O_O
DINAH: ANYONE HERE WANNA CONFESS
DINAH: IF YOU DO I WILL MAKE IT MODERATELY LESS PAINFUL WHEN I FIND YOU
ELECTRA: "Moderately"-
RUSTY: GB your ex is scaring me-
GB: 'kay so lesson to all of you
GB: never touch dinah's kitchen shit if you value your life
GB: best case scenario you get the glare of death and a stern talking to
GB: and worth case scenario she kicks your ass down the track n back
RUSTY: Well it wasn't me!
RUSTY: Not only because I've been with Pearl all day enjoying our day off
RUSTY: But because you know I would ask permission first
DINAH: Pearl???
PEARL: I can back him up.
PEARL: We're outside the Trainyard at the local park having a picnic. <3
RUSTY: <3
ASHLEY: I've been busy with
ASHLEY: Stuff
PEARL: Ashley hon that doesn't sound like a solid alibi-
ASHLEY: N o seriously I have been doing stuff
CB: what kinda stuff
ELECTRA: Y ou might want to elaborate??
ASHLEY: u h
[BUFFY] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
BUFFY: Sorry i had to go clean up
BUFFY: Why's my phone going fucking crazy?
CB: aaaaaahhh
CB: gay stuff then
ELECTRA: Niiiiice~
GB: 'kay so ashley and buffy were off fucking each other
ASHLEY: G REASEBALL
CB: HEHAHAH
PEARL: W ELL
RUSTY: Pfff-
BUFFY: O shit I just scrolled up
BUFFY: Someone broke the blender????
DINAH: Y ES AND I AM MAD ABOUT IT
BUFFY: F ucks sake can nobody read the fuckin sign we put up about stAFF ONLY IN THE KITCHEN-
ASHLEY: W ell
ASHLEY: Me and Buffy have alibis
PEARL: As do me and Rusty.
GB: i'm currently in the gym with the hoppers and rockies so
GB: sure as shit ain't me
GB: besides i know dee's rules
GB: touchin her stuff is a death wish
CB: yeah i know this rule too
CB: im chillin with dustin anyway :)
RUSTY: Ooh, tell him I said hi!
CB: will do
DINAH: Electra!
ELECTRA: Hm? Me?
ASHLEY: You're the only one without an alibi now hun.
ELECTRA: .
ELECTRA: Sweetie you know who my alibi's gonna be. 😑
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WRENCH: We've been called?
KRUPP: Is there a problem?
JOULE: who tf died my phone hasnt stopped buzzing????
ASHLEY: A h.
ASHLEY: I completely forgot m y bad.
ELECTRA: How do you forget six people?
ASHLEY: L ook I'm very tired from. Doing my stuff.
CB: you mean fucking buffy
ASHLEY: S T O P
CHARGE: PFFFFFF
PURSE: Niiice!
VOLTA: What's even going on-?
RUSTY: TL;DR, someone snuck into the back of Dinah and Buffy's diner on the trainyard
RUSTY: And they've broken the blender
PEARL: Aaaand now Dinah's on a warpath
RUSTY: Y eah, that too :v
VOLTA: A h.
KRUPP: It was none of us, I assure you @DINAH
KRUPP: Electra did not do it either, he too is with us.
VOLTA: I only just finished reapplying his makeup 5 minutes ago so it absolutely cannot be him.
ASHLEY: You guys wear makeup?
CHARGE: w
CHARGE: w ell yeah no shit sherlock
JOULE: how tf did you not figure that out by now?????
BUFFY: Those aint markings you were born with?
WRENCH: Well, the majority of them are yes.
WRENCH: But we also wear eyeshadow and lipstick.
WRENCH: And Electra likes Volta going over his markings with glitter makeup to make them stand out and sparkle more.
VOLTA: I end up going over everyone's markings to make them pop a bit more, as well as help with eyeshadow.
PURSE: I also help! I'm quite skilled with makeup if I do say so myself!
CB: well if thats the case then uh
CB: sorry Dee but it aint any of us here who did it
PEARL: Yeah, all of us have alibis.
DINAH: So to recap:
DINAH: Pearl's with Rusty, Buffy is with Ashley, GB's at the gym with the Rockies and Hoppers, CB's with Dustin, and Electra is with all of the Components.
ELECTRA: That's correct darling. 🎵
JOULE: who tf even manages to break a fuckin blender
CB: says ms "i cant microwave fries"
JOULE: OKAY F IRST OF ALL RUDE
JOULE: SECOND OF ALL IVE SAID BEFORE IM NO GOOD IN THE KITCHEN
JOULE: I BLOW SHIT UP I DON'T COOK Q-Q
CHARGE: lmao im also shit at cooking
ELECTRA: Honestly? Same.
ASHLEY: You can't cook?
ELECTRA: I've had people do it for me my whole life, w hy do I need to know?
GB: whenever any of us go over for movie nights or somethin' he orders takeaway
GB: so does joule and charge cuz they dont know shit 'bout cookin either
CHARGE: im just openly fuckin admitting it, i flat-out suck
CHARGE: dominoes pizza is better anyway
RUSTY: Dominoes is pretty good honestly.
RUSTY: Solid choice :D
BUFFY: What about the others?
VOLTA: I'm not the most skilled but I know what I'm doing.
PURSE: I'm decently good!
KRUPP: I am fine at cooking. I'm no pro-chef but I don't burn everything.
WRENCH: Same here.
WRENCH: I. Prefer baking, honestly.
BUFFY: NO WAY, YOU BAKE?
BUFFY: WHY DIDN'T YOU MENTION THIS SOONER I WOULDA GAVE YOU RECIPE BOOKS!
WRENCH: I didn't think it was important to bring up?
WRENCH: I've been baking as an off-duty hobby of mine since I became part of Electra's Entourage several years ago.
PEARL: Baking is nice! :)
CHARGE: wrenchie makes the best cookies and n obody can convince me otherwise <3
JOULE: can confirm she bakes s uch good stuff omg <3
ELECTRA: I can also confirm, she spoils us rotten <3
WRENCH: <3
CB: g a y
GB: gays
ASHLEY: homosexual
JOULE: im sorry you cant talk you were fucking buffy earlier
ASHLEY: C E A S E
JOULE: lol never <3
KRUPP: Wrench does bake very good treats.
KRUPP: She is teaching me so I can make things for Purse, when she's occupied.
PURSE: EVERYONE LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE AND SUPPORTIVE OUR (but mostly mine) BOYFRIEND IS!
KRUPP: <3
PURSE: <3
PEARL: Awww, that's sweet! Maybe you could make something for us sometime?
WRENCH: Ah. Maybe.
WRENCH: I'm no Buffy or Dinah, I'm a Repair Truck after all, but.
WRENCH: I can try?
RUSTY: You don't gotta be like them! As long as you enjoy it, then go ahead! :D
CB: speaking of dinah shes gone v ery silent and i dont like it
VOLTA: Has she discovered who it was yet?
ELECTRA: I don't think so? 🤔
BUFFY: Uhhhh
BUFFY: @DINAH You alive hun???
DINAH: C harge can you say that thing again??
CHARGE: the cookie thing or???
DINAH: No the other thing.
CHARGE: oh the thing where i flat-out suck at cooking??
CHARGE: i hope i didnt insult you or some shit sayin that
DINAH: .
DINAH: FLAT-TOP
GB: OH SHIT YEAH HE AIN'T HERE
CB: not here with us either!!
PURSE: O h boy.
DINAH: T HAT LITTLE-
DINAH: I'M G OING TO LAUNCH HIM INTO THE RIVER-
[DINAH] has gone Offline
KRUPP: .
KRUPP: Is she actually going to throw him into the nearby river-?
CB: knowin Dee shes going to damn well try
GB: she aint gonna be able to pick him up lmao
CB: like i said, try
PEARL: True but you also underestimate how strong she actually is.
ASHLEY: ^
VOLTA: She certainly seems capable of pulling her own weight.
CHARGE: welp
CHARGE: sorry flat-top youre gonna get fuckin murdered
ELECTRA: Should uh.
ELECTRA: Should someone go stop her?
CB: me and dustin can try but uh
CB: n o promises
RUSTY: Flat-Top is about to be out of commission for like a WEEK
GB: yyyeeepp sure is
BUFFY: If that mfer broke the diner blender he absolutely deserves it
ASHLEY: B abe no don't go help Dinah stay here with me on the sofa-
BUFFY: REVENGE >:(
[BUFFY] has gone Offline
PEARL: .
PEARL: Well now he's double-dead.
JOULE: my mans boutta get fucking deleted from the universe by two angry chef ladies
CHARGE: ok but thats not a bad way to go
CB: LMAO WHAT
CHARGE: W HAT THEYRE HOT
ASHLEY: Okay but she's not wrong
ASHLEY: B ut yeah Buffy just stormed out our shed so uh
ASHLEY: RIP Flat-Top
GB: im gonna fuckin cry laughing if it wasnt him and they beat him up anyway
CB: same but tbh it probably was him
CB: i aint seen him all day apart from when i came over to dustin's shed and he was goin into his own
CB: oh dustin says hi to you btw @RUSTY
RUSTY: :D
GB: he aint been at the gym thats for sure
GB: been here the past hour or two now and its just been me, rockies, and hoppers
VOLTA: The brick-truck doesn't seem like the type to go to the gym anyway.
JOULE: scrawny-ass mfer
GB: yeah he never comes
GB: hes shown up like once and then never again
WRENCH: How well did that go-?
GB: take a wild guess
PURSE: Poorly?
GB: yyyyup
RUSTY: He couldn't work with the Freight for like a week, he busted his ankle ^^;
JOULE: pfff
JOULE: fuckin rip dude
PEARL: Didn't the Rockies have to cover for him?
RUSTY: Mhm, and that didn't go entirely well since they're not used to hauling bricks.
RUSTY: They were a wreck the whole time ^^;
CB: guess you could say that week was
CB: a trainwreck
ELECTRA: O h my starlight-
CHARGE: PFFFF
GB: FUCKIN-
GB: WHY-
RUSTY: CB-
PEARL: O KAY BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF GOOD
PURSE: M ildly on the topic of wrecks
PURSE: Is someone actually going to STOP Flat-Top from dying or-
CB: i mean me and dustin wouldve if it was just Dee but with buffy too uh
CB: y eah no thanks we're good lol
KRUPP: I suppose I could come and attempt to defuse things?
KRUPP: I don't know if I'll make it in time considering the rampage the girls are on but.
WRENCH: I'll come with some repair tools incase they do manage to butcher him
VOLTA: Parental Unit to the rescue.
RUSTY: Y eah if you can at least try to stop him from being yeeted into the river that'd be nice ^^;
KRUPP: Affirmative.
PURSE: Don't get mauled baby <3
KRUPP: I will be fine <3
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[WRENCH] has gone Offline
ELECTRA: Off they go.
ELECTRA: And now, we wait.
GB: betcha £10 dinah and buffy are chasin him across the yard
ASHLEY: I bet £10 they've cornered him somewhere.
JOULE: he's so fuckin dead
PEARL: Y es he is but hopefully Wrench can make him LESS dead
PEARL: Somehow
CB: sometimes i wonder how tf our freight even stays alive when we're all this fuckin stupid
GB: incredible talent and a shit ton of luck
VOLTA: Sounds about right.
Chapter 3: shower thoughts
Notes:
Inspired by something my friend said on a discord server when I was discussing StEx and mentioned that the Electrics share a Frequency of thoughts together. All of these are from shower thoughts tumblr posts.
Will I ever slow down with these? Possibly. But they give me a nice break from writing university assignments :P
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[JOULE] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
JOULE: holy shit its quiet in here for once
JOULE: .
JOULE: @EVERYONE AYO IF OXYGEN WASNT DISCOVERED UNTIL 1772 WHAT DID EVERYONE BREATHE UNTIL THEN?
[RUSTY] has created Chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[GREASEBALL] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[ELECTRA] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[CB] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[WRENCH] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[PURSE] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[VOLTA] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[CHARGE] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
[BUFFY] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
ELECTRA: J OULE ITS 2AM IN THE MORNING- 💢
JOULE: I DONT GIVE A FUCK IM NOT TIRED
VOLTA: D ON'T BOTHER EVERYONE ELSE AT THE VERY LEAST!
JOULE: I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED, VOLTA
GB: i mean
GB: shes not wrong
WRENCH: Oh my S tarlight is he serious-
BUFFY: Its GB you know its serious
BUFFY: Diesels only got like 5 braincells surviving
GB: r ude
RUSTY: .. W ouldn't people just breathe oyxgen??
RUSTY: Like even if it wasn't properly discovered and identified.
RUSTY: The oxygen is still there. In the air.
RUSTY: Being oxygen.
CB: everyone was breathing fuckin water instead
CHARGE: BECOME BOATFOLK
PURSE: Become one with the boat
CB: heres one for you
ELECTRA: Caboose don't encourage this please
CB: bite me
CB: anyway so why isnt 11 pronounced onety-one??
JOULE: O H MY GOSH
BUFFY: H ow would that even work with the other numbers???
PURSE: .
PURSE: Tooty-two.
CHARGE: FNSRGDJOIJPJO
JOULE: THREETY-THREE
GB: FOURTY-FOUR
GB: .
GB: H EY NOW WAIT A DARN MINUTE
RUSTY: PFFF
WRENCH: Unfortunately that one only works with so many numbers.
WRENCH: 11, 22, 33, and 55 I think.
WRENCH: The rest are actually coherent.
VOLTA: W hy are you getting involved in this
WRENCH: It is 2am and I'm not going to be able to sleep until these guys exhaust themselves
WRENCH: May as well.
ELECTRA: I WANTED TO SLEEP DAMMIT
ELECTRA: WE HAVE A RACE DOWN BY THE COAST AT 1 TODAY FOR STARLIGHTS SAKE 😭
CHARGE: WE'LL BE FINE WE'VE DONE LATE NIGHTS BEFORE
BUFFY: Paper has 6 sides but we only have an actual use for 2 of them
WRENCH: .
WRENCH: I mean technically speaking that's not wrong-
CB: the other 4 are for bloodshed >:)
GB: who tf is stabbing people with paper
CB: .
CB: papercuts, grease
CB: i was referring to papercuts
GB: ooohhh that makes more sense
CB: moron
GB: H EY STOP BULLYIN' ME PINTSIZE
CB: NEVER >:D
PURSE: I'm g onna cry-
JOULE: BRO I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING
JOULE: ANTI-THUNDERSTORMS
RUSTY: Anti-what?????
WRENCH: Starlight n ot this again
JOULE: STFU LET ME EXPLAIN
JOULE: OKAY SO YOU KNOW THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT?
JOULE: IMAGINE THE OPPOSITE OF THAT
JOULE: FLASHES OF DARKNESS DURING THE DAY WITH LOUD CRASHING NOISES
Rusty: O h my Starlight-
CB: i wanna see that shit wtf
PURSE: That would be horrifying
CB: no that would be cool as hell
ELECTRA: N ot the anti-thunderstorms again 😭😭
BUFFY: lmao again???
VOLTA: She's had this idea before.
CB: guys guys
CB: the opposite of a firefly is a waterfall
Wrench: S TARLIGHT-
GB: HE'S NOT WRONG THOUGH IS HE?
CHARGE: 🎵 YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE YOUR WALLS 🎵
CHARGE: 🎵 IF TEN MILLION WATERFALLS 🎵
CHARGE: 🎵 FILLED UP YOUR HOUSE AND FUCKIN DROWNED YOU 🎵
ELECTRA: S TOP
JOULE: 🎵 'CAUSE THEY FILL THE OPEN AIR 🎵
JOULE: 🎵 AND LEAVE WATER EVERYWHERE 🎵
JOULE: 🎵 YOU'D THINK ME RUDE, BECAUSE I WOULD BE FUCKING DEAD 🎵
CB: BGSEEHIESRHLDE
PURSE: PFF
BUFFY: OMG
[PEARL] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
PEARL: W hy is my phone buzzing so much-
PEARL: Guys its like 2am, go sleep.
ELECTRA: Y ES THANK YOU, COMMON SENSE
CHARGE: lmao whats common sense???
JOULE: seconded
VOLTA: Example A of why we chaperone these two.
RUSTY: Aren't you all also dating?
VOLTA: That is Example B. <3
JOULE: <3
CHARGE: <3
WRENCH: <3
PURSE: <3
[KRUPP] entered chatroom [WHO DID IT]
KRUPP: <3
KRUPP: Also go to bed.
JOULE: lol no
CHARGE: maybe in like half an hour idfk
KRUPP: .. Worth a shot.
[KRUPP] has gone Offline
CHARGE: LMAO HE JUST PUT HIS PHONE DOWN AND SIGHED
VOLTA: Relatable.
PEARL: I just scrolled up-
PEARL: Are you all okay? O-o
CB: uhhhhhh
PEARL: Is everyone apart from CB, okay?
CB: there ya go
ELECTRA: Tired, but my loveable idiots are keeping us all awake.
JOULE: "okay" is debatable tbh
BUFFY: Im laughing my ass off this is brilliant
GB: im f ucking losing it
WRENCH: I could be enjoying a book right now before settling down to sleep.
RUSTY: Reading is just staring at a dead piece of wood for hours and hallucinating.
PEARL: R USTY???
RUSTY: I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HELP IT
JOULE: OH MY S TARLIGHT
CB: PFFFF
VOLTA: H oly shit why.
ELECTRA: DAMMIT RUSTY
CHARGE: AN OCTOPUS IS JUST A WET SPIDER
BUFFY: W HAT
PURSE: I'm a ctually about to cry oh my starlight s ave me
GB: OH MY STARLIGHT SHES RIGHT
ELECTRA: NO SHE ISN'T???
GB: OCTOPUSES HAVE 8 LEGS
GB: SPIDERS HAVE 8 LEGS
GB: OCTOPUSES ARE THE SPIDERS OF THE SEA
ELECTRA: .
ELECTRA: W ELL FUCK.
CB: im gonna share that one with the freight tomorrow and just watch their faces morph into complete confusion lmao
RUSTY: Dustin will never see octopi the same way again, he hates spiders. :(
VOLTA: Well if we're all contributing
ELECTRA: Volta honey I'm begging you don't fuel the fire
VOLTA: I'm d oing it.
ELECTRA: Please n o
CB: do it omg
CHARGE: DO IT
VOLTA: If I have to suffer then everyone else will.
GB: oh boy here we go
PEARL: I'm afraid
VOLTA: Ice-skating is just walking but in cursive.
CB: O H MY STARLIGHT
ELECTRA: W H Y.
JOULE: Y ES BABY IM SO PROUD OF YOU
VOLTA: I try.
VOLTA: I'm only indulging this because you're keeping me awake
VOLTA: And also you're an idiot and i love you <3
JOULE: I LOVE YOU TOO <3
PEARL: Man, now I can't wait for ice-skating again this winter before Christmas.
CHARGE: oh yeah i remember that from last year
CHARGE: that shit was so fun
WRENCH: You're going to do it again this year too?
GB: hell yeah!!
RUSTY: Of course! It's an annual tradition for the Trainyard! :D
RUSTY: Everyone takes a day off when the weather properly hits and Control lets us know the rivers and lakes nearby have frozen over.
RUSTY: Some of the trainfolk from other nearby Trainyards come over too!
VOLTA: I remember that, there was some unfamiliar faces when we went last year.
BUFFY: Yeah most of that was my sister's doing
BUFFY: Carrie works here but she also helps pull shifts over in our home trainyard up in london
BUFFY: As in, proper in the middle of london, not the outskirts of it like AV trainyard is
BUFFY: So she brings a lotta folks over
JOULE: hell yeah ice skating was so much fun last year!!
JOULE: cant wait to be a part of it again :>
PURSE: It certainly was pretty fun.
CB: gotta wait for winter to hit first tho
JOULE: pain
JOULE: im so impatient lmao
ELECTRA: We already know.
ELECTRA: Never seen a door break so fast as the day we got back from the race in Paris 2 years ago 😏
PURSE: D on't remind me
JOULE: L OOK IM A GIRL WITH NEEDS
WRENCH: D id you have to break the door though-
CB: H OW DID YOU BREAK A DOOR
PEARL: W hat even happened
VOLTA: Joule got horny while we were out at a race
VOLTA: And we told her to chill and wait until we got back
VOLTA: And apparently waiting was too much because when we got to our hotel suite
VOLTA: She accidentally broke the bedroom door while dragging me and Charge over
RUSTY: ON ACCIDENT???
CB: LMFAO
GB: NIIIIICE
BUFFY: okay but mood
JOULE: mightve kicked it too hard lol
JOULE: IT WAS WORTH IT
CHARGE: hell yeah it was :P <3
WRENCH: That poor door.
JOULE: idk why youre complaining you joined us shortly after you and krupp were done dying of laughter
WRENCH: I don't recall complaining, Dynamite Gal <3
JOULE: !!!
JOULE: <3 <3 <3
PEARL: Gay
RUSTY: Gay
GB: gay
JOULE: yeah we gay keep scrollin x
ELECTRA: Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever understand the people I'm dating 🤔
WRENCH: Let me know if you make any progress on that.
RUSTY: I guess even when you're mentally connected the way you guys are understanding each other is still a group effort
CHARGE: sure is lol
PURSE: We're all just a bunch of circuits and atoms trying to comprehend one another.
CB: bro scientists who purposefully study biology and shit is just a bunch of atoms trying to understand themselves
JOULE: OH MY STARLIGHT
GB: atoms is the stuff we're made of right
WRENCH: Yes, Greaseball, it is. Good job.
GB: :)
RUSTY: Good job pal you're getting there!
PEARL: Next thing we need to do is convince you to actually book an appointment to see if you're dyslexic.
GB: I AM N OT
GB: CEASE
CHARGE: how many times have we had this discussion
WRENCH: Too many.
VOLTA: Coconuts are mammals.
RUSTY: .
PEARL: What.
ELECTRA: H OW?????
VOLTA: Mammals produce milk and have hair.
VOLTA: Coconuts produce coconut milk, and have hair on their outer shell.
VOLTA: They're mammals.
CB: EUHSEFBUDIJIJ
JOULE: HEHAHAHAH
CHARGE: HOLY FUCKING SHIT SAVE ME
CHARGE: MY L U N G S
GB: H OW IS A FRUIT A MAMMAL
PEARL: WHAT.
PURSE: I'M D ONE.
PURSE: I'M SO DONE OH MY STARLIGHT
WRENCH: Volta honey, I love you, but.
WRENCH: T hey are absolutely not mammals.
VOLTA: This is what happens when its gone 2am and I don't have iced coffee to keep me awake.
VOLTA: My brain is beyond fried.
ELECTRA: THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO GO TO BED
ELECTRA: J OULE LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND
ELECTRA: PURSE TOO, HE IS C RYING
RUSTY: At least it's from laughter lmao
PURSE: H AVE MERCY
JOULE: I'M N OT FUCKIN TIRED LEXI
JOULE: IDK WHAT YOU EXPECT ME TO DO
JOULE: IM NOT JUST GONNA SIT HERE ON TOP OF YA'LL IN BED STARING AT THE CEILING LIKE A MORON
GB: cuddle pile?
JOULE: fuck yeah cuddle pile who do you take us for
GB: ya'll still use joule as a heated blanket
CHARGE: lol yeah pretty much
CHARGE: she cosy
GB: nice
CB: man now i wanna cuddle pile that shit is cosy
ELECTRA: C AN YOU AT LEAST TRY TO SLEEP A LITTLE??
JOULE: IDK
VOLTA: If I give you cuddles will you try to go to sleep?
JOULE: .
VOLTA: And kisses.
JOULE: DEAL.
ELECTRA: T HANK YOU.
PEARL: Go sleep you morons, we're all tired too.
RUSTY: I think Buffy's already passed out, I've not seen her type in ages :v
[BUFFY] has gone idle
CB: lmao yep there it is
CB: how much you wanna bet she fell asleep in ash's arms
GB: y'mean that thing that. legit most couples do???
CB: stfu
PEARL: S L E E P.
CB: FINE FINE, WE'RE GOIN
WRENCH: Goodnight everyone!
RUSTY: Gnight guys! Let us know how that race goes!
ELECTRA: Of course we will. 🎵
ELECTRA: Goodnight everyone.
ELECTRA: @GB Goodnight, big guy 😘 <3 <3
GB: @ELECTRA gnight my darlin' <3 <3
CB: gay
PEARL: Gay
ELECTRA: You already know that by now 😉
RUSTY: lol
[ELECTRA], [WRENCH], [JOULE], [PURSE] and [VOLTA] have gone Offline
RUSTY: Gnight you two!
GB: gnight steamer, gnight pearlie
CB: night night!
PEARL: Speak to you all later! ^^
[RUSTY] and [PEARL] have gone Offline
CB: GB can i dm you memes and shit for a bit im still not tired
GB: knock yourself out pal i aint tired either
CB: hell yeah
[CB] and [GB] have gone Offline
Chapter 4: someone save these poor coaches
Notes:
A little clarification: I headcanon that the jobs the Coaches have is more about staffing the non-sentient train travel, mainly intercity trains for long trips, rather than BEING the actual coaches themselves. To me they're a human-train hybrid species of sorts of very vague origin.
Train Car - The non-sentient train piece
Train Coach - The actual trainfolk peopleAlso follows with my headcanon that Carrie the Luggage Coach is Buffy's little sister, and Duvay the Sleeping Coach as well as Belle the Bar Coach are Ashley's little sisters.
Chapter Text
[PEARL] entered chatroom [Shower Thots]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [Shower Thots]
[BUFFY] entered chatroom [Shower Thots]
PEARL: S ince when did the group name change?
DINAH: Like yesterday mornin' I think.
PEARL: Who did it?
BUFFY: Betcha £10 it was CB
DINAH: You'd be correct. -w-
BUFFY: Knew it lol
PEARL: I can think of one better.
[PEARL] changed chatroom name to [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
BUFFY: lmfao nice chatroom name
PEARL: I'm proud of that one :D
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
PEARL: Oh hey sweetie! <3
RUSTY: .. SOS?
RUSTY: Are you guys okay?? You didn't crash right-!?
BUFFY: Worse
DINAH: Much worse
PEARL: It's truly unbearable!
RUSTY: Y'need me to call anyone?!
[ASHLEY] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
ASHLEY: RUSTY SAVE US THERE'S KARENS ON THE TRAIN
RUSTY: Oooohh
RUSTY: Man you're right that IS worse than crashing.
RUSTY: Also please don't worry me like that again pearlie q-q <3
PEARL: S orry q-q <3
DINAH: THEY GOT ON LIKE 2 STOPS AGO AND I ALREADY WANNA CRY
DINAH: Their kids are nice though, they said they liked mine and Buffy's hairstyles :)
BUFFY: Yeah theyre sweet :)
ASHLEY: The others working their shifts here are already on their wits end too.
ASHLEY: They only got here two stops ago and they're driving us all mad.
RUSTY: Wait, karenS?
PEARL: THERE'S LIKE 4 OF THEM.
PEARL: THEY MUST BE FRIENDS.
DINAH: Or part of the secret Karen Organisation.
[GB] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
GB: anything but the karen organisation!!
RUSTY: The dreaded Karen Organisation returns.
BUFFY: The leechers of souls and spirit
DINAH: And my motivation to keep working this freakin' job >:(
BUFFY: That too
GB: dont let the karens leech your soul Dee
GB: we cant let them become more powerful
DINAH: I'm trying but two of them are in the dining car with me and Buffy :(
DINAH: They're sat with like, 3 kids.
PEARL: The other two are in my car with me and Ashley.
PEARL: Duvay and Belle have been spared so far.
GB: you got assigned to pearl's car?
ASHLEY: Yep, then I move to Belle's after lunch.
RUSTY: I take it @CARRIE hasn't been spared?
BUFFY: Rusty my lil sister had to bring their luggage onto the train of COURSE she wasnt spared
RUSTY: Fair point.
[CARRIE] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
CARRIE: R USTY SEND HELP I BEG
CARRIE: THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW I WAS HANDLING THEIR STUPID LUGGAGE
CARRIE: SAYING I WAS GONNA BREAK SOMETHING AND HOW I "WASN'T DOING MY JOB RIGHT"
RUSTY: S tarlight-
GB: and this is why im glad i work with the freight instead
GB: i would lose my shit dealing with people like this regularly
ASHLEY: I mean, it isn't TOO regular.
ASHLEY: Given they've got their kids with them they're probably going on a summer holiday trip somewhere.
ASHLEY: The regulars are sweethearts.
DINAH: Then there's the Karens.
CARRIE:
GB: HEHAHAH
PEARL: OH BOY
BUFFY: HERE WE GO AGAIN
RUSTY: PFFF
CARRIE: having to deal with karens while handling everyone's luggage is such a nightmare i stg
CARRIE: buffy sis please come save me from this hell
BUFFY: I would but we have very different jobs lmao
BUFFY: They havent tried anything with me and Dinah yet
PEARL: "Yet"
ASHLEY: I'll see if I can come help you with the luggage when they get off, Carrie.
CARRIE: ashley you're a lifesaver thank you
CARRIE: how are your sisters holding up?
ASHLEY: They've yet to encounter the dreaded Karen monsters.
DINAH: We're stuck with some of them instead :(
PEARL: Same here.
CARRIE: oh starlight
CARRIE: good luck you guys lmao
BUFFY: They're gonna be real lucky if i dont punt them to the moon
RUSTY: Please try to avoid punting them qwq
[CB] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
CB: punt them to the moon
RUSTY: H ow the fuck-
CARRIE: CB COME AND SAVE ME BESTIE
CB: sorry carrie, no can do :(
CARRIE:
ASHLEY: Aren't you guys meant to be working?
GB: we are workin', we've taken a pit-stop for an early lunch break
PEARL: Lucky, our lunch break is in an hour.
GB: freight says thanks for the sandwiches by the way gals
DINAH: Awww, ya'll are welcome! :D
BUFFY: No prob :)
CB: yeah these sandwiches are fuckin amazing
CB: what have we done to be blessed by such amazing chefs
DINAH: Awww Bee, you're so sweet <3
CB: im trying my best :)
BUFFY: Suck-up lmao
CB: take my compliments dammit
CARRIE: man now i want sandwiches >:(
BUFFY: your lunchbox is here with the others' like always
CARRIE: but thats for lunch tho
PEARL: The lunch stop can't come quickly enough, the sooner we get some space from these Karens the better
RUSTY: My poor Pearlie :( <3
PEARL: Rusty save me like you did in the Championships :( <3
RUSTY: I would if I could but I'm not with you right now D:
DINAH: Oh Starlight, action stations ladies, one of the Karens is getting up from the table
BUFFY: Oh shit here we go
GB: good luck ladies
CB: overcome the karen organisation
CB: youve got this
RUSTY: Please be careful ^^;
[DINAH] and [BUFFY] have gone idle
DINAH: MISERYYYYY
BUFFY: AGONYYYYY
RUSTY: I'm gonna guess things didn't go well with the Karen?
DINAH: N O IT DIDN'T GO WELL
DINAH: SHE WAS SO FUSSY ABOUT THE FOOD WE MADE
ASHLEY: Oh you poor souls.
PEARL: What'd she say?
BUFFY: It was mainly crap about how she didn't like the way we were making the food for her, Karen 2, and the kids
DINAH: She was also sassy about "oh I didn't realise we'd gone back to this era" when she saw how I dressed.
DINAH: And also how she's surprised that our kind has access to phones.
DINAH: She musta seen us typing before she came up to order.
RUSTY: J eez
BUFFY: The amount of times she corrected us saying we were making the order wrong when we were following LITERALLY WHAT SHE SAID
BUFFY: I WAS SO CLOSE TO SNAPPING HOLY SHIT-
CARRIE:
CARRIE: behold, coach hell
DINAH: IT REALLY IS
DINAH: This ain't even me being overdramatic it was legit horrible q-q
RUSTY: Your lunch break is soon, hang in there girls!
PEARL: ITS TOO FAR AWAAYYYY
DINAH: TOO LONG OF A WAIT
[BELLE] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
BELLE: How's everyone holding up?
ASHLEY: Hey sis.
ASHLEY: To answer your question, uh
DINAH: POORLY
BUFFY: SO POORLY
BELLE: Yeesh, that bad huh?
DINAH: Oh hun its absolutely that bad
BELLE: Y ikes. Fingers crossed they don't come my way.
RUSTY: Oh hey Belle!
BELLE: Heya Rusty!
RUSTY: ..W ait when did you and Carrie get added?
BELLE: Like a good couple days ago?
BUFFY: Me and ash realised kinda late at night after the movie we had that we should probs add them too, so we did
ASHLEY: I guess nobody was online to notice it.
PEARL: To be fair we were all pretty tired after watching the movie.
CARRIE: thanks for the movie night btw dinah <3
DINAH: You're welcome hun! Glad ya'll enjoyed that! <3
BELLE: Business is slow on this train today.
BELLE: I figured it'd be more hectic considering we're hitting warmer weather.
ASHLEY: Yeah, it is a little slow. People are probably just going on other trains to other places.
PEARL: Or shorter trips that aren't requiring the intercity transport.
ASHLEY: Or that, yeah.
BELLE: Are any of the others active? I'm gettin' bored here at the bar.
RUSTY: You missed Greaseball and CB, they were here a bit ago but finished their lunchbreak and had to head off.
BELLE: F uck.
PEARL: We should consider adding the other Freight at some point.
RUSTY: Oh yeah, we should do that.
RUSTY: I keep forgetting ^^;
CARRIE: i figured they wouldnt be too interested in using it since they spent all their time together tbh
BUFFY: Fair point but they should be included anyway just in case of an emergency or something
CARRIE: true
RUSTY: As for the Electrics, uhh.
RUSTY: I dunno if they have a race today or not so
BUFFY: We've not seen them today so far so they might have one
PEARL: Worth a shot anyway?
BELLE: Solid point.
BELLE: @ELECTRA @KRUPP @WRENCH @PURSE @VOLTA @JOULE @CHARGE
BELLE: Come save us, we're bored and dealing with Karens.
[PURSE] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
[JOULE] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
JOULE: wassup people?
ASHLEY: Only you two?
PURSE: Electra is racing with Volta, Krupp's doing his usual guard duty, Wrench is staying alert for any crashes, and Charge has managed to give herself ANOTHER headache
PEARL: AGAIN?
PURSE: Again.
RUSTY: Has Wrench been able to figure out why that happens yet?
PURSE: Not to my knowledge.
JOULE: shes probably just focusin too much on her music and its giving her a headache idk
JOULE: we're both just watching tho so hi, we're here now
DINAH: Howdy you two!
DINAH: Slow day at work and we need some moral support :(
PURSE: Slow day in this weather? I would expect people to be flocking to the beach today.
BELLE: That's what I said.
ASHLEY: We're also dealing with Karens.
JOULE: ohhhh
JOULE: fucking RIP you guys
PURSE: Oh you poor souls, that's gotta be a nightmare.
RUSTY: You should see what they said to Dinah and Buffy >:(
RUSTY: [Link To -> DINAH: N O IT DIDN'T GO WELL]
BELLE: So we're either dying of boredom.
CARRIE: or dying cuz the karens are committing soul-leeching
JOULE: oh wtf they said that??
BUFFY: m h m
PURSE: Oh honey that is a solid nope.
PURSE: This is why I'm glad we work for Electra and don't have to deal with people like this.
DINAH: Lucky you qwq
JOULE: [Link To -> DINAH: Or part of the secret Karen Organisation.]
JOULE: karen organisation???
PEARL: A secret league where all the Karens of the world conspire against everyone else.
PURSE: Who started that idea?
RUSTY: Dinah.
DINAH: THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CONSPIRING TOGETHER I WON'T BE CONVINCED OTHERWISE.
JOULE: yknow what i can believe that
JOULE: ive seen YT vids of karens in stores and shit and they are the WORST
PURSE: They all say the same thing too in the vids you show us.
JOULE: Y EAH THEY DO
BUFFY: And then eventually they say the dreaded line.
BELLE: Not the line.
CARRIE: the one every coach fears
DINAH: We've not heard it yet thankfully.
JOULE: whoever ends up hearin the dreaded line is owed a drink
BELLE: I can get behind that.
BUFFY: Same.
BUFFY: .. Also where's Duvay??
BELLE: I'll give ya one guess.
PURSE: Is she asleep AGAIN?
BELLE: Yyuup.
DINAH: Is it in a stupid way again?
BELLE: Y u p.
RUSTY: She's gonna hurt her back someday because of this I swear ^^;
JOULE: im impressed by how shes able to fall asleep in the stupidest of locations and somehow get comfy in them
PURSE: You fall asleep in stupid places and positions too.
PURSE: Remember that time you fell asleep in a tree at a race?
JOULE: lmao yeah
RUSTY: Y ou what???
JOULE: lexi was racing with volta and i was bored and also tired
JOULE: but i wasnt just gonna leave the side of the racetrack to hunt for a spot to doze off in
JOULE: so i climbed up a nearby tree and got comfy up there lol
CARRIE: well thats one way i guess lmao
BELLE: You would do the same too.
CARRIE: yeah true tbh
[PEARL] has gone idle
[ASHLEY] has gone idle
BUFFY: O h
DINAH: Ohhh no.
RUSTY: Wait wha-
BELLE: Whoop, and there they've gone.
CARRIE: im sure they're fine
PURSE: famous last words
DUVAY: .. Well at least we got lunchbreak early????
CARRIE: they deserved what happened tbh
PEARL: S o
PEARL: Ash and I may have gotten into trouble.
JOULE: tf happened???
PURSE: Oh no.
PURSE: What kind of trouble?
BUFFY: The trouble that got us all into the break room for early lunch
PEARL: So two of the Karens were in the car me and Ashley were staffing, right?
PEARL: And at one point they started side-eyeing us and whispering to each other.
PEARL: We noticed obviously but didn't say anything because we're tryna be professional but like. They were NOT subtle.
RUSTY: Off to a bad start already.
PEARL: Mhm.
PEARL: And after a bit of side-eyeing and talking to themselves, they came over to ask for directions to the restroom.
PEARL: Ashley gave it to them and said she could guide them over since the train cars can be a bit tricky to navigate.
PEARL: And they said, and I quote:
PEARL: "We're asking the pink one, not a washed-up smoker."
PURSE: O H NO THEY DIDN'T
PEARL: OH YES THEY DID
DINAH: OH H ONEY NO
RUSTY: W HAT THE FUCK
JOULE: holy fuck the steamer swearing its the end of the world
CARRIE:
DUVAY: What the fuck, seriously??
PEARL: And so
PEARL: Ashley punted the one that said it.
BUFFY: Im so proud of her <3
JOULE: YOOOOOO
PURSE: OH MY STARLIGHT
PEARL: The one who she punched is in the medical room getting treated for their bloody nose, and the other one after the punch said The Line to us both.
PEARL: "Let me speak to your manager!"
CARRIE: AYY THERES THE CURSED LINE OF THE KARENS
PEARL: So now Ashley's with the engine in charge of train management today explaining why she hit a passenger
RUSTY: Are you guys gonna need me to come pick you up early or something?
PEARL: No clue, I'll let you know on that front if we need to bail. <3
RUSTY: <3
JOULE: wish we could help you bail from karen hell but we're still at the racetrack
JOULE: Lexi and volta won the heat btw, they've qualified for the finals
DINAH: WOO! GOOD JOB @ELECTRA @VOLTA !!
DINAH: Remember to stay hydrated now the weather's getting warmer!
DINAH: That goes for all of you.
PURSE: Noted, thank you for the reminder. :)
DINAH: <3
JOULE: o shit yeah i should probably drink something
JOULE: time to lucky-dip in the icebox and see if i can find my water bottle
BELLE: Any clue how long Ash is gonna be stuck with management?
PEARL: No clue. Hopefully not too long.
BUFFY: Shes probably gonna get grilled big time
PEARL: Oh yeah absolutely.
PEARL: But to be honest that karen had it coming actively saying THAT to her face.
DUVAY: Karens - 0, Ashley - 1
BELLE: The Karens are lucky it wasn't me they were dealing with
BELLE: I would've sent them flying out the bar car in record time.
DUVAY: True, your punches hit like a freight train
BELLE: Roxy's been teaching me :D
PEARL: She's been trying to teach me too but I've honestly not got the same courage to box someone like the Rockies or you have. q-q
PURSE: Why learn to punch people when you can just zap them with electricity?
CARRIE: we aren't all thor, pursie
PURSE: Fair point
RUSTY: I'm surprised you know what Thor even is, Purse
PURSE: I like the Marvel movies. :)
CARRIE:
PURSE:
CARRIE: :OOO
DINAH: Carrie's found someone to send memes to
DINAH: The possibilities have been opened
CARRIE: s hush i'd send memes to CB but he's workin right now
RUSTY: GB has some funny memes saved on his phone too
RUSTY: Sometimes I just get a random ping at 1 in the morning and its just
RUSTY: This old meme from 2010 or something he has
BUFFY: Im surprised he knows how to even use his phone properly lmao
JOULE: its like that one saying with the monkeys
JOULE: if you give the diesel 100 puzzles and electronic devices, eventually he'll figure the fuck out how to use one of them properly
DUVAY: TRUE
PEARL: LOL
DINAH: HONESTLY YOU'RE NOT WRONG
[ASHLEY] entered chatroom [S.O.S - Save Our Starlight]
BUFFY: BABE! <3
ASHLEY: I'M ALIVE!
JOULE: THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR HAS ARRIVED!
DUVAY: Nice job punching a passenger sis
BELLE: 10/10, I would've done the same
ASHLEY: No regrets lmao
RUSTY: Are you alright Ashley?
ASHLEY: I'm fine, management wasn't exactly happy to hear I'd punched someone.
ASHLEY: But they also weren't happy when they pulled up CCTV footage to confirm what the passenger said to me.
ASHLEY: So the karen got into a heap of trouble too for being seriously rude to staff. :)
PURSE: 👏 AS 👏 SHE 👏 SHOULD 👏
CARRIE: AMEN TO THAT
DINAH: SERVES THEM BOTH RIGHT!
PEARL: Did you receive any punishment??
ASHLEY: Nah, just a warning since they initiated it with the shit-talking.
ASHLEY: But hopefully that stern-talking to they got from the manager will shut them up and stop this happening again.
ASHLEY: If not that then the ache in their nose will remind them to keep quiet <3
BUFFY: I'm so proud of you babe <3
ASHLEY: I try. <3
ASHLEY: You guys on lunch break?
BELLE: Yeah we are. I'll make drinks for everyone to deal with the bullshit.
CARRIE: niiiice!
JOULE: save some for us, we'll come over to the trainyard after the race
PURSE: Sunny weather and drinks, I can get behind this.
DUVAY: Sounds like a recipe for a good evening
PEARL: Sounds like a recipe for just something good in general, sunny summer weather and drinks.
RUSTY: I mean, we could arrange that.
RUSTY: Like a proper day.
ASHLEY: A summer day off together sounds lovely.
JOULE: idea!!!
JOULE: what if we all head down to the beach??
PURSE: The Starlight has blessed Joule with the braincell, that is a GREAT idea!
DINAH: Yeeesss I love it!!!
RUSTY: Summer day at the beach it is! :D
CARRIE: LETS FUCKIN GGOOOOO!
JOULE: :>>>>
JOULE: we'll talk to the others and see when we're free and we can organise somethin from there
RUSTY: I'll talk to GB and the Freight about it, DM me when you've got info Joule.
JOULE: roger that!
JOULE: for now you ladies enjoy your lunch break, you deserve it
BUFFY: Now we just have to hope the Karens get off the train in the next few stops before they actually get ballsy and try anything
PEARL: If all else fails I'm sure Ashley could probs succeed in scaring them off the train itself now
BELLE: Our sister is a terrifying force when angered.
ASHLEY: Damn right I am >:)
Chapter 5: that one beach episode part 1
Notes:
SO MANY NEW CHARACTERS!
Now we have the rest of the Freight, AND some of the 2018!Update characters! Here's the list of who's who to make it easy:
Rocky 1 (Yellow) - Rohan, Rocky 2 (Green) - Roxy, Rocky 3 (Red) - Roman, Rocky 4 (Blue) - Rowan, and Rocky 5 (Pink) - Rory.
Hopper 1 (Yellow) - Harry, Hopper 2 (Red) - Hamilton, Hopper 3 (Blue) - Harriet.
Elektronic - Update!Electra (I know Elektra is a common name for them but I like Elektronic too, it's unique)
Zero - Update!Volta
Socket - Update!Wrench (For the sake of not confusing things, Elektronic's Repair Truck is someone else entirely).
Chapter Text
[RUSTY] has created voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
♪ RUSTY: @EVERYONE Here's the voice channel we'll be using for today!
♪ RUSTY: Before I get asked 3000 times, we're in a voice channel so people can freely walk halfway down the beach away from our set-up point without the rest having a seizure over where they are.
[PEARL] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[BUFFY] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[ASHLEY] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[CARRIE] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[DUVAY] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[BELLE] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
♪ ASHLEY: Good thinking Rusty!
♪ PEARL: Everyone look at my boyfriend being smart and responsible!!
♪ RUSTY: Awww, Pearl!
♪ CARRIE: lmao I can't relate
♪ BELLE: This is a nice spot you picked out for us to set up.
♪ BELLE: Not too empty but not too full either.
♪ RUSTY: Yup! Couldn't find a good spot with any shade though.
♪ RUSTY: But hey, that's what the sunshades and beach umbrellas are for.
♪ ASHLEY: Some sun won't be the end of us.
♪ ASHLEY: Please just remember to put on some sunscreen everyone.
♪ PEARL: Already ahead of you, I put it on before we left.
♪ RUSTY: Same here!
♪ CARRIE: Shit thanks for reminding me, I'll do that now.
♪ BUFFY: Wheres everyone else?
♪ DUVAY: Prooobably still on their way.
♪ CARRIE: Yeah they are, CB texted me while we were on the way saying he and the freight were just headin out then
♪ PEARL: I think Dinah's travelling with them so she'll arrive the same time they do.
♪ BELLE: What about Greaseball? Don't think I've seen him here anywhere yet.
♪ RUSTY: Now you mention it, I've not seen him anywhere either.
♪ CARRIE: How much ya wanna bet he's travellin with Lexi?
♪ ASHLEY: £20 that he is.
♪ DUVAY: £20 that he shows up with Electra, AND they have a crowd following them.
♪ BUFFY: Oh shit thats probably right uh
♪ BUFFY: Then I bet £30 for the same thing
♪ PEARL: I bet £10 they're all going to arrive late at this rate.
♪ CARRIE: Betcha £10 they'll arrive late and say theyre "fashionably late"
♪ RUSTY: Girls p lease save your paychecks at least a little bit-
♪ BUFFY: Truly we are the peak of responsibility
♪ BUFFY: Sike we're all just a bunch of idiots sharing like 5 braincells total.
♪ BELLE: Accurate comparison honestly.
♪ DUVAY: Yeah that's.. Pretty much how it is.
♪ DUVAY: The fact we have any braincells is a miracle.
♪ BUFFY: Rusty took them all to actually plan this beach trip
♪ CARRIE: Hand back the braincells steamer, c'mon
♪ RUSTY: Nooooo I still want my turn with them!
♪ PEARL: Guys!! I see the Freight heading over up on the path!
♪ ASHLEY: J EEZ I HEAR THEM TOO-
♪ BUFFY: AUUGGHHH-
♪ CARRIE: HERE THEY COME LADIES AND LAD!
♪ DUVAY: MY EARS-
♪ RUSTY: Y ep they're DEFINITELY here!
♪ PEARL: I think half the beach heard them coming!
♪ BELLE: I see Dinah! She's at the back with CB.
♪ CARRIE: Awwww they're coupling, that's cute as heck!!
♪ BUFFY: How long is it going to take until he finally asks her the hell out?
♪ PEARL: Forever.
♪ DUVAY: Be patient with them. They probably don't want to ruin their friendship.
♪ DUVAY: Still. I would like to see them actually try a date or two before I become an ancient sleeper coach.
♪ RUSTY: T RUE.
[CB] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[DINAH] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
♪ DINAH: Hiiiii everyone! We can see you from here!
♪ PEARL: Dinaaaah! Girl you look AMAZING!
♪ BUFFY: Blue dotted bikini, real cute!!
♪ DUVAY: The white sunhat, I'm loving it.
♪ DINAH: Aww, thanks guys! I'm pretty proud of this look myself!
♪ RUSTY: Of course CB can't live without wearing red.
♪ CB: Well I'm not the Red Caboose if I'm n ot wearing RED am I?
♪ CARRIE: BEEEEE LOOK AT YOOOUUU! YOU LOOK GREAT!
♪ CB: I'M NOT WEARING A FANCY OUTFIT FOR THE BEACH CARRIE!
♪ CARRIE: BUT YOU LOOK GREAT ANYWAY!
♪ CB: I MEAN, THANKS?
♪ ASHLEY: Don't forget to give the other Freight a reminder to check their phones so they can join once you make it down here.
♪ CB: 10-4, I'll tell them now!
♪ BELLE: Dinah stop looking at your phone, the call goes on in the background.
♪ DINAH: Oh it does??
♪ PEARL: Yeah it does.
♪ PEARL: Please watch where you're all going-
♪ CB: So we're all setting up down where you all are?
♪ RUSTY: Roughly, yeah!
♪ RUSTY: Though once everyone's got their things placed everyone is free to roam as long as they're in the voice channel.
♪ DINAH: Can some of you help us with setting up? Dustin's carrying it.
♪ ASHLEY: Sure, we can help!
♪ CARRIE: H OW MANY SUNSHIELDS DO YOU GUYS NEED?
♪ CB: Did you forget all five Rockies and all 3 Hoppers are also here with us?
♪ CARRIE: FAIR BUT STILL CAN'T THEY SHARE??
♪ PEARL: The Hoppers probably will.
♪ BUFFY: Sis there's 5 Rockies of course they're going to need a ton of space
♪ ASHLEY: Is that Flat-Top I see carrying some of the gear too?
♪ CB: Yeah, Dustin couldn't carry it all so FT offered to help.
♪ RUSTY: Awww, that's sweet of him!
♪ DINAH: We're getting cloooooserrr!!
♪ DUVAY: We knooooow we can see you!
♪ BELLE: D INAH STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE WE SAID IT'S OKAY-
♪ DINAH: S ORRY I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THIS-
♪ DINAH: Also, no GB yet?
♪ RUSTY: Nope, no sign of him!
♪ CARRIE: Half of us have bet that he's gonna arrive with the Electrics because he's bi as hell
♪ CB: Can I join in on that bet
♪ DINAH: CB!
♪ ASHLEY: How much?
♪ CB: Uhhhh
♪ CB: £30 he's gonna show up late with them and then deny he and Electra are dating
♪ DINAH: CB R EALLY?
♪ CB: WHAT I COULD WIN SOME MONEY
♪ RUSTY: None of you understand how to maintain your money.
♪ BUFFY: Maybe Electra can share Purse with us and he can help lol
♪ DUVAY: We would drive the poor Truck insane.
♪ BELLE: Don't drive Purse insane, he's nice to have a drink with.
[HOPPER 1] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[HOPPER 2] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[HOPPER 3] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
♪ HOPPER 3: EYOOOOOO EVERYONE! WE'RE HERE!
♪ HOPPER 1: WASSUP EVERYBODY!
♪ HOPPER 2: You guys all look GREAT!
♪ BUFFY: Awwww, thank you!
♪ ASHLEY: Flattering as always, Hoppers?
♪ HOPPER 3: As always!
♪ HOPPER 3: How'd we change our names on this by the way?
♪ RUSTY: In the settings! Now you've come to a stop you can actually use your phones.
♪ HOPPER 3: Swag!
[HOPPER 1] changed nickname to [HARRY]
[HOPPER 2] changed nickname to [HAMILTON]
[HOPPER 3] changed nickname to [HARRIET]
♪ HAMILTON: That's more like it!
♪ DINAH: Don't immediately bolt you guys, set up your things!
♪ HARRY: Alright, on it!
♪ ASHLEY: Still need some helping hands?
♪ HARRIET: If you'd be so kind as to provide 'em, Ash!
♪ PEARL: This is already turning out to be one heck of an outing!
♪ CARRIE: This is gonna be friggin GREAT I can already tell!
♪ DUSTIN: Maybe fighting each other with the beach umbrellas was a bad idea-
♪ CARRIE: WORTH IT
♪ HARRIET: NO REGRETS!
♪ ROCKY 2: I STILL WON ANYWAY!
♪ CB: Glad to see we've lasted all of 10 minutes before hell broke loose
♪ CB: And this time it wasn't even my fault!
♪ HARRY: Roxy can you consider not stabbing our sister with an umbrella next time?
♪ ROCKY 2: Not my fault she challenged me to a DUEL!
♪ HARRIET: I THOUGHT I'D WIN THIS TIME
♪ ROCKY 2: WELL YOU THOUGHT HORRIBLY WRONG
♪ ROCKY 4: You've not won yet, not sure why you thought this was any different.
♪ DINAH: T his is unfortunate because Wrench isn't here.
♪ DINAH: So we have no Repair Truck.
♪ ROCKY 5: At least they're injuries that bandages can handle for now.
♪ ASHLEY: All of you are idiots.
♪ ROCKY 1: That's established by now Ash.
♪ DUSTIN: You three might have to hold out until the Electrics get here.
♪ CARRIE: STARLIGHT DAMMIT I WANTED TO GO SWIMMING
♪ BUFFY: Y ou are NOT going into the water with a puncture to your hand you dumbass
♪ DINAH: Can't ya'll behave for at least an hour?
♪ HAMILTON: I hate to break it down to ya but this is our sister, Carrie, and one of the Rockies we're on about here.
♪ DINAH: Worth a try anyway.
♪ DINAH: Also Rockies, remember to change your chat names!
♪ ROCKY 5: Thanks for the reminder. I'll handle that for everyone real quick.
[ROCKY 1] changed nickname to [ROHAN]
[ROCKY 2] changed nickname to [ROXY]
[ROCKY 3] changed nickname to [ROMAN]
[ROCKY 4] changed nickname to [ROWAN]
[ROCKY 5] changed nickname to [RORY]
♪ RORY: Finished.
♪ ROXY: Thanks 5!! I'd do it myself but my hand's kinda dead.
♪ HARRIET: lol worth it
♪ ASHLEY: At least on the plus side, the umbrellas, beach towels and sunshades are all set up.
♪ ASHLEY: Good work Dustin, Flat-Top.
♪ DUSTIN: You're welcome! We make a good team!
♪ FLAT-TOP: Whatever.
♪ FLAT-TOP: Y'welcome, I guess.
♪ DUSTIN: Is that everything?
♪ BUFFY: Seems like it?
♪ DUSTIN: Flat-Top, you want to go make some sandcastles?
♪ FLAT-TOP: .. Sure.
♪ DUSTIN: Great!
♪ ASHLEY: Have fun you two!
♪ CB: I'll join you guys in a bit!
♪ DUSTIN: Alrighty!
♪ ROXY: I WANT TO MAKE SANDCASTLES TOO-!
♪ ROHAN: W ELL MAYBE IF YOU HADN'T GOTTEN INTO A JOUSTING COMPETITION WITH HARRIET AND CARRIE YOU'D BE ABLE TO
♪ ROXY: I MUST PROVE MY DOMINANCE
♪ HARRIET: AT LEAST I CAN STILL BEAT YOU IN JUST DANCE
♪ BELLE: C an we tone it down on the YELLING please? I wanna sunbathe.
♪ DUVAY: What she said.
♪ DINAH: Girls we're. We're on a PUBLIC beach. It's going to be loud.
♪ ROWAN: Just put some earphones in.
♪ DUVAY: Fine, that works as well.
♪ ASHLEY: I have spares in my handbag if either of yours breaks.
♪ BELLE: Thanks sis.
♪ HAMILTON: Ash as always bein' the responsible one
♪ ASHLEY: Well someone needs to make sure nobody dies.
♪ ASHLEY: Like, oh I don't know, when others start using umbrellas as jousting weapons.
♪ HARRIET: Whoooops
♪ ROXY: lol
♪ CARRIE: Umbrellas are perfect jousting weapons what are you on about
♪ BUFFY: Why are you like this.
♪ CARRIE: Yes.
♪ CB: Chaos buddies stick together in their chaos
♪ CARRIE: Hell yeah we do!!
♪ RORY: How does the Trainyard even stay standing.
♪ ASHLEY: I question that everyday honestly, but I'm glad it is.
♪ BELLE: Amen to that.
♪ ROMAN: I mean we wouldn't have a home if it wasn't standing so y eah that's a fair reason to be glad.
♪ ASHLEY: D uh that part's obvious.
♪ ASHLEY: Anyway, where have Rusty and Pearl gone?
♪ CB: I saw 'em wander off during set-up but I didn't see which way they went.
♪ CB: 'Cuz someone immediately decided to start an umbrella jousting contest WITHOUT ME!
♪ ROXY: GIRLS ONLY PIPSQUEAK
♪ CB: P IPSQUEAK, BITCH I'M THE SAME HEIGHT AS PEARL
♪ ROXY: SHE'S A PIPSQUEAK TOO AND IF SHE WAS HERE SHE WOULDA BEEN ALLOWED TO JOIN IN
♪ ROWAN: Ah, anarchy.
♪ ROWAN: But seriously, are those two okay?
♪ BUFFY: I mean I'd imagine so
♪ DUVAY: Didn't Rusty say this voice channel active was for this purpose?
♪ ASHLEY: So he's either lost his phone, silenced his phone, or he's ignoring it.
♪ HAMILTON: H EY LOVEBIRDS STOP MAKING OUT AND ANSWER THE CALL
♪ RUSTY: Huh wha???
♪ PEARL: AA-
♪ HAMILTON: T HERE YOU ARE!
♪ CB: You went silent on the call dumbasses, what're you up to?
♪ RUSTY: We're fine, we just wandered to go look out for the Electrics and/or GB while everyone was setting up.
♪ PEARL: Yeah, near the beach huts. No sign of them yet.
♪ BELLE: Well you won't be getting much of a good view if the beach huts are covering your view.
♪ ROXY: DID YA'LL GO THAT FAR P URELY TO MAKE-OUT?
♪ RUSTY: W HAT NO
♪ PEARL: WHAT
♪ ROHAN: HEHAHAH
♪ HARRY: PFFFFF-
♪ DINAH: PEARL C'MON HUN DID YA'LL HAVE TO WANDER THAT FAR OFF FOR THAT?
♪ PEARL: I- S HUSH DINAH-
♪ RUSTY: I SWEAR WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT FOR THE OTHERS TOO THOUGH
♪ BUFFY: Y OU'RE GONNA BE MAKING OUT THERE FOR A WHILE CUZ THAT LOT IS GONNA TAKE A YEAR
♪ RORY: Should someone consider DMing them to see how they're holding up?
♪ CB: Who's able to DM them that isn't either waiting for Wrench to show up, making out, or won't be told to shut up instantly?
♪ RUSTY: WH- H EY!
♪ CB: HEHEHEHEH
♪ ROXY: Welp thats me down for the count
♪ CARRIE: Whoopsie doodles
♪ HARRIET: Trolled
♪ ASHLEY: I can give them a ping? Should I ping Electra?
♪ DUVAY: Ping Wrench or Krupp instead, they'll probably be actually focusing on their phones.
♪ ASHLEY: Fair point.
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - WRENCH]
ASHLEY: How're you gays holding up?
ASHLEY: *guys.
WRENCH: Very funny.
WRENCH: And also still true, don't change that.
ASHLEY: LMAO, fair enough.
ASHLEY: Anyway serious, are you all doing okay?
ASHLEY: We got here well over half an hour ago by this point, Freight have also arrived, and we've not seen any of you.
ASHLEY: Rusty and Pearl are supposedly up on the path on lookout but they're too busy sucking each other's faces off so.
WRENCH: Of course they are.
ASHLEY: Young love am I right?
WRENCH: Young love indeed.
WRENCH: We're fine. We ended up picking up some extras with us on the way.
WRENCH: But we're currently en-route to the beach spot Rusty mentioned. About 15 more minutes? Maybe longer.
ASHLEY: Why longer?
WRENCH: Because knowing half of these people I'm travelling with they're going to get very distracted.
WRENCH: We've already stopped three times.
WRENCH: Once because Lexi saw a cute outfit in a shop, again because Charge wanted a plush dog, and a third time because Volta saw a slushie stand and wanted a drink.
ASHLEY: Pfff, makes sense then.
ASHLEY: I wish you good luck on the travel then, try to not die before you get here.
WRENCH: I'll do my best.
ASHLEY: Make sure you're all wearing sunscreen!
WRENCH: Already ahead of you, had to get some of them to wear it by force.
ASHLEY: LMAO, Momma Wrench to the rescue.
WRENCH: Hah, I try.
[ELECTRA] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[WRENCH] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[KRUPP] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[PURSE] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[VOLTA] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[JOULE] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
[CHARGE] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
♪ ELECTRA: Weeeee're here~! Did you miss us~?
♪ DUVAY: There you all are.
♪ PEARL: Heeeeyyy everybody!
♪ BELLE: Glad you all made it in one piece at last.
♪ KRUPP: An incredible feat, truly.
♪ DINAH: Electraaaaa you are KILLING IT with that red one-piece!
♪ ELECTRA: Awww, why thank you Dinah~! You're too kind.
♪ RUSTY: You ALL look really great! Very shiny and glittery!
♪ CHARGE: Hell yeah we do!
♪ PURSE: As always!
♪ CB: G REASE YOU'RE NOT SLICK HIDING BEHIND LEXI
[GB] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
♪ GB: S HUT UP OKAY
♪ GB: HE INVITED ME TO COME WITH THEM AND I SAID SURE
♪ CB: GAY ASS
♪ GB: YOU'RE ONE TO TALK
♪ VOLTA: Gentlemen, you're both wonderful, but let's not cause a fight that's going to destroy the whole beach.
♪ HARRIET: Ayo who's that showin' up with you guys at the back??
♪ ASHLEY: Are these your extras you picked up, Wrench?
♪ WRENCH: Mhm.
♪ VOLTA: My bad, sorry. They're mainly with me.
♪ VOLTA: My little sibling surprised visited while we were all getting ready and wouldn't accept no for an answer.
♪ BELLE: You have a sibling?
♪ VOLTA: Younger sibling by 7 years, yes. I'll add him.
[VOLTA] has added [ZERO] to [all your beach are belong to us]
[ZERO] entered voice channel [BEACH TIME LETS GOOOO]
♪ JOULE: W AIT SINCE WHEN WAS THAT THE SERVER NAME
♪ PURSE: All your base are belong to us.
♪ JOULE: I'm so proud!!!
♪ CARRIE: YEEESSSS PURSE GOOD CHOICE OF MEME
♪ ASHLEY: Purse has fallen to the Dark Side.
♪ JOULE: The Dark Side has cookies and sex that's a pretty good deal.
♪ CB: Yeah that's fair I'd fall for that too.
♪ VOLTA: Zero. These are the trainfolk from the AV Trainyard I mentioned.
♪ ZERO: Colourful cast just as you described, eh?
♪ ZERO: Look at my big sister finally making actual friends for once, I'm so proud.
♪ VOLTA: Oh shut up.
♪ RUSTY: Nice to meetcha!
♪ ZERO: The champion steamer! Likewise!
♪ ZERO: Zero, Freezer Truck!
♪ ZERO: He/Him, They/Them, if you please.
♪ BUFFY: I'm jealous, you have a well-mannered sibling Volta
♪ VOLTA: Buffy hun don't get used to it.
♪ ZERO: Come on now, I'm plenty nice!
♪ VOLTA: S ure Zero, SURE.
♪ PEARL: Oh my Starlight is that-
♪ ELECTRA: Yes yes, another Racer.
♪ GB: Another friggin' tall-ass.
♪ BELLE: Oh my Starlight he's almost as bright as you.
♪ ELECTRA: Well, I wouldn't go THAT far..
♪ ZERO: That's MY Racer! I'll add him and KW.
[ZERO] added [ELEKTRONIC] to [all your beach are belong to us]
[ZERO] added [KILLERWATT] to [all your beach are belong to us]
♪ ELECTRA: Allow me the honours.
♪ ELECTRA: This is Elektronic, a fellow Racer from the Commission. We're on friendly terms, and he wanted to come with.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Hellooooo everyone! He/Him, They/Them, She/Her, use whichever!~
♪ DINAH: Is that a thing with all of ya'll Racers?
♪ ELECTRA: Not all, but not too few either.~
♪ ZERO: And this tall-but-shy so-and-so over here, is Killerwatt!
♪ KILLERWATT: Greetings. Killerwatt, He/Him, They/Them. I prefer He/Him.
♪ ASHLEY: Another security guard. Excellent, now you two can break these guys up if they start jousting with umbrellas again.
♪ KILLERWATT: They what.
♪ ROXY: lol Yeah that's why I have a hole in my hand
♪ KRUPP: I'm sorry you have a what in your hand.
♪ GB: Wait what.
♪ ROXY: A hole in my hand!
♪ CARRIE: I have one too!
♪ HARRIET: lol I have two in my leg, beat that.
♪ ZERO: Hun this doesn't seem like something to compete over.
♪ ROHAN: You get used to it.
♪ WRENCH: Oh my Starlight why are you all like this.
♪ CARRIE: Don't expect an answer because we don't know either.
♪ GB: CAN I NOT LEAVE ANY OF YOU FREIGHTS ALONE FOR LIKE HALF AN HOUR??
♪ HARRIET: No you can't
♪ HAMILTON: We tried to stop 'em boss we swear-
♪ GB: At least you tried this time.
♪ GB: Also is that Dustin and FT making sandcastles?
♪ DUSTIN: Hello GB!
♪ FLAT-TOP: 'Sup.
♪ GB: Well okay then, howdy you two.
♪ WRENCH: I'll help fix you three up.
♪ WRENCH: What would you all do without me?
♪ CHARGE: Probs end up dying since you keep us in good condition.
♪ ZERO: Shame Socket's not here, she'd help fix this.
♪ BUFFY: Socket?
♪ ELEKTRONIC: My Repair Truck of course!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Alas, she got pulled away to help with a major crash, so she couldn't make it today.
♪ WRENCH: She's good at quick-response crashes so I'm not surprised.
♪ CB: Electra look, for once something isn't my fault!
♪ ELECTRA: You're actually learning to stay out of trouble, finally.
♪ ELECTRA: Now if only you learnt that before you crashed me and GB.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Ahhh, so this is the infamous Red Caboose?
♪ CB: 10-4, that's me! I'm workin' on my behaviour, promise!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: I see! Good to know you won't end up doing the same here with ME.
♪ CB: Not on purpose, cross my heart!
♪ DINAH: I'm working on reigning him in I swear.
♪ KILLERWATT: Slow process I take it?
♪ DINAH: Mmmmhhmm.
♪ CB: Awww c'mon Dee, you know you care about me.
♪ DINAH: Of course I do, you dolt.
♪ JOULE: Voltaaaaaaa babe come make sandcastles with me!
♪ VOLTA: Can we at least do it under an umbrella so I avoid MELTING?
♪ ZERO: Thought you'd be used to the heat by now sis, since you and the Dynamite Truck fuck so often.
♪ ROXY: W AIT WHAHAHAH
♪ PEARL: PFFFFF-
♪ PURSE: O h my Starlight-
♪ VOLTA: R IGHT THAT'S IT!
♪ VOLTA: GET THE HELL BACK HERE!
♪ ZERO: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN ICE QUEEN!
♪ VOLTA: YOU'RE DEADMEAT ZERO!
♪ GB: AAAAAND OFF THEY GO!
♪ CB: WHOOP GUESS THAT'S HAPPENING NOW!
♪ RUSTY: W ELL THEN.
♪ JOULE: Okay but like you all know we're a thing already right??
♪ BUFFY: Well duh, you're all fucking each other, none of us are blind.
♪ CHARGE: I don't know wHY he felt the need to say that but this is funny as hell to watch
♪ DUSTIN: She's going to kill him should we cut in-
♪ KILLERWATT: They'll be fine. This is normal.
♪ KRUPP: We'll intercept if they start getting too out-of-hand.
♪ ELECTRA: This is going to end poorly isn't it?
♪ ELEKTRONIC: I enjoy a bit of drama! Let's see where this goes!
♪ BELLE: This day is off to a fabulous start.
♪ ASHLEY: Can't tell if it's gonna get better or worse from here.
♪ WRENCH: C ARRIE STOP MOVING TO WATCH THEM CHASE EACH OTHER AND SIT STILL SO I CAN FIX YOUR HAND-
♪ CARRIE: N EVER I WANNA WATCH THE CHAOS.
Chapter 6: that one beach episode part 2
Notes:
What's this, a semblance of lore and plot in a chatfic? Impossible.
Chapter Text
♪ WRENCH: Finally I get to lie down and enjoy the beach.
♪ BELLE: How was patching up the chaos gremlins?
♪ WRENCH: Easy enough, Roxy, Carrie and Harriet only caused very minor surface injuries to each other. Somehow.
♪ WRENCH: I just wasn't expecting Volta and Zero to end up joining the queue.
♪ VOLTA: I may have. Gotten a bit too wound up.
♪ VOLTA: I apologise for that, Wrench.
♪ WRENCH: It's alright, but please for the love of Starlight TRY to be more careful next time?
♪ WRENCH: I'm equipped to deal with medical emergencies but you did almost bust one another's arms.
♪ ASHLEY: I'll admit, I wasn't expecting that to happen. You don't seem like the aggressive type.
♪ ROWAN: It was funny to watch though.
♪ BUFFY: True lol
♪ VOLTA: Oh typically I'm not aggressive. Far from it.
♪ VOLTA: It's just that Zero knows all the ways to get me riled up, since they're my younger brother.
♪ VOLTA: I'm lucky to be able to know him as closely as I do of course, but they have a tendancy to get on my nerves.
♪ BUFFY: Siblings will be siblings, especially little ones.
♪ BUFFY: Trust me on this, Carrie drives me nuts half the time.
♪ ASHLEY: Speak for yourself, Duvay and Belle have always been less chaotic.
♪ BELLE: Our family's pretty mature overall so I guess we both just picked that up growing up. You've never been one to clown around.
♪ ROWAN: My siblings are also chaotic.
♪ ROWAN: Even if we're not all technically siblings in the normal way.
♪ VOLTA: You're not?
♪ ROWAN: Rohan, Roxy, and Roman are blood siblings. I was a single child, so was Rory.
♪ ROWAN: Poppa McCoy took us all in for different reasons. The entire Freight is adopted by him.
♪ ROWAN: Since Rohan, Roxy and Roman all grew up around each other, their rough-housing is much more natural to them than it is to me or Rory.
♪ ROWAN: Though we still like to rough-house and muck around together.
♪ WRENCH: I probably have half-siblings out there somewhere.
♪ WRENCH: Maybe they're Trucks like me, or maybe they're Engines. Who knows.
♪ VOLTA: Same here.
♪ BELLE: You don't know?
♪ WRENCH: Electric culture works.. Differently, to how yours is.
♪ WRENCH: Once a year various Engines, Trucks, and Coaches that work for the Commission are selected that are compatible, and they have children.
♪ WRENCH: Families aren't usually kept together unless it's special circumstances.
♪ WRENCH: I grew up surrounded by other Repair Trucks, Electra and Elektronic were surrounded by each other and fellow Engines.
♪ WRENCH: Sometimes we keep in touch once we're all split up and assigned Racers or other duties, but not always.
♪ ASHLEY: Yyyyyikes, that sounds rough.
♪ BELLE: What did you do before Electra?
♪ WRENCH: Looking after other trainlets in the group nursery. I'm good with kids.
♪ BUFFY: Explains why you're good at babysitting all of us eh?
♪ WRENCH: Hah, very funny. I suppose you're not half wrong though.
♪ VOLTA: I'm a.. Slightly different case. But I prefer not to talk about it, not yet.
♪ BELLE: Hey, that's chill, you talk whenever you're ready.
♪ BELLE: Heheh, "chill".
♪ VOLTA: W hy are you all like this.
♪ BELLE: Carrie is a bad influence on me.
♪ ROWAN: I didn't even notice the pun, oh my Starlight-
♪ BUFFY: PFFFF-
♪ ASHLEY: Good job Belle.
♪ BELLE: I'm very proud of myself for that one even if it was kinda unintentional.
♪ BUFFY: Quick we gotta purify you before my sister has too much influence.
♪ BELLE: Probably too late for that honestly.
♪ BELLE: For as much as a gremlin she is, I love her. She's my idiot bestie.
♪ WRENCH: Fair enough.
♪ VOLTA: Joule is both my idiot bestie and my idiot girlfriend.
♪ ROWAN: I'm surprised she's not gotten hurt in that volleyball game that's going on just yet.
♪ VOLTA: Honestly sweetie I'm just as surprised as you are.
♪ WRENCH: Charge isn't much better, but she's a sweetie.
♪ ASHLEY: Who's even winning that game? It's been going on for the past 20 minutes.
♪ BUFFY: I've got no clue, if you want to know scores you'll need to ask KW since he's referee.
♪ BELLE: Why is he referee?
♪ KRUPP: Because he's calm.
♪ WRENCH: I thought you were sleeping, Krupp.
♪ KRUPP: Just resting after the trip here.
♪ KRUPP: Also having to break up Volta and Zero.
♪ VOLTA: Sorry, again.
♪ KRUPP: It's fine.
♪ KRUPP: I'm as surprised as all of you that this game's not caused injury yet.
♪ BELLE: Pretty sure some of these moves aren't usual volleyball ones.
♪ BELLE: Then again I'm no sports expert.
♪ WRENCH: I'm surprised anyone here knows how to play volleyball even slightly.
♪ BUFFY: I mean we like to watch the humans Olympic games whenever those happen.
♪ BUFFY: And volleyball's one of the sports they play during the summer one.
♪ VOLTA: Ahh, we tend to watch the winter Olympics.
♪ ROWAN: Boxing matches, unsurprisingly.
♪ KRUPP: I. Honestly prefer the Paralympics.
♪ KRUPP: Seeing the disabled humans still being able to enjoy sports they're passionate about is.. Inspiring.
♪ WRENCH: I agree, it's quite impressive.
♪ ASHLEY: Valid, valid. I like just watching all of them honestly.
♪ ASHLEY: I also like bingeing documentaries.
♪ KRUPP: Solid choice, I like those too.
♪ VOLTA: What ones do you prefer?
♪ ASHLEY: I like those David Attenborough ones.
♪ VOLTA: Nice choice.
♪ BUFFY: That man is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs.
♪ ASHLEY: Exactly!
♪ BELLE: I hate to interrupt but uh-
♪ BELLE: Dinah just got thwacked in the face dead-on by the volleyball-
♪ ROWAN: I think we all jinxed it.
♪ KRUPP: They had. One job.
♪ WRENCH: I J UST WANT TO LIE DOWN FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES-
♪ DINAH: Wrench, I am, s o sorry you have to bother yourself with me like this.
♪ WRENCH: No need to apologise Dinah, you weren't the one who slammed it at a speed equivalent to mach 3.
♪ WRENCH: It's only a bloodied nose anyway, just rest for a little and it will clear up.
♪ PEARL: That's a relief at least.
♪ DINAH: Y eah, and thankfully I didn't get any blood on my outfit!
♪ ELECTRA: Good to see your priorities are in check as always.
♪ WRENCH: Diesel, explain yourself. NOW.
♪ GB: I SWEAR IT WAS AN ACCIDENT-
♪ ZERO: Bitch how the hell did you manage that ON ACCIDENT?!
♪ VOLTA: You evidently don't realise how strong Diesels are.
♪ GB: L OOK RUSTY TOLD ME TO THROW MY FULL STRENGTH INTO THAT SPIKE!
♪ GB: HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW DINAH WAS GONNA TRY AND COUNTER IT?
♪ ASHLEY: You two have a death wish.
♪ RUSTY: HEY HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW EITHER?
♪ PURSE: You evidently underestimate Dinah as well.
♪ CB: Hurt her again GB and I'll make sure you crash straight into the beach huts.
♪ GB: Try me pipsqueak.
♪ ELECTRA: Honey no it isn't worth it-
♪ CB: YOU WANNA GO?
♪ GB: YEAH, BRING IT ON!
♪ ELECTRA: BOTH OF YOU STOP-
♪ DUVAY: I went to sleep. For like, half an hour.
♪ DUVAY: HOW DID YOU MANAGE THIS???
♪ ELEKTRONIC: I can't tell if I should be impressed by how 6 of you have been able to get yourselves injured since the beach trip started, or concerned.
♪ HARRIET: Both
♪ ROHAN: Both
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Well alright then!
♪ RUSTY: Some things never change.
♪ PEARL: At least this crash is less dangerous compared to the Championships one.
♪ CB: WORTH IT!
♪ GB: I S WEAR TO STARLIGHT-
♪ DUVAY: Look on the plus side, Electra didn't get mauled this time.
♪ KRUPP: Truly a blessing.
♪ ROWAN: For him and for Wrench's sanity it probably is a blessing.
♪ JOULE: Wait where the fuck DID Electra go?
♪ CHARGE: I saw him run for cover by the sunshades lol
♪ ELECTRA: I AM NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS.
♪ KILLERWATT: We've handled it. Relax. You won't be crashing a second time.
♪ KRUPP: You can come out of hiding now, Lexi.
♪ ELECTRA: Thank Starlight for that.
♪ WRENCH: And n ow I have to repair TWO. MORE. PEOPLE.
♪ WRENCH: CAN YOU ALL PLEASE. JUST BEHAVE ON THIS TRIP?
♪ WRENCH: I WANT TO ENJOY THE BEACH.
♪ BUFFY: Yeah uh, can we try to play nice a bit more now guys?
♪ BUFFY: I know mauling each other's a thing we do on a daily basis but like.
♪ BUFFY: This is getting ridiculous.
♪ ASHLEY: 6 people in the span of like an hour, literally how.
♪ ASHLEY: This is championship levels of bad.
♪ GB: Hey in my defence I wasn't the only one causin' trouble back then.
♪ JOULE: Yeah you weren't, you just caused the most trouble.
♪ GB: ARE YOU STILL MAD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO RUHRGOLD?!
♪ JOULE: Y ES I AM!
♪ BELLE: I never expected National Trains to play entirely fair b ut that was excessive back then.
♪ VOLTA: Hashimoto was pleasant. Until SOMEONE crashed him.
♪ CB: WHHHOOOPPSIE DOODLES.
♪ ZERO: Oh, so YOU'RE the one who crashed my sister's shot at winning?
♪ ZERO: Shame, if Wrench wasn't needing a break I would gladly kicked you to the curb.
♪ CB: I THOUGHT YOU AND VOLTA HATED EACH OTHER???
♪ ZERO: Far from it. We're just siblings.
♪ CARRIE: I understand this perfectly
♪ ROXY: lol Same
♪ CHARGE: Did anyone ever find out what the fuck happened to the British Engine by the way?
♪ HARRY: He WAS there, Control introduced him and he showed up!
♪ HARRY: Backwards yeah, but he still SHOWED UP.
♪ ROMAN: He was due to race with either one of us, or one of the Hoppers.
♪ RUSTY: Control said he'd gotten lost before Heat 2.
♪ CHARGE: H ow the fuck did he get LOST??
♪ RUSTY: I don't know, he was RIGHT THERE during the National Engines Entry!
♪ WRENCH: We all saw him alongside the rest of you when we got off the transport into the Trainyard.
♪ WRENCH: Not sure where he went AFTER that, however. I'd presume a guest shed.
♪ BUFFY: He wasn't in there though, if he was he probably wouldn't have gotten, y'know, LOST.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: The Case of the Disappearing Engine.
♪ ASHLEY: Apparently he did make it home safely too which just makes it all the more confusing.
♪ PURSE: Well evidently he didn't crash then, but..
♪ CB: Don't look at me, I didn't tamper with him, promise!
♪ BELLE: Maybe he just ended up wandering to the nearby parks thinking he had time to spare and just. Got lost there.
♪ DUVAY: Or maybe he just bailed and went home after seeing the mess that was Heat 1.
♪ PEARL: Can't say I blame him, I'd be intimidated too if I saw 4 of my potential competitors beating each other up on the track.
♪ GB: Yeeaaahh it. Did get a bit wild out there. My bad.
♪ ELECTRA: Whoops.
♪ WRENCH: At least everyone brought their own personal Repair Trucks with them. Saved me so much time.
♪ WRENCH: I only wish Socket was here NOW to help me with corralling all of you.
♪ CB: Awww, y'know you love us Wrench.
♪ WRENCH: Wouldn't be here otherwise, Caboose.
♪ DUSTIN: Well, when Miss Wrench is done fixing Caboose and Greaseball, is there anything you all can do that's a little more.. Calm?
♪ FLAT-TOP: Calm doesn't exist in the Trainyard's dictionary.
♪ DUSTIN: Close enough to calm as we can get.
♪ FLAT-TOP: There y'go.
♪ RUSTY: Maybe we could play Rounders? I think we packed some stuff for that.
♪ ROHAN: Yeah, we did! Packed a few other sports things too.
♪ DINAH: Ooohh, that sounds great! I love that game!
♪ CARRIE: YEEAAAAHH ROUNDERS!!
♪ GB: Sounds fun to me.
♪ ELECTRA: I don't see why not.
♪ JOULE: I'll grab the stuff and set up!
♪ ZERO: I'll assist. Which bag is it all in?
♪ RORY: Mine, pink bag with the 5 on it.
♪ JOULE: Alrighty!
♪ WRENCH: I'm going to say this again, for the sake of my sanity.
♪ WRENCH: Please, be careful and try to behave during this game.
♪ PURSE: We'll try our best.
♪ CHARGE: Relax mom, we'll be fiiiine.
♪ DINAH: I won't do anything stupid this time, I swear.
♪ BUFFY: Sure ya won't.
♪ DINAH: I will TRY to not do anything stupid this time.
♪ ASHLEY: There ya go.
♪ DUVAY: Maybe sit out for a bit longer anyway Dinah?
♪ HARRIET: Yeah maybe don't play with a bleeding nose.
♪ DINAH: Noted.
♪ ZERO: Bit of a problem, gays, they's, and she's.
♪ ROXY: PFFF- OKAY I LIKE THAT, I'M USING THAT FROM NOW ON.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: What's the problem honey?
♪ ZERO: There's uh. No actual bat to play rounders with.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Wh-
♪ JOULE: Yeah I can back them up, there's uh. No bat here.
♪ RORY: What.
♪ RORY: I remember packing it, how the hell-
♪ HARRIET: Welp guess we have a runaway bat now?
♪ ROWAN: I saw him pack it too, I. H ow did it vanish?
♪ KRUPP: Cannot have a single trip out without at least 30 things going wrong.
♪ RUSTY: Welcome to the AV Trainyard, this is our lives daily.
♪ BELLE: Yep, pretty much.
♪ CARRIE: Well the bloody bat can't have just grown legs and fucking ran off now can it?
♪ CHARGE: Could it??
♪ DINAH: I don't think it can.
♪ JOULE: THE BATS ARE EVOLVING.
♪ JOULE: BATFOLK.
♪ ASHLEY: O h my Starlight-
♪ GB: Girl how much have you DRANK?
♪ JOULE: Not enough!
♪ VOLTA: Mood.
♪ ZERO: Mood.
♪ BUFFY: Mood.
♪ CB: Mood.
♪ KILLERWATT: Please don't drink anymore alcohol than what Belle kindly provides.
♪ KILLERWATT: This goes for all of you.
♪ WRENCH: At this point I'll be reaching for a drink to cope with this- HOW DID YOU GUYS LOSE A BAT?
♪ FLAT-TOP: Did you put it in someone else's bag by accident or somethin'???
♪ RORY: I don't think I did??
♪ ROXY: Starlight fucking dammit WHERE did it go then??
♪ GB: Did ya'll drop it or something??
♪ HAMILTON: We would've heard it though right?
♪ BUFFY: If it landed on the SAND?
♪ HAMILTON: Fair point.
♪ DUSTIN: One whole braincell.
♪ PEARL: Well this is a predicament.
♪ KRUPP: We may need to work out some sort of alternative.
♪ PURSE: Maybe but a bat is kind of vital to playing rounders if I recall.
♪ CB: I have an idea.
♪ ELECTRA: Oh no, Caboose has an idea.
♪ CB: Sssshut up it's a smart one. M aybe.
♪ DUVAY: The "maybe" doesn't hold much confidence behind it.
♪ RUSTY: What's the idea CB?
♪ CB: Instead of a bat, we use one of the pool noodles we brought.
♪ CB: That's like, the closest thing we have.
♪ RUSTY: Y'know that. Actually sounds like it could work.
♪ HARRY: Gonna be real difficult to hit a ball with a pool noodle though, it ain't gonna go that far.
♪ DINAH: I mean, maybe we can swap out the ball for something a bit less. Tough?
♪ DINAH: We did bring those inflatable beachballs after all, we could use one of those!
♪ CHARGE: That sounds lowkey kinda fun.
♪ KILLERWATT: Also decreases the chance of one of you being injured. Beachballs aren't as dangerous as a hard ball used for rounders.
♪ GB: Don't underestimate us by any means my man.
♪ WRENCH: I'm warning you Diesel, I can disable you as easily as I can repair you remember.
♪ WRENCH: The fact any of you receive my medical care is something you should be grateful for considering I work for Electra.
♪ CARRIE: You still love us and help us either way.
♪ WRENCH: .. Well I'm not exactly going to let any of you bleed out, am I?
♪ HARRIET: Awwww you really DO love us!
♪ JOULE: I got a pool noodle and a beachball! I also got a normal small ball if we need that still.
♪ ZERO: I have the bases, at least these got remembered.
♪ KILLERWATT: I will help set these up properly.
♪ ZERO: Awww, what's the matter hun, don't trust us to do it properly?
♪ KILLERWATT: You're correct, I don't.
♪ VOLTA: Good call.
♪ JOULE: R ude.
♪ DUVAY: W ell I'm going back to sleep over here.
♪ BELLE: Come on sis, you can rest later. Enjoy the beach!
♪ DUVAY: I am enjoying it, I'm sleeping in the warm sun.
♪ ASHLEY: C'mon Sleeping Beauty, just one or two games?
♪ DUVAY: Alright, only cuz it seems actually pretty fun.
♪ KRUPP: I believe splitting people into two teams should be the next call of action, yes?
♪ KRUPP: And then deciding who bats first, and who fields first.
♪ RUSTY: I can be a team captain!
♪ CARRIE: Well we all know who you're gonna pick immediately.
♪ CHARGE: I think either way this is just gonna end up being Trainyard VS Electrics.
♪ BUFFY: Maybe we should like, spin a wheel on an app or something to determine who's captains?
♪ HARRIET: Yeah to be honest that's probably fairer.
♪ PURSE: I can do that, give me one moment.
♪ PURSE: Okay, the wheel is set up. That took way too long.
♪ CB: Ooohh, this is exciting!
♪ PURSE: Going to spin it.. Now.
♪ ASHLEY: Dinah are you doing a dramatic drum-roll on your legs?
♪ DINAH: Yes I am!
♪ PURSE: First team leader iiiiiss..
♪ PURSE: Rory!
♪ RORY: Ah? That's surprising.
♪ DINAH: I mean like Carrie said, we know who they're gon' pick.
♪ PURSE: Spinning the wheel again.. Now.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: This is, surprisingly exciting!
♪ ELECTRA: It's the little things that amuse, isn't it?
♪ PURSE: Second team's leader iiiisss...
♪ PURSE: Red Caboose!
♪ CB: LET'S GOOOOO!
♪ JOULE: Oooohh, two freights leading! This is something new!
♪ KILLERWATT: Interesting team leaders. I wonder how this will turn out.
♪ WRENCH: The game will need to wait a little, I've not finished Caboose's repairs.
♪ CB: We can still pick teams for now though, right?
♪ WRENCH: You can, of course.
♪ CB: WOO!
♪ PURSE: I'll spin the wheel again to see who gets first picks..
♪ RUSTY: P earl what are you doing-?
♪ PEARL: Joining in with Dinah's drumroll!
♪ RUSTY: You're adorable.
♪ PURSE: The wheel's decided, Rory picks first.
♪ RORY: I see. Well, I think my first choices are s ort of obvious?
♪ KRUPP: Don't take the ENTIRE freight.
♪ RORY: Only my siblings, to keep an eye on them.
♪ CB: Fine, if you take those four, I take the three Hoppers!
♪ CB: Aaaaand I'll take Carrie too, of course.
♪ CARRIE: AYYYYYY THANKS BESTIE!
♪ RORY: Rusty, Pearl, care to join?
♪ RUSTY: Sure!
♪ CB: Ashley, Buffy?
♪ ASHLEY: I don't see why not.
♪ BUFFY: Ayyyy, we're on the same team sis.
♪ CARRIE: Ayyyy!
♪ RORY: Greaseball?
♪ GB: Sure, I'll come with!
♪ CB: Deeeee, get over here!
♪ DINAH: Yaaaaayy!
♪ RORY: Duvay, Belle, would you like to-?
♪ BELLE: Sure thing, Rory!
♪ DUVAY: I've not played in a while so I'm SO sorry in advance if I suck at this.
♪ RORY: No worries.
♪ ASHLEY: The betrayal is real.
♪ ASHLEY: I cannot believe it.
♪ BELLE: Better prove why you're the best big sis to us, Ash.
♪ ASHLEY: Oh it's on, hun.
♪ CB: Dustin, Flat-Top, you joining?
♪ DUSTIN: Sure are, CB!
♪ FLAT-TOP: Mm. May as well.
♪ CB: Great! C'mere, join my team!
♪ VOLTA: Oough, how rude, you've left all of us until last.
♪ RORY: Because you're all by far going to be the hardest to split up from one another.
♪ RUSTY: We're going to be here all day aren't we?
♪ DINAH: I'm sure something can be figured out.
♪ RORY: Hmm..
♪ RORY: Killerwatt, Zero, come with?
♪ ZERO: Gladly, sweetie.
♪ KILLERWATT: Sure thing.
♪ CB: Volta, Joule, how's about we even things out?
♪ JOULE: YEEAAAHHH BEE YOU MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE!
♪ VOLTA: This is going to get interesting.
♪ RORY: Krupp, Purse, would you like to join my team as well?
♪ KRUPP: I wouldn't mind.
♪ PURSE: Wonderful, we can stick together sweetie.
♪ KRUPP: Wonderful indeed.
♪ CB: Wrench, since you're being oh-so kind and patching me up, want to join my team?
♪ WRENCH: Sure thing.
♪ CB: Charge, you c'mere too.
♪ CHARGE: YEEAAAHHH GOOD CHOICE!
♪ RORY: And then, there were two.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Save the best for last, hm?~
♪ ELECTRA: This is going to be interesting indeed..
♪ RORY: Hm..
♪ RORY: Elektronic, want to come join your Components?
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Ah, grand! I thought you'd never ask!
♪ CB: Guess you're stuck with me again, eh Lexi?
♪ ELECTRA: It would seem so. Don't screw up a second time with me around, Caboose.
♪ CB: Wouldn't dream of it!
♪ GB: Guess we're rivals again, Lexi.
♪ ELECTRA: Hit me with your best shot, babe.~
♪ RUSTY: P lease don't get too competitive you two.
♪ ASHLEY: Ladies, gents, behave.
♪ ASHLEY: For all our sanity and for Wrench's especially because I think if anymore people get injured she's going to have a mental crisis.
♪ HARRIET: Well now we've in teams, who's gon' bat first?
♪ PURSE: I will spin the wheel for that too.
♪ KILLERWATT: Perhaps it was better Socket couldn't make it. We'd have an odd number otherwise.
♪ CARRIE: Real convenient we got the perfect amount of people for even teams
♪ HAMILTON: Hey if it ain't broke don't fix it.
♪ BELLE: I don't think that's how the saying is meant to be used.
♪ DUVAY: Close enough.
♪ PURSE: The wheel has chosen.
♪ PURSE: CB's team, you're up to bat first.
♪ WRENCH: After I've finished repairing him.
♪ PURSE: After you're done repairing him.
♪ CB: LET'S GOOOOOO!
♪ RORY: Alright fielding team, while Wrench handles that, let's set up, alright?
♪ PEARL: Alrighty!
♪ ZERO: Who's gonna pitch first?
♪ ROXY: Immediately I'd say either one of us, GB, or one of the Guards.
♪ KRUPP: Oh?
♪ ROXY: I mean ya'll have strong arms, GB's tough as nails, and we've all got good strong arms too from working out.
♪ CHARGE: Oh yeah you guys have. SUCH a stacked team physically.
♪ CHARGE: Like holy shit.
♪ ELECTRA: We'll figure something out, I'm sure.
♪ DUSTIN: All in good fun, right?
♪ RUSTY: Of course! Don't worry Dustin, it'll be fine!
♪ FLAT-TOP: Relax pal.
♪ GB: I can pitch first if ya'll would like me to.
♪ ROMAN: Go nuts, my man!
♪ HARRY: F uck we're SO in danger of just being completely bodied by GB yeeting the ball.
♪ VOLTA: Greaseball its within your best interest to not throw the ball TOO hard.
♪ VOLTA: Because if you miss, and it hits someone, that is going to HURT.
♪ GB: Relax, relax, I won't throw it THAT hard!
♪ KRUPP: I will take over for you if you get tired.
♪ GB: Thanks man.
♪ KRUPP: No problem.
♪ VOLTA: ZERO STOP SUCKING TRONIC'S FACE OFF AND GET TO FIELDING!
♪ ZERO: SHUT UP-
♪ RUSTY: PFFF-
♪ DUVAY: Ten hours later.
♪ BELLE: We'll get there eventually.
♪ HARRIET: WHAT THE F UCK WAS THAT BAT?
♪ JOULE: GO ASHLEY GO HOLY SHIT!
♪ HARRY: OH MY STARLIGHT R UN GIRL RUN!
♪ ZERO: FUCKING R UN BELLE!
♪ BELLE: I'M TRYING, IT'S HARD TO IN THE SAND!
♪ ROWAN: Holy shit is she actually going to make it?
♪ CB: RUN ASH RUN RUN RUN OH MY STARLIGHT
♪ DINAH: C'MON HUN YOU GOT THIS!
♪ PURSE: PASS TO ME I CAN TRY TO MAKE IT-
♪ BELLE: CATCH IIIT!
♪ HAMILTON: AYO ASH YOU CAN MAKE IT!
♪ ASHLEY: LET'S GGGOOOOOO!! FULL ROUNDER!
♪ BUFFY: GREAT JOB BABE!
♪ CHARGE: YYYOOOOOOO!!!
♪ VOLTA: Niiiiiice!
♪ PURSE: F UCK.
♪ KRUPP: So close, sweetie.
♪ GB: How the hell did you FALL OVER hitting the ball and STILL make it all the way around!?
♪ ASHLEY: PURE SKILL, DIESEL, GET WRECKED!
♪ WRENCH: You hit it so hard you received the knockback from it, I'd guess.
♪ RORY: Damn Ash, didn't know you had that much strength behind you.
♪ ASHLEY: Never underestimate a Coach.
♪ CARRIE: AMEN TO THAT!
♪ RORY: Dustin you need to actually drop the bat, don't take it with you-
♪ DUSTIN: AAA I'M SORRY-
♪ FLAT-TOP: Chill, just gimme it and stay at first base, yeah?
♪ DUSTIN: Alright.
♪ JOULE: Make sure to run the second he hits it Dustin!
♪ GB: Y'ready FT?
♪ FLAT-TOP: Hit me, Diesel.
♪ CB: GO GO GO!
♪ CHARGE: C'MON GUYS YOU GOT THIS!
♪ DINAH: GO ON, ALMOST THERE!
♪ HARRIET: YEEAAHHH, GO DUSTIN, YOU MADE IT!
♪ DUSTIN: I-I did?
♪ RUSTY: Good job buddy!
♪ PEARL: Honey he's on the opposing team-
♪ RUSTY: And he's still my best friend!
♪ DUSTIN: I did my best-!
♪ HAMILTON: Y'did great pal, don't worry.
♪ GB: Your turn, Ice Queen.
♪ VOLTA: Very funny, Diesel.
♪ DUVAY: Ice Queen-
♪ ROXY: Ice Queen??
♪ PURSE: Joule started that one.
♪ JOULE: lol Worth it.
♪ CARRIE: I dig it!
♪ CB: Ay Rory, do we switch sides after this?
♪ RORY: Yes, after Electra's had their turn, that's the last person, and you swap to fielding.
♪ CB: 10-4!
♪ CHARGE: Awww poor Lexi, last again?
♪ ELECTRA: Like Elektronic said, save the best for the last.~
♪ GB: Damn right about that.
♪ ELECTRA: Give it all you've got, big guy.
♪ GB: Y'want that brat?
♪ ELECTRA: Very much so.
♪ ZERO: STOP HAVING WORD-SEX AND THROW THE BALL ALREADY!
♪ GB: AY SHUT IT FREEZER-
♪ JOULE: GAAAAYYY.
♪ ELECTRA: S-Shut it Joule!
♪ RUSTY: Electra! Do a spin!
♪ ELECTRA: Whuh-?
♪ RUSTY: Do a spin while you hit the ball!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Yeeess do it!!
♪ ELECTRA: I don't know if I can???
♪ CB: TRY ANYWAY!
♪ BUFFY: GO ON LEXI DO IT!
♪ VOLTA: CARRIE: GO ON LEXIIII!!
♪ ELECTRA: ALRIGHT I'LL TRY IT!
♪ GB: Ready hun?
♪ ELECTRA: Ready when you are.
♪ PEARL: O H HE ACTUALLY HIT IT-
♪ BELLE: HE HIT IT FAR OH S TARLIGHT-
♪ ROMAN: RUN QUICK!
♪ HARRY: AYOOOO HE KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK!
♪ WRENCH: Run Electra-!
♪ ELECTRA: Already ahead of you!
♪ RORY: Rohan, do you want to go first?
♪ ROHAN: You don't wanna go first as team leader?
♪ RORY: I'd rather we go in our order like we always do.
♪ ROHAN: Aww ain't you sweet Rory. Yeah, we can go in our order!
♪ ROXY: YEEESS THAT MEANS I'M SECOND! I'M HYPED!
♪ DINAH: Who on our team is going to throw the ball?
♪ WRENCH: I can, if nobody else wants to.
♪ HAMILTON: Y'chuck balls, doc?
♪ WRENCH: I have a strong enough throwing arm for it.
♪ KRUPP: Admittedly the majority of the muscle is on this side, so. You do not have many options.
♪ ASHLEY: I can also pitch the ball too if Wrench needs a break.
♪ WRENCH: Thank you, Ashley.
♪ RUSTY: Pearl, you're up!
♪ PEARL: Oh boy, here we go.
♪ BELLE: You guys are QUICK, holy shit.
♪ ROMAN: Yeah what the hELL, I hit the ball far and only made it to second base!
♪ CHARGE: GOTTA GO FAST!
♪ VOLTA: I suppose we have speed, and your team has strength.
♪ DUSTIN: I-I wouldn't say I'm speedy, unless it's downhill.
♪ RUSTY: I'd beg to differ.
♪ FLAT-TOP: Yeah. You're good Dustin, relax.
♪ DUVAY: Meanwhile there's all five of us, Greaseball, Krupp, and Killerwatt.
♪ RORY: In hindsight I didn't realise I accidentally picked so many stronger trainfolk.
♪ HARRIET: I mean hey it's still workin' pretty well either way!
♪ WRENCH: Not your best hit, Pearl.
♪ PEARL: Least I made it to first base.
♪ CB: I'd sure hope so you've been dating Rusty for over a year now.
♪ PEARL: CB-
♪ BUFFY: PFFFFF-
♪ PURSE: O H MY GOSH-
♪ ROXY: HEHAHAHA!
♪ RUSTY: J UST FOCUS ON FIELDING-
♪ KRUPP: Was that necessary Volta-
♪ VOLTA: Absolutely.
♪ GB: D id you just tackle 'em and WIN?
♪ VOLTA: Yes.
♪ VOLTA: I also hit him out while running, so he does not score a point.
♪ KILLERWATT: W HY DID YOU KEEP RUNNING-?!
♪ ZERO: I THOUGHT I HAD A CHANCE OF MAKING IT IN TIME!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Evidently, you did not have a chance, sweetie.
♪ CARRIE: I'd probs end up doing the same to Buffy if we were on opposing teams so this is a valid strategy.
♪ ROXY: Can confirm I'd do the same thing to my siblings too.
♪ HARRY: Yeah same here, Volta had the right idea.
♪ VOLTA: Glad to see I've got support.
♪ ZERO: B itch-
♪ VOLTA: Twink.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: One full rounder for our team, aaaaand that's my turn complete!
♪ ELECTRA: Slippery-ass, I almost got you out.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Almost, but not quite, hun. Better luck next time.~
♪ DINAH: Alrighty, that's both teams having played! What's the scores?
♪ BUFFY: Has someone actually been keeping track of the scores? We've all been playing.
♪ CB: I'd sure HOPE someone's keeping score.
♪ BELLE: Aren't you as a captain supposed to be keeping score yourself?
♪ CB: I mean I was, until I stopped.
♪ DUVAY: How helpful, CB.
♪ FLAT-TOP: Relax. I have.
♪ FLAT-TOP: Rory's team scored a total of 11 and a half. Zero, Rowan, Duvay and Belle were all knocked out.
♪ FLAT-TOP: CB's team scored 12 points, with Harry, Harriet, and Buffy getting knocked out.
♪ CB: YEEAAAHHH WE'RE WINNING!
♪ RORY: Wow, that is. Surprisingly close.
♪ KILLERWATT: When you take into consideration those who are on the teams it's no surprise it's close.
♪ GB: Yeah, I mean we got two fancy Racers, 8 Electric Components, a former Champ, the current Champ, and a BUNCH of folks who are all great racing partners.
♪ GB: No wonder it's a close score, both teams are friggin' STACKED.
♪ HARRIET: And that makes it all the more fun!
♪ CHARGE: YEEAAAAHH THIS IS GREAT FUN!
♪ PURSE: It is very enjoyable, yes. The close competition makes it exciting!
♪ BELLE: Before we swap around again can we take 5 minutes to ease up?
♪ RUSTY: Yeah I really need to get some water in my tank right now.
♪ RORY: Break time it is!
♪ ELECTRA: And then back to the competition to see how this goes. I'll admit, I'm excited.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: We're going to surpass your score second round, I guarantee it.
♪ CARRIE: Don't be so sure about that discoball! We're gonna win!
♪ ZERO: No way, WE'RE gonna win!
♪ KRUPP: Please do not start murdering each other during the break-
♪ PEARL: Anarchy.
♪ DINAH: Yyyepp, some things never change.
Chapter 7: ITS PRIDE MONTH TIME
Summary:
Happy Pride Month! :D
A more chill chapter where some of the Trainfolk vibe in chatroom and discuss their Pride Month plans. :)
Chapter Text
[ELECTRA] entered chatroom [all your beach are belong to us]
ELECTRA: How is this group so incoherent the Freight and a Coach end up jousting with umbrellas
ELECTRA: And yet the chatroom name somehow remains intact for longer than a few days.
ELECTRA: .
ELECTRA: ANYWAY, TIME TO CHANGE THAT MYSELF~! 😊
[ELECTRA] changed chatroom name to [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
ELECTRA: @EVERYONE
ELECTRA: IT'S JUNE AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! 🎵
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
[PEARL] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
[GREASEBALL] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
[CB] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
[ZERO] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
[JOULE] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
[KRUPP] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [🌈RAINBOW MONTH🌈]
CB: LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO ITS PRIDE MONTH!
JOULE: YEEEAAAAHHH I'M FUCKING H YPED!
PEARL: This is going to be amazing like always! ^^
ELECTRA: YEEESSSS IT IS!! ❤️
RUSTY: I completely forgot that it was June coming up oh my Starlight-
KRUPP: Honestly I also partially forgot too.
GB: how do ya'll just forget a month exists
DINAH: Same way you forget how to spell "Sorry", sweetie.
GB: .
GB: O kay now you shush-
DINAH: Awwww it's alright, it was cute <3
DINAH: Anyway, Buffy and I are already working on our pride recipes!
ZERO: Pride recipes???
DINAH: Mhm! It's a yearly tradition where for Pride Month, we add special pride-themed foods, drinks and desserts to the Trainyard diner's menu.
ZERO: Oh my starlight I need to come over and try some of those with the others.
DINAH: Feel free to! We do cakes, cupcakes, milkshakes, even grilled cheese sandwiches in different flag colours!
PEARL: Are you two gonna try those rainbow cookies again this time?
DINAH: I'm certainly gonna give it a good go!
ZERO: What happened the last time?
JOULE: ohhh i remember this
JOULE: it was those cookies that ended up looking like they'd been friggin assaulted or some shit
ZERO: What.
DINAH: Me and Buffy tried puttin' rainbow sprinkles into the cookie batter to mix them in.
DINAH: Unfortunately the sprinkles colours ended up bleedin' into each other, so when the cookies came out, they looked a bit disasterous. ^^;
RUSTY: Still nice and edible though!
CB: yeah they were still pretty great Dee!
ELECTRA: But they still did look like someone vomited paint on them. No offence of course.
DINAH: Non taken because Buffy said the EXACT same thing to me in the kitchen when we took the cookies out the oven.
ZERO: Oh my starlight what-
PEARL: What are you going to try this time?
DINAH: Part of me wants to just make regular cookies and put rainbow sprinkles or rainbow chocolate chips on top when they're soft, but that feels..
DINAH: Uhhh
KRUPP: Basic?
DINAH: Yeah, basic.
CB: yeah that is a bit of a basic design tbh, don't go with that dee
GB: seconded
DINAH: So what me and Buffy are currently brainstorming, is separating out the cookie dough, then dying each bit of dough different colours, and then merging them all together and making cookie shapes from that!
ELECTRA: Oohhh, I quite like that idea! Sounds fancy! ✨
JOULE: that sounds so cool omg
JOULE: do it do it do it
RUSTY: That sounds great Dinah!
PEARL: I really want to see that now, do it!
DINAH: We'll see if we can make it work! ^^
KRUPP: If that does work well for you then pass that recipe and idea over to Wrench.
KRUPP: She would love to bake those for us I'd imagine.
ZERO: If she does then send some over to Elektronic, they'll go nuts over pride cookies.
JOULE: if you dont eat them all yourself lmao
ZERO: Bitch at least I look after my figure a bit
JOULE: I LOOK AFTER MINE JUST FINE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
KRUPP: Now now ladies, don't fight.
GB: we're all friends here fellas, dont lose your shit just yet.
CB: i take it you electrics like pride month too?
ELECTRA: OH HELL YES WE DO!
JOULE: next dumb question 'boose??
CB: stfu
PEARL: Yeah to be fair that was a little stupid considering we've met two Genderfluid Electric Racers, one of which has openly expressed their bisexuality the minute they got here
CB: OKAY YEAH I GET IT I LACKED A BRAINCELL FOR A MINUTE THERE MOVING ON
KRUPP: Yes, Electric culture celebrates and enjoys Pride Month just as much as everyone else does.
KRUPP: Our culture is very open in regards to sexuality and gender identity.
DINAH: What do ya'll do?
JOULE: well everyone mainly hangs a fuck ton of pride flags on their suite doors and in their suites
ZERO: SO many flags
RUSTY: As many as we do?
JOULE: yeah pretty much
GB: says a lot considerin our flags are for the entire trainyard
JOULE: YYYEEEPP
ELECTRA: Racers like myself and Elek will also attach pride flags or patches with our flags to our racing uniforms somewhere! 😊
ELECTRA: Sometimes the Components do too, but we have to take them off for the races so they don't fly everywhere.
PEARL: Going to take a wild guess and assume there's a lot of polyamorous flags and the like?
JOULE: hun dont even get us started i think every racer legit has a poly flag
ZERO: I've never seen one without one so I'd guess so
KRUPP: Everybody has intersex flags as well.
DINAH: Ohhh yeah cuz ya'll Electrics are born with both by default right?
ELECTRA: Correct! There are some exceptions, some get born fully male or fully female, and some will have surgery to remove specific parts to fully be either.
ELECTRA: But as a whole, yes, we're "by default" born Intersex. 😊
RUSTY: I think we mostly have bi flags here to hand out and set up.
ZERO: Oh? How many of you are bi?
RUSTY: I am. ^^
PEARL: Same here.
DINAH: Same!
GB: yeeaaahh same here
CB: lol yep, bi too
JOULE: holy fuck i never realised how big of a gay disaster all of you were
ZERO: Okay all of you make sense apart from Rusty and Pearl, I thought you were both straight
RUSTY: Guys can be handsome and pretty too. :)
PEARL: Ladies are lovely! I had a small on-and-off thing with a Coach from my previous Trainyard before coming to AV.
PEARL: We were better off as just friends tbh. Rusty's the one for me. <3
RUSTY: <3
ELECTRA: We all know I'm bisexual, naturally 🤭
JOULE: pansexual lol
JOULE: man, woman, nonbinary, i dont give a fuck x
JOULE: though i prefer women a bit more
GB: i mean youre usually hangin' off of poor volta's arm so that adds up
JOULE: what can i say, i like my women cool ;) <3
CB: ayyyyy nice pun
JOULE: lol thanks :D
ZERO: Bisexual too, unsurprisingly
KRUPP: I am also Bi. But I have a preference for men.
DINAH: Explains why you tend to prefer being with Purse.
KRUPP: Correct. He is very lovely company.
KRUPP: Though that isn't to say I don't enjoy the love and company of the others. <3
JOULE: <3
ELECTRA: <3
PEARL: Awwww, that's cute!
CB: starlight we really are all just a big fuckin gay mess aren't we
RUSTY: Sums up everyone pretty well honestly
JOULE: yeah tbh we're a complete gay disaster
GB: as if we didnt know that by now already
CB: fair point lol
ZERO: Wait what about the others from your Trainyard?
DINAH: Hun they're all just as gay as we are.
ZERO: ALL OF THEM-?
RUSTY: Honestly I think the only one who's straight is Poppa.
RUSTY: Everyone else? Yeah, no, they're all ridiculously gay.
PEARL: Everyone is insanely gay, like oh my Starlight.
DINAH: Yep! Ashley and Buffy are lesbians.
ZERO: In other news, the sky is blue
ZERO: I know THAT one at the very least, I'm not blind lol
JOULE: hard to not notice them being utter lesbians lmfao
DINAH: Fair.
DINAH: Carrie is a lesbian too like her big sister.
DINAH: Duvay is Bi, and I think Belle's questioning.
CB: freight's a bunch of total gayasses too lmao
CB: im bi, FT and Dustin are demisexual, Hoppers are a pansexual fuckin disaster
CB: apart from Harriet she's omnisexual
RUSTY: All the Rockies aren't straight either, I think they're all either Bi or Pan.
RUSTY: Oh, and Rory is a demiboy! He/Him, They/Them!
ZERO: Ah, hence the pronoun pin we saw on his beach bag
JOULE: yeah!! :D
PEARL: Mhm! We've got a lot of pronoun pins and pride pins, we love to wear them during work hours.
PEARL: I think CB got Rory's pin for him?
CB: i did, yeah :)
CB: helps people remember what pronuns to use and stuff yknow? i dont tolerate that shit
CB: use the correct pronouns
ELECTRA: 👏👏👏
ELECTRA: SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!
CB: 👏 USE 👏 THE 👏 CORRECT 👏 PRONOUNS 👏
DINAH: YEAH! 👏 USE 👏 THE 👏 CORRECT 👏 PRONOUNS 👏
RUSTY: Oh yeah, there's also Memphis Belle!
RUSTY: She's Poppa's best friend and former racing partner.
KRUPP: Oh? Another Belle?
CB: yeah, unrelated to ash and her sisters tho
RUSTY: She's mentioned before that she "swung both ways" during her Sleeper days so I think she's Bi.
ELECTRA: I don't believe we've met her?
GB: ya wouldnt have hun, shes rarely out her house
ELECTRA: Ah?
RUSTY: She's really sweet, but she sleeps a lot. Think like Duvay but double.
PEARL: Yeah, she has her own shed nearby Ashley and Buffy's and her curtains are just 24/7 drawn.
PEARL: She's not a public person, not often. But she's very nice when she is!
DINAH: She gives GREAT guy advice too!
CB: sometimes she'll show up for our annual pride party so like
CB: maybe youll see her then??
KRUPP: It would be nice to meet her.
JOULE: we gonna be goin to spraypaint together again like last time?
CB: YEEESSS YOU FUCKIN BET WE ARE
JOULE: LETS GGOOOOOOO
KRUPP: Please do not get yourself covered in spraypaint again Joule-
JOULE: trol
ELECTRA: Here we go again.
ZERO: Last time? Do you have like a tradition?
GB: kinda? we wanna make it one
GB: we caught Flat-Top graffiting the demi flag and a pride flag on a tunnel wall like a lil' bit after the Championships ended
GB: rusty here found 'em, brought pearl with him, and then dustin came over, and then sure enough everyone had just
GB: gathered
GB: and we were spraypaintin a pride mural together
ELECTRA: It's quite fun! We made the wall look SO colourful and fabulous by the end!✨
KRUPP: What date is it being hosted? The Pride Party?
RUSTY: Uhhhh
RUSTY: I think its 20th of June?
GB: whos organisin' it this year?
PEARL: Ashley is!
JOULE: the responsible mom coach lol
PEARL: Yeah that's basically what she is! :)
ZERO: Oh my starlight
ZERO: Would you guys hate me if I dragged Elektronic, KW, and Socket over with me for that?
DINAH: Absolutely not Zero! Ya'll can come have fun too! You're part of the family after all!
ZERO: Like, legit?
DINAH: Don't see why not! You're Volta's brother after all.
RUSTY: Yeah! Even if you guys are Electric, we don't mind that!
RUSTY: We've got backup generators already set up incase you guys need some extra juice during the festivities.
PEARL: And we can clean up the guest sheds a bit before you all come over if you intend to stay for the night. :)
ZERO: I.
ZERO: Thanks.
ZERO: This is, really nice of you all.
JOULE: told ya they're not half bad when you get to know em
CB: AY WHATS "NOT HALF BAD" SUPPOSED TO MEAN
JOULE: YOU STILL BULLY ME OVER BURNING MICROWAVE FRIES YOU FUCK
CB: BECAUSE HOW THE FUCK DO YOU EVEN MANAGE THAT
GB: aaaaand back to normal we go lol
KRUPP: The status quo has been achieved again.
ELECTRA: Happy Pride Month indeed!
Chapter 8: a bunch of cowardly trains play FNAF 4
Summary:
Since this fic is set in 2015 and FNAF 4 came out in July of 2015, I decided to have some fun and write this group of idiots playing a horror game amidst a heatwave. Enjoy the carnage!
Chapter Text
CB: fuuuuucckk im so BBBOOOOORREEDDD
CARRIE: saaaaammmeee
DINAH: Then why aren't ya'll finding something to do? Surely there's something.
CARRIE: we're in a heatwave dee its toO WARM TO THINK
DINAH: Do ya'll really not put your ACs on???
CB: mine is busted, waitin on it to be fixed
CB: i have my fan on but its not the same
CARRIE: my AC is on and ITS STILL HOT IN HERE!
RUSTY: I have a literal fire in my chest compartment and I'm fine.
[VOLTA] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
VOLTA: Speak for yourselves.
CARRIE: Y OU'RE A FUCKING FREEZER TRUCK!
VOLTA: AND I CAN STILL FEEL HOW WARM IT IS!
VOLTA: My internal systems are working overtime to compensate and stop me from practically melting, even with the suite AC on.
RUSTY: How's Joule holding up?
VOLTA: Lucky thing is heat resistant so she's basically unaffected.
CARRIE:
DINAH: You've used that gif before Carrie hun-
CARRIE: AND I'LL USE IT AGAIN BECAUSE ITS ACCURATE TO HOW I FEEL
CARRIE: ITS BOILING HOT AND I'M DYING OF BOREDOM
DINAH: Is boredom going to kill you first or heatstroke?
CARRIE: YES
VOLTA: We're somewhat bored too.
VOLTA: Wrench is refusing to let any of us go outside to the beach.
RUSTY: I saw we have a weather warning and it'll get so hot at one point we could risk actual damage, like heatstroke.
CB: o shit that bad???
Volta: Apparently, yes.
DINAH: I think that's the main reason they called us all off of work today.
CARRIE: YOU GUYS GOT CALLED OFF?
DINAH: D id you. Not get the memo?
CARRIE: ITS MY DAY OFF NATURALLY ANYWAY!!!!
RUSTY: RIP
CB: FUCKIN R IP CARRIE
VOLTA: Unfortunate timing.
CARRIE: WHHHHYYYYYYYYYY
CARRIE:
VOLTA: We got called off too, Commission sent us a memo saying the race we were going to was getting postponed until it was safer weather.
VOLTA: However with no race, and Wrench saying we're not allowed to go out unless necessary, we're all just
VOLTA: Sat here melting with nothing to really do.
CB: soooo you guys are suffering too basically
VOLTA: Pretty much, yes.
CB: fuck man theres gotta be something we can do
DINAH: Is there maybe some video-games everyone could play together?
RUSTY: Is there even a game we all collectively own?
VOLTA: @CHARGE Honey you're the video-games nerd out of us, what do you recommend?
[CHARGE] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
CHARGE: wassup ice princess? <3
VOLTA: Video-game knowledge, you play them with Joule a lot. Any ideas?
VOLTA: We're all bored.
CHARGE: ah yeah, i see. scrolled up.
CHARGE: good to see we're not the only ones suffering
CARRIE: send help
CHARGE: uuuhhhh well rusty's kinda right
CHARGE: everyone playing the same game together is really unlikely since i doubt we all collectively share the same games and shit
RUSTY: Told you so.
CB: fuck
CHARGE: buuuuuut i guess someone could stream the game and everyone could watch in a voice call?
CHARGE: its not the same but tbh its something to do
VOLTA: That sounds reasonable.
DINAH: I like the sound of that! But now the question is, what game?
CB: O SHIT
CB: I HAVE AN IDEA
RUSTY: Is this a "CB no" or "CB yes" idea?
CB: lemme say it first you fuck >:P
RUSTY: >:P
CB: ANYWAY
CB: fnaf 4 just got released like yesterday and ive been meaning to play it so maybe i can stream it?
CARRIE: YEEESSSSS DO IT DO IT DO IT
CHARGE: holy fuck you play fnaf???
CB: oh hell yeah i do
CHARGE: NIIIIICEE
VOLTA: That's the game with the haunted animatronics the internet won't shut up about, isn't it?
CHARGE: yeah thats the one
CHARGE: i played fnaf 2 when it came out on our suite screen and made everyone jump lmao
CB: niiiiiceee
DINAH: Oh gosh, haunted animatronics? I'm not good with horror. :(
CB: you don't have to watch if you dont want to dee, not gonna force you
CHARGE: yeah if you cant handle it then thats chill
DINAH: No no, I wanna try and watch ya'll play. At least I won't be alone watching it. qwq
RUSTY: Going to hear Dinah shrieking from the diner halfway across the trainyard.
DINAH: Sssssshush :(
DINAH: At least Buffy's here to suffer with me. Business is slow so I'll see if she can join.
CB: k well gimme a bit to get stuff set up
CB: shouldnt take too long unlike rusty setting up the server and chatroom to begin with lol
RUSTY: H EY-
CHARGE: LMAO
RUSTY: EXCUSE YOU I DID JUST FINE SETTING EVERYTHING UP
CB: trol
[CB] has created voice channel [spooki time]
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[BUFFY] entered voice channel [spooki time]
♪ CARRIE: Oh hey sis
♪ BUFFY: Hi, Dinah said we were doing horror games?
♪ CB: Yeah, I'm gonna be streaming a horror game that just dropped like, yesterday.
♪ CB: Because we all need a distraction from this hellish heatwave.
♪ BUFFY: Amen to that. So whatcha playing?
♪ CB: Five Nights at Freddy's 4.
♪ BUFFY: Where'd the first 3 go? lol
♪ CHARGE: Pfff-
♪ CB: I already PLAYED those you ass.
♪ CB: FNAF 4's the most recent one in the series.
♪ VOLTA: Why is the VC called "spooki time"?
♪ VOLTA: We're in July.
♪ RUSTY: I mean it IS a horror game after all.
♪ VOLTA: Fair enough.
♪ RUSTY: Well this main menu totally isn't creepy in the slightest.
♪ CARRIE: Ah yes, RED. The only colour of horror.
♪ CHARGE: I mean its the colour of shit like blood and stop signs and all that, so makes sense.
♪ CHARGE: We're probably gonna die at this game a lot.
♪ CB: I want to deny that and say "No we won't", buuuuttt..
♪ VOLTA: Are you bad at this game by chance?
♪ CB: H EY.
♪ CB: I wouldn't say I'm BAD. I'm just not a pro at it.
♪ BUFFY: Soooo how many deaths on average?
♪ CB: Well I beat FNAF 1 without too many deaths surprisingly, I picked up on that game quick.
♪ CB: FNAF 2 was. Another matter entirely.
♪ DINAH: Is it difficult?
♪ CHARGE: Its considered one of the tougher ones yeah, since you've got SO many animatronics and gimmicks to keep in mind.
♪ CHARGE: Wind the music box, shine your light on specific animatronics, put the mask on for specific animatronics, see what animatronics are coming from where on the cameras, it's carnage.
♪ CB: Yeah I had a bad time with that one.
♪ CHARGE: lol Same here, it was fun but Starlight it was chaos.
♪ CB: FNAF 3 was alright by comparison, but the later nights got fucking ridiculous honestly.
♪ CB: Aaaaaand I know nothing about FNAF 4 since it just came out!
♪ RUSTY: Wanna start a new game and kick us off then CB?
♪ CB: 10-4!
♪ BUFFY: Oohh, there's an opening cutscene?
♪ CARRIE: Seems like it!
♪ DINAH: "5 Days Until the Party?"
♪ CHARGE: Ooohh a party! Hell yeah!
♪ VOLTA: Not the type we like, I'm guessing, sadly.
♪ CHARGE: Fuck.
♪ RUSTY: Uh, so that's a talking teddy-bear with no pupils.
♪ CARRIE: AH YES, I SEE.
♪ VOLTA: I. Do not like this distorted laughing in the background.
♪ CB: "What did he do this time?"
♪ CB: "He locked you in your room again."
♪ CB: "Don't be scared. I am here with you."
♪ CB: Mate I hate to break it to you but I think YOU'RE the thing we're currently scared of.
♪ BUFFY: Y eah what the shit why is there a bear with no eyes.
♪ CHARGE: Aaaaand now suddenly we're in a bedroom oki-doki then?
♪ RUSTY: Awww, look at the lil kiddo with their striped shirt!
♪ VOLTA: I'm guessing this is our story for the game.
♪ CB: Don't get used to it, FNAF games aren't known for their surface stories.
♪ CB: Hell the first game in the series didn't even have any cutscenes or anything beyond the introduction and the end-of-game one.
♪ DINAH: So these are probably only little cutscenes.
♪ CHARGE: Yyyyup, horror game remember, most of this game is getting spooked.
♪ DINAH: Oh dear.
♪ RUSTY: WASD to move, CB.
♪ CB: I CAN SEE THAT RUSTY, IT'S SAYING THAT ABOVE THE KID'S HEAD!
♪ RUSTY: THEN MOVE THE CHARACTER AROUND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THIS CUTSCENE THING-
♪ VOLTA: Local Trainfolk Play FNAF 4. Can't get past the first cutscene.
♪ BUFFY: Sounds 'bout right.
♪ CARRIE: Okay, night 1, let's fucking do this!
♪ CHARGE: I. Huh.
♪ CHARGE: Immediately this is different.
♪ DINAH: It is?
♪ CB: Yyyyep, sure is.
♪ CB: All the other games took place in an office of some kind, in the first 2 it was a pizzaria, third game was a horror attraction.
♪ VOLTA: And this one is apparently taking place in what looks like a child's bedroom.
♪ BUFFY: Talk about a relocation.
♪ CB: "Click here to run to the door"? Oh my fucking Starlight are the animatronics gonna show up in the wardrobe?
♪ CHARGE: Guess they haven't came out the closet yet lmao
♪ CARRIE: PFFFFFF-
♪ RUSTY: HAHAH-
♪ CB: OHMYFUCKCHARGE-
♪ CHARGE: That was an easy pickings joke and I give no fucks, it was worth it.
♪ VOLTA: Caboose, stop dying over there and play the game before the game plays you.
♪ CB: I'm fucking wheezing-
♪ CB: Okay- Okay I'm good now.
♪ CB: "Flick mouse downward to turn and look behind you"?
♪ DINAH: Oh good heavens no, they're going to be BEHIND us too??
♪ CARRIE: Ah yes that is in-fact a 1-way ticket to making me scream and fall off the bed.
♪ BUFFY: Is there anything currently behind us?
♪ CB: Nnnnope, just a teddy bear.
♪ DINAH: Awwww, it's so cute!
♪ RUSTY: Lil' teddy bear. I love it.
♪ CB: So we can look behind us, we can look at the wardrobe, and we can go to these two side doors.
♪ VOLTA: What bedroom has two doors leading to corridors like this?
♪ DINAH: This don't seem like a very practical bedroom or house layout.
♪ CHARGE: It says up the top left to close the door by holding the Shift button and hold the CTRL button to use the flashlight.
♪ CHARGE: Oh nice, the flashlight returns from FNAF 2.
♪ BUFFY: Some odd button choices.
♪ CB: Oh Starlight fuck okay, so I run up to the door and get more tutorial.
♪ CHARGE: There's no Phone Guy for this one so I guess this is the best way they can give the tutorial info.
♪ DINAH: Phone Guy?
♪ CHARGE: In games 1 through to 3 you got phone calls from this random nameless guy who helped you through your shift, told you how to survive the animatronics, all that.
♪ CHARGE: Internet just calls him Phone Guy since he never gets given a proper name.
♪ CB: Oh my Starlight guys.
♪ CB: This may be the worst game to play in a voice call, hear this shit.
♪ CB: "Warning! Listen carefully! If you hear breathing, hold the door shut! If you do not hear breathing, then use your flashlight!"
♪ CHARGE: OH MY FUCK THIS ONE IS HEARING BASED???
♪ VOLTA: Well that's unfortunate.
♪ BUFFY: Welp time for CB to die 200 times.
♪ RUSTY: We're gonna get jumpscared so often we'll grow immune to it.
♪ CARRIE: Honestly bold of us to assume even without the VC that Caboose would be able to hear the game well anyway.
♪ CB: Fuck you too, Carrie.
♪ CB: Love you too, dumbass
♪ DINAH: Watch ya language, both of you.
♪ CARRIE: It's fine Dee, this is how me and CB show our friendship.
♪ CB: Yeah basically.
♪ VOLTA: So. Is something supposed to happen?
♪ VOLTA: It is currently 5am in the game.
♪ CB: Yeah I'm still waiting for something to happen, the games usually only give you the first in-game hour to figure shit out.
♪ RUSTY: Watch us say this now and everything's gonna charge at us at once.
♪ BUFFY: Yeah something's about to kill us for sure.
♪ CHARGE: Just keep checking everything CB, flashlight each time you go to the door to be safe.
♪ CB: 10-4, I hear ya.
♪ CHARGE: Let's see if we can fuck with the system and make it through night 1 without being jumpscared at all.
♪ CARRIE: Have either of you managed that before?
♪ CB: Yeah FNAF 3's first night wasn't difficult at all honestly.
♪ CHARGE: I raced through FNAF 1's first night with ease lmao
♪ CHARGE: First game wasn't impossible, it got hard on the final nights but like. Fucking duh, course it will.
♪ CB: Did you ever get the Golden Freddy appearance?
♪ CHARGE: Nope, did you?
♪ CB: Fuck yeah I did and it made me almost fall out my chair.
♪ CHARGE: HAHAHA
♪ DINAH: Golden Freddy-?
♪ CHARGE: K so basically the main bear animatronic, it kinda looks like the plush on the bed, is Freddy Fazbear.
♪ CHARGE: In the first game there was this super small chance a poster of Freddy would turn into a golden version, and then when you put down your camera monitor next, it would just.
♪ CHARGE: BE THERE, in your office.
♪ DINAH: Oh good heavens!
♪ CHARGE: You had to bring up your camera monitor ASAP or you'd get jumpscared by it, and the game would CRASH.
♪ RUSTY: I think that would give me a heart attack more than the jumpscare itself.
♪ BUFFY: Mood.
♪ CB: Well! Its uh, 6am!
♪ CARRIE: LETS GOOOOO FIRST NIGHT WITH NO JUMPSCARES!
♪ VOLTA: That felt incredibly anti-climactic.
♪ CHARGE: Oh don't worry, Night 2 will come to kick our ass in revenge I'm fucking certain of it.
♪ BUFFY: Another cutscene?
♪ CB: Seems like it.
♪ CB: "4 Days until the Party".
♪ DINAH: Oh goodie, we get these in-between each night!
♪ DINAH: Look at the little guy, why is he sad?
♪ CB: "You know he is hiding again."
♪ CB: "He won't stop until you find him."
♪ CHARGE: Oh greeeaaat we're playing hide-and-seek with someone.
♪ CARRIE: The fucking creepy teddybear on the bed is back!
♪ VOLTA: That isn't the same teddybear as there was on the bed during the night itself.
♪ BUFFY: Yeah it isn't, this one is gold with purple hat and things.
♪ BUFFY: The one on the bed in-game was brown with a black hat.
♪ RUSTY: So are we playing as this kid, or are we not playing as him?
♪ CHARGE: I can't tell actually now you guys have mentioned that.
♪ VOLTA: Also, the creepy teddy is following us through the house.
♪ CB: Yeah I was 'bout to say, we're being fucking stalked by this thing.
♪ CARRIE: WHY IS IT EVERYWHERE?
♪ DINAH: HOW is it everywhere is the better question.
♪ CHARGE: Dude's bloody teleporting everywhere and shit.
♪ BUFFY: A teleporting magical talking teddybear.
♪ BUFFY: Now I've really seen it all.
♪ RUSTY: Well, whoever we're looking for in this hide-and-seek game doesn't seem to be anywhere here yet.
♪ CB: I'm gonna check the living room over here to the left since that's the last place we haven't been-
♪ CB: HOLYFUCKINGSHIT
♪ DINAH: AEEE-!
♪ VOLTA: O H FUCK-
♪ RUSTY: AAA-
♪ CHARGE: OH MY FUCKIN STARS-
♪ CHARGE: F UCK YOU GAME, THAT WAS A CHEAP SHOT!
♪ BUFFY: MY FUCKING HE ART HAVE MERCY-
♪ CARRIE: WWWAAAAAAAA THAT WAS UNFAIR!
♪ CB: OUR FIRST JUMPSCARE AND IT WAS IN THE BETWEEN-NIGHT CUTSCENES?? REALLY??
♪ VOLTA: That was. Unexpected!
♪ RUSTY: Starlight save me that gave me a friggin' heart attack!
♪ BUFFY: Dinaaaah, you okay?
♪ CB: She good?
♪ BUFFY: She hid under the diner countertop.
♪ DINAH: THATWASNTNICE-
♪ CARRIE: And now we have the ACTUAL night with the ACTUAL jumpscares to go.
♪ CHARGE: Have mercy game, please-
♪ RUSTY: I don't think it's gonna have any mercy if it's doing this Charge.
♪ CHARGE: Fuuuuuuccckkk.
♪ VOLTA: At least being jumpscared and focusing on the game takes away attention from the heatwave.
♪ CHARGE: True.
♪ CB: Wait hang on, what's this?
♪ CB: "Fun with Plushtrap"?
♪ BUFFY: Fun with what sorry-?
♪ CB: I don't fucking know what a Plushtrap is.
♪ CB: "Hold CTRL to use Flashlight."
♪ CB: "Use flashlight to stop Plushtrap on the X to skip 2 hours on the next night."
♪ CARRIE: THERE'S A FUCKING MINIGAME THAT CAN SKIP PART OF THE NIGHT??
♪ CHARGE: WELL THIS IS FUCKING NEW.
♪ VOLTA: Timer on the top right, you have 90 seconds.
♪ RUSTY: Oh Starlight is THAT Plushtrap?
♪ DINAH: What on Earth-
♪ CB: Ugly-ass looking plushie over here.
♪ CHARGE: TRUE!
♪ CARRIE: Who the hell buys this thing for their kid?
♪ BUFFY: How do you stop it on the X again?
♪ CB: I need to turn on the flashlight when its on the X.
♪ CB: It's moved when the flashlight was off oh Starlight-
♪ CHARGE: Ohhhh that's fucking creepy-
♪ DINAH: WHY DOES THE WEIRD PLUSH TOY MOVE WITH THE LIGHTS OFF??
♪ VOLTA: Are they any audio cues for this one?
♪ CARRIE: Didn't say that on the explanation screen tutorial thing soooo, I'm gonna guess no?
♪ CB: Well everybody brace yourself for a jumpscare because I have NO clue what the fuck to do with this minigame to win it apart from get really lucky.
♪ BUFFY: Bracing self.
♪ DINAH: Oh goodness-
♪ CB: FUCKING STARLIGHT- Y EP THERE IT IS!
♪ CHARGE: FUCKOKAY
♪ DINAH: AAAA
♪ CARRIE: O H FUCK!
♪ RUSTY: D AMMIT EVEN AFTER I BRACED MYSELF I STILL GOT SCARED.
♪ VOLTA: That's jumpscare number 2 now, officially.
♪ CB: Welp, no 2-hour night skip thing for us this time.
♪ CB: Gotta do the whole night entirely.
♪ DINAH: Have mercy.
♪ BUFFY: We're gonna be here a while.
♪ CARRIE: Well with shit all else to do why NOT scream at a game for a few hours?
♪ VOLTA: Night 2, here we come.
♪ CHARGE: WOO YEAH TIME TO GET JUMPSCARED A TON!
♪ RUSTY: Anarchy.
[GREASEBALL] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
GB: Sooooo
GB: do I wanna ask why Dee is hiding under the countertop away from her phone at the diner?
BUFFY: honestly the less questions you ask bout it the better
GB: Are ya'll scarin the hell outta her with a horror game?
CB: sure am!!
GB: why.
GB: why're you all like this.
VOLTA: Boredom.
VOLTA: Deal with it diesel.
CARRIE:
Chapter 9: shipping wars
Summary:
this trainyard is full of gays and also full of people who barely know what they're doing when they date.
Also, somebody requested a private messaging session between Ashley and Buffy, so here you go :)
Sorry this is a bit of a later update, life has been happening. ^^;
Chapter Text
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - ASHLEY]
BUFFY: Babe you there?
ASHLEY: Here, what's up hun?
BUFFY: Oh my Starlight youre not going to believe what I just saw on our shift
ASHLEY: SPILL
ASHLEY: DO IT
BUFFY: Ok so you know how our current trainline is heading the same way freight is?
ASHLEY: Yeeeess?
BUFFY: And how we're completely fuckin stuck for the next hour or two while this stupid fallen tree gets removed??
ASHLEY: Unfortunately y es I know that too.
ASHLEY: It's almost like I'm working my shift the same time as you are. :P
BUFFY: Sssssshut up lemme finish x
ASHLEY: Alright, continue x
BUFFY: WELL, some of the other coaches hopped off to have lunch with the freight since theyre stuck like sitting ducks too
BUFFY: AND GUESS WHO I SAW WANDERING OFF TOGETHER
BUFFY: AND HAVING THEIR LUNCH AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE
BUFFY: ALL LOVEY-DOVEY
ASHLEY: OOOOHHH TELL ME
BUFFY: TAKE A GUESS
ASHLEY: Hmmmm
ASHLEY: Flat-Top and Dustin?
BUFFY: Nnnope but they are sitting next to each other having lunch.
BUFFY: Dustin has star-shaped sandwiches its fuckin adorable
ASHLEY: Awww.
ASHLEY: Roxy and Harriet?
BUFFY: Sadly no
ASHLEY: Aw fuck, I was hoping they'd finally figured out how to vaguely ask one another out.
BUFFY: LMAO
BUFFY: Dont think they have the braincells for that yet babe
ASHLEY: True.
ASHLEY: Go on then, tell me.
BUFFY: ITS DEE AND CB
ASHLEY: S HUT THE FUCK UP, NO WAY!
BUFFY: OH YES WAY!
ASHLEY: ABOUT. DAMN. TIME.
BUFFY: I KNOW RIGHT?
BUFFY: I can see em from the diner car window, its so adorable
ASHLEY: You better send me a picture, I'm stuck inside managing the passengers.
BUFFY: Will do x
ASHLEY: Thanks sweetheart x
BUFFY: Should we expose them on the group chat? lmao
ASHLEY: Ooohh don't tempt me, I'm meant to be the responsible one here. Q-Q
BUFFY: If we dont do it one of the rockies or hoppers will probably find out and do it anyway so we'd just be speeding up the process
ASHLEY: Mmmmmm
ASHLEY: OKAY BUT YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE PICTURE SO YOU DO IT AND I'LL BACK YOU UP.
BUFFY: Deal xxxx
ASHLEY: xxxx
BUFFY: [ BUSTED.PNG ]
BUFFY: @DINAH @CB
BUFFY: Enjoying your private lunch lovebirds?? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
DINAH: I-
CB: WELL ITS NOT PRIVATE ANYMORE NOW IS IT???
BUFFY: TROL
RUSTY: Ooooohhh look at you two! :D
PEARL: IT'S ABOUT TIME.
DINAH: P EARLIE!
DINAH: I-IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!
ELECTRA: Oh honey if it isn't what it looks like then I don't know what else it could possibly be! 😉
GB: well i'll be damned! 'bout time the caboose pulled a move eh?
CB: SSSSSHUT UP ITS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!
CARRIE: cb stop denying it you utter d umbass
CARRIE: deadass everyone in the TRAINYARD knows you like each other
DINAH: Well of course I like CB! He's a good friend!
[KRUPP] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
KRUPP: Falsehood.
[KRUPP] has gone Offline
DINAH: I- W hat???
GB: what the fuck????
CARRIE: WHOOP THERE HE COMES AND GOES
RUSTY: Hi Krupp. Bye Krupp.
PEARL: Even KRUPP is calling you out on it Dinah, come on!
BUFFY: Yeah yknow its something when even he gets involved lmao
CB: i swear to starlight
CB: DEE AND I AREN'T D ATING
ASHLEY: Suuuuree.
ASHLEY: We totally believe you.
CARRIE:
![Image - 452281] | Shipping | Know Your Meme](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/452/281/90d.png)
GB: not the spongebob memes
CARRIE: YES THE SPONGEBOB MEMES F UCK YOU
ELECTRA: 'Boose, sweetie, the more you deny it like this the more we're only going to believe you two are a thing. 😉
CB: D ON'T "SWEETIE" ME ELECTRA
CB: YOU'RE ONE TO TALK, YOUR BOYFRIEND DENIES YOU TWO ARE COUPLED
ELECTRA: THAT ISN'T A ME THING THAT IS A HIM THING!
GB: EY DONT DRAG ME INTO IT
RUSTY: He isn't wrong though-
PEARL: True.
DINAH: Y EAH, WHAT'S GOIN' ON WITH THE TWO OF YA'LL?
ELECTRA: He's my Diesel, what else is there to say? 😏
GB: i aint anyones diesel right now y ou shush
ELECTRA: Make me.
GB: i will in a minute i swear-
[KRUPP] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
KRUPP: Good luck, no you will not.
[KRUPP] has gone Offline
GB: WH
BUFFY: PFFF, THERE HE GOES AGAIN
CARRIE: WELP, YOU TRIED GB!
PEARL: The enigmatic armorments truck comes and goes once more.
RUSTY: Legends speak he's hunting for his Purse.
ELECTRA: PFFFF-
[PURSE] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
PURSE: Hunt over, he's found me. <3
[PURSE] has gone Offline
DINAH: And there they go as well!
CB: see THATS a fuckin couple
ASHLEY: Well we knew they were fucking already because Electrics don't know how to chill.
RUSTY: TRUE.
ELECTRA: Well you aren't wrong. 😜
CB: i mean yeah but
CB: NOT THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE
PEARL: OMG
CARRIE: JBSJEDHFD
BUFFY: Ashley im so proud of you for that one
ASHLEY: Glad to make you proud, babe. <3
BUFFY: <3
GB: gay asses
RUSTY: Grease, we've been over this.
RUSTY: Gay describes about 95% of the Trainyard. :P
GB: fair 'nough
GB: how's everyone recovering from that post-pride depression by the way?
BUFFY: The recovery process is long and tiresome but im surviving lmao
ELECTRA: I cannot handle it! 😭
ELECTRA: But on the other hand, I'm surrounded by gay eternally, so for me pride never truly ends.
CARRIE: lucky mfer
CARRIE: anyway bACK ONTO THE ORIGINAL TOPIC HEY DEE AND CB
DINAH: F UCK
PEARL: DON'T THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE IT JUST BY SHIFTING THE CONVERSATION!
CB: DEE AND I ARE NOT DATING PLS CAN WE MOVE ON
CB: BUFFY YOU ARE S O DEAD
BUFFY: Whatcha gonna try and do shortie? ;3
CB: F UCK YOU IVE CRASHED TRAINS DOUBLE MY HEIGHT I CAN STILL BEAT YOU UP EVEN IF IM SHORT
BUFFY: AND IM STILL GONNA WIN
BUFFY: I BEAT UP FLAT-TOP A FEW MONTHS BACK I CAN BEAT YOU UP TOO
ELECTRA: Odd comparison??
RUSTY: The effort is there. ^^;
ASHLEY: Please don't actually try and kill each other.
GB: yeah i know we're all goin' a bit stir-crazy waiting for the route to be cleared and given the greenlight to get goin' but
GB: for the love of starlight d on't wreck each other before we head off
BUFFY: HEY HE STARTED IT
CB: DID FUCKING N OT
BUFFY: DID TOO!
CARRIE: ANARCHYYYYYY
DINAH: I was not expecting this to happen on today of all days-
ELECTRA: Unpredicability does tend to be this group's strong suit. 😅
RUSTY: Nah this is, honestly pretty normal.
PEARL: Anarchy.
RUSTY: Clearly we're the least problematic couple here. <3
PEARL: Definitely. At least WE actually admit we're dating. <3
ASHLEY: Hey, excuse you, me and Buffy are open about the fact we're dating as well.
RUSTY: True, but Buffy was trying to convince herself she was straight for most your friendship so
RUSTY: I think that counts.
CARRIE: yeah buffy spent most her LIFE tryin to pretend she was straight and failing miserably lmfao
ELECTRA: Also Pearlie, if your behaviour at the Championship was any indication, YOU were in denial yourself about who you were crushing on. 😏
PEARL: .
PEARL: Yyyyeaaahhh okay so maybe we're NOT the least problematic couple here.
PEARL: But still, at least we admit NOWADAYS we're into each other.
RUSTY: Any updates on the CB and Buffy situation actually?
GB: they're legit tryna fight each other
GB: dustin is savin' me the headache and has stepped in
ELECTRA: Good idea, hun. Don't expend too much of your diesel energy handling those two utter shorties.
ELECTRA: Save some for later. 😉
GB: !!!
GB: 😉
ASHLEY: You two are so utterly hopeless at being gay with one another.
RUSTY: It's just as Joule said.
RUSTY: We're a complete gay disaster.
CARRIE: lmao sounds about right
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - GREASEBALL]
ELECTRA: Baaaaabbbee?
GB: whatcha wantin', hun?
ELECTRA: How long are you going to be working? I miss yooouuuu. 😔
GB: honestly with this roadblock thats happened i aint got the slightest clue
GB: but i swear on it, i'll be gettin' back as soon as i can
GB: and then when i get back, we can
GB: catch up
GB: or, whatever you have in mind ❤️
ELECTRA: Wonderful ❤️
ELECTRA: I'll try to be patient then.
GB: you? patient?
ELECTRA: Hence why I said, "try". 😉
GB: fuckin teasing vixen
ELECTRA: You know you love me ❤️❤️❤️
GB: 'course i do, hun ❤️❤️❤️
Chapter 10: more food debates but this time dinah's blender didn't break
Summary:
Admittedly this is a bit of a filler chapter, but I wanted to have a bit of fun with a few characters I feel like don't say much in chapters like Pearl, GB, and Purse.
Also Joule is here because I love her and she's amazing.
Chapter Text
[PEARL] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
PEARL: Why is the chatroom title still that???
PEARL: It's been like.. 3 months since Pride??
PEARL: You guys can't still be in a post-gay depression surely.
[JOULE] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
JOULE: yes
JOULE: yes we are
PEARL: I refuse to believe you guys are dealing with post-gay depression
PEARL: You 6 are gay 24/7
JOULE: doesnt mean we dont miss the month where we can be ✨extra gay✨
[GB] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
GB: ya'll are always extra fuckin gay
JOULE: yeah but i mean like
JOULE: EXTRA EXTRA gay
JOULE: like 24/7 glitter
GB: YA'LL ARE ALWAYS 24/7 GLITTER WHAT DO YOU M E A N
PEARL: Yeah you guys really can't be anymore flamboyant even if you tried.
PEARL: Apart from Krupp and Wrench, they're actually pretty tame.
JOULE: we call em mom and dad for a reason
JOULE: not just for kinks lmao
PEARL: WHY.
JOULE: TROL
JOULE: anyway so whats the chatroom came alive for?
PEARL: I was just coming to see if anyone was online, it's quiet today.
GB: yeah work was pretty exhaustin' today so everyones takin it easy
GB: think even the diner that dee and buffy run's been closed early
JOULE: oh shit the cooking duo's called it early quits for tonight?
JOULE: what karens did you poor sods run into at work??
PEARL: Nothing too awful to where Ashley had to punt one of them thankfully
GB: i like how thats just became a metric of annoyance
JOULE: accurate ngl
PEARL: I mean it's not wrong, Ashley has the most patience out of all of us.
PEARL: Except for when she and Buffy are ordering takeaway.
PEARL: Then its war.
JOULE: cant decide what they wanna get?
PEARL: Oh they've decided, they just can't pick WHO'S decision to go with.
PEARL: Ashley likes Pizza Hut, meanwhile Buffy likes McDonalds.
PEARL: Me and Rusty never have these kinds of debates because we both like Subway and like getting our usuals.
GB: dee's never been fussy 'bout delivery either, she usually goes for dessert places like Sprinkles
JOULE: o shit, great taste, Sprinkles is fuckin amazing
PEARL: She also likes Subway, so it's easier for us to just all order together.
PEARL: Most the Trainyard is relatively in agreement when it comes to food.
PEARL: Except for the lesbians who can just. Never decide for a solid hour. ^^;
[PURSE] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
PURSE: Can they not just order from different food locations?
JOULE: hey pursie x
PURSE: Hey hun x
PEARL: Hiiii Purse! ^^
PURSE: Hi Pearl, hi GB.
PURSE: I saw we're discussing takeaway?
GB: yeah 'cuz ash and buffy cause a warzone everytime they wanna order takeaway
PEARL: And yes, they ABSOLUTELY could just.
PEARL: Order food from both.
PEARL: But it's the principle of things, y'know?
PURSE: What?
JOULE: ohh i get it
JOULE: she means like it'd be fuckin weird for both orders to be delivered at the same time and both just standin outside awkwardly n shit while the two run to grab the food
PEARL: Yes, exactly!
PURSE: Ahhh, I see.
JOULE: ye :D
JOULE: thats why from like day 1 wrenchie's made the rule of "if we're ordering takeaway, we're deciding on ONE and one only"
GB: i mean. also 'cuz orderin' from two places is expensive
GB: both have a delivery fee that you need to pay for.
PURSE: And that's a problem how?
GB: .
GB: listen here sparkly i hate to break it to ya but some of us aint richass celebrities living in cool penthouses and whatnot
PURSE: Oohh, touchy-touchy.
PURSE: Save your biting for Lexi, 'kay? They love that sorta thing. x
JOULE: EWJPHGRBFHEJIRHB
PEARL: PFF-
GB: I-
GB: WH-
GB: K AY NOW LISTEN HERE-
PEARL: Greaseball, it's okay, there's nothing to be ashamed about.
PEARL: Plus I honestly think most the trainyard is aware of you two having a thing.
JOULE: lmao yeah lexi isnt subtle so if they didnt know i would legitimately be surprised
PURSE: Electra and subtly have never gone into a sentence together.
PURSE: For as long as I've known them they've always been a glittery drama-queen.
PEARL: That sums up most Electrics from what I know. ^^;
PURSE: Y es, yes it does.
JOULE: lmao yeah
JOULE: its like GB said earlier we're 24/7 glittery
GB: told ya so
JOULE: :P
JOULE: anyway now im hungry for takeaway too fuck
PURSE: That'll depend on who's turn it is on the roster.
PEARL: You guys have a food roster?
PURSE: More so a dinner roster, Wrench came up with it as the group began getting more filled out by new components.
JOULE: ya each day a different one of us decides and then makes dinner so there isnt fuckin 6 of us ordering food simultaneously or tryna use the kitchen and making a mess
JOULE: wrenchie loses her shit if the kitchen's left lookin like a trainwreck
JOULE: ask GB about it, he knows it exists cuz he's came over with Lexi
GB: can confirm
GB: keeps everyone losin their sanity
PEARL: Ahh, I see! That makes sense!
JOULE: yeah so the only fighting we do is pretty much ashley and buffy's debacle lmao
GB: that bein' when joule, charge, and/or volta fight for 5 hours over what delivery to get
JOULE: L OOK, THE ONLY THING WE AGREE ON IS DOMINOES PIZZA
PURSE: Yes, that is. The only thing we somehow collectively agree on.
PEARL: You don't all like similar things? Don't you have that Frequency?
PURSE: Pearlie, dear, the Frequency isn't like a hivemind connection.
PURSE: If it was Joule and Charge would have a semblance of sanity.
JOULE: :PPPP
PURSE: We all have our own likes and preferences and such.
PURSE: So while we can agree on some things, we won't agree on others.
GB: one of those things bein food
PURSE: Y es.
JOULE: i personally hate anythin hella bland, spicy food is AMAZING
PURSE: While me and Volta DESPISE anything spicy.
PEARL: Spicy food isn't very good so I agree with you two.
PURSE: YES, THANK YOU.
GB: nah imma stick with dynamite gal on this one, spicy food's way better
GB: bland food is just
GB: nothin'
GB: its borin', yknow? nothing much there
JOULE: THANK YOU GB, YOUR 1 BRAINCELL IS BEING USED WELL
GB: EY IVE GOT MORE THAN 1 THANK YA VERY MUCH
PURSE: Can't say I'm surprised the Diesel prefers spice considering who he's hooking up with.
GB: EY
GB: B Y THAT LOGIC YOU'RE INTO SPICE TOO I KNOW WHAT YALL GET UP TO OVER THERE
JOULE: o shit purse gettin called out like that
PURSE: D on't encourage them-
JOULE: lol never
PEARL: Is this a common thing?
JOULE: yep! :P
PEARL: Oh d ear.
PEARL: .. Well while you. Have your debate.
PEARL: I'm going to go order Subway.
[PEARL] has gone Offline
GB: still gotta change that chatroom name eventually
PURSE: Okay, at least that we can agree on.
Chapter 11: spoopy trains causing seasonal chaos
Summary:
Pretend I totally got this chapter out in time for halloween
Chapter Text
[CHARGE] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
[CARRIE] entered chatroom [post-gay month depression is real]
CARRIE: IS THAT STILL THE CHATROOM NAME??????
CHARGE: yeah nobodys been assed to change it lol
CHARGE: its not like its wrong
CARRIE: yeah ik but STARLIGHT its fuckin OCTOBER
CARRIE:
CHARGE: PFFHAHAHA
CHARGE: i fuckin love that meme
CARRIE: same lol
CARRIE: anyway do you wanna change it
CHARGE: yeah its bout time tbh :P
[CHARGE] changed chatroom name to [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
CARRIE: lmao niiiiiiice
CARRIE: should i blast that song rn?
CHARGE: lol nah save it for later otherwise your sister's gonna murder you
CARRIE: fair
CHARGE: ANYWAY
CHARGE: @EVERYONE
CHARGE: GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE WE GOTTA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S PREPPED
[ELECTRA] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[VOLTA] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[CB] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[WRENCH] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[KRUPP] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[GB] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[ASHLEY] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[ZERO] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[DUVAY] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
CHARGE: holy mother of train fleets hi everyone
CHARGE: since when was everyone online from AV
RUSTY: We have a break day for the holiday! :)
CHARGE: ahh yeah fair
CHARGE: ANYWAY HAPPY HALLOWEEN YOU FUCKS! <3
CARRIE: TIS THE SEASON
DUVAY: Not the right season for that-
ASHLEY: Close enough tbh.
ZERO: Happy halloween gays, theys, and shes! <3
GB: ya'll really stickin to that
ZERO: Yes.
CB: YEEAAAAHHH HALLOWEEN SEASON
CB: TIME FOR SWEETS AND SPOOKS
CARRIE: FUCK YEAH SWEETS AND SPOOKS
WRENCH: Happy halloween!
WRENCH: Please remember to take care of yourselves.
WRENCH: I'm not having a repeat of the beach day where I had to end up repairing several of you.
KRUPP: ^ Seconded.
KRUPP: While us two as well as KW and Socket will be there as supervision, don't do anything stupid that results in a crash or the like.
KRUPP: We want to enjoy the day as well.
RUSTY: We'll do our best to stay out of trouble! :)
DUVAY: Starlight bless your pure soul, Rusty.
VOLTA: We all know who's going to get into trouble INSTEAD of you, steamer.
ZERO: Which ones you referring to, Crash and Burn, or the Caboose?
VOLTA: Both.
CB: EY IM BEHAVING BETTER ARENT I?
ELECTRA: You mean, APART from the time we had a move night and you took an entire store's worth of goodies? 👀
CB: do you want me to go back to crashing trains or some shit instead??
CB: ALSO I DIDN'T T AKE IT I PAID FOR IT STILL
KRUPP: It was still an entire. Store.
RUSTY: "Crash and Burn"?
ZERO: Nickname for Charge and Joule whenever they're causing havoc or being gay together
CHARGE: damn right x
RUSTY: Oh! Cool partner nickname! :)
ASHLEY: Thankfully, the trainyard already has all the sweets and candy and stuff needed for the Halloween Party later tonight.
ASHLEY: You can all thank my two sisters for that.
RUSTY: Thanks Duvay! Send my thanks to Belle too!
CB: 10-4! thanks you two!
WRENCH: Yes, thank you very much.
DUVAY: It's alright. Happy to help with the party prep. ^^
DUVAY: Belle will also be providing drinks, both alcohol and regular.
DUVAY: Please, don't drink yourselves stupid.
VOLTA: A little alcohol won't be the end of us.
DUVAY: Oh I'm aware you all have a stupidly high alcohol tolerance.
DUVAY: Some of the others at AV don't though.
CARRIE: lol im not a lightweight
ASHLEY: That isn't a challenge to drink too much Carrie, Buffy can and would kill you.
RUSTY: I don't, really like alcohol in general? So I probably can't tolerate it well.
RUSTY: I'll stick to pepsi or something honestly.
GB: alcohols fine but nothin beats my fuel tbh
ASHLEY: Don't worry, we've got that prepped too, like always.
GB: well aint you a star at organisin events ash!
ASHLEY: Someone around here needs to be the prepared one after all.
ASHLEY: I'm always involved in event prep one way or another, I'm reliable.
KRUPP: Did you not also punch a Karen on one of your shifts-?
ASHLEY: I'm also reliable at dwindling the Karen Population, what of it?
KRUPP: Fair point.
CARRIE: lmao not even the electrics like karens
ZERO: Carrie babes who in their right mind would LIKE a Karen?
CARRIE: lol true
ELECTRA: Look, normally I appreciate ALL of my fans.
ELECTRA: But Karens are a whole other breed, who more often than not antagonise my Components for being "too flamboyant", or at me for "not picking one and sticking with them".
ELECTRA: Not your choice to make honey, I'll date them all if I want to and look good doing it 😘
Wrench: <3
KRUPP: <3
CHARGE: <3
VOLTA: <3
ELECTRA: <3
CARRIE: wow thats hella gay
GB: YALL SAY THIS EVERY TIME LIKE ITS A DAMN SURPRISE
GB: WHAT IS THE J OKE HERE THAT MAKES IT SO FUNNY TO SAY EACH TIME I DONT GET IT
CARRIE: HEHAHAHAH
CHARGE: he'll figure out the meme eventually
CB: lol will he?
CHARGE: idfk i think he has like 1 braincell in there somewhere
ELECTRA: Awwwhh don't bully my poor brute of a baby, he's smart in his own way. <3
GB: <3
ZERO: And for once he isn't whining about Lexi calling him his baby
DUVAY: Incredible, he's finally given up on it.
GB: well if i say anythin yall dont believe it anyway so
GB: yeah, fuck it, im his baby, so fuckin what?
CHARGE: ABOUT F UCKING TIME DIESEL DEAR STARLIGHT
RUSTY: I'm happy for you two! You're a cute couple! :D
ELECTRA: Awwh, thanks steamer x
RUSTY: :D x
WRENCH: I'm so proud of my bisexual engine child x
ELECTRA: !!!
ELECTRA: xxxxx
VOLTA: It was only a matter of time.
VOLTA: Anyway, before the Diesel goes as red as the Caboose, how's everybody's costumes going?
DUVAY: Has everyone actually FINISHED their costumes? The party IS tonight.
KRUPP: Ours are all finished, thanks to Volta, Purse, and Charge.
ELECTRA: Including mine! So we're all good to go! 🎵
CARRIE: wow charge contributed?
CHARGE: stfu i contribute plenty to the group :P
CHARGE: i helped get an actual group costume idea together and also helped with the design process
VOLTA: Purse and I got the materials and made them together.
WRENCH: It was interesting to watch the process. ^^
RUSTY: Mine and Pearls' are finished!
GB: mine's done
CB: i just gotta do the makeup for mine before the party but apart from that mine's done too!
ASHLEY: I know Dinah and Buffy have finished theirs, I got mine.
CARRIE: mines good to go
DUVAY: Same here, as is Belle's.
ZERO: Yah ours are done too, it took us a bit to get a group idea but we made it work
ZERO: You guys are gonna love it
CHARGE: ours is fucking b rilliant im so glad i got the idea
GB: bet its gonna be hella glittery and bright
KRUPP: Surprisingly, no, it isn't.
KRUPP: It's slightly elaborate, but only because the group is large.
CB: holy shit the electrics not wearing glittery as hell halloween costumes???
CB: charge wtf did you come up with
CHARGE: i'll dm you a hint but its a surprise :P
CB: good enough lol
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - THE RED CABOOSE]
CHARGE: sup bitch
CB: lol
CB: anyway spill whats the costumes gonna be?
CHARGE: its still only gonna be a hint
CB: shit I thought i could get away with it in DMs
CHARGE: hell nah we put effort into these its a surprise
CHARGE: but yeah, hint
CB: spill it
CHARGE: our costumes are from an indie game thats fucking exploded in popularity recently
CB: THERE'S LIKE 5 OF THOSE WHAT DO YOU M EAN THATS A HINT
CHARGE: WELL USE YOUR BRAINCELLS AND FIGURE IT OUT
CHARGE: YOU KNOW FUCKING RADIO CODE LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND YOU CAN WORK THIS OUT
CB: B ECAUSE RADIO CODE'S PART OF MY JOB
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
RUSTY: Hey Dinah!! How's it going over on your end? ^^
DINAH: Rustyyy! It's going great!
RUSTY: Your outfit looks amazing by the way.
RUSTY: Marilyn Monroe, right?
DINAH: You got it hun!
DINAH: It feels weird working later in the night at the diner with Buffy, Ashley and Belle
DINAH: But it's also kind of awesome, like a kid being up late at Christmas
RUSTY: I know exactly what you mean!
RUSTY: The others' costumes also knock it out of the park!
DINAH: I KNOW RIGHT?
DINAH: Buffy and Ashley with their Red Riding Hood and Wolf pair costume is BRILLIANT!
DINAH: And I don't know the reference for Belle's but she looks amazing anyway!
RUSTY: I don't think it has a reference, I think she's just being a ghostly barkeep.
DINAH: How's the party going outside? I'll probably come out and join in a minute or two once I know the girls have it covered.
RUSTY: It's great! :D
[JOULE] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
JOULE: WASSUP PEOPLE!
JOULE: just messagin to let you guys know we're not dead, just fashionably late
DINAH: Hey Joule!
[PURSE] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
[ELECTRA] entered chatroom [SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS]
PURSE: Just rolling into AV now, hello everybody.~
ELECTRA: Helloooooo party people! 🎵
RUSTY: I SEE YOU GUYS!
RUSTY: OOOHH! YOU GUYS LOOK AMAZING!
JOULE: YEEAAHH WE LOOK COOL RIGHT?
DINAH: Oh my gosh I see you guys from the diner window!
DINAH: You went with Undertale!
PURSE: We did! Charge went with the idea for the Seven Human Souls, she made some designs, and we went with it!
DINAH: Seven of them, seven of you, it checks out!
DINAH: HAHAH, CB just saw you guys too and started shrieking
JOULE: LMAO
RUSTY: Oh yeah, Charge gave him a hint earlier right?
DINAH: Apparently he didn't figure it out.
DINAH: "HOW THE HELL DIDN'T I REALISE IT'D BE UNDERTALE!" - CB, just now
DINAH: "WHY IS ELECTRA THE KILLER CHILD??" - Also CB, again just now
ELECTRA: Charge gave me two designs, for the two characters represented by the red soul.
ELECTRA: Which is it?
JOULE: Determination :D
ELECTRA: That's the one, thank you darling <3
ELECTRA: I went with this one, because Charge and Volta got ideas for the makeup and giving me some red contacts and I liked those ideas. 😊
PURSE: And also the flower crown.
ELECTRA: That too!
DINAH: The flower crown looks cute on you!
ELECTRA: Awwh, thank you Dee-Dee! <3
RUSTY: Which ones are the others?
PURSE: Charge is Bravery, Krupp is Justice, Wrench is Kindness, I'm Patience, Volta is Integrity, Joule is Perseverance!
JOULE: yeah each one isnt actually seen in-game but they have items you find that allude to who they are
JOULE: so charge got real creative giving us costumes for it
RUSTY: Well she did great, and Volta and Purse you both did a great job making them!
PURSE: Thank you!
PURSE: You're very bright yourself!
RUSTY: I'm the Starlight Express! :D
ELECTRA: So you went with a galaxy-themed outfit with star lights! I love it!
RUSTY: Aaaa thank youuu!!
RUSTY: Pearl's also around somewhere, I think she's gone to chat with Carrie.
RUSTY: She's a star-themed fairy! :)
PURSE: Fitting
JOULE: wait whos the fairy pearl or carrie?
RUSTY: Pearlie. ^^
RUSTY: Carrie is Merida from Brave!
JOULE: OMG THATS PERFECT WITH THE GINGER HAIR AND EVERYTHING
ELECTRA: Those are perfect outfits, hopefully I'll see them around.
ELECTRA: In the mean time, now we're all here, have you seen Greaseball?
DINAH: He's in his shed still, I think?
ELECTRA: Stars, what outfit c ould he have possibly gotten that's taking this long?
RUSTY: Maybe it's the makeup, CB took like two hours for his.
DINAH: I don't think so? He said something about the Mad Max movies, they don't have THAT crazy makeup, do they?
RUSTY: True.
PURSE: What's Caboose's costume?
DINAH: The Phantom of the Opera! From the stage show, not the movie.
DINAH: The movie doesn't have very good makeup for the Phantom honestly.
JOULE: ooohhh, interesting costume pick!
PURSE: Wouldn't have taken Caboose to be the musical theatre type.
ELECTRA: Elaborate, I like it!
ELECTRA: Anyway, time to go drag Grease out of his house.
DINAH: Don't take too long, either of you!
JOULE: meet you at the diner lexi! xxx
ELECTRA: Alright xxx
[ELECTRA] has gone Offline
JOULE: fuckin GB going for mad max
JOULE: dude goes from leather
JOULE: TO MORE LEATHER
RUSTY: The effort's there! He's never been much of a fancy costume type, not like any of you guys are.
DINAH: I'm just glad to see he's getting involved and making an attempt. ^^
PURSE: Fair enough.
PURSE: Is Elektronic and his Components here yet?
RUSTY: I think they arrived 10 minutes ago?
JOULE: please tell me they went ahead with zero's idea and dressed up as power rangers
RUSTY: They 100% did and they look BRILLIANT.
JOULE: YYEEESSSSSS I'M SO PROUD
DINAH: Socket looked happy, but also done with life. ^^;
PURSE: Wrench looks the same sometimes, it's a Repair Truck thing haha
RUSTY: Duvay also looks a bit done with life, but I think she's also a bit tired because she usually takes a nap around this time.
RUSTY: Either that, or she's really getting into her Sleeping Beauty costume.
JOULE: cant say that ones a surprise for the sleeping coach
JOULE: speaking of are we ever gonna see the elusive memphis belle you spoke about?
RUSTY: We might see her today, she does get involved in seasonal occasions for the most part.
RUSTY: I don't know if she'll have a costume though?
DINAH: I'll just be glad to see her out and about honestly. ^^
RUSTY: Same. She's real sweet, has those Wise Aunt sort of vibes.
PURSE: She sounds pleasant. Hopefully they'll make an appearance.
PURSE: Now while we wait for Lexi and Greaseball to stop making out, because they're likely going to, what food do you have at the diner for the party? We haven't ate yet.
DINAH: Oh hun we've got a LOT! Us gals love our seasonal snacks and things!
DINAH: C'mon over, I'll get a menu and your group can come have a look :)
JOULE: YEEAAAHH HALLOWEEN FOOD
RUSTY: Make sure to save space for sweets later! And once we think everybody's here, me, Pearl, and Poppa will be getting the music properly started!
JOULE: YEEEAAAAHHHHHHH HALLOWEEN DANCE LETS FUCKING GO!
PURSE: AV knows how to celebrate seasons in style, I love it.
DINAH: We can be stylish too! :D
Chapter 12: how is it already december
Chapter Text
CB: hey @GB sorry to interrupt your chat here but have you seen Dee anywhere??
GB: nope
GB: why y'wanna know where she's at?
CB: nothing major
CB: just a new video game she ordered finally got here
RUSTY: Since when did you get Dinah's mail?
CB: i dont lol
CB: but carrie just came to drop off my mail and asked if i could give Dee hers too since shes in a rush
RUSTY: Oh! Carrie's on mail duty today?
CB: ye :)
CB: tried her phone but no response
RUSTY: That's not like her. :/
RUSTY: Pearl's gone out, maybe she went with her?
GB: that'd make sense, the gals like headin out together on their days off
CB: shit
CB: well guess ive got to keep hold of this until she gets back??
CB: wait lemme like
CB: @PEARL when you check your phone can you lemme know if Dinah's with you, k thanks
RUSTY: What game is it?
CB: "kirby and the rainbow curse"
GB: she still collectin' kirby games?
CB: 10-4
RUSTY: Awwh! She's got a whole collection?
GB: started collectin' em a year before we started dating i think
GB: collects lil figurines and things too sometimes
RUSTY: I never knew she did that!! I like collecting video-game figurines too. :)
CB: no shit, really??
RUSTY: Yeah! Nothing too specific, I just get any that are from games I like.
RUSTY: Though I have been getting a good collection of Smash Bros amiibos.
RUSTY: Those. Count as figurines right??
CB: close enough
GB: dont collect any video-game figurines, but maybe i should get into it?
RUSTY: What video-games do you even play, Greaseball? :o
GB: not many honestly
GB: but gettin invited to Lexi's penthouse suite has let me play more games i wouldnt really pick up
GB: even just watchin em is pretty fun
GB: charge and joule have just recently started this new game that came out early november, fallout 4
CB: OH SHIT, LEGIT?
CB: IVE SEEN ADS FOR THAT, IT LOOKS GREAT
RUSTY: Don't think I've heard of it!
GB: it's pretty cool
GB: maybe they could like, livestream it or somethin' for folks?
CB: charge livestreams?
GB: sometimes, yeah
RUSTY: I didn't know about that either!
RUSTY: @CHARGE
[CHARGE] entered chatroom [mariah carey is defrosting]
CHARGE: wassup steamer :)
RUSTY: What's your Twitch profile name, I'll come and follow you! ^^
CHARGE: oh shit really?
CHARGE: well its more of like
CHARGE: a group streaming channel
CHARGE: just called "AC/DC Electrics LIVE", should be there when you search
CB: shit i gotta follow you too now i didnt know you guys fuckin livestreamed
CHARGE: lmao yeah its a bit recent, only began during the summer
CHARGE: volta got the idea after that time we played fnaf in the vc together and the heatwave was still too dangerous to go out for long in
CHARGE: sometimes GB shows up on the streams too if he's over at the time
CB: YOUVE N EVER FUCKIN LIVESTREAMED WHEN IVE CAME OVER??
CHARGE: to be fair we didn't know if you'd be okay with it
CHARGE: what with your uh
CHARGE: history of "accidents" n shit
CHARGE: and also your older bro
CB: ah
CB: yeah thats fair honestly
CB: i'd be fine with it though, pretty sure things shoulda settled by now?
CHARGE: gotcha x
CHARGE: consent is important
RUSTY: Good morals, Charge! ^^
CHARGE: try my best x
CHARGE: what brought this on?
GB: told em you guys were playin that new fallout 4 game, cb and rusty wanted to see and I suggested it
CHARGE: OH!
CHARGE: yeah we could absolutely livestream it for you guys
CHARGE: its fucking fun, and also chaos
RUSTY: Is it all seven of you on the stream at once?
CHARGE: depends on the game but usually yeah
CB: oh de ar starlight
CHARGE: YEAH ITS MADNESS LMAO
CHARGE: but its fun as hell
CHARGE: i'll let you know 10 minutes before we start, we can set some shit up and you can be like
CHARGE: in a vc or something as voiceover guests
RUSTY: I wouldn't mind that! ^^
CB: 10-4! :)
CHARGE: WWOOO!
CHARGE: i'll go tell the others now then brb
[PEARL] entered chatroom [mariah carey is defrosting]
PEARL: @CB I'm SO sorry for not seeing this sooner!!
PEARL: Yeah, Dee's with me! :)
PEARL: Ashley and Duvay are with me too, we've gone out to the shopping center!
DUSTIN: Not Buffy?
PEARL: She's manning the trainyard diner while Dinah's with us. :)
PEARL: Think she, Carrie, and Belle are gonna head out on their own time another day.
CB: what are you out shoppin for this time?
PEARL: Christmas presents! ^^
CB: ALREADY!?
PEARL: YES!?
PEARL: It's December, CB!
CB: WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS ALREADY DECEMBER!?
DUSTIN: How have you not noticed-??
DUSTIN: I started buying Christmas presents for everybody about a week ago.
DUSTIN: I'm really nervous, but also excited.
PEARL: I'm sure you got great things, Dustin! You always do after all.
DUSTIN: I'm worried about someday running out of ideas for gifts-
CB: oh hell yeah wait that also means it's almost time for the annual ice-skating meetup
PEARL: Oh yeah!!
CB: shiiiittt i gotta get my ice skates ready AND start getting gifts for like 30 people
CB: paychecks gonna go down the fuckin drain
DUSTIN: I thought your ice skates were fine?
CB: i thought so too but i guess they got more fucked up last year than i remembered them being so RIP
PEARL: Volta could probably give them a look at, she's the ice-skating expert around here
PEARL: Either her or her sibling Zero
CB: TRUE
CB: after the livestream tho
PEARL: Livestream?
CB: YEAH SO THE ELECTRICS HAVE A FUCKING LIVESTREAM CHANNEL WE WERENT AWARE OF???
DUSTIN: Ooh! That's nice!
DUSTIN: What are they playing right now?
CB: watching them play fallout 4
CB: electra squeals everytime they gotta fight an enemy lmao
CB: and joule just yells a lot
CB: make sure to turn down your volume when you watch
DUSTIN: Got it. ^^;
PEARL: We'll tune in too on my phone.
PEARL: We've stopped shopping for now, grabbing some lunch at the food court!
DUSTIN: Got anything good?
PEARL: We got Subway sandwiches :)
PEARL: Buffy and Dee wanna go hit the bakeries afterwards though to get some dessert.
CB: can you ask dee if she can bring home an oreo doughnut for me
PEARL: LOL sure, I'll ask
PEARL: Dustin, you want anything?
DUSTIN: Oh!
DUSTIN: Uhm...
DUSTIN: If it's not too much to ask, can you see if they're selling any gingerbread men?
PEARL: Not too much at all! :)
DUSTIN: Thanks Pearlie :)
CB: fuckin c hristmas shopping oh my starlight
PEARL: This is the same energy as Rusty forgetting that June existed.
DUSTIN: That's true!
PEARL: HEHEH, YOU SAW THAT?
DUSTIN: I'm not that active here
DUSTIN: But I do read what's said sometimes!
DUSTIN: Sorry I don't actually talk much.
DUSTIN: Still a bit. Socially anxious.
CB: its alright dustin you're doing great :)
PEARL: Yeah! You're doing really well!
DUSTIN: Thanks guys,, :)
DUSTIN: CB, do you want some help by coming Christmas shopping with me later on this week?
CB: sure thing!
CB: we can do a freight family trip to the stores
DUSTIN: Good idea!! ^^
CB: YEEEAAAHH!
CHARGE: that stream went great!!
VOLTA: It was very fun!
JOULE: RUSTTYYYYY EVERYONE LOVED YOU BEING THERE!!
RUSTY: I was so surprised by that!
RUSTY: But I'm glad so many humans and trainfolk enjoyed me being there ^^
KRUPP: You're definitely popular.
KRUPP: Then again, you ARE the World Champion.
RUSTY: True, but I thought the whole spectacle of that woulda died down by now. ^^;
CHARGE: far from it steamer!!
CHARGE: cmoooonn enjoy the spotlight!
ELECTRA: You're quite the natural with people, Rusty! I'm impressed~! 😄
DUSTIN: You did good, Rusty!
DUSTIN: Sorry I wasn't really there properly with you. ^^;
RUSTY: Oh it's fine Dustin! Don't push yourself too much with your anxiety.
RUSTY: They liked just hearing your text replies through me anyway!
DUSTIN: I'm glad they did.
ELECTRA: They enjoyed GB being there too!
ELECTRA: And me, of course. 🤭
GB: your stream chat always gets excited whenever we're both there
PEARL: That game was VERY chaotic to watch on the stream!
PURSE: Tell me about it.
CB: you guys fuckin scream a lot
CB: .
CB: dont fuckin take that out of context
JOULE: HEHEHEH
VOLTA: Too late~
WRENCH: It's mostly Joule who screams honestly.
JOULE: hey lexi's a screamer too
JOULE: both in bed and when we play videogames
ELECTRA: I can't even deny that, you're right on both.~
GB: idk how you aint lose your voice yet hun youre LOUD
ELECTRA: Wrenchie keeps me tuned up and cared for xx
WRENCH: xx
JOULE: also PEARL YOU'RE ALREADY DOING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING???
PEARL: ARE DUSTIN AND THE GIRLS THAT WENT WITH ME THE ONLY OTHERS WHO'VE STARTED THAT???
KRUPP: I have started some.
PEARL: THANK YOU!
KRUPP: There is six of us, plus all of you to get gifts for. It's going to take a while.
CHARGE: shit man its already december??
PURSE: How did you forget what month we're in????
CHARGE: L OOK THIS YEAR'S BEEN GOING FAST AS HELL I CANT KEEP UP ANYMORE 😭
CB: I FORGOT TOO CHARGE ITS OKAY
CHARGE: OKAY THANK STARLIGHT ITS NOT JUST ME LOL
JOULE: true!!
GB: yeah the year's been goin real fast
RUSTY: That's true! :o
RUSTY: But that means we're closer to Christmas! And that's going to be really fun! ^^
DUSTIN: I hope it's going to snow properly soon too.
VOLTA: We have been getting some light sprinkling, but nothing that's set properly for long.
VOLTA: The weather's been predicting some possible snowstorms soon though.
ELECTRA: Some proper snow would be nice, preferably when I don't have any major races though.
ELECTRA: If I have another race that DOESN'T get cancelled due to bad weather coming in and someone crashes I'm going to riot.
CHARGE: SAME
PEARL: Please be careful out there! ^^;
CB: cant fuckin wait for the snow
CB: gonna have ALL the snowball fights
PURSE: Please do not hit me dead in the face this year-
CB: i make no promises
CB: also that was mostly charges fault cuz she ran dead in front of you
CHARGE: lol :P
KRUPP: Will we be scheduling the group ice-skating for when we get some proper snow and colder weather?
RUSTY: Yep! :)
ELECTRA: Exciting!! 🎵
JOULE: LETS FUCKIN GGGOOO :D
JOULE: aaaand now to go start online shopping for gifts lol
GB: yeah we've all got uh
GB: a lotta christmas stuff to prep and get ready for
CB: TIS THE SEASON TO BE BUSY AS FUCK
Chapter 13: the fellas suffering from post-holiday depresso espresso
Summary:
Going from multiple holidays in quick succession to barely any at all s ucks. Also more Dustin!!
Notes:
THE HIATUS IS OVER! God I am SO sorry for this being put onto the bench for a year, 2023 was a very busy year for me personally; Mainly university, but when that was over I also had to deal with my girlfriend and I's living situation which, prior to finishing university, was very dangerous and a not good place to be living in. We moved out a few months ago and now the dust has mostly settled, so I can get back to writing this as well as "A Caretaker and her Pearl" (provided my motivation plays nicely and cooperates).
Anyway MORE GOOFY TRAIN ANTICS! This one might be a bit shorter than usual and a bit more calm until I get back my proper mojo and motivation. I wonder how long I can last with this lot being a buncha stupors before I inevitably think up some sort of actual plot lol
Chapter Text
[DUSTIN] entered chatroom [get those christmas ho ho hoes]
DUSTIN: .. The chatroom name is a little vulgar isn't it?
DUSTIN: @CB Ceebs? Sorry to bother you, but I found your hat outside while clearing some snow. Do you want me to bring it to you now or are you busy?
[CB] entered chatroom [get those christmas ho ho hoes]
CB: OH SO THATS WHERE IT WAS!?
DUSTIN: Mhm! You must have lost it during the snowball fight after work yesterday, and it got buried in the following snow. Found it nearby the entrance. ^^
CB: holy fuckin shit
CB: Dustin you lifesaver
CB: pls return my hat i beg of you
DUSTIN: Alright, I'll make my way over!
[DUSTIN] has gone idle
[GB] entered chatroom [get those christmas ho ho hoes]
GB: holy shit y'found it
GB: now you can stop turning the whole trainyard upside down lookin' for it
CB: STFU
CB: you know I like my hat
CB: means a lot to me and all that shit
GB: naw i getcha
GB: anyways holy fuckin starlight we've not updated the chatroom name in WEEKS?
CB: think it was Purse who picked this one right
GB: sure was, to nobody's surprise
GB: kinda sucks christmas is over already tbh
CB: new years too
GB: fuuucckk yeah that too it felt like the fireworks night was just last week or somethin'
GB: and not almost 4 weeks ago
CB: ITS ALREADY BEEN 4 WEEKS SINCE NEW YEARS??
GB: SURE HAS LIL' GUY
[KRUPP] entered chatroom [get those christmas ho ho hoes]
[PURSE] entered chatroom [get those christmas ho ho hoes]
KRUPP: I can't believe your chatroom name has stayed.
PURSE: I'm so proud.
PURSE: Also I saw you guys talking about the holidays and I am in FULL agreement that everything has gone too fast.
PURSE: And now I'm upset. 😔
CB: COME JOIN US IN POST-SEASONAL BLUES WWOOOO
GB: least we ain't alone on that
[KRUPP] changed chatroom name to [Post-Seasonal Blues (excluding Valentines)]
GB: d'ah shit valentines day is up next??
KRUPP: Correct.
KRUPP: After that however, beyond a few birthdays, we have nothing until Easter, I believe your Trainyard anniversary, and then Pride Month.
GB: then birthdays again 'til halloween again
CB: AUUGGGHHHH
CB: MAN WHO THOUGHT BUNCHING UP LIKE 6 HOLIDAYS WITHIN 1-2 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER
CB: AND THEN ABSOLUTELY JACKSHIT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR
CB: WAS A GOOD IDEA
PURSE: I don't know!
PURSE: It somewhat baffles me even from a monetary standpoint, because by putting all of those holidays so close to one another they're essentially bleeding consumers dry of their paychecks and income to the point where they might not WANT to spend anymore money on, say, New Years Fireworks.
GB: yeah shellin' out cash for halloween, then christmas, then new year, THEN valentines a month after
GB: starlight bless my pa and lil' sis for helpin' me understand that shit
KRUPP: You have siblings?
GB: yep, older brother, engine, and two lil' sisters, food coach n' luggage coach
GB: when i started to hit it big in races, my pa and food coach sis helped me with budgeting and saving my winnings n' shit like that
GB: i can be a bit impulsive tbh
CB: MOOD
PURSE: Honestly hun you could not be N EARLY as impulsive as some of the other Components are.
KRUPP: ^ Seconded.
CB: honestly im impulsive as fuck too
KRUPP: We are aware, after you bought all of those sweets and snacks several months ago from the store for the movie night.
CB: ARE NONE OF YOU EVER GONNA LET THAT DIE
GB: hell nah
KRUPP: Absolutely not.
PURSE: Nnnnope!
CB: W HY THO
KRUPP: AN ENTIRE STORE, CABOOSE!
CB: YEAH AND???
CB: I STILL PAID FOR EVERYTHING
[DUSTIN] has resumed Activity
DUSTIN: P lease don't end up mauling each other-!
DUSTIN: Also, I'm outside your shed, Ceebs. ^^
CB: door's unlocked my good man, just come on in :)
DUSTIN: Alright! ^^
DUSTIN: Also, I see the above discussion about seasonal sadness, and I'm in the same boat.
DUSTIN: If you don't celebrate Valentines Day it's a good bit of time until Easter happens.
DUSTIN: Also I miss the pretty lights of Christmas :(
PURSE: And the beautiful fireworks of New Years!
DUSTIN: They're pretty but I need to protect my ears. They're too loud.
KRUPP: Entirely understandable. Charge wears her headphones too.
GB: thought that was cuz she's a music truck?
KRUPP: Music Coach specifically, and yes, that is part of it, but she does take them off, shock of all shocks.
CB: never woulda guessed lol
KRUPP: But fireworks, she keeps them on.
GB: fair 'nough, to each their own
CB: my fellow chaos gremlin who likes jumpscare FNAF games and loud music
CB: doesnt like fireworks
CB: makes sense to me lmao
DUSTIN: Also Ceebs you are 100% a Chaotic Good after the Championships.
PURSE: I'd more say Chaotic Neutral.
KRUPP: Seconded.
DUSTIN: Oh! That works too, Mx Purse and Mr Krupp!
PURSE: Just call us by our names, hun, there's no need. :)
GB: dustin is a lawful good, think its called
DUSTIN: Aww, you think so? ^^
GB: sure do, fella :)
GB: dunno what i'd be. neutral somethin'?? i dunno
PURSE: You could certainly work as Chaotic Neutral, going about life the way you want it in the way you want to do it, not necessarily always following the rules to do so.
GB: that what it is?
PURSE: Simplified, but pretty much.
GB: sounds good to me then
KRUPP: I am, at least in my opinion, Lawful Good.
CB: checks out tbh
GB: you know a fair bit 'bout this stuff spakly?
GB: *sparkly
GB: fuck
CB: lmao
PURSE: We have been considering a D&D games night, possibly with you guys involved as well.
PURSE: It'd help with lifting some of the post-seasonal sad vibes.
DUSTIN: Your group would all just be Bards, hehe.
KRUPP: I think Charge is the true bard, same for Electra.
GB: some games n shit could lift people's spirits
GB: like how once again the group's collectively in post-holiday depression
GB: werent we sufferin' from this after pride month too?
PURSE: Certainly were.
KRUPP: Holidays just leave a lasting impact on us all, I suppose.
DUSTIN: To be fair, we all put a fair bit of effort into Pride Month, Halloween, Christmas, and New Years.
DUSTIN: Less for Valentines Day depending on the person/people, but still.
DUSTIN: It's a lot of build-up for something that's over so soon.
PURSE: Which is why I'm hoping that we can get the group back to some state of
PURSE: N ot, being sad about the holidays effectively ending.
PURSE: Even if D&D would be too much hassle, some group video-games would be nice.
DUSTIN: I don't know if I'd join but, I would like to watch you all play some D&D! ^^
GB: aint got a clue how it works but i could try
KRUPP: Purse and I can walk everyone through the basics.
KRUPP: It's been something interesting us for a little bit now.
CB: QUESTION!!
CB: if im chaotic good now, the h ell was i before champs?
GB: chaotic evil
DUSTIN: ^
KRUPP: ^
PURSE: ^
CB: really???
PURSE: Hun you
PURSE: You crashed other trainfolk.
PURSE: Especially during the Championship.
CB: .
CB: well shit
Chapter 14: cold nights and shower thoughts 2: electric boogaloo
Summary:
I laughed my ass off the first time making a tumblr-post-shower-thoughts chapter, so have another one for some more classic shenanigans
Chapter Text
ELECTRA: I'm certainly glad to see that it isn't just us suffering at the cold tonight.
RUSTY: Yeah, it's hitting record lows again tonight according to Control :(
RUSTY: Gonna need to be careful going out tomorrow onto the tracks
WRENCH: You are still working?
RUSTY: Might be.
RUSTY: Remember that my job's still shunting, helping bring the trains and traincars in for the gals to get to work, and helping GB and the freight with the rolling stock - Champion or otherwise.
RUSTY: So if they need to work, then so do I.
CHARGE: man that sounds fucking annoying
CHARGE: our race got cancelled as a precaution due to ice n shit like that
RUSTY: I don't mind it! If I'm working, then so are they, so it's a bit less boring because I have company ^^
DINAH: How are ya'll faring with the cold night weather?
PURSE: Can't sleep.
ELECTRA: Joule has cranked the heating up a little, both in our apartment suite AND on her internal heating systems
ELECTRA: And it's still cold anyway. 😒
VOLTA: I promise it isn't my fault.
ELECTRA: I know it isn't, Ice Queen, don't worry. <3
VOLTA: <3
[CB] entered chatroom [Post-Seasonal Blues (excluding Valentines)]
CB: heeeeyyyy freezing-late-night squad
CB: its fucking cold !!
WRENCH: Hello, Caboose.
ELECTRA: Freezing-Late-Night Squad!
CB: heya ma'am!
CB: hey lexi!
CHARGE: do n one of you have heating or some shit in your sheds??
DINAH: We do, but with the temperature hitting the negatives, it doesn't have the strength to really kick the cold. :(
DINAH: If your apartment complex's heaters won't do it, ours certainly aren't doing any better.
CB: yeah petty much what Dee said
PURSE: Your trainyard really should get some better heaters, normally ours are fine when they aren't doing
PURSE: W hatever this is that is making them not work currently.
ELECTRA: Why does Dinah get the capitalised name and I don't? 😢
CB: cuz you fucking crashed me during the champs you doughnut :P
ELECTRA: THAT WASN'T SOLELY MY FAULT?? 😶💢
DINAH: Ya'll are never gonna get over any of that are you?
WRENCH: Probably not.
CB: ah its just playful fucking about, ladies
CB: we're all pals now
[KILLERWATT] entered chatroom [Post-Seasonal Blues (excluding Valentines)]
KILLERWATT: Good evening everyone.
KILLERWATT: Why are you all still up?
RUSTY: Oh hi Killerwatt! It's been a bit ^^
RUSTY: We're all unable to sleep because it's too cold :(
VOLTA: How is the heating in Elektronic's apartment? Ours isn't working to get rid of the cold.
VOLTA: Not that it affects me, but everyone else is bothered by the negatives temp we're dealing with.
KILLERWATT: Ours is being fussy too, Socket turned it up around 8pm and it's only barely warm in here. I think it might be the general building having difficulty.
ELECTRA: Oh c ome on, the whole complex? On a night like THIS?
PURSE: F or the love of- WHY?!
CHARGE: starlight fuckin dammit
WRENCH: We'll need to give the Commission a memo during the daytime and see if we can get a repairman called in to fix that.
CHARGE: UUUGGGHHHHH ITS TOO FUCKIN COLD
DINAH: Have ya'll got any extra blankets or hot water bottles?
PURSE: We have the extra blankets, I can go check and see where our hot water bottles are.
RUSTY: That'd be a good idea!
[PURSE] has gone Idle
DINAH: Have you got yours too, Rusty?
KILLERWATT: Yes, I imagine it's especially important for you to keep warm.
RUSTY: I have all of my blankets and my hot water bottle, don't worry!
RUSTY: I also made sure Poppa's got his, so he's alright too ^^
[CARRIE] entered chatroom [Post-Seasonal Blues (excluding Valentines)]
CARRIE: i see my fellow chaos gremlins are online and suffering
CB: HEEYYY CARRIE!
CHARGE: SUP GINGER WE'RE COLD AND SUFFERING
CARRIE: Your massive ass building hasn't got proper heating?
KILLERWATT: Oh it does.
VOLTA: It's just decided to break in some capacity tonight -_-
CARRIE: man thats a fuckin rip
CARRIE: though tbf that heating has gotta try and keep your massive fuckin commission apartment complex heated and shit so
CARRIE: i think it was kinda inevitable it was gonna fuck up and break someday
ELECTRA: You aren't wrong, I suppose, there is a lot of us housed here.
DINAH: I'll say! Your home building is so tall with so many floors!
WRENCH: Commission apartment complexes for their Electrics are usually quite large, yes.
WRENCH: There's a lot of us to be housed after all.
CARRIE: and you guys are like right up at the top yeah?
ELECTRA: Indeed we are! 🎵
CB: question
CB: how the fuck can your body replicate the feeling of falling from a high as fuck height like that if youve NEVER fallen before???
VOLTA: I.
VOLTA: W rench??
WRENCH: I'm a Repair Truck n ot a psychologist.
DINAH: Oohh t hat makes my head hurt tryin' to figure that out..
RUSTY: I don't like that CB w hy.
CB: partially cuz i genuinely wanna know
CB: BUT ALSO LATE NIGHT FUCKERY NONE OF US CAN SLEEP ANYWAY
ELECTRA: Oh my Starlight not this again-
CHARGE: FUCK YEAH THIS AGAIN
KILLERWATT: Again-?
RUSTY: It's like a reoccurring thing where if people can't sleep they just kind of
RUSTY: Throw random thoughts and nonsense into the chatroom?
RUSTY: Until we get tired from cringing or laughing.
WRENCH: We have been kept up for entire hours before.
KILLERWATT: Ahh, I see.
KILLERWATT: I don't look in here too often admittedly.
CARRIE: well if we're doing this again
DINAH: Ohhh no.
CARRIE: IF BAT WINGS ARE JUST SKIN BETWEEN LONG FINGER BONES THEN THAT MEANS BATS FLY THROUGH THE POWER OF JAZZ HANDS!!
KILLERWATT: .
KILLERWATT: O h my Starlight-
ELECTRA: Clearly the bats are just fabulous 🎵
RUSTY: Tiny little jazz hands!
VOLTA: Wouldn't it be large jazz hands, since their wings are quite large last I checked?
CHARGE: LARGE JAZZ HANDS!!
CB: FUCK YEAH JAZZY BATS
WRENCH: If you rip a hole in a net, there is actually less holes than there was previously.
[PURSE] has resumed Activity
PURSE: THIS is what I come back to??
ELECTRA: Heeeyyyy hun, everyone's lost their minds again.
ELECTRA: Including Wrench apparently.
CARRIE: wait but shes right tho
CARRIE: cuz you just made a bigger hole when before that bigger hole was made out of smaller ones
[BELLE] entered chatroom [Post-Seasonal Blues (excluding Valentines)]
BELLE: The way that can be taken massively out of context-
RUSTY: Hiya Belle! You've uh, joined some anarchy.
BELLE: I'm all here for it honestly, better than sitting in my bed alone in the negative degrees weather.
ELECTRA: I'm fine with the bigger hole, personally.~
CARRIE: DGMJRKUEFUHEKGBKWJ
DINAH: ELECTRA-!
CHARGE: WGAJHAHAJ
VOLTA: PFFHAHAHA
WRENCH: H ave mercy-
BELLE: On second thought
CARRIE: DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME HERE
BELLE: I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm sticking around for this madness lol
KILLERWATT: Feeling honest today Electra?
ELECTRA: Couldn't resist making the joke, sorry. 😏🤭
ELECTRA: OW WRENCH WHY THE PILLOW
WRENCH: That's what you get.
PURSE: I almost dropped my phone oh my g oodness-
VOLTA: Funny how you were originally against this when the chatrooms first opened.
VOLTA: You've embraced this now.
ELECTRA: Honestly this sort of nighttime chaos isn't going anywhere so yes, yes I am embracing it.
CB: IM FUCKIN CRYINF
CB: *CRYING
CARRIE: cryinf
BELLE: Cryinf
CB: SHUT THE FUCK UP
CARRIE: MAKE ME
VOLTA: Cha Cha Slide but entirely in fully protective metal racing gear.
RUSTY: Oooohhh nnnoooo
CARRIE: OOHHHH YESSSS
CARRIE: "SLIDE TO THE LEFT"
CARRIE: >AGGRESSIVELY LOUD METALLIC SCREECHING
CHARGE: S TARLIGHT THE WAY THAT'D WRECK MY EARS LIKE ALL FUCK
CHARGE: BUT ALSO MAKE ME CRY LAUGHING IF I SAW IT
KILLERWATT: "One hop this time." >CLANG
ELECTRA: "Everybody clap your hands!"
ELECTRA: >DETERMINED REPEATED CLANGING METAL
DINAH: PFFFFF
BELLE: I would pay to see one of you Engines do that someday-
ELECTRA: H onestly dear I don't know if we would even be able to, full sets of gear that would make THAT kind of cacophany aren't really in production anymore.
ELECTRA: Especially not for us Electrics, our protective racing gear is made to be sleek while also sturdy.
RUSTY: Could probably find some old steamer racing gear and recreate that meme though.
CB: i am begging whoever ends up recreating that to post it in chat
CHARGE: ^
CHARGE: PING EVERYONE FOR IT PLS
WRENCH: ((Please be careful when recreating memes))
PURSE: Consider:
PURSE: Because there's always pregnant humans and machinefolk, the average number of skeletons is always higher than 1.
BELLE: W hat
CHARGE: MORE SKELETONS FOR THE SKELETON ARMY
CB: MORE FOR THE SKELETON WAR!!!
KILLERWATT: The what??
CARRIE:
CARRIE: SKELETON WAR!! >:D
VOLTA: Skeleton War.
KILLERWATT: Well. Alright then. Skeleton War.
DINAH: Would the Skeleton War allow machinefolk skeletons?
CB: uhh
CB: yes because we say so
RUSTY: Checks out to me!
BELLE: I think we'd win the war if we count all things considered, pretty sure our skeletons are stronger
CHARGE: probably lmao
CARRIE: coffins become underground maracas during earthquakes and thats how the skeletons are enraged enough to go to war
WRENCH: T hanks for the not at all terrifying imagery.
PURSE: C ARRIE ARE YOU ALRIGHT??
CARRIE: lol nope
RUSTY: P LEASE DON'T PUT THAT IMAGE IN MY MIND??
ELECTRA: U nderground maracas, now we've really heard it all.
CB: you absolutely have not
ELECTRA: You're probably right.
KILLERWATT: I just showed some of this carnage to Zero and they've burst out laughing
VOLTA: Oh good my sibling actually has a sense of humour over memes.
[ZERO] entered chatroom [Post-Seasonal Blues (excluding Valentines)]
ZERO: Rude.
VOLTA: IT IS A COMPLIMENT THIS TIME FOR THE LOVE OF STARLIGHT-
ZERO: R U D E.
VOLTA: AT LEAST CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE HERE AND STOP BULLYING ME!
ZERO: OKAY FINE, I WILL!
ZERO: EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER READ IS JUST DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF THE SAME 26 LETTERS AND SOME SYMBOLS WE'VE GIVEN MEANING TO!
[ZERO] has gone Offline
BELLE: Hi Zero bye Zero
DINAH: Y a'll are going to make my head hurt with some of these this time! ٭(•~•)٭
CHARGE: hey at least it gets your brain goin and thinking about shit that isnt the fucking stupid ass british winter weather
DINAH: That's fair.
BELLE: How long is it until spring?
WRENCH: It starts March 20th, so essentially much a full month and a half.
PURSE: TOO LONG!
ELECTRA: FAR TOO LONG!
VOLTA: Can we just stay eternally in spring where the weather is a nice mix of cool and hot?
CB: i love how you are just fuckin programmed to always go "cool and hot" after doing lexis intros for him at major races n shit
VOLTA: It's a habit and I refuse to kick it.
RUSTY: At least it's a safe habit?
RUSTY: Not unlike giving poor Dinah a headache
CHARGE: this is never gonna end i hope you realise that steamer ;P
CARRIE: we are the embodiment of chaos!!
KILLERWATT: The C Trio of Chaos.
BELLE: T rue their names do all start with C
WRENCH: Well, Caboose is technically Red Caboose.
ELECTRA: Technicalities, we all call him Caboose, CB, or Ceebs anyway.
WRENCH: Fair point.
CB: C TRIO OF CHAOS!!
CHARGE: FUCK YEAH!!
DINAH: Hooohh boy what have we gotten ourselves into? -w-
CARRIE: yknow you all love us anyway :3
DINAH: 'Course we do, sugar. :D
CHARGE: YAY!!
Chapter 15: dear god there's so much love and gay
Summary:
SHIPPERS REJOICE, THIS IS A CHAPTER SOLELY DEDICATED TO COUPLES
Lots of Private Message shenanigans this time with a hint of angst, this chapter's going to be longer than most the others!
Chapter Text
[DINAH] entered chatroom [Post-Seasonal Blues (excluding Valentines)]
DINAH: Well, the name doesn't fit anymore!
[DINAH] changed chatroom name to [Happy Valentines Day!]
DINAH: There we go! :)
[PEARL] entered chatroom [Happy Valentines Day!]
PEARL: Little basic, isn't it Dee?
DINAH: Give it an hour tops and someone'll have changed it to some sort of innuendo, hun.
PEARL: F air.
DINAH: @EVERYONE Morning ya'll! Sorry for the ping, but just wanted to let ya'll know that the diner's Valentines Day desserts and discount are up and runnin'!
DINAH: So if you wanna stop on by for a nice lil' date meal or just want some company from me and Buffy, feel free! :D
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SOCKET: I forgot Elektronic added me here.
SOCKET: But thank you for the notif, that sounds quite nice actually.
DINAH: Hiya doll! Repair Truck, mhm?
SOCKET: That I am, yes.
SOCKET: And basically the babysitter, which is part of why you haven't seen me around, haha
ASHLEY: Yeah that fits tbh, Wrench is the same with her lot lmao
DUVAY: Yaaaayy, valentines diner desserts :)
PEARL: Happy Valentines Day btw, everyone!!
CB: happy sex day
DINAH: CEEBS-!
ASHLEY: Y ep there it is
SOCKET: I'd be surprised but Zero has already said that today.
CB: FUCK MY ORIGINAL JOKE HAS BEEN STOLEN
RUSTY: Happy Valentines Day! ^^
RUSTY: Does anyone already have plans?
ASHLEY: Me and Buffy have some, nothing big, just going out for some ice cream and maybe going to the park ^^
DINAH: Buffy told me about that!! You two have fun!! :D
DUVAY: Who's running the diner when Buffy heads out?
DINAH: Pearl's agreed to help cover since she's the one of the very few people I trust in the kitchen.
PEARL: You know I'd never break your things, bestie x
DINAH: 'Course y'wouldn't hun x
ASHLEY: Gay
PEARL: A SH I AM DATING SOMEONE ALREADY-
PEARL: Also you can't talk, lesbian :P
CB: LMFAO
ASHLEY: Worth it
DUVAY: Do you not have plans yourself, Pearl??
PEARL: Oh we do have plans, just at a different time! Rusty has been an angel and made me breakfast in bed, and tonight I make dinner and we're going to have a nice romantic night in. <3
RUSTY: <3 !!!
SOCKET: Awwhh, that's sweet of you, you seem like a wonderful couple. :)
DINAH: Anythin' on the agenda for you, Miss Socket?
SOCKET: It'll probably be the usual. Fancy restaurant dinner tonight, some intimacy after when we get home.
SOCKET: Which is fine for me, honestly, I don't like too much of a fuss. ^^
CB: think thats the first time ive heard an ELECTRIC say they dont like a fuss
DUVAY: ^
RUSTY: ^
SOCKET: Shocker, I know, haha
SOCKET: We play it up for the cameras of course, but otherwise myself and Killerwatt at least are content with taking things on the down-low.
SOCKET: Same CANNOT be said for Elektronic, Zero, and Dyne, who are just as dramatic as 95% of the other Electrics.
PEARL: Going to take a guess and assume Dyne is EK's Dynamite Truck?
SOCKET: Yes, you're right. ^^
DINAH: Does every Racer have a Dynamite Truck?
SOCKET: Not all, no.
SOCKET: The essentials that every Racer has is a Repair Truck for the obvious reason (like myself, I'm a First Responder Repair Truck, and Wrench who is just a "regular" Repair Truck), an Armaments/Security/similar job Truck again for obvious reasons (like Krupp and KW), and a Freezer Truck of some variation of some form (like Volta and Zero) for keeping the Racer's temperatures from increasing in races. Additions then stem from how well the Racer performs.
DUVAY: What, DO the Dyanmite Trucks do
CB: duvay the fuck else do you THINK they do???
DUVAY: I MEAN YOU NEVER KNOW!!
ASHLEY: Clearly, they make food
CB: thats a lie because Joule burnt her fries in the microwave
RUSTY: You're never letting them live that down.
CB: nope im not its funny lmfao
SOCKET: Pffff
SOCKET: They're mostly sfx specialists, mainly with pyrotechnics. Some explosions, mostly sparklers, flares, and that kind of thing.
SOCKET: Dyne and Zero will probably have some ideas for Valentines Day, suppose we'll see. ^^
RUSTY: CB, Dinah? Either of you got plans?
DINAH: None yet, lil' Rusty.
DINAH: Which is alright. It feels weird not doing anything with anyone still, but the diner needs someone keepin' an eye on it. :)
CB: i mean beyond probably trying to get harriet and roxy finally fucking together
CB: nothin planned either, same old same old
ASHLEY: Use this as a day of self-love, then!
SOCKET: ^ I second that.
DUVAY: ^ Third that, I'll be doing the same as well honestly
DINAH: Don't sleep the WHOLE day away, Vay-Vay!
DUVAY: I make no promises
ASHLEY: Its okay Dinah I'll stand outside her shed with pots and pans and wake her that way. >:)
DUVAY: You would NEVER lmao
PEARL: That sounds more like something Buffy would do to her sis Carrie, honestly.
ASHLEY: lol Fair, yeah that's more something she would do than me
ASHLEY: Love my little sister too much to do that <3
DUVAY: <3
SOCKET: I wish Volta and Zero could be as sane a pair of siblings as you two are.
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - THE RED CABOOSE]
ASHLEY: You should ask Dee out on a date today
CB: w ell fuckin hello to you too
CB: where the shit did this come from???
ASHLEY: Valentines Day :P
ASHLEY: Also come on man, she's practically saying in main chat as subtly as possible that she's lonely
ASHLEY: Take the damn hint!
CB: guess so
CB: thought you said tho that this should be a self-love day for us instead
ASHLEY: Yeah but like
ASHLEY: C'moooooon it can be a day for both
CB: focus on your own gf, ash :P
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ELECTRA: Sorry for not responding earlier, Dee-Dee~! We were busy out at a race.
DINAH: Oh hey guys!!
DINAH: It's alright! :)
ASHLEY: You guys had a race??
CHARGE: yeah fucking early as hell race which kinda sucked tbh?
CHARGE: we won tho!!
RUSTY: Well done guys! :D
CB: congrats!!
DINAH: Hope ya'll stayed safe!
PURSE: We did, do not worry!
PURSE: Wrench as always kept us in one piece.
WRENCH: No casualties, thankfully, so all I had to do was make sure you all stayed warm and hydrated.
WRENCH: Also, hello Socket, I see you lurking.
SOCKET: Hi Wrench, glad your pack is doing alright. ^^
PEARL: The weather seems nice enough for a race at least. Vaguely sunny.
ELECTRA: What can I say, the sun is always shining down on me.~
CHARGE: 'cept for when its not and its raining like my first race lol
DINAH: What happened with that infamous first race, you have whole nicknames surrounding it-!
CHARGE: oh yeah crash & burn, thats me n joule paired lol
CHARGE: tl;dr from what i even remember, first race with lexi and the weather turned to shit in the middle of it
CHARGE: it was a downhill that got rainy so the everything was slippy as shit even with gloves and gear on
CHARGE: then the spanish diesel in 2nd and his couple sabotaged me by undoing my couplers, yeeting the screws onto the tracks to get lodged in my wheels, and then slammed into me
CB: starlight f uck
PEARL: You're so calm talking about that-!
CHARGE: ehhh im fiiiiiiine
CHARGE: im in one piece arent i? :P
RUSTY: Well, yes, but crashes aren't a laughing matter! Those hurt!
CHARGE: i mean yeah, it hurt
CHARGE: crashed into a tree
CHARGE: BUT WE STILL WON SO FUCK YOU, SPANISH DIESEL, YOU WERE AN ASS
SOCKET: The priorities.
PURSE: He was an ass though. Not to mention horribly unfashionable.
WRENCH: ^
DINAH: How'd you win!?
CHARGE: sprinted down the track and yeeted myself off the side and down to lexi
ELECTRA: Who heroically caught her and sped into a glorious victory! 🎵
ASHLEY: No kidding you Electrics are fast to be able to make a first-place comeback from something like that, damn-
ELECTRA: Of course! Bold of you to assume that I WOULDN'T make a comeback like that!
ELECTRA: Especially for the sake of my Components.
ELECTRA: They're all my world. <3
CHARGE: !! <3
PURSE: <3
WRENCH: <3
CB: thats hella fucking gay
RUSTY: IMMENSELY gay.
SOCKET: You all say this like you're surprised.
DINAH: Oh we ain't, hun, it's just a running joke.
SOCKET: Ahh.
ASHLEY: What are you gay asses doing for Valentines Day, then?
PURSE: We haven't entirely decided yet, actually.
ELECTRA: I was thinking a fancy meal out somewhere, or perhaps going to a party, especially to additionally celebrate our win!
ELECTRA: But Krupp has mentioned he'd like to have a movie night and Volta liked that idea.
WRENCH: I also would like to attempt making a Valentines Day dinner myself by-hand, rather than just get food elsewhere.
RUSTY: And I'm guessing Greaseball's involved somehow?
ELECTRA: That depends on what we plan on doing, too.
CHARGE: tho we're open to probably letting him join in on the fun anyway
PURSE: And now you've made mention of the AV Trainyard diner having holiday desserts, THAT sounds wonderfully tempting too..
DINAH: Sorrryyy!
PURSE: Don't be! We have more options to vote from now.
PURSE: The cooking & baking you and Buffy do is wonderful after all.
PURSE: I'd make a remark regarding Pearl's cooking too if she is covering for Buffy but I don't think we have ever tried your cooking, darling.
PEARL: You wouldn't have, it's not really my job as you can imagine?
PEARL: But Dee and Buffy have been teaching me some bits since I moved to the AV, so I'm not AWFUL at it?
CHARGE: i wanna partyyyyyy
CHARGE: only if the party has good music tho i have ✨standards✨
CB: if you end up partying invite me as a +1 i havent got shit to do
RUSTY: Any updates on getting Roxy and Harriet hooked?
CB: oh yeah so i got harriet the newest copy of Just Dance and then told her to beat roxys ass at it
CB: im sat over in harriets shed with the other 2 hoppers watching from the sofa
SOCKET: That's your plan?
CB: HEY ITS WORKING
CB: [ competitivegays.PNG ]
WRENCH: G ood Starlight, the size of those scores-
ELECTRA: I'm SO proud!!
CHARGE: FUCK YEAH GO GIRLS!!
PEARL: O h my goodness-
DINAH: My gosh!
RUSTY: Wwwwoooohooo!!
CB: my hope is theyll end up trying to 100% shit like usual and do the couples dances
CB: and then boom
CB: successful gay
PURSE: Does Harriet's two brothers know you're trying to hook their sister up?
CB: course they do the whole fucking trainyard knows these two like each other
RUSTY: ^
RUSTY: The Rockies and Hoppers have been best friends since Poppa mentored the Hoppers and they became part of the major Freight line :)
DINAH: Roxy and Harriet just ended up bein' more than friends, if you catch the drift.
SOCKET: Evidently so if you're trying to pair them together haha
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - ELECTRA]
ASHLEY: Psst, Lex
ELECTRA: What do you need, hun? 😊
ASHLEY: I tried to talk to CB about finally asking Dinah out on a date but he's not having any of it from me
ASHLEY: Was wondering if you'd be able to talk to him?
ELECTRA: I don't know if I would be the best to talk to him about that?
ASHLEY: Why not?
ASHLEY: You Electrics are all about love and sex
ELECTRA: We are, but
ELECTRA: Socially it's all a lot different to how it works for others, for you Coaches, the Diesels, Steamers, etc.
ELECTRA: Remember how I've mentioned the Frequency before?
ASHLEY: Mind thing that connects you all, right?
ELECTRA: Yep, that's it hun.
ELECTRA: That, plays a large role in who we Electrics ultimately bond with.
ELECTRA: There's a reason why the majority of our relationships are between Racer and Component Entourage, and it surrounds the fact we have the Frequency
ASHLEY: Elaborate??
ELECTRA: Wrench is better at explaining stuff than I am, but. I can try.
ELECTRA: Our culture starts off kind of, disconnected?
ASHLEY: Ohh right, Wrench talked to me about that during the beach trip.
ASHLEY: Your culture doesn't keep families together and all that, right?
ELECTRA: Correct.
ELECTRA: For us, the first people we ultimately bond the best with, are the people we have our personal frequency with.
ASHLEY: Your component entourage
ELECTRA: Bingo, darling.
ELECTRA: Or in their case, it's each other, and me.
ELECTRA: Romantic relationships with others beyond that are uncommon, or don't extend beyond a one night fling at most.
ASHLEY: How'd you bag GB then?
ELECTRA: Honestly?
ELECTRA: Your guess is as good as mine lmao
ELECTRA: It started as a post-championship one night stand and then just
ELECTRA: Happened.
ASHLEY: Fair enough lol
ELECTRA: But either way, I don't really, know how I'd tell Ceebs to approach Dee-Dee on a date or anything like that, because we don't really form bonds that way.
ELECTRA: I know how to take my components on dates, because they've been linked to me for as long as I can really remember.
ELECTRA: Honestly I've got no clue how to incorporate Geebee into any plans we mentioned in main chat. 😅
ASHLEY: I'll give him a nudge to get his ass online and maybe you can figure something out in DMs?
ELECTRA: Thanks Ash, I'd appreciate that. 😊xx
ELECTRA: You really are the responsible mum coach at this point lol
ASHLEY: The responsible gay as fuck mum coach
ELECTRA: Gay is a requirement! ✨
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - GREASEBALL]
ASHLEY: Wake your ass up, Diesel
GB: jokes on you i'm actually already awake
ASHLEY: Oh
ASHLEY: Well good morning :)
GB: g'morning lmao
GB: y'need something, Ash?
ASHLEY: Less me, more doing it on someone's behalf.
ASHLEY: Electra and his little group or gays can't decide on what to do for Valentines Day, and Lexi's worried that they won't find a way to involve you in anything.
GB: ahhh
ASHLEY: You got any plans to try and save their poor souls, maybe? Or at least go talk to your Electric and see if you can find a compromise?
GB: i have plans actually
ASHLEY: Oh my Starlight-
GB: IF YOU SAY FUCKIN ANYTHING 'BOUT MY BRAINCELLS IM GONNA LOCK YOU IN THE GYM
ASHLEY: I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING I SWEAR!
GB: okay good
GB: but yeah, i've got some plans, promise
ASHLEY: Alright, awesome, go look after El then you doofus
ASHLEY: Electrics are fragile, don't go breaking their hearts.
GB: y es maam
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - ELECTRA]
GB: heya hun, Ash told me your lot's havin' a crisis?
ELECTRA: Geebs!! <3
ELECTRA: Yes, we are, I'm.
ELECTRA: I'm SO sorry, I wanted to try and plan something for everyone all by myself this year, but
ELECTRA: I don't really know what I'm fully doing just yet.
GB: ey, its alright hun
GB: ive got something planned, 'course i wanna run it by you and the others to get an all-clear
ELECTRA: Go for it. ❤️
GB: aight, so
GB: i was thinkin' something that could be a good mix of what you guys like and what i'd like
GB: and after doin' some brainstorming the last few days and grabbing some stuff
GB: how's about a lunchtime picnic with ALL of us down at the grove park nature reserve, its near the railway lines so i know the place and its pretty quiet so HOPEFULLY no stupid fuckin' paparazzi botherin' you lot
ELECTRA: Ooooo! That sounds really nice!
GB: ey slow your roll i ain't done yet
ELECTRA: Sorry, sorry! Continue, babe.🤭
GB: aight so after that, 'course we can have a lil' walk around the nature reserve itself to see some of the plants an' all that comin' into the spring season
GB: but THEN we can start going back to your place, maybe do a lil' shopping since I know ya'll like that sorta thing a lot
GB: and then at your place, i was thinkin' maybe some video-games, movies, or even karaoke - i got carrie to lend me the machine she and the girls use for that
GB: then we can figure out whether we wanna get takeaway, or if Wrench would wanna make somethin'
ELECTRA: I
ELECTRA: Wow.
GB: it
GB: aint bad, right??
ELECTRA: Absolutely not!! No, no that sounds perfect!
GB: yeah?? i, tried to think about everyone when i was comin' up with stuff
GB: had a bit of help but i did my best y'know?
GB: a nice calm picnic for everyone, but mainly for Wrench, Krupp, 'n Volta cuz i know they need their downtime like Socket mentioned in the main group channel thing
GB: then some shopping for you 'n Pursey, fuckin magpies that you are with your shiny stuff
ELECTRA: You know me too well. ;P
GB: then some games and movies, and karaoke for Joule 'n Charge cuz they like singin' and being loud and music
ELECTRA: That sounds like a wonderful idea, Geebs, I adore it!
ELECTRA: Thank you.
GB: its nothin
ELECTRA: No no, I mean it genuinely.
ELECTRA: I know you're mostly in this relationship with me, and not them, but
ELECTRA: The fact you take the others into consideration too, what they'd want to do or might prefer, that..
ELECTRA: It makes me really happy. So thank you.
GB: its alright, darlin', i'm just
GB: tryin' my best
ELECTRA: Your best is doing wonderfully.
GB: nice, great
GB: i'm glad to know that
GB: so uh
GB: see you 'round 11:30am?
ELECTRA: Sounds good to me!
GB: want me to come pick you up?
ELECTRA: No no it's okay, we'll come meet up with you, then you can take us to the nature reserve from there. 😊
GB: awesome, works for me
ELECTRA: I love you, big guy.
ELECTRA: Very, very much. 😘❤️
GB: love you too, darlin
GB: my gal, my fella, my everything ❤️
ELECTRA: Jgrbfeslhgsrkefijw
ELECTRA: S tarlight it makes me so happy to hear that,, ❤️
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - RED CABOOSE]
CHARGE: ASK THE PRETTY FUCKING DINING COACH OUT YOU COWARD IF YOU CRASHED TRAINFOLKS YOU CAN ASK A FUCKING LADY ON A DATE
CB: NOT YOU TOO
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - RUSTY]
CB: dusty-rusty i am b egging for your help
RUSTY: Ceebs?
RUSTY: What'd you need my help for?
CB: ive had like 3 of the others come pester me to ask out Dinah
CB: can you make them n ot do that before i punt one of em
RUSTY: I mean.
RUSTY: Why haven't you?
CB: R USTY
RUSTY: NO NO THIS ISN'T ME TRYING TO PESTER!
RUSTY: Genuine question! I promise!
RUSTY: Why haven't you?
CB: i mean
CB: aint it obvious
RUSTY: ???
RUSTY: Elaborate??
CB: Rusty
CB: look, i
CB: i'm not a good person, good trainfolk, good whatever
CB: ik ive gotten better in the last year or two since the champs but just cuz i have doesnt excuse the fact that for years prior to that i was hurting people
CB: i hurt YOU, fucks sake
CB: i
CB: i dont want to accidentally hurt Dee, y'know?
RUSTY: Ceebs..
RUSTY: You aren't going to, I know you would never do that. Not to Dinah.
CB: BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
CB: how can ANYONE here know that im not just gonna suddenly lose my shit again??
RUSTY: Well, the fact you're worrying about it from the get-go is a good sign.
CB: ??????
RUSTY: Caboose. Just listen to me a bit, alright? I want you to just listen, and drink some water slowly to relax.
CB: kay
RUSTY: You've been through a lot in your life.
RUSTY: You got into this whole crashing thing because of your brother, from what you've been willing to say to me.
RUSTY: I don't know the full picture, and that's okay. But Wrench knows, even if she's not a psychologist, she understood the damage he did to you. Pearl understood, and she's not a psychologist either.
RUSTY: And who else knows? Dinah. Because you trusted her wholly with ALL of that info, the first person you opened up to after everything happened. She's the one who came to us, with Pearl and Wrench in tow, working to mend bonds and fix the damage that was caused.
RUSTY: You could've easily ran off to escape consequences after the Championships, could've said not a word to nobody and we would've been left in the dark. But you didn't, because you went to Dee, and then she came to the other two, and then they came to us, and now here we are.
RUSTY: Amidst all the wild laughter, you reached out. You're reaching out AGAIN now, actively worrying that you could go back to bad habits and do something awful.
RUSTY: This all says to everyone, but to me especially, that YOU are not the problem Ceebs, YOU were never the dangerous one.
RUSTY: The dangerous one was your brother BV, who was crashing trainfolk for profit.
CB: but
CB: i hurt people for nothing, least my older bro did it for cash
RUSTY: BV did it for greed, Ceebs. And he dragged you into it and it clearly messed with you.
CB: i
RUSTY: You don't have to confirm or deny that. I'm not going to make you. But I'm not completely young and stupid; Crashing others would affect someone's mental health, and it clearly affected yours.
RUSTY: You aren't going to hurt Dee. She was the first person you reached out to with your story that helped the rest of us understand you better, you and her are clearly close, and the fact you're actively voicing your concerns again about it means that, contrary to what you might think
RUSTY: You are a good person, Caboose.
CB: you
CB: you promise?
RUSTY: 10-4.
RUSTY: I promise. :)
CB: .
CB: thanks, Rusty
CB: i think
CB: ive needed to hear that for a long while, tbh
RUSTY: It's okay!
RUSTY: I'm here for everyone, and that includes you.
RUSTY: Do you have any plans for asking Dee out?
CB: one or two
CB: i was thinking maybe i could inviting her over to play some kirby and, maybe make her something
CB: i'm not as skilled as she is but, maybe some white and blue cupcakes with red cupcake cases or something
RUSTY: Awwwhh! That sounds adorable!! :O
RUSTY: I say go for it!
CB: you really think i should??
RUSTY: Yeah, I do. :)
RUSTY: You'll be a sweet couple.
RUSTY: Plus, I think she's been pining for you for a while now lmao :P
CB: alright
CB: wish me luck??
RUSTY: YOU'VE GOT THIS CEEBS!!
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - DINAH]
CB: heya, Dee
DINAH: Ceebs! ^^
DINAH: How's your self-love day been going?
CB: uh
CB: a bit rough here and there?
CB: you know how it can be sometimes, for me
DINAH: Awhh, it's alright CB. You'll get through it. ^^
DINAH: Do you want me to come stop by and give you some company like usual?
CB: not busy??
DINAH: Buffy just got back from her ice cream date with Ashley, and they're both here with Pearl right now. So is Belle, she's making some drinks.
DINAH: I can leave the diner in safe hands for a bit of time, for you. ^^
CB: then, yeah
CB: i'd like a bit of company
CB: do you wanna play some kirby? youve not finished kirby and the rainbow curse have you?
DINAH: I haven't! I'll bring it over and we can play, absolutely!! ^^
DINAH: See you in, 10 or so minutes?
CB: 10-4 :)
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DINAH: @BUFFY @ASHLEY @PEARL @BELLE I'm SO sorry ladies but will you be able to keep the diner under control for maybe a few more hours??
DINAH: I'm not sure how long I'll be but I'll be back before closing, promise!!
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ASHLEY: Sure thing, Dee!
PEARL: Everything alright?
DINAH: Oh everything's AMAZING!!
BUFFY: Oh?? Did your new recipe book arrive?
DINAH: Not yet sadly. v-v
DINAH: But it's something even better!!!
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JOULE: heard there was good news??
VOLTA: I came for the tea.
CHARGE: ^
BELLE: S orry for the late response, yeah I can definitely keep things under control with the ladies here!
BELLE: What's going on, Dee?
PEARL: You better SPILL right now, Dee-Dee!
DINAH: OKAY OKAY I WILL
DINAH: You ready??
JOULE: hell fuckin yeah
ASHLEY: Absolutely!!
DINAH: CEEBS ASKED ME OUT!! WE'RE COUPLED!!
CHARGE: ABOUT FUCKING TIME!!
BELLE: YAAAAAAYYY!!! CONGRATS YOU TWO!
ASHLEY: HAZZAH!!
BUFFY: LETS FUCKING GGGGOOO!!
JOULE: WWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
VOLTA: OH MY STARLIGHT REALLY??
DINAH: MHM!!
DINAH: Wrote it out on some cupcakes with icing, it was SO cute!! And the cupcakes taste great!!
CHARGE: @CB GET IN THERE MAN, GG
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JOULE: GOOD FUCKIN JOB, CEEBS!!
VOLTA: Congratulations, both of you!
ASHLEY: About damn time, Caboose!!
CB: sorry bout the self-love day plans, that's officially changed <3
DINAH: !!! <3 <3 <3
BELLE: This is absolutely adorable oh my starlight,,
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RUSTY: Congratulations, you two!! ^^
RUSTY: It makes me so happy to see you two finally together and happy too.
CHARGE: the other electrics all say congrats as well!!
CHARGE: we're out shopping rn, me, dynamite gal and ice queen already bought what we want and the others are getting their shit sorted
CHARGE: minus GB i think hes finishing up in the changing room with lexi
ASHLEY: By "finish up", do you mean they're making out-
CHARGE: SURE DO LOL
BELLE: T ypical -w-
BUFFY: Have you guys given Purse a heart attack with your spending yet
JOULE: not yet lmao
VOLTA: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'NOT YET'??" - Purse, just now.
CB: PFFHAHAH
BUFFY: LMFAO
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ELECTRA: I just heard three women screaming with joy across the Frequency.
ELECTRA: Dee! Ceebs! Congratulations, both of you.~ <3
DINAH: Awwhh, thanks Lexi!! :D
RUSTY: How's the shopping going?
ELECTRA: Wonderfully! Just changing out of this gorgeous little red and white jumpsuit, then I'm going to go purchase and we'll be on our way!
PEARL: Oooooh, sounds cute! You gotta show that off to us sometimes.
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DINAH: GB! ^^
GB: heya Dee
CB: greaseball
GB: Caboose
CHARGE: feels like a cowboy standoff rn
JOULE: true tho
BUFFY: ^
GB: you 'n Dee?
CB: 10-4
CB: I
CB: hope thats okay with you??
GB: dontcha worry your short self, CB
GB: yer got my blessin' or whatever its called
GB: you better treat her good, alright? do better than i did, cuz she's a good lady
CB: of course!! i wouldnt dream of treating her otherwise
DINAH: Awwhh, you guuuyss,,
GB: you be good to the gremlin too, dee
CB: EY
PEARL: HEHEHEH
ASHLEY: PFFF
DINAH: Of course I will, silly!
DINAH: Thank you, for being so nice about it.
GB: 'course
GB: we're still friends, and your wellbeing's important to me
GB: even if we've both moved on from one another
DINAH: That means a lot to me, G. ^^
DINAH: I hope all of those Electrics are treating you plenty nicely as well!
ELECTRA: Is there any debate on that topic?~
GB: dunno, charge 'n joule have sent me half-deaf with their screechin'
JOULE: YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE SIGNING UP FOR
CHARGE: PART OF THE GROUP NOW, TOO LATE, NO TAKE-BACKSIES
GB: i'm kiddin' around, ladies, i'm fine with it lmao
GB: you all just keep bein' you, alright? x
VOLTA: Good choice of words, Diesel x
ELECTRA: Certainly. x
RUSTY: Well! This seems like a successful Valentines Day, and it's not even over yet!
ASHLEY: Did Operation Hopper Rocker Romance go well, as I'm calling it?
JOULE: oooo fire naming on the spot!!
CB: couldnt tell you sadly, i left a bit ago to get to my shed and do the prep for my own plans
BELLE: We can always check later, or in DMs.
PEARL: True! I hope it goes well for them, they'd make a cute couple. :D
BUFFY: Deedee you better get your and 'Booses behinds over to the diner sometime before closing like you said, I gotta make you folks something to celebrate
DINAH: Awwhh, y'don't have to Buffy!
BUFFY: NOPE NOT HEARING IT
BUFFY: MY COOKING BESTIE GETS NICE TREATS I REFUSE TO HEAR OTHERWISE
BELLE: Drinks on me when you get here, I'm happy to make you both anything you'd like :D
CB: you guys making this a big deal, eh?
ASHLEY: Of course we are.
ASHLEY: We're happy for both of you. ^^
ELECTRA: Any relationship calls for some level of celebration and congratulations! You two are no exception. 😉
RUSTY: ^
GB: plus it'd be mean to congratulate other couples bein' together and not you two
GB: you deserve it
DINAH: Stoooppp y ou guys will make me cry!! ╥﹏╥ <3
CHARGE: noooo dont cry this is a good thing!!!
VOLTA: Happy tears, I'm hoping!
DINAH: Of course, of course! Wouldn't be anything else,, xx
ELECTRA: Oop! Wrench and Krupp are giving us the cue to finish up and start heading out.
JOULE: stop eating each others faces off and get over here so we can hurry back and sing karaoke
GB: EY
PEARL: PFFHEHEHEH
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - RUSTY]
CB: HOLY FUCK I DID IT
RUSTY: YOU DID IT!!!
RUSTY: YOU DID IT YOU DID IT I TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD!
CB: MY HEART HASNT STOPPED HOLY FUCK
CB: ITS GOING SO FAST BUT LIKE IN A GOOD WAY
RUSTY: GOOD THAT'S WHAT IT'S MEANT TO FEEL LIKE LOL
CB: AM I DREAMING MAN? THIS DOESNT FEEL REAL
RUSTY: OH, IT'S REAL ALRIGHT!
RUSTY: NOW STOP TALKING TO ME YOU DOOFUS GO HAVE CUPCAKES AND NICE THINGS WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND
CB: FDFSLIJDHBH
CB: OKAY OKAY IM GOING IM GOING
RUSTY: GOOD!
Chapter 16: mario kart shenanigans
Summary:
Following up on something mentioned back in some earlier chapters about the Electrics being livestreamers on the side, let's have some fun with that and Mario Kart (RIP WII U)
Also, some clarification, since the group's had Christmas and gone into a new year, the chatfic now takes place in 2016, so now about 2 years after the Championships in 2013.
Chapter Text
[CHARGE] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
CHARGE: @STREAMSQUAD sup nerds !!
CHARGE: we're gonna be live in 20 mins on the channel with some GAYMING
[CB] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
CB: gayming
CB: i fucking love that pun
CB: gg charge
CHARGE: i try ;3
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
[PEARL] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
RUSTY: What games are you guys playing today? ^^
CHARGE: today's schedule is smash bros 4 and mario kart 8 with the whole gang!!
CB: YEEEAAHH
PEARL: Oooohh! That's always fun to watch!
DINAH: Nice, Mario Kart! :D
CHARGE: its fun as fuck to play too
CHARGE: battle mode in mario kart lowkey sucks ass because the maps are nOT made for this shit whatsoever
CB: tbh not like battle mode is the main way to play a game like mario kart
[GB] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
GB: heya yall, saw the ping
CHARGE: heeeyyy gee-gee
PEARL: G EE-GEE
RUSTY: Haven't heard that nickname in a year or two, lol
GB: stg charge
CHARGE: TROLLED
DINAH: I'm so sorry Geebs, apparently I'm a bad influence.
GB: you are, but you're also a sweetheart so i forgive you for it
[DUSTIN] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
RUSTY: Heya Dustin!!
DUSTIN: Hi guys. I saw the ping. Can't wait to watch!
CHARGE: good to have yhere, man :)
GB: whats the plan for the stream then, gay-ass?
CHARGE: beg your pardon its BI-ass for your information
CHARGE: also i literally just said it a minute ago, scroll tf up :P
GB: r ude.
RUSTY: Oh! Will we be able to join?
CHARGE; like always!!
CHARGE: this aint gonna be a stream where we invite subs from the chat to play in either game, itll just be us 7
CHARGE: so yall can join in too if you got the games
CB: starlight shes saying "ya'll" now too
DINAH: I'M SO PROUD!
CHARGE: you lot are corrupting my electric systems, for shame /j
DUSTIN: You'll live, haha. xD
[DUVAY] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
DUVAY: What's going on tonight-?
PEARL: Electrics are going to be livestreaming some games!
CB: *gaymes
PEARL: LOL
DINAH: I'm surprised to see you up, Duvay! You usually hit the hay by this time.
DUVAY: I usually do, yeah.
DUVAY: But I'm feeling a bit restless tonight, for some reason?
DUVAY: So I've been up sitting in bed scrolling through Tumblr
DUSTIN: I'm a little restless as well. Rowan and Rory say it's something to do with the weather?
RUSTY: That's fair!
RUSTY: The chatroom's just active because the Electrics set up a server role for people who wanted it so we could know when they're going to stream and join in if we want to.
RUSTY: So when they stream, here we are. :D
DUVAY: Oh, that's cool. ^^
DUVAY: Do you mind if I join in for this one? I know I'm not a regular or anything cuz of how much I sleep and all that, but maybe it'd be fun and help tire me out?
CHARGE: yeah sure thing hun!!
CHARGE: anyones free to join us in the vc to chat during the stream or in the game if theres room for ya
CHARGE: like i said, it'd just be us otherwise
DUVAY: I thought Mario Kart 8 at least only supported local play with 2 people?
GB: you naive innocent soul.
PEARL: Vay I think they've probably found a way around that
DUSTIN: ^
DUVAY: You've not modded your console right??
CHARGE: nah thatd be too risky, we would be f ucked if we got caught on that
DINAH: Moddin' devices like that just seems real tricky, too.
DUSTIN: Yeah, it looks tricky. Which sucks because people have made some great mods for some games.
CHARGE: we just have multiple consoles and games and all that
DUVAY: H OW DO YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WII U CONSOLES??
CHARGE: DO YOU FORGET THAT LEXI'S A TOP ELECTRIC RACER??
CHARGE: even tho he lost the last championship we're still the top in this country's racing commission branch sector thingie, no other electric has his win:loss ratio
CHARGE: plus pursey's pretty good at finding discounts for expensive shit like that as our money expert
CB: you guys earn a lot from races dont you
CHARGE: yep, prize money baybeeeeeeee
CHARGE: some of it goes towards the commission, think like taxes n bills and shit
CHARGE: and then the rest we keep to do whatever else with
DINAH: For poor Purse to stress out over.
CHARGE: LMAO
CHARGE: nah we all tease him and he plays it up like always but he aint ACTUALLY like stressed-stressed over our purchases
GB: true, it is kinda his whole job to run money, doubt it does actually stress him properly
RUSTY: I mean even if it's their job, he probably does still get a BIT stressed. My job has gotten stressful at times even though I was born for it like Purse was born for his.
DUSTIN: ^ Just as long as he isn't getting TOO overwhelmed.
CHARGE: i mean we do TRY at least :P
GB: ya'll do need to chill with your shoppin' sprees sometimes though i s aw the amount ya'll bought when we went out on Valentines Day by the end-
PEARL: D idn't you guys say you DIDN'T give him a heart attack with your spending?
CHARGE: we said at the time not YET lmfao
DINAH: I oughta make some sympathy cookies for the poor Truck at this point! (joking)
DUVAY: Will he be joining?
DUVAY: For the games.
CHARGE: hell yeah he is!!
CHARGE: its gonna be ALL of us hun
CHARGE: just as an fyi it CAN get a bit hectic on the stream when all of us are there, mainly from chat going at the speed of light itself half the time
CHARGE: givin you the same heads up i gave dustin since ik you guys arent used to the kinda life we live and attention we get
DUVAY: Got it, that's fair.
CB: theyve got moderators at least to watch chat and filter the weirdos out
DUVAY: Ooo? Who is it?
CHARGE: some of the other electrics we're close to
CHARGE: socket, dyne, zero, that lot mainly xx
CHARGE: tho ive also got some scripts and bots and other fancy tech shit to help with automated moderating if nobodys around
GB: the other electrics are pretty trust moderators, speakin' from what i've seen from experience
RUSTY: From what I've seen they're good at it, yes! ^^
PEARL: You're all very good friends despite sort of competing against each other within the Racing Commission. :o
CHARGE: yeah we're all chill unless weve got ACTUAL races with each other
CHARGE: we trust em with moderating our chat and keeping the freaks and the assholes outta there
CHARGE: lemme get the VC n all that set up so you guys can be heard during the stream and we can get ready to start soon!!
DINAH: Yay!
CB: WWWOOOOOO
[CHARGE] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
[RUSTY] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
[PEARL] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
[DINAH] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
[DUVAY] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
[GB] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
[CB] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
[DUSTIN] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
♪ CHARGE: Alright, that's everyone yeah?
♪ CB: 10-4!
♪ DUVAY: Can't guarantee I'll be the most talkative.
♪ DUSTIN: Seconded, but you know why by now.
♪ CHARGE: Yeah no worries you guys, no pressure to talk when we go live.
♪ GB: Can hear everyone in the background already.
♪ CHARGE: You know we love our video-games and streams.
♪ DUVAY: How, WILL that work with the others, actually? Is it going to be just you in here relaying info or what?
♪ CHARGE: Nah, they'll connect to the VC in a minute or two, we have headphones, earphones, earpieces, all that stuff for them to listen in to the call and hear you guys.
♪ DINAH: I have snacks ready for the stream!
♪ PEARL: Don't forget your Wii U if you want to play, Dee.
♪ DINAH: SHOOT I FORGOT-
♪ CHARGE: PFFFHEHEHAHAH
♪ CB: DEE, BABE, HOW.
♪ RUSTY: GO GET IT QUICK!
♪ DINAH: I'M GOING!
♪ GB: Can hear her sprintin' in her wheels even in the voice call
♪ DUSTIN: She's not going to fall over is she-?
♪ GB: Nah, don't worry Dustin, she'll be plenty fine.
♪ DUVAY: I love how you just knew she'd probably have forgotten, Pearlie.
♪ PEARL: I know my best friend like the back of my own wheels.
[VOLTA] entered voice channel [STREAM SQUAD]
♪ VOLTA: Good evening, everyone.
♪ RUSTY: Hiiiiii Volta!
♪ CB: Heya, getting ready to start any minute now?
♪ VOLTA: We are, yes. Going live in 5 or so minutes.
♪ VOLTA: I just came to check how many of you will be joining, since Charge said people were interested in coming on for at minimum Mario Kart.
♪ GB: What's the game order?
♪ VOLTA: Mario Kart 8 first, and then Smash Bros after.
♪ DUSTIN: I'm joining for Mario Kart, not sure about Smash Bros though.
♪ CB: I'm down for both!
♪ GB: Same here.
♪ RUSTY: I might take a small break at the start of Smash Bros, but I'd be down for playing a bit of it after some down-time.
♪ DUVAY: Just Mario Kart, most likely.
♪ PEARL: I'll see how I'm feeling? Both sounds good though.
♪ PEARL: Dinah's here but she MAY have forgotten to actually grab her console so give her a minute.
♪ VOLTA: How did she forget if she wanted to play??
♪ GB: Made herself quick snacks instead.
♪ CB: Brain go brrrr.
♪ VOLTA: Somehow I understand Caboose perfectly.
♪ CHARGE: Probably cuz you put up with me and Joule.
♪ DINAH: I'M BACK!
♪ DUSTIN: Welcome back Dinah!
♪ CB: Did you actually remember your console this time Dee?
♪ DINAH: Yep! I did!
♪ PEARL: Yaaaaaaayy!
♪ CHARGE: Whatcha sticking around to play on stream, Dee-Dee?
♪ DINAH: I'm in the mood for both games! I can't guarantee I'll be very good at Super Smash Bros still but I'm learnin'!
♪ RUSTY: You've fallen off the stage less and less so that's a good sign.
♪ VOLTA: We all start somewhere. I sucked at that one too until I eventually got better from playing it so often.
♪ CHARGE: Purse still sucks at Mario Kart so don't worry he's still learning too lol
♪ GB: Didn't ya come in 2nd to last place the last time we played Mario Kart Wii?
♪ CHARGE: B ECAUSE I KEPT GETTING MARIO KARTED!
♪ DUVAY: Mario Karted??
♪ CB: Mario Karted.
♪ DUSTIN: Mario Karted.
♪ VOLTA: It's a phrase Charge found online based off this one Mario Kart Wii clip, where someone was about to win the race and then proceeded to be hit with about 8 different items and thrown into last place.
♪ DUVAY: HEHEHAHAHA
♪ DUVAY: OKAY I LIKE THAT!
♪ RUSTY: It works PERFECTLY for those kinds of moments.
♪ PEARL: Getting Mario Karted is inevitable.
♪ CB: It's fucking hilarious everytime even if you're the one getting Mario Karted.
♪ CHARGE: I also use that term for irl shit, like when tons of stuff happens all of a sudden and you go from a great day to a crap day.
♪ CHARGE: Life just Mario Karted you.
♪ DUVAY: I'm borrowing that from now on.
♪ GB: We all got Mario Karted during the Championships.
♪ DINAH: Yep, that sounds 'bout right.
♪ VOLTA: True that.
♪ VOLTA: Anyway, everybody ready to go live?
♪ DUSTIN: Mhm!
♪ PEARL: Sure am!
♪ CB: Let's do this!
♪ RUSTY: Ready when you are! This is going to be fun.
♪ PEARL: G UYS IS YOUR CHAT INSANE?
♪ JOULE: 200CC IT IS, BABY, THE VOTE HAS SPOKEN!
♪ WRENCH: Oh dear Starlight, have mercy.
♪ CHARGE: PFFHAHAHAHAHA!
♪ CB: HERE WE FUCKING GO, FOLKS!
♪ DUVAY: This is how we die.
♪ DUSTIN: The game is going to crash, surely.
♪ VOLTA: If the game doesn't someone certainly is.
♪ GB: Gonna go so fast the drivers gon' bump into the damn walls, ain't no way Mario's surviving that.
♪ ELECTRA: Don't pick Mario Geebs, that's such a basic choice.
♪ DINAH: Starlight above ya'll are gonna give us a heart attack.
♪ RUSTY: What characters ARE we playing?
♪ CHARGE: I can set up a vote poll, either characters or Miis.
♪ DUSTIN: That works, I'm fine with either.
♪ KRUPP: Miis could be cute.
♪ PEARL: Think that might be the first time I've ever heard Krupp describe something as "cute".
♪ GB: Clearly you ain't heard him talkin' about the others then.
♪ CHARGE: I'm plenty cute!
♪ JOULE: Same here!
♪ ELECTRA: Babes, clearly I am the cutest of us lot!
♪ KRUPP: You're second, Lexi, cutest goes to Purse.
♪ DUVAY: Not even surprised, hah.
♪ PURSE: WIN!
♪ CB: Gay asses.
♪ CHARGE: In-game characters won the chat poll.
♪ RUSTY: DLC characters included, right?
♪ WRENCH: Yes, they're included.
♪ WRENCH: Same goes for the tracks, we have the DLC for that too.
♪ CB: 36 characters gives us plenty to pick from without repeats.
♪ CHARGE: This'll also be a VS race, no Grand Prix, just picking whatever tracks we fancy and then the game randomly selects from the pool.
♪ PEARL: I claim Peach!
♪ JOULE: Wow what a shocker.
♪ JOULE: In that case I claim Daisy because she's fucking funny.
♪ CHARGE: HI I'M DAISY!
♪ JOULE: HI I'M DAISY!
♪ ELECTRA: I claim Rosalina, because she is an icon.
♪ VOLTA: I'll go Baby Rosalina then.
♪ WRENCH: I like Isabelle from Animal Crossing.
♪ DUVAY: I want to go the Animal Crossing Villager lady.
♪ DUVAY: Have you played AC, Wrench?
♪ WRENCH: I play New Leaf after Joule introduced me to it.
♪ WRENCH: Every few months or so we have a New Leaf stream where I visit subscriber's towns, or I get recommended town dream codes to visit.
♪ DUSTIN: Oh! Send me your friend code sometime, I'd like to see your town too.
♪ DUVAY: Seconded.
♪ DUSTIN: Speaking of, I'll go Villager Boy, he's cute.
♪ CHARGE: He's a lil' dude.
♪ CHARGE: I'm also gonna go a lil' dude, Larry's one of my faves.
♪ GB: Bowser riding motorbikes and karts will never not be funny to me.
♪ CB: I'm gonna go Lemmy.
♪ CHARGE: YEEAAAHH KOOPA KID SQUAD!
♪ RUSTY: Tanooki Mario is my go-to, he looks huggable.
♪ JOULE: Friend-shaped!
♪ PEARL: OH WAIT, IF I GO CAT PEACH, WE MATCH!
♪ RUSTY: YES!
♪ PEARL: Okay Cat Peach it is this is too perfect to pass up.
♪ CHARGE: The chat is going ham right now calling you two adorable.
♪ PURSE: I'm seeing some #CoupleGoals in there too, how dare you all, WE'RE meant to be the ultimate couples goal.
♪ RUSTY: Nuh uh!
♪ PURSE: Yuh uh.
♪ DINAH: Gentlemen, ya'll are all couples goals.
♪ DINAH: Anyway, I'll go Shy Guy.
♪ KRUPP: Did not take you to be a Shy Guy main, Dinah.
♪ DINAH: They're so little and have a cute mask!
♪ RUSTY: Agreed!
♪ PURSE: I'm picking Pink Gold Peach because she is equally an icon!
♪ ELECTRA: Rosalina is more of an icon.
♪ CB: I don't get why they added Pink Gold Peach, what the hell was the point of them being added?
♪ JOULE: Bigger roster go brrr I guess?
♪ DUVAY: They are certainly, a choice addition.
♪ KRUPP: I'll go Metal Mario then, so we can match as well love.
♪ PURSE: Yay!
♪ DUVAY: I forgot they gave Sherbet Land such a glow-up.
♪ VOLTA: It doesn't look the best in Double Dash, though that's an old game.
♪ VOLTA: The nighttime aesthetic for the 8 version is MUCH better.
♪ DUSTIN: Was putting us on a Shell Cup course right out the gate a good idea?
♪ VOLTA: Of course.
♪ GB: No bias there.
♪ WRENCH: Somebody else here voted for Grumble Volcano, this is a notably better option for the first race.
♪ CHARGE: She's true though.
♪ CB: RUSTY STOP GETTING RED SHELLS FOR THE LOVE OF STARLIGHT!
♪ RUSTY: I CAN'T HELP THAT BLAME THE GAME!
♪ KRUPP: You two have been fighting in the middle of the pack for the whole first lap.
♪ PEARL: How are you so far ahead???
♪ KRUPP: Built different, as chat puts it.
♪ DINAH: YAAAYY BULLET BILL!
♪ JOULE: DAMMIT DINAH!
♪ DUVAY: How did you get a bullet bill in that position!?
♪ CHARGE: So for this game, for some reason, your items aren't really decided by like WHAT placement you're in?
♪ DUSTIN: But, that makes sense to do.
♪ WRENCH: Exactly.
♪ PURSE: For this game apparently it's based on how far you are from first place that determines your items.
♪ PURSE: Which is a choice to make.
♪ ELECTRA: So because Krupp is in first, and is speeding ahead for now, we're all getting better items.
♪ CB: Honestly the Bullet Bills have always been janky in who gets 'em too.
♪ DUVAY: Huh!
♪ DUVAY: The more you know.
♪ PEARL: Have you really never noticed the difference in items?
♪ DUVAY: I mean yeah, but only really when you're in first and get like 30 coins and zero other items.
♪ GB: Second that, I didn't notice it before ya'll told me first time we all played Mario Kart together.
♪ RUSTY: TRUE!
♪ KRUPP: Praying I get a Superhorn.
♪ VOLTA: Someone Blue Shell him!
♪ JOULE: BLUE SHELL 'EM!!
♪ CB: WE KINDA NEED ONE IF WE WANT TO, J!
♪ WRENCH: Who shoved me into the ice-skating Shy Guys?
♪ GB: Sorry ma'am!
♪ CHARGE: SOMEONE BLUE SHELL KRUPP!
♪ ELECTRA: AS THE PERSON IN SECOND PLACE, PLEASE DO THAT!
♪ DINAH: Not for long! I'm right behind ya!
♪ ELECTRA: DINAH NO PLEASE-
♪ DUSTIN: Oh, I like Tick-Tock Clock!
♪ CB: Ooohh this is going to be MADNESS on 200CC.
♪ PURSE: Who's ready to fall off the side 5 times in one lap?
♪ PEARL: Meeeeee.
♪ JOULE: Absolute mood.
♪ WRENCH: I like this map, you'll be fine.
♪ VOLTA: Not how it works, Wrench lovely.
♪ ELECTRA: If you want true madness then we can always give N64 or SNES Rainbow Road a try.
♪ DINAH: ABSOLUTELY NOT!
♪ KRUPP: That sounds fun, but I worry someone might break the console.
♪ RUSTY: N64 we could give a try since it's not completely unforgiving, but SNES Rainbow Road on 200CC would give us heart attacks.
♪ DUVAY: I think I would cry.
♪ DUVAY: N64 Rainbow Road is really pretty though.
♪ VOLTA: They gave it such an upgrade.
♪ CHARGE: To be fair anything's gonna be an upgrade from N64, but yeah, that game's Rainbow Road got such an overhaul it's virtually a whole different map.
♪ GB: One of my favourites from this game.
♪ ELECTRA: Good choice, Geebs!
♪ CHARGE: Someone in chat's asking what your top favourite map is then, Greaseball?
♪ GB: I think it's Big Blue from the DLC.
♪ GB: Never played the game it originates from but damn is it absolutely amazing to play on, makes me feel like I'm properly racin'.
♪ DUSTIN: That one's from the game Captain Falcon's in, right?
♪ JOULE: Yyyeeep, F-Zero, the Nintendo game franchise only known for Captain Falcon in Smash Bros cuz they've not made a new game in OVER 10 FUCKING YEARS!
♪ PEARL: What.
♪ DINAH: Golly, really?
♪ JOULE: 2004 was the last actual game release, not even kidding.
♪ CB: Well that's kinda ass isn't it?
♪ KRUPP: Evidently they want to put their ideas towards Mario Kart instead of another racing franchise.
♪ WRENCH: Most likely, but surely they could manage two unique racing franchises like they do for their 30 different platformer games.
♪ WRENCH: It IS Nintendo after all.
♪ DUVAY: Guess not.
♪ RUSTY: Why is this one a favourite for you, Wrench?
♪ RUSTY: It's one of my favourites too, I'm just curious.
♪ WRENCH: I enjoy the aesthetic of it, it's a unique location for a racing game to use and it uses that to its advantage.
♪ PURSE: It is actually quite pretty for a clock-based map.
♪ DINAH: WHO ALREADY GOT A BOB-OMB?!
♪ CB: HEHAHAHAH!
♪ CB: YA YEET!
♪ PURSE: OF COURSE IT WAS YOU!
♪ KRUPP: Aaand off I fall over the side, dammit.
♪ ELECTRA: WHO GAVE CEEBS EXPLOSIVES?
♪ CB: THE GAME HAS AND I'M GONNA WIN THIS TIME LEX!
♪ CHARGE: That just wiped out like 5 of us holy fuck!
♪ GB: Fuckin' hell game I'm only in 4th, don't give me MORE coins.
♪ RUSTY: I just got Championship flashbacks from that laugh, oh my Starlight.
♪ PEARL: I got Lightning!
♪ CB: NO I WAS TAKING THE LEEEAADD!
♪ VOLTA: GO GO GO!
♪ DUSTIN: SORRY CEEBS!
♪ CB: FUCK YOOOUUU THIS IS MY VICTORY!
♪ DINAH: Yaaaaayy, Moo Moo Meadows!
♪ DUSTIN: Good map choice, Dinah!
♪ RUSTY: Going for a lot of the retro tracks this time around.
♪ GB: Rusty, Dee almost always picks Moo Moo Meadows.
♪ RUSTY: Fair.
♪ DINAH: I like Moo Moo Meadows.
♪ DUVAY: The cows are VERY cute.
♪ JOULE: I love the cow on the map selection image that's just staring into everyone's souls.
♪ KRUPP: The cow judges. It knows something we don't.
♪ VOLTA: The almighty cow.
♪ CHARGE: THE ALMIGHTY COW!
♪ PURSE: Chat's going to spam that for the next month now.
♪ ELECTRA: I can't believe that's going to be a new stream meme.
♪ DINAH: The almighty cow.
♪ CHARGE: YEEEESSSSS ELECTRODROME!
♪ DUVAY: Oh Starlight this'll be another that's gonna give us migraines on 200CC.
♪ JOULE: This is basically our home-turf map.
♪ RUSTY: Teams aren't enabled this time though.
♪ WRENCH: Electric truce.
♪ ELECTRA: ELECTRIC TRUCE!
♪ CB: EY THAT'S NOT FAIR!
♪ GB: Oh it's ON now.
♪ PEARL: This is going to be anarchy.
♪ ELECTRA: YEEEESSS! Victory is mine!
♪ PEARL: DAMMIT, I WAS SO CLOSE TO WINNING THAT!
♪ DUSTIN: Well done, guys! That was surprisingly close.
♪ VOLTA: I want names, who threw that Blue Shell when I was in first?
♪ RUSTY: Sorryyy!
♪ VOLTA: How dare you, steamer, I feel betrayed.
♪ GB: Ya'll did make it pretty much us lot against you guys.
♪ WRENCH: Worth it.
♪ CHARGE: WORTH IT!
♪ CB: Gay asses.
♪ JOULE: In other news, the sky is blue.
♪ CB: Actually it's black right now because it's nighttime, Joulie.
♪ JOULE: DON'T SMART-ASS ME CABOOSE!
♪ CB: HEHEHEHEHEH!
♪ JOULE: YEESSSS BABY PARK TIME!
♪ PEARL: Oh dear Starlight.
♪ KRUPP: Ohhhh no.
♪ KRUPP: This might be more stressful than SNES Rainbow Road.
♪ CHARGE: SEVEN LAPS OF CHAOS!
♪ CB: WWWOOOOO!
♪ DUSTIN: On 200CC, my goodness.
♪ DINAH: This is going to be over in less than 2 minutes.
♪ WRENCH: I never would have imagined a simple oval of a map would be considered one of the most chaotic maps in Mario Kart existence.
♪ CHARGE: And to think it's even MORE chaotic in Double Dash.
♪ DUVAY: Is it really?
♪ CHARGE: OH YEAH!
♪ CHARGE: Still 7 laps, but the chaos mainly comes from the items, because Double Dash has some CRAZY items, like Bowser shells that are basically the size of the track lane itself.
♪ DUVAY: Oh dear.
♪ JOULE: YEP!
♪ JOULE: Thankfully none of that here but we do have Blue Shells, Crazy Eights, and Soundhorns which can cause just as much anarchy.
♪ GB: This music is gonna drive me insane.
♪ RUSTY: Aaaaand it's getting faster oh dear.
♪ PEARL: Is this music what a panic attack feels like?
♪ RUSTY: Yes.
♪ CB: Absolutely.
♪ CHARGE: Yeah probably.
♪ WRENCH: Most likely.
♪ DUSTIN: Certainly is.
♪ DUVAY: SOMEHOW, I WON!
♪ JOULE: CONSIDERING I GOT NUKED BY LIGHTNING RIGHT AS I CROSSED THE FINISH LINE I'LL TAKE SECOND PLACE!
♪ RUSTY: Dammit, so close.
♪ RUSTY: Third isn't awful though.
♪ DINAH: I'll be honest I barely knew what place I was in by the time I crossed the line considerin' how many of us were grouped together fightin' for our lives.
♪ PEARL: You got a Bullet Bill AGAIN!
♪ DINAH: I DUNNO HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENIN' PEARLIE!
♪ VOLTA: I got one too that time as well, I don't even know if distance played a part in what items we got that time considering how hectic it was.
♪ KRUPP: Wouldn't be shocked if for that particular map, the game goes "screw the item rules" and throws whatever it feels like into the mix.
♪ PURSE: I got a Crazy Eight during that and just spammed every button hoping I'd hit someone.
♪ ELECTRA: If the reaction someone has to getting as Crazy Eight ISN'T to press the button over and over and pray for the best, then I'd be concerned.
♪ CHARGE: The chat is LAUGHING their asses off at the way you were shrieking during that Pursey.
♪ PURSE: I WAS PANICKING!
♪ DUSTIN: I don't blame them, that was carnage.
♪ GB: That was a clusterfuck and a half.
♪ CB: I LOVED IT!
♪ WRENCH: Alright, 5 races done, we'll have a small break here before we go onto anymore.
♪ DINAH: Thank goodness, I need to drink some of my lemonade after that last race.
♪ DUVAY: Lemonade at this time?
♪ DINAH: Lemonade has no restrictions.
♪ CHARGE: We've got fizzy drinks too Dee don't you worry.
♪ JOULE: FANTA FOR THE WIN!
♪ CB: I'm gonna go grab a drink too actually, my throat's going dry from laughing so much.
♪ PEARL: I just have some apple juice.
♪ RUSTY: Power of appy juice compels you.
♪ VOLTA: Valid choice.
♪ GB: Swear if we end up back on Baby Park again Joule I'm gon' hit you over the head next time I see ya.
♪ JOULE: You'd have to try and catch me first!
♪ GB: Cheeky lil' minx.
♪ ELECTRA: THAT'S OUR GIRL!
Chapter 17: in which Rusty basically adopts another steamer (and their girlfriend)
Summary:
SO, THAT LONDON 2024 REVIVAL HUH?
Apologies for the small break, I've been waiting for this to start so I could properly begin planning things out now I know who and what I'm working with. Of course I'm adding everybody from that rendition into the chatfic what kinda crazy person do you take me for? ;P
However, they're all going to be added gradually across multiple chapters, so as to not suddenly chuck like 15 new characters in instantly, make it more manageable for you guys reading and for myself writing.
Names:
Corry - 2024 Rusty
Moonstone - 2024 Pearl
"Mum" - 2024 Momma (not added, but mentioned) -> Biological Mother of Corry
Opal - 2018 Bochum Pearl (not added, but mentioned) -> Older Sister of Moonstone
[ Since this involves the 2024 cast, who will probably be referencing parts of their show plot and all that, slight spoilers are now ahead! ]
Chapter Text
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [get egg'd]
RUSTY: H-
RUSTY: Have NONE of us been bothered to change the chatroom name since Easter??
HARRIET: lol nope
RORY: I guess not.
CARRIE: get egg's
CARRIE: *egg'd
CARRIE: fuck
HARRIET: LMFAO
FLAT-TOP: dumbass.
CARRIE: stfu blender-breaker
FLAT-TOP: T HAT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO FUCK OFF
RORY: Keep it civil please?
HARRIET: we should legit change the chatroom name tho sometime soon
RUSTY: Pfff, true.
RUSTY: Anyway, beyond that, I've got an announcement! ^^
HAMILTON: Whatcha got for us?
HARRIET: yeah yeah i wanna hear!!
RUSTY: I just got done having a meeting with the boss Control about 5 minutes ago.
CARRIE: was lil junior there too??
RUSTY: Control Junior was there too, obviously.
RUSTY: They were sat in one of the big chairs, looked very proud of themselves.
HARRIET: AWWWWHHH
RORY: Bless them, that's cute.
FLAT-TOP: lil j is pretty cute tryna be all grown up.
CARRIE: its so adorable that their parents let them be actively involved with us
RUSTY: I know!
RUSTY: Oh, but anyway. Got off topic.
RUSTY: Control's said that due to how big AV Trainyard's getting, we're going to be getting some more Trainfolk who've signed up for being transferred over here to help out.
HAMILTON: Awwwh yeeaaahh, new folks!
FLAT-TOP: more chaos
RORY: Which trainyards are they coming from?
RUSTY: They're actually coming from the Trainyard Carrie and Buffy are from, Wembley Park Trainyard!
CARRIE: FUCKIN YYYYOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
HARRIET: AAAYYYY SO IT'LL BE SOME FAMILIAR FACES??
RUSTY: Potentially!
RUSTY: They're still in the process of organising everybody coming over, but I can confirm that today, we have at least 2 arrivals.
RUSTY: A Steamer and his coupled Coach, from what I've been told. ^^
RORY: Bless, that's sweet that they keep them together.
CARRIE: i mean yeah they kept me n buffy together didnt they doofus
FLAT-TOP: whens the new tykes arriving
RUSTY: Sometime this afternoon! Control's put me in charge of giving them the tour and just generally taking care of them for a bit, so I'll be hopping off work early to meet them at the entrance and then show them about.
RUSTY: You'll probably see us rolling about once they get here, I'm going to make sure to show them as much as I can.
RUSTY: I imagine Greaseball's going to get called in for a talk too since there's a Diesel that's gonna get transferred over too.
RUSTY: Aaaaaaand, some new Freight! Geebs will probably be handling their tour too.
HARRIET: LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
RORY: WOOOHOOO!!
FLAT-TOP: NICE!
HAMILTON: Are they all a mostly adopted gay disaster like we are lmfao
RUSTY: I've not got the full details yet, so I can't say if they're related or have anything else going on, BUT I do know there's 4 of them heading our way.
RORY: Anyone else?
RUSTY: Yeah, partially at least. 3 of their Coaches are also doing what Carrie does and doing sort of a split work hours here and at their own Trainyard, so we'll be seeing them around too.
RUSTY: They get their own shed housing for when they're over here, and will get a tour of the AV Trainyard when they get here from some of the girls. Probably Pearl or Dee? Not sure just yet.
CARRIE: ooooo i gotta ask around and see who'll be joining over here!!!
CARRIE: you can tell boss that i'm happy to be the one to tour em since i'll probs know em from home :D
RUSTY: Noted! :D
HARRIET: what bout the gal coming with the steamer today?
RUSTY: Probably a full-time transfer to stick with him, but I'll ask. ^^
HAMILTON: I feel so bad for these newcomers the chatroom is gonna confuse the fuck out of 'em
RORY: Are you going to add them, Rusty?
FLAT-TOP: you probably should.
RUSTY: I will, yeah. General chatter aside IS for communication while also at work, and they need to have that access.
RORY: That's fair, I just worry they're going to get overwhelmed, Starlight knows there's going to be a lot of chaos here like usual.
CARRIE: everyone'll have to learn to be SANE for a bit methinks
HARRIET: rich coming from you, chaos gremlin
HAMILTON: Y EAH you're literally part of the Triple C Squad for Starlight's sake
CARRIE: fuckin rude
CARRIE: but also ya thats fair
CARRIE: me, chargie, and ceebs are the anarchy crew lmfao
RUSTY: Let's all at least try to keep it a bit calmer for these guys, alright?
RUSTY: I'm sure the Freight and Diesel when they transfer over will be j ust as wild as half of you guys are lol, but this Steamer and his coupled Coach may not be the same.~
RUSTY: So just do your bests to be civil when they're around and pop into here, okay? I trust ya'll to be inviting and friendly to them. ^^
HARRIET: you got it champ
HAMILTON: Yeah in all seriousness 'n stuff, we'll keep it chill, ya hear?
RORY: I'll pass on the message to the other Rockies as well.
CARRIE: i'll behave, promise
RUSTY: Thanks guys. ^^
RUSTY: I'll be returning to you guys in the yard in a sec to get back to work until I get the call they're here!
FLAT-TOP: aight. 👍
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - RUSTY]
PEARL: How's the tour going, love?
RUSTY: It's going great!
RUSTY: Wish you were here though,, :(
PEARL: I wish I was tooooo! Q-Q
PEARL: We come home and clock out in about an hour and a half, I think?
RUSTY: I'm sure you'll be able to see them when you get back!!
RUSTY: I plan to take them to the the AV Diner the tour's over, you girls should all be back from your group shift by then for Dee to make them something nice as a Welcome Meal.
RUSTY: You can say hello and introduce yourself then. They're about Belle's age I think, but they're super excited, it's adorable.
PEARL: Ooohh, good idea!
PEARL: Ik Dee will 1000% make them something as a treat, Buffy and Belle probably will too.
RUSTY: Let's make sure they don't tire themselves out!
RUSTY: Remember this is just the first chunk of new trainfolks coming in.
PEARL: OH GOSH RIGHT!
PEARL: 3 part-time coaches, 1 full-time coach and steamer shunter (I'm guessing if you're touring and mentoring the little guy), a Diesel, and 4 Freights.
PEARL: Yeah, definitely a good thing Control's getting them over bit by bit.
RUSTY: Yep, otherwise there'd be like 6 of us off work giving them tours and there'd be
RUSTY: N otably more chaos trying to get them all settled ^^;
PEARL: You think we'll be able to manage them all?
RUSTY: I think so!
RUSTY: I like to be optimistic things'll turn out alright.
RUSTY: I mean, heck, we made it through the post-championships days, didn't we?
PEARL: True, that was
PEARL: Definitely more stressful and chaotic than a few new trainfolks'll probably be.
RUSTY: You trust me?
PEARL: Of course!!!
PEARL: My champ. 💗
RUSTY: The pearl of my world. 🤎
[RUSTY] has resumed Activity
RUSTY: Okay I know some people will be sad at this but I h ave to change this chatroom name.
[RUSTY] changed chatroom name to [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[CB] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
CB: boooooo that's the OLD old chatroom name
RUSTY: IT'S JUST FOR THE NEWCOMERS!
RUSTY: You guys can mess with it later, I promise.
CB: fiiiiine
CB: adding the new folks now
RUSTY: Yup. :)
[RUSTY] has added [CORRY] and [MOONSTONE] to [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[CORRY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[MOONSTONE] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
RUSTY: @AVTRAINFOLKS
RUSTY: Hey folks, those of you who didn't or couldn't say hi during the tour, feel free to come meet our newcomers here! ^^
[PEARL] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[ASHLEY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[GB] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[DUVAY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[DUSTIN] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
CORRY: Oh, gosh, this- Is a lot of people here to say hi to us!
RUSTY: These are my friends - and one is my girlfriend - that I mentioned are currently on their work shifts! Some of them are just finishing up soon, some still have a few hours.
GB: yup, still out here for 'nother hour
DUSTIN: Mhm. :(
DUSTIN: But hi! I'm Dustin, Big Hopper Freight!
CB: and i'm red caboose, but i prefer being called ceebs or cb for short
MOONSTONE: Dustin, and Caboose, got it!
CORRY: Nice to meet you two! You seem pretty calm compared to some of our Freight, heh.
CB: trust me buddy im far from calm most the time lmao
RUSTY: Ceebs can be a bit of a chaos gremlin sometimes. :P
CB: ;P
RUSTY: We do also have some other friends like I mentioned, but they're not from the AV Trainyard, so they didn't get the ping. I'll let them know about you guys in a bit though!
DINAH: Hiya dolls! It's wonderful to meet you! I'm Dinah, Dining Coach.
DINAH: Well, it'll be even more wonderful when we get to the diner. Should be there in a few minutes, the train we've been assigned to the cars on today is just coming into the trainyard station! (*^‿^*)
DINAH: Then I'll get you two some food, how's that sound?
MOONSTONE: That sounds great, Miss Dinah!
CORRY: Gosh, thank you!
DUVAY: Lovely to meet you two, I'm Duvay the Sleeping Coach.
CORRY: Oh, we have a Sleeping Coach in the Wembley Trainyard too! Do you sleep a lot like she does?
DUVAY: Heh, sure do.
MOONSTONE: You two will get along when she comes over for her part-time shifts definitely ＾▽＾
ASHLEY: My little sister is making some friends, I'm so proud.
DUVAY: Sssssshush.
MOONSTONE: Ooh, ours doesn't have an older sister I think. :o
CORRY: I mean, maybe she does, they're just not in Wembley Trainyard?
CORRY: I've. Never asked, actually. Didn't want to intrude on her personal life.
ASHLEY: That's entirely valid!
ASHLEY: I'm Ashley, I'm a Smoking Coach. Lovely to meet you both.
MOONSTONE: Woooaaahhhhh
MOONSTONE: I've never seen one of you before!
CORRY: Moon Moon, careful with your tone a little. <3
MOONSTONE: OH I'M SO SORRY!
ASHLEY: It's okay! I'm aware our kind isn't exactly common nowdays after 2005.
MOONSTONE: What's your job on the train cars, if it's okay to ask?
ASHLEY: Contrary to our name, our job nowadays is making sure people DON'T smoke while on the train.
ASHLEY: I usually stay with my girlfriend, Buffy the Buffet Coach, to make sure no-one's smoking while others are eating food, or stay with my sister Duvay so nobody's smoking while others are sleeping too.
CORRY: That's really thoughtful!
RUSTY: Where's Buffy actually, I expected her to show up at the ping.
ASHLEY: Helping Belle with tidying up their train cars after their shift!
PEARL: They'll be ready to go in a sec, I just poked my head in to check on them.
PEARL: OH! I'm Pearl, I'm a First-Class Observation Coach, it's SO great to meet you two; Rusty's been saying nothing but nice things.
CORRY: This is your girlfriend you mentioned! It's great to meet you too, ma'am!
RUSTY: Yup, this is her!
MOONSTONE: Hey hey, I'm a First-Class too!! So is my older sister Opal.
MOONSTONE: First-Class Star Observatory Coach, I work mainly late shifts and in the winter when the sky's ACTUALLY VISIBLE.
GB: whats with you steamers gettin' first class gals?
CB: ^ you guys got some magic going on or something
RUSTY: Not sure, it just. Happens?
CORRY: Oh, yeah! We are both dating First Class Coaches. Huh.
CORRY: That's pretty cool! Just goes to show Steamers can achieve anything!
CORRY: At least I think I still count as a Steamer. Mum says I do, and I trust her world entirely.
ASHLEY: What makes you say that, buddy?
CORRY: Oh, I had to have a conversion. I'm still technically a Steamer, but not a traditional one.
CORRY: I was born with some health difficulties, and they started really affecting me, especially when I started practicing on my racing abilities and began to compete more.
GB: y'race?
CORRY: Yes sir! Or, well, I've started to.
CORRY: Rusty winning the Championships was, actually a really big inspiration for me to try it even with my health problems. And I've been doing good! I got a big win some months back!
RUSTY: Great job, Corry!
DINAH: Niiiiice!
GB: well, glad that me losin' to the tiny man inspired ya to start takin' on racing
RUSTY: HEEEYYY :(
GB: sure i don't need ta introduce myself, but i'm Greaseball, GB.
CORRY: I already know you definitely, yes. It's nice to meet you either way!
MOONSTONE: Same here!! ^-^
DINAH: Don't push yourself too much.
CORRY: See I, may have already done that.
CORRY: Which is why I needed the conversion for my systems done.
CB: what'd you convert to, diesel or electric?
CORRY: Oh, neither.
DUSTIN: Oh-?
MOONSTONE: Corry's one of our trainyard's first Engines to be tried and outfitted for a Hydrogen conversion. ^^
MOONSTONE: It's apparently still an experimental thingy with Engines, but Corry's health was at risk, and our Control decided it'd be worth giving it a shot to help make him more stable.
CORRY: And it worked! I still need my bi-monthly medical check-ups, but after I recovered from the conversion surgery I've been doing much better. :D
RUSTY: That's great to hear!
PEARL: Hydrogren engines, I had no idea those were a thing! :O
PEARL:*Hydrogen
PEARL: Gah, spelling.
ASHLEY: Hydrogren.
DUVAY: Hydrogren.
GB: hydrogren.
PEARL: W hy are you all like this.
MOONSTONE: LOL
CORRY: Like my Moon said, it's kinda still in an experimental stage according to Control?
CORRY: But one of our Freight's a Hydrogren Truck.
CORRY: *HYDROGEN
CORRY: C urses.
CB: PEARL WHATVE YOU DONE YOUVE STARTED A MISSPELL EPIDEMIC
PEARL: WAAAHHH I'M SORRYYYY
DINAH: To be fair, hydrogen is tricky to spell and it's not exactly a word we're used to using often.
GB: hydrogen truck, ey?
DUSTIN: We've not got one of those! That'll be interesting! :o
CORRY: We also have a Lumber Truck and a Coal Truck in our Freight!
CORRY: And, an Oil Truck too, but
CORRY: We're not really on speaking terms.
RUSTY: That's alright, you don't need to say anything about it if you don't want to.
CB: damn, lotsa new freight we've not had on the squad before coming this way
GB: hooohhh boy, more of you chaotic rascals to wrangle
GB: 'xcept for Dustin and Rory, they're the only two who behave
DUSTIN: :3
DINAH: Ohh you'll be fine, I'm sure. You've managed the Freight so far up until now haven't you?
GB: Y EAH BUT IDK ABOUT MANAGING 30 ODD FREIGHT DEE-DEE
GB: 'SPECIALLY WHEN SOME OF EM HAVE FOUGHT EACH OTHER WITH UMBRELLAS BEFORE
CORRY: They what now
ASHLEY: Beach day, was very chaotic, I'm sure if you scroll enough amongst the endless sea of memes you'll find the voice channel records of it.
MOONSTONE: Ooohh, a beach day sounds fun!! You guys must be closer to the beaches than we are.
CORRY: Yeah, not to mention it feels way clearer out here on the London outskirts already. Control said it'd be good for my systems as I recover from my conversion, I see what they meant now.
PEARL: Mhm! The air's good out here even on the Trainyard, and we get a great view of the sunrise and sunset too, and all the stars above at night!
DUVAY: Provided the classic English Weather decides to cooperate.
PEARL: Y eah, that aside. qwq
CORRY: It'd be nice to sit and enjoy the sunset on a clearer evening! No big buildings around blocking it out.
MOONSTONE: Sounds so pretty!! Should make sure to bring a camera to take pictures of it for my scrapbook.
DUSTIN: You like to scrapbook? I do too. ^^
MOONSTONE: :OOO
CB: dustins found one of his people, incredible (not sarcasm i promise)
DINAH: Ceeeeebs
CB: I SAID NOT SARCASM!!
GB: HEHEHAH
ASHLEY: Heads up, we're heading into the Trainyard now!
ASHLEY: Buffy says she's excited to see you two, apparently Carrie's not stopped bouncing like crazy on her wheels since she heard you guys are coming over to stay
MOONSTONE: CARRIE AND BUFFY!!!
DINAH: We'll meetcha at the Diner, sure Rusty's already shown you the place.
RUSTY: Already there actually, just sat down at the outdoor tables. ^^
DINAH: Well that's perfect!
DINAH: I'll make you that food I promised, I imagine you're hungry after comin' down here and touring the place for a while. Nice warm meal will do you good!
DINAH: You got something to eat then while catching up with Carrie and Buffy!
MOONSTONE: Ooooo!!!
CORRY: Gosh, thanks thanks Miss Dinah, that's really kind for you to do.
DINAH: Don't mention it, Corry, happy to make sure you two feel welcomed here at AV!
PEARL: Yeah, welcome to the AV Trainyard!
DUSTIN: Welcome to the AV! :)
CB: cant wait to meet some of your mates from your trainyard coming over to ours
GB: things'll be getting much more lively around here
DUVAY: Better to be lively than to stagnate.
RUSTY: Very true! ^^
Chapter 18: PRIDE MONTH 2: THE ELECTRIC BOOGALOO CONTINUES
Summary:
Motivation strikes for me and it's the month of gay, so how's about another pride month with the idiot gay trains!
(Yes I know this is coming out at the end of pride/after pride shhhhhush)
Another longer chapter than usual, hope you all enjoy the shenanigans!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
[ELEKTRONIC] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[ELECTRA] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
ELECTRA: I forgot the name changed back to the original one.
ELEKTRONIC: When did that happen?
ELECTRA: AV got a new little Steamer and Coach, it was probably so they didn't get scared by the chatroom quite literally just being titled "get egg'd".
ELECTRA: I spoke to them briefly in the chat two or three days ago, they're very cute,, 🤭
ELEKTRONIC: Oh! I didn't realise there was new additions, I would have said hello sooner otherwise!
ELEKTRONIC: Ah well, I'll say hi soon enough.
ELEKTRONIC: @EVERYONE It's my turn to use this ping!
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[BUFFY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[ASHLEY] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[BELLE] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[GB] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
BELLE: We've been summoned?
BUFFY: lmao
RUSTY: Hiya Lexi, hi E.K! ^^
DINAH: G'morning you two! :D
ELEKTRONIC: Heelloooo AV!
GB: ello discoball, surprised to see you here.
BUFFY: d iscoball
RUSTY: He's not wrong.
ELEKTRONIC: My apologies, you probably know how hectic life can get as a Racer.
ELEKTRONIC: BUT! Me and Electra come with some important news!!!
ASHLEY: Oooo? News?
BUFFY: are you coming out the closet
ELECTRA: Har har.
ELECTRA: Bold of you to assume 98% of Electrics are ever even in the closet.
BUFFY: fair point
BUFFY: anyway spill the news!!
DINAH: ^ !!!!
ELECTRA: Weeeell, you may recall us mentioning at least a few times last year how Electrics make a big deal out of Pride Month.
DINAH: I remember that, absolutely.
GB: o shit yeah we just hit June didn't we
BELLE: We sure did, I'm already preparing the special themed holiday drinks for the trainyard diner.
ASHLEY: D id you forget what month we're in again Geebs
GB: only cuz its came so damn soon, felt like it was only february like a few weeks ago
BELLE: That's fair, I've felt the same, time's gone quickly.
ELECTRA: And you may recall that one of those things we do because we make a big deal out of Pride Month and how major it is for us, is the annual Pride Party held at the Grand Race Hall.
RUSTY: Are you two going partying again like last year? I'd love to see the outfits you go in, the pictures you sent last year to the chat were so pretty! ^^
BUFFY: ^
ELEKTRONIC: Well, you can see them yourselves first-hand, little rust!!
RUSTY: ????
ELECTRA: E.K and I got ahold of some +1 tickets to invite you all to the Pride Party!
ASHLEY: SHUT UP
BUFFY: NO FUCKING WAY
ELEKTRONIC: YES WAY, DARLINGS!
ELEKTRONIC: [ foryouxx.png ]
GB: o shit alright
DINAH: OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH (ᗒᗨᗕ) !!!!
BELLE: That's so many tickets-!
ELECTRA: We couldn't get enough for the entirety of the AV, but we were able to get enough for a good chunk of you, hopefully at least. 😅
ASHLEY: Oh my damn, we get to go to like
ASHLEY: An actual Electrics event??
ELEKTRONIC: You certainly do!~
RUSTY: Are you sure this is alright, Lex, Elek? You're both pretty highly prestigious Electrics.
ELECTRA: And you are a World Champion, Rusty! If any Electric has an issue with you being there after a win that prestigious in of itself, then I'm not entirely sure what's wrong with them.
ELECTRA: Genuinely, we wouldn't be so open to inviting you all if we didn't want you there, or didn't think you'd be safe.
ELECTRA: You can simply say to anyone bothering you that the other AV's coming with are your own Entourage, if you want to be really cheeky!
RUSTY: I DUNNO ABOUT THAT BUT
RUSTY: Wow, thank you for the tickets, seriously!!
BELLE: When's the event?? I'm gonna need to find a good outfit to wear ASAP.
ELEKTRONIC: Pride Party's in 3 days!! 😁
ELEKTRONIC: If any of you need a hand with outfits, we'll see what we can do.
ELECTRA: Offer some fashion advice~
ELEKTRONIC: Exactly!!
ELECTRA: We can also do makeup with the others, if you need. <3
GB: is that why the components aint all here screamin' like no tomorrow
GB: they're already gettin' their outfits prepped
ELECTRA: Yyyeep, already sprinting about the apartment.
ELECTRA: Think they might cause a tornado to form with how excited everyone is!
BUFFY: PFF
BUFFY: wouldn't surprise me if they could do that tbh
BUFFY: we'll let the other girls know asap and start figuring out what we'll do
RUSTY: I'll tell Pearl! I'll also go ask Corry and Moonstone if they wanna come.
ASHLEY: I'm not expecting a yes, they're still getting used to being here and a party might be overwhelming.
RUSTY: I'm not expecting a yes either in all honesty, but you never know!
RUSTY: Might want to step out their comfort zones a little.
DINAH: I'll go ask Ceebs if he wants to come!!
GB: y'sure the electrics aint gonna grill the guy for the crash with lexi, Dee-Dee?
ELECTRA: Caboose should be fine so long as he doesn't set something on fire or s omething wild like that.
ELECTRA: You guys ARE going to need to behave at least a LITTLE when you're there.
ELEKTRONIC: You say that but
ELEKTRONIC: I don't think even the Electrics adhere to the behaviour rule at the party, so long as nothing and nobody winds up entirely broken.
ELECTRA: .
ELECTRA: Fair point, nevermind, go wild, just don't destroy the place or get yourselves hurt!
BUFFY: WWWWOOOOO!
DINAH: What'll the party be like? Is there an outfit theme??
ELECTRA: No outfit theme officially, BUT a lot of the Electrics will wear the pride flags or patches we also wear for pre-races during Pride Month!
ELECTRA: So if you want to do that, then by all means go ahead. ✨
RUSTY: The sea of bisexual flags is gonna be approaching the Race Hall rapidly.
ELEKTRONIC: Are a lot of you Bi? That's surprising!
DINAH: Zero was surprised too!
ASHLEY: Someone should make like
ASHLEY: A spreadsheet or something
BUFFY: what of everybody's sexualities??
ASHLEY: Yeah, and who's dating who.
ASHLEY: Saves confusion.
GB: that'd be handy considerin' we got newcomers up the wazoo comin' from wembley park trainyard
ELEKTRONIC: I'm sure one of the Components will eventually come online and take that as a challenge when they
ELEKTRONIC: Eventually
ELEKTRONIC: Finish with their party outfits.
RUSTY: We got 3 days to get together outfits I don't blame them for booking it to get them prepped
DINAH: I think I got somethin' in mind, I'll just need to check if it's still in my wardrobe!
ASHLEY: I've got something I think I can wear too, it's gonna need a wash and iron since it's been a bit but it should work!
BELLE: I may have to do some hunting and hope I figure something out because nothing's come to mind at all yet
ELECTRA: I can't wait to see how fabulous you're all going to be!
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PURSE:
PURSE: @ASHLEY Thank you for the idea, this was fun to do.
PURSE: These were the best pictures I could collect from across the groupchat and people's profile pictures and then downscaled them to fit, so I apologise for any rough quality.
ASHLEY: P URSE OH MY STARLIGHT
ASHLEY: @EVERYONE GUYS COME SEE!
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RUSTY: OH HOLY SMOKES-
ZERO: Yaaaaas Purse this looks amazing!
GB: starlight above the amount of fuckin' colours
PEARL: There's so many lines everywhere, did you include everyone?
PURSE: At least everybody in our main group so far, yes.
JOULE: oh so this is what youve been up to after putting your costume out onto the clothes rack
CB: holy shit money-man
CARRIE: DAAAAAMN GOOD JOB PURSEY!!
PURSE: Thank you! 😊
PURSE: It ah
PURSE: It does look a smidge chaotic with all the lines.
PURSE: This is also from what I know of course, I may be missing a few bits here and there, and I also didn't want to complete overfill the page.
PURSE: Some of the more obvious lines are missing, such as the fact that we're all friends with Elektronic's Entourage, the Coaches ALL being good friends with each other, etc.
PURSE: but I think this is close enough!
DINAH: I think you did a pretty accurate job, Purse! Good job, hun! （＾ｖ＾）
ELECTRA: The stars and hearts, oh Pursey,, 🥰❤️
PURSE: ❤️❤️❤️❤️
RUSTY: This actually does look pretty accurate, you even remembered the names of the Freight!
PEARL: Poor Poppa over there, the only straight person on the yard STILL
PEARL: At least, I'm assuming still, we've not actually asked Corry and Moonstone about anything.
RUSTY: Well, yeah, it'd be rude to not let them disclose that sort of thing in their own time, they just got here a few days ago.
GB: with the new freight n co comin' this'll need another update eventually
PURSE: I'll update it when necessary, but I think this should be fine for now for all the newcomers to know who's who and all that. :)
ASHLEY: I for one love the actual WEB of lines connecting the two electric polycules together over on the right side.
ZERO: Ikr look at us all
ZERO: Unified gay asses
JOULE: FUCK YEAH UNIFIED GAY ASSES!!
CB: the web of friend lines between you coaches is lowkey funny too
ASHLEY: Then there's me and Buffy who are absolute lesbians.
DINAH: Think we know who Purse is the most affectionate for with all those hearts!
JOULE: ive been mortally wounded, how could you purse.... 😭
PURSE: Calm your metallic tits, Dynamite Gal, you know very well that I love you still even with how much I feel towards Krupp.
PURSE: I love all of you very much ❤️
JOULE: ik material girl, love you too ❤️❤️❤️
GB: how many nicknames do ya'll have for each other
RUSTY: They have a lot, last I checked.
ELECTRA: Charge has a list of them somewhere I think. 😄
PEARL: Of course she does LOL
CB: M ETALLIC TITS
DINAH: Aaaand there goes Ceebs dying of laughter.
ASHLEY: I'm going to assume they aren't. Actually metal.
JOULE: lmfao of course they arent
JOULE: purse means like my uniform breastplate
JOULE: im all natural babyyyy xx
ASHLEY: T hank Starlight, alright.
CARRIE: o shit wait i just looked again
CARRIE: KW's demi???
ZERO: He's never mentioned it to anyone here?
DINAH: No, I don't think he has, doll. :(
JOULE: hes hardly been in the main chat tbh?
JOULE: think he prefers to DM people if he wants to talk
GB: he's pretty chill 'n calm company
CARRIE: he was there when we were all memeing about the skeleton war and shit i remember lmfao
ZERO: Yah i remember that too, shit made me burst out laughing when he showed me pics LMAO
PEARL: Skeleton war???
RUSTY: It's a long story Pearlie, search through the chat at some point and you'll probably find it.
RUSTY: Pretty sure the C Trio started that one.
CB: hell yeah we did :>
PEARL: Somehow I'm not surprised
ASHLEY: Not sure if this is a weird question so feel free to inform me.
ASHLEY: Is Electrics being Demisexual on the "rarer" side, to lack another word?
ELECTRA: No, I wouldn't say so.
ELECTRA: It's more that you usually can't tell when an Electric is Demi, because Demisexuality is about (in a nutshell) being attracted to others you've bonded closely to if I recall correctly.
ELECTRA: And. Well.
ELECTRA: You can't get much more bonded when you share a connected thought-stream Frequency that you can mentally talk through to each other whenever you please, can you?
ASHLEY: Ahh, fair enough.
CARRIE: ooooooohhh
CARRIE: yknow what thats fair i didnt think about it that way
ZERO: He did have to actually form connections with us beyond that but
ZERO: Yah being literally tied by thought to each other def helped him with the process
ZERO: Love our big guy v much xx
RUSTY: Entirely valid! He can join Dustin and Flat-Top in the Demi Club! :D
CB: ayyyy another for their demi club
GB: surprised you two've became close pals, carrie
GB: very different vibes 'n personalities
CARRIE: hey pursey's my meme bestie
PURSE: I'll do you one better;
PURSE: Meme Team ™️
CARRIE: YYYEESSSS
DINAH: :O MEME TEAM!
PEARL: M eme team-
JOULE: FUCK YEAH MEME TEAM
JOULE: IVE GOTTA BE ON THE MEME TEAM RIGHT PURSEY RIGHT RIGHT??
PURSE: Of course you are.
GB: honestly put the whole c trio of chaos in the meme team with ya
CB: can confirm
CB: many memes get sent in dms at 2am
CARRIE: H AH IM ALREADY IN BOTH SQUADS
CARRIE: I AM THE SUPREME MEME COACH!!!!
RUSTY: S UPREME MEME COACH-
DINAH: HEHEHEHEH
CB: LMFAO
JOULE: DKWEFGWEBJDE
ELECTRA: YEEAAHH, SUPREME MEME COACH!
ZERO: oms who else is in the meme team??
PURSE: Oh shit, right, let me think about that.
ASHLEY: The Championship-Formed Meme Team™️ is being decided.
GB: y'know yeah, it is kinda wild to think that n one of this would've ever happened had the championships not happened at AV
GB: 'specially in the way it went
RUSTY: True, a lot of things would be very different
CB: i for one am glad as fuck things went the way it did
DINAH: ^ Seconded! (´◡`)
PURSE: Oh, right, Dinah is certainly part of the Meme Team.
ZERO: Elaborate????
PURSE: She's the one who started the Conspiracy of the Secret Karen Organisation.
PURSE: She gets to join the Meme Team for that.
DINAH: Yaaaaaaayyyy!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
RUSTY: Yeah that's fair.
CARRIE: i say ashley gets a pass for still decking the shit out of that one karen a year back
PURSE: I'll consider it.
ASHLEY: I need to step up my meme game to be a part of the Meme Team.
PURSE: Volta gets to be in the Meme Team too with that one time she said how "ice skating is just walking in cursive" and I have never been able to unthink that.
JOULE: my girlfriend is a top-tier memer when she tries
GB: does that count as memeing
PEARL: I'd say so?
ZERO: More shower thoughts tbh but i think if i say "no" to Purse i might get murdered since he is c onsiderably taller than me
JOULE: lmao tiny goober
ZERO: You aren't that much taller than me!
JOULE: MY GUY CHARGE IS TALLER THAN YOU AND SHE'S LIKE 5 FOOT 2
CB: ayy same height as me
CB: though tbh i already figured that out considering we can have actual face to face conversations
ELECTRA: I'm with Zero on this one, I don't know if our nights of "tossing random things of note into the void" count as memeing.
ELECTRA: More shower thoughts if anything??
JOULE: Shower Thots
DINAH: OH MY GOODNESS
ASHLEY: PFFFFFF
ZERO: SCREAMING BRB
PURSE: Krupp almost choked on his coffee hearing that one, oh my Starlight-
GB: i'm g onna fuckin die holy shit my lungs
PEARL: I'm going to put this phone down so help me Starlight
RUSTY: LOL
JOULE: FURTHER PROOF IM A GREAT MEMBER OF THE MEME TEAM!!!
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - ELECTRA]
RUSTY: Heya Lexi. ^^
ELECTRA: Lil' Rust!
ELECTRA: Need something?
RUSTY: Just a bit of that fashion advice you mentioned the other day.
ELECTRA: Ooooo
ELECTRA: I'm listening~
RUSTY: So I'm out right now with Pearl and some of the others to do some shopping and I'm seeing some outfits that I think would be nice for the fancy Electric party, but I'm indecisive.
RUSTY: Do you think I should go with a lighter brown suit, sort of a cream colour, or something more chocolate-brown?
ELECTRA: Oooohh, hhhhmmmm.
ELECTRA: Can you show me pictures real quick?
RUSTY: Sure!
RUSTY: Here you go!
ELECTRA: VERY nice choices, Rusty!
RUSTY: Thanks! ^^
RUSTY: Which do you think'll work?
ELECTRA: I'd say go with the dark brown one with the cream tie, personally.
ELECTRA: I know that your work uniform is already brown, but I think the cream one might blend a little too much into your complexion colour.
RUSTY: You think so? Even with my rust?
ELECTRA: Well your skin condition doesn't cover the entirety of your body, you have more cream-white skin than copper rust.
ELECTRA: I also think personally that the dark brown one has a little more character to it with the pinstripe pattern.
ELECTRA: Though perhaps we should accessorise it a little, I worry about you being drowned out in the chaos, haha.
RUSTY: I wouldn't mind that at all! ^^
ELECTRA: I think the lighter suit would work better for Corry, his complexion is darker than yours, more like mine honestly.
ELECTRA: And lighter colours work for me wonderfully so they'll do the same for him!
ELECTRA: .. Assuming he's coming of course.
RUSTY: He's not, we were right the other day saying they'd be a bit too overwhelmed, but I'll keep your advice in mind for him anyway!
RUSTY: You all know what you're talking about when it comes to clothes and makeup. :)
RUSTY: Oh, what are you wearing to the event actually?
ELECTRA: Want to see so soon?
RUSTY: Plllleeeeaaaasseeee
ELECTRA: .
RUSTY: 🥺
ELECTRA: Ohhh, alright. Twist my circuits why don't you?
RUSTY: :D
ELECTRA:
RUSTY: Oooohhh!! A jumpsuit!
RUSTY: I was expecting a dress, but this is pretty!
ELECTRA: I was considering a dress for it a week or two ago, but I've reached the days leading up to it and simply don't
ELECTRA: Feel, like wearing a dress for the occasion.
ELECTRA: But I've also not been feeling like wearing a full suit either, that's more Krupp's thing even when I lean into masc pronouns.
ELECTRA: Unless Purse makes him wear a skirt, which he doesn't fuss about either surprisingly.
RUSTY: KRUPP wearing a skirt???
ELECTRA: He only wears it if he's matching with somebody, mind you! Usually Purse.
RUSTY: Ahhh fair enough.
RUSTY: What do you plan to add to the jumpsuit? I can tell its shimmery fabric but you're not the kinda trainfolk to go in JUST that.
ELECTRA: You know me so well, Lil' Rusty.
RUSTY: :>
ELECTRA: I plan to add a white glittery belt and matching boots, and I also intend to ask Wrench, Purse, and Volta to help me sew some stars into the jumpsuit legs in the various colours of the Bi and Genderfluid flags!
ELECTRA: The rest is still work-in-progress, but I think Charge and I will have the full picture ready to go in mind by the end of today. 😉
RUSTY: Oooooohh!!
RUSTY: That sounds amazing already tbh!
RUSTY: Gonna look amazing as always, Lexi.
ELECTRA: Awwwhhh
ELECTRA: Thank you Lil' Rusty! 😉
ELECTRA: I'm excited for the lil stars to get added to the jumpsuit personally, I think it'll really bring it to life.
RUSTY: 100%! Especially with that many colours.
RUSTY: Also I didn't know Wrench was into sewing :o
ELECTRA: She's been picking it up a little after watching Purse and Volta make our Halloween costumes last year.
ELECTRA: Not a full-on hobby like her baking, but she tries to help Purse and Volta to lighten the load outfit-wise.
ELECTRA: Which, thank Starlight they can handle that, I can mend my own clothes if they get a bit torn but all the fancy sewing styles and things like that I'd be completely hopeless at. 😅
RUSTY: You rely on them a lot, huh?
RUSTY: .
RUSTY: That sounded better in my head-
ELECTRA: No no, it's alright, you aren't entirely wrong.
ELECTRA: I'm not sure what I'd do without all of them honestly.
RUSTY: I don't blame you, they're your support team as much as they are your lovers. You're all super cute together!
ELECTRA: I'd sure hope we are!! lol 🤣
RUSTY: LOL
RUSTY: You know what I mean El. :P
ELECTRA: Course I do I'm just playing with you 🤭
RUSTY: I came to you for fashion advice how d are you attack me like this ☹️ (joking)
ELECTRA: LMAO Sorry, Joule and Chargie have rubbed off on me,,
RUSTY: You're all gremlins sometimes >:P
ELECTRA: GASP, how dare,, LOL
[WRENCH] has created Private Channel [Party Management Team Chat]
[WRENCH] has given permissions to [ELECTRA], [KRUPP], [KILLERWATT], [ELEKTRONIC], [SOCKET], [PEARL] and [DINAH]
ELEKTRONIC: Thank you Wrench!
WRENCH: Happy to assist.
PEARL: Oh? What's this? :o
ELECTRA: We thought it would be wise to have a backup private channel of m ostly the people who we think will be in charge of keeping everyone alive during the party.
KILLERWATT: I didn't know you had admin permissions to make channels, W.
DINAH: ^ ????
WRENCH: Rusty gave them to me several months ago, I just haven't needed to use them for anything until now honestly.
PEARL: Are you the only other person he's given admin? He gave it to me too, obviously.
KRUPP: I have admin permissions too. Not used it either.
PEARL: Huh!
ELEKTRONIC: Well you aren't security for no reason, are you Krupp?
KRUPP: Of course not; Even virtually, I keep everybody safe.
DINAH: I'm surprised me 'n Pearlie are here considering we aren't Electrics.
DINAH: Why'd ya add us?
ELECTRA: Because we need this Party Management Team to be people who are able to handle high amounts of alcohol without becoming drunk, OR people who don't drink at all.
ELECTRA: Would be a bad Management Team if nobody here could keep a clear head! 😅
KRUPP: We remembered that you two stayed very clearly away from alcohol during the last Halloween AND Christmas get-togethers.
KRUPP: Seemed fair to add you to the group as additional Management.
DINAH: Gosh, well I'm happy to help! (´◡`)
PEARL: What about Rusty? He hates alcohol as much as I do.
ELECTRA: Rusty will probably be dealing with enough as is considering he came to me in DMs recently worrying about what to wear and his rust skin condition.
ELEKTRONIC: No doubt he'll be rushed off his wheels given his Championship status!
ELEKTRONIC: I agreed that we should leave him be and let him enjoy the night without having to also worry about being a chaperone/minder.
ELEKTRONIC: He deserves to have a little fun himself.
PEARL: That's
PEARL: Very valid points, actually, though I didn't know he was worrying about his rust again.
PEARL: I'll talk to him about that and see how he's doing.
DINAH: No Volta either? She's always quite level-headed.
WRENCH: You haven't probably noticed since neither of you drink alcohol, but Volta and Joule like to drink cocktails together very often.
WRENCH: Joule is a fan of whiskey cocktails, Volta likes vodka ones. Charge has sort of joined them, but she prefers alcohol mixed with soft drinks.
WRENCH: Either way Volta will likely be drinking with Joule at minimum and they will be at that most the night.
DINAH: Ahh, right, those two are pretty joined at the hip.
SOCKET: Zero will also pppprobably challenge their sister to a drinking contest.
KILLERWATT: Volta won't turn that down, she likes to have Older Sister Superiority.
PEARL: Siblings do be like that.
PEARL: I know for a fact the Rockies and Hoppers like to do the same thing and they give GB headaches over it every other week.
KRUPP: I presume the Beach Incidents that occurred last year are a regular thing at AV too when they're working?
PEARL: Y ep.
ELECTRA: Can confirm, Geebs tells me about it sometimes, t akes every fiber in my being to not laugh when he tells me some of the shit they get up to.
KRUPP: Starlight give that Diesel strength-
DINAH: SO! What'll this Party Management Team be doing?
ELEKTRONIC: Handle anyone who gets pretty drunk, help get everybody home in one piece, make sure everyone is generally ACTUALLY organised for arriving and leaving because Starlight forbid we end up arriving TOO too late, that sort of thing!
SOCKET: May I also suggest we figure out a routine of sorts in the event somebody gets overwhelmed at the party?
SOCKET: I know all of you at the AV hold a lot of parties and seasonal events every year but uhm
SOCKET: H ow do I word this?
KILLERWATT: Electric-held parties can be absolutely apeshit sometimes.
SOCKET: Y eah, that. ^^;
DINAH: WAS N OT EXPECTING TO HEAR THAT FROM KILLERWATT, OHMYGOSH-
PEARL: Yeah that's completely fair, I think we'll mooostly be alright? But a backup would be helpful.
WRENCH: A backup plan absolutely would not hurt.
ELEKTRONIC: Agreed!
PEARL: .
PEARL: Wait does that mean you two Engines aren't going to drink if you're in this party management chat??
ELECTRA: Oh Starlight no!
ELEKTRONIC: Absolutely not!
ELEKTRONIC: We're in that first category of "able to handle high amounts of alcohol without becoming drunk".
ELECTRA: You gain a preeeetty big tolerance for alcohol when you're an Electric Racer Engine with a high success rate. Lots of after-parties and special events with plenty of alcohol.
ELECTRA: I for one am not turning down at least 6 or 7 drinks.~ 😘🤭
PEARL: Fair enough lol
SOCKET: The rest of us have a high tolerance too.
WRENCH: But at most we'll only have 1 or 2 light drinks.
WRENCH: Mainly because we d efinitely need to be at least 90% sober to handle anyone who gets wounded or in Krupp and Killerwatt's case if they need to wrestle someone to the ground.
DINAH: Are, you allowed to do repair and security duty even on 1 or 2 drinks??
KILLERWATT: Commission doesn't really care so long as we're not drunk enough to do something stupid and/or actual human law enforcement ends up involved.
DINAH: H uh.
PEARL: Alright, so what's the plan for arriving first and foremost?
KRUPP: The Hall officially opens for party-goers entry at around 7pm, give or take.
WRENCH: I say we aim for around 7:15pm?
KILLERWATT: That sounds fair to me.
DINAH: Are we gonna be able to get everyone organised for 7:15pm? I think 8pm might be better.
ELECTRA: 8pm is beyond fashionably-late-time.
ELEKTRONIC: No no, 8:15 is beyond fashionably late, I'd say we'd be fine with 8pm too!
SOCKET: First things first before we talk times, when does AV get off of work?
PEARL: Well we spoke to Control about the fact you invited us all and they gave us the clear to go ahead.
PEARL: We still have shifts but they cut the hours down for those of us going!
PEARL: GB and Ceebs are with the Freight who get done by around 4pm, Rusty's gonna be with them on that day
PEARL: As for us, we don't get off until around 5:30pm, and that's depending on if the trainline and train company we've been assigned to for the day doesn't wind up running late.
ELEKTRONIC: And naturally you all need the time to get yourselves prepared.
DINAH: And eat!
DINAH: Unless the party has food?
KILLERWATT: It does, plenty of it, but it's food in the sense that it's more akin to finger-food you pick up and put on your plate than a proper dinner meal.
WRENCH: I wouldn't recommend eating a full meal before going to the party either though.
DINAH: Hm.
KRUPP: Post-party takeout for those who are still hungry, perhaps?
ELECTRA: That sounds like it could work.
ELEKTRONIC: It'll give everyone who gets drunk some carbs too, I've been reminded m any a time how important that is for the sake of body energy and whatnot.
WRENCH: I'll also bring some batteries for any drunk Electrics to get a shot of energy and clarity from so nobody collapses on the way back.
SOCKET: The location of the Hall allows for a lot of late-night and 24/7 takeout spots we can stop at on the way.
SOCKET: Dominoes, KFC, McDonalds (I suspect this'll be the one we go to), etc.
PEARL: That might be rough depending on how many people end up wasted though.
PEARL: Could everybody crash at someone's place? AV has plenty of guest sheds for you guys to stay at again.
ELECTRA: Our apartment complex will be closer, you can come crash over at mine! 😊
DINAH: Would there be enough space for everyone, Lexi?
ELECTRA: I'd say so, ours is the largest apartment after all.
WRENCH: Pretty certain we will have space.
WRENCH: We can all sleep in Electra's room, obviously, and then everyone else can probably just bunker down in the open-plan living room.
KILLERWATT: The only downside to that is going to be that every other Electric will be also going to the apartment complexes to return home with any Component Entourages they have.
KILLERWATT: And I'm not going to be in the mood post-party to spend 30 minutes messing with the elevators getting called up and down over 100 times.
SOCKET: Seconded.
ELEKTRONIC: Then we should organise a leave time too when less Electrics will be returning to the complex!
SOCKET: Master Elektronic we don't even have a decided time for us to go to the party yet. ^^;
ELEKTRONIC: .
ELEKTRONIC: I may have forgotten that! 😅
PEARL: Mood.
KRUPP: How does 7:45pm sound for arriving, and 7:30pm for pickup.
KRUPP: That gives Greaseball, Rusty, and Red Caboose 3 and a half hours to get ready and fuel up a little, and gives everybody else who gets off work at 5:30pm about 2 hours to do the same and have everybody meet up.
KRUPP: It shouldn't take us too long to get there with our transport.
DINAH: Transport?
ELECTRA: Why of course~! 5-Star Ranked Racer, after all! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
ELECTRA: For special events like this, we get the limousine, Dee-Dee!
ELEKTRONIC: THE LIMOUSIIIIINE~!
PEARL: Y OU HAVE ONE OF THOSE?
ELECTRA: Well, it isn't owned by me, but I get priority for arriving to events.
ELECTRA: We DO have the rail-lines that connect through from the complex to the Hall, buuuuut
WRENCH: The rail lines to the Hall are not going to be viable.
KILLERWATT: A bsolutely not.
DINAH: Right, because there's gonna be all the other Electrics goin' that way presumably?
KILLERWATT: Exactly.
DINAH: Darn.
ELECTRA: And while it would be quite fun to roll down the paths of London from AV to the Hall, with the amount of folks we'll have going, plus how hectic the human roads get
ELECTRA: I feel like somebody will probably have a panic attack before we even arrive at the party. 😅
PEARL: Yeeeaah the human roads can be
PEARL: Very stressful sometimes.
PEARL: So many car horns-
DINAH: It is nice to see the Roadfolks though!
ELEKTRONIC: Alrighty, so that's 7:30pm for picking everyone up, roughly 7:45pm for arrival.
ELEKTRONIC: Now when should we leave?
SOCKET: It'll need to be a time when there's less other Electrics around getting home themselves, so either earlier than the average leaving time, or later than that.
PEARL: Do, you guys know if there's any average leaving time-?
KRUPP: Around 1am-2am.
PEARL: BDRGBHSEADJS
DINAH: YA'LL ARE PARTYING FROM 7 TO 1???
ELECTRA: Damn right we are~! Told you Electric parties can be a bit crazy.
WRENCH: 6 straight hours.
WRENCH: And that's only when most the Electrics generally turn in for the night.
WRENCH: The Hall doesn't officially boot everybody out until.
WRENCH: 5am, I think?
SOCKET: Yeah around 5am.
PEARL: You guys scare me sometimes-
KRUPP: Trust me I think we scare ourselves too.
DINAH: LOL
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WRENCH: Alright, everybody who's got the @AVPARTYPEOPLE role that we gave you, come into chat NOW please.
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DUVAY: Yes mum, right here.
BELLE: Repair Mum has summoned us.
DINAH: We answer the call of Repair Mum.
WRENCH: I'm glad that you do.
WRENCH: Is this everyone?
CB: 10-12, pretty sure it is
WRENCH: Good, thank you for following orders this o ne time.
GB: ey
ASHLEY: Is she wrong-
CARRIE: lmao
WRENCH: 15-minute check-in before pickup at 7:30pm, is everybody ready to go?
RUSTY: Me and Pearl are set to go! Already at the meet-up spot.
PEARL: ^ Mhm!
WRENCH: Punctual as always, thank you Prusty.
CARRIE: PRUSTY!!
CARRIE: OH THATS CUTE AF
DUVAY: Awwwwhh
BUFFY: thats an adorable nickname for those two together yeeess!!
RUSTY: I like it!
PEARL: Saaaame omg Wrench, Prusty that's so cute,, :3
WRENCH: An alternative I was thinking of was Bronze Oyster, but Prusty makes more immediate sense.
WRENCH: Anyway, everybody else?
DINAH: Me and Ceebs are just about to head to the meet-up spot!
CB: im just double-checking rn to make sure my outfit's ready to go out in
CB: shirt tucked n stuff
GB: currently on my wheels over to the meet up as we speak
CARRIE: but you're typing not speaking
GB: Y OU KNOW WHAT I MEAN-
ASHLEY: We'll be at the meet-up spot in the next 10 minutes maximum.
ASHLEY: Buffy and I are with our sisters!
BUFFY: Making sure everyones makeup and hair is good to go, no wardrobe malfunctions, that kinda shit
BELLE: But we're all basically good, Ash just finished checking Duvay's makeup.
DUVAY: Better safe than sorry.
WRENCH: Certainly can agree with that.
WRENCH: So that's Prusty already there, Geebs on the way, Dinahboose on the way, and the Coach Quintet about to head out.
DINAH: D inahboose-
WRENCH: I'm spitballing here, the nicknames are more Joule and Chargie's thing as you know by now. ^^;
WRENCH: Please make sure you don't forget anything. Greaseball, Rusty, you have top-ups incase you get too drained?
GB: got m'self a flask of oil, electrics'll probably think its a flask of alcohol tbh
GB: is that gonna be allowed in?
WRENCH: Yes, it'll be fine, Electrics bring their own drinks oftentimes anyway.
WRENCH: Rusty?
RUSTY: Dee made me some coal cookies, they're wrapped up in some foil in Pearl's little purse clutch bag thing if I need them :D
PEARL: Purse clutch bag thing?
RUSTY: I can't tell what it is!
CARRIE: LMAO REALLY?
RUSTY: D O I LOOK LIKE A PROFESSIONAL IN WOMAN'S ACCESSORIES??
RUSTY: It's too small to be a proper bag, but it's too big to be a purse clutch!
RUSTY: What do you call that????
PEARL: It's.
PEARL: Rusty sweetheart it's a shoulder bag.
BUFFY: Oh which one you using?
PEARL: The white one with the gold trim and pink hearts and stars on it!
PEARL: I wanted to go with my fluffy pink one but I thought that might be too much pink since my dress itself IS pink.
ASHLEY: Valid choice, valid choice.
WRENCH: I can't wait to see what outfits you've all put together. ^^
WRENCH: I know of a few people's outfits from what I've overheard in the Frequency and via some second opinions being needed, Rusty's suit, Dinah's 50s dress, Belle's cocktail dress.
WRENCH: But several of you I'm still in the dark on.
WRENCH: Heck, I only know what Zero and Socket are going to wear over on E.K's end.
CB: damn they can actually keep secrets??
BELLE: You guys share a lot with each other, that's surprising
WRENCH: We do, but we also like surprising each other as well.
WRENCH: Socket and me are good friends, worked in the same group nursery too prior to assignment, so we get second opinions from each other often.
DINAH: Based on the relationship chart Pursey made I'm guessin' that Killerwatt and Krupp also probably know each other's party get-ups?
WRENCH: Most likely.
DUVAY: And Zero?
WRENCH: Came over to see what Volta's wearing for the party, they like to match.
WRENCH: It's cute, honestly. :)
GB: part of me's shocked those two can go from cussin' each other out one minute to wearing matching outfits to parties the next
GB: 'nother part of me meanwhile's going "thats just normal for siblings at this rate"
BUFFY: Can confirm
CARRIE: me and buffy have matching makeup it looks SO dope
CARRIE: we've both got two stars and a moon on our cheeks, buffys is on her right cheek cuz she's righthanded and mines on my left cheek cuz i'm ambi
WRENCH: You're ambidextrous?
CARRIE: sure am maam! :D
BUFFY: Think she's in like the 1% of the world who's born a natural ambi
BUFFY: Mum and dad aren't sure who she got it from but mum suspects it MIGHT be from her side?? Possibly from our great grandma since nanna isn't ambi and mum isn't either BUT one of our uncles IS, so
CB: how tf can they not tell for sure
DUVAY: I don't think it's tied entirely to genetics, ceebs.
BELLE: ^ Or at least they're taking ages to figure out if it is tied to genetics or not.
RUSTY: Yeah, and apparently the majority of ambidextrous people are lefties who either chose to learn how to use their right hand as effectively, or they uh
RUSTY: Basically got kicked in the shins until they worked with their right hand instead.
CB: what
WRENCH: What he means is that a fair chunk of job companies and school systems effectively train left-handed people into becoming ambidextrous through the heavy emphasis on right-handedness.
CB: T HATS A THING THAT CAN BE DONE??
CB: YOU CAN JUST FUCKIN FORCE SOMEONE INTO BEING A RIGHTIE WHEN THEY WERE BORN LEFT???
RUSTY: Yyyeeepp.
GB: wild shit
BELLE: No kidding, my gosh..
ASHLEY: Sorry to interrupt the convo, but we're at the meet-up point by the way now, Wrench ^^
PEARL: Are half of you texting while rolling??
CARRIE: we're fiiiiine i think we can all hold onto couplers one handed even if i'm the only ambi
GB: i've made it too, got here 3 minutes ago
WRENCH: Wonderful, that just leaves Dinah and Caboose.
DINAH: S ORRY I'M JUST DOUBLE-CHECKING TO MAKE SURE I'VE NOT FORGOTTEN ANYTHING IMPORTANT TOO!! (╥_╥)
GB: y'still got like 12 minutes, dont panic dee-dee
PEARL: Geebs of all people you should know by now that if Dee has a time to be somewhere, she WILL panic about making absolutely certain she's there on-time or early. -w-
BELLE: Mood honestly
BELLE: If I get like a checkup appointment at 1pm you bet I'm gonna be up at 9am, ready to go by 10, and then anxiously waiting before getting out at 12 to make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN I'm there for 1pm
DINAH: I don't get in THAT much of a flap about it. ^^;
DINAH: I just care about being punctual, probably somethin' to do with how I run my bit at the diner and at work on the food service cars.
DINAH: Everything's got to be on-time or Starlight help you someone's gonna be gettin' mad.
BELLE: Honestly yeah its probably that
BELLE: 99% sure mine's due to being autistic??
RUSTY: The other 1%?
BELLE: Same reasoning as Dinah's but replace "food service car" with "beverage and bar service car"
RUSTY: Fair point.
WRENCH: Speaking of, are you going to be alright at the party Belle? Any accommodations you need?
BELLE: I've got some noise-cancelling earbuds, still will be able to hear a bit of chatter and if someone needs to talk to me
BELLE: But it should keep out the worst of any blaring party noise and most the loud usual party sounds
ASHLEY: Have you got anywhere calm at the party spot?
WRENCH: There is a few private rooms, they're mostly used by Electrics at the party for uh
WRENCH: "Impromptu private sexy times" let's put it
WRENCH: But they're never all completely packed so if you need a place to relax from overstimulation then let me know and I'll scout for you.
BELLE: Thanks :)
CB: wrench you can just say theyre fucking lmao
CARRIE: YEAH WE ARENT LIKE 12
BUFFY: Speak for yourself gremlin
CARRIE: STFU
WRENCH: I'm not scaring off Corry and Moonstone the next time they look into the groupchat, I think we've already intimidated them plenty on ACCIDENT by being a superstar and their gay mess of an entourage.
PEARL: LOL
DUVAY: Pffff
GB: wrench with all due respect i think if anybody starts drunk texting in this chat we're gonna scare em anyway
WRENCH: .. Fair point.
BUFFY: None of you were not kidding when you said that behaviour rules go a bit out the window at the party
BUFFY: Holy fuckin starlight
ELECTRA: Told you so~!
CB: this is absolute carnage yet somehow vaguely still controlled
KRUPP: It's like this every year, we're all used to it by now.
SOCKET: ^
DUVAY: The parties we hold at AV aren't much better sometimes tbf.
BUFFY: Yeah the pride parties we held even before you guys became our friends were pretty bombastic in of themselves
ELECTRA: And then we arrived and made them ✨extra flashy!✨
SOCKET: Gay intensifies.
CB: true but trainyard parties have been more calm than this by proxy of n ot having like 1000+ people there
CB: i dont think ive ever seen this many trainfolk and people around in my LIFE outside of the championships held at the yard
DUVAY: Trruuuuee
BELLE: We've been completely out-prided but honestly that isn't a complaint because this is amazing.
SOCKET: You unfortunately were always going to get out-prided by an entire party of Electrics. ^^;
DUVAY: Not sure what you expected sis
DUVAY: Also how's the alcohol?
BELLE: From the cocktail I've had so far, really nice!
BELLE: Electric Bar Coaches here know what they're doing clearly
ELECTRA: Components of all types get trained very well and concisely during their education according to what I've been told, so that's probably why. 😊
BELLE: Damn, maybe I should ask for some tips
CB: watch it bells im like 90% sure youll end up being flirted with by whichever bartender to pick up a convo with
DUVAY: No no let her give it a go, I wanna see if she'll finally get laid and find a partner
BELLE: D UVAY
CB: HEHEHAHAHA
BUFFY: LMFAO
ELECTRA: YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!
BELLE: YEAH TRUE, YOU HAVEN'T GOT A PARTNER EITHER
DUVAY: BUT I'VE AT LEAST BEEN ON A DATE BEFORE!
DUVAY: Didn't last, but I've at least experimented!
SOCKET: There's a story behind that one.
DUVAY: Eh, it's nothing insane or anything
DUVAY: Back when I was a child I went on a Valentines Date with a classmate, female one, she was a Quiet Coach
DUVAY: I don't remember her full name since this was years ago but I do remember I called her TeeTee as a nickname and she called me Vay-Vay like how Dinah does
KRUPP: Sleeping Coach with a Quiet Coach, how fitting.
BELLE: Childhood dates don't count, I was barely 5 or 6 I think when you went on that date
DUVAY: They absolutely do still count even if it was only a typical 10/11 year old kinda date
ELECTRA: Didn't last?
DUVAY: Didn't last, her family moved
SOCKET: Awwh. :(
CB: RIP
DUVAY: My first GUY crush was an Engine
ELECTRA: Ooooo, what kind?
DUVAY: Diesel, that was in my teenage years at about 13?
BELLE: Ohhh the asshole who was super nice and amazing for like 2 weeks and then you introduced me to him and he called me the r-word?
DUVAY: That's the bitch
ELECTRA: A H.
SOCKET: He did what now.
KRUPP: Down girl, easy.
CB: OOOHHH Y EAH THATS ONE WAY TO KILL A RELATIONSHIP
BUFFY: Starlight fucking heavens above-
DUVAY: Yyyeeeaaaahhhh
DUVAY: Not, one of my best moments, but at least I figured out I was Bi
CB: did you deck him PLEASE tell me you decked him
DUVAY: No I didn't, but I'll give you 3 guesses who did
KRUPP: D id Ashley punch ANOTHER person??
BELLE: Bingo to Krupp
ELECTRA: D id this girl get born and choose violence?
DUVAY: In some capacity yes
SOCKET: Wait, another???
BUFFY: Oh yeah you werent here yet for the Karen Incident last year were you?
SOCKET: I was not but I want to hear about this immediately.
BUFFY: All of us Coaches were all on our shift as usual in early summer and Pearl and Ashley got Karen'd
BUFFY: Ladies asked for directions to the train car with the bathrooms and Ashey offered directions and even to take them to it and one of em uh
BUFFY: Called her a washed-up smoker
BUFFY: So my amazing girlfriend punched the one who said it xx
SOCKET: PFFF
SOCKET: Honestly, deserved.
KRUPP: How she got off freely with a warning astounds me
[DINAH] resumed Activity
DINAH: Remember how you said how your Commission don't really care when you drink on duty so long as you don't break any laws?
DINAH: Yeah the human train conductors and Engines who do train management are kinda in the same boat.
DINAH: Plus Ash and Pearl had CCTV footage that the Karens instigated it!
KRUPP: .. Yeah, that'd do it.
BUFFY: Heya Dee-Dee
ELECTRA: Heeeeyyy!
CB: hey muffin, you doing okay? rolled off with pearl and ive not seen you since
DINAH: We're good! Pearl's been keeping with Rusty and I didn't want her to feel too uncomfortable so I've been tagging along. (´◡`)
DINAH: Everyone here doing fine?
BUFFY: Yep, me and A are getting some food from the tables and then we wanna hit the dance floor
DUVAY: Doing fine, chilling with CB at the window seats
DUVAY: Belle meanwhile is trying to gather the courage to talk to a bartender about their drink recipes
BELLE: Y ou know I'm not good with talking to strangers but I REALLY want to ask!
KRUPP: Also doing fine, keeping an eye on our chaos quintet with Purse.
DINAH: Guessin' thats Joule, VoVo, her sibling Zero, Dyne, and Charge?
KRUPP: Correct.
KRUPP: Also, Belle, would you prefer one of us come with you and introduce you to one of the Bar Coaches making drinks? We all know each other here fairly well.
BELLE: Maybeeee??? Idk, gimme a bit to think.
ELECTRA: I'm doing wonderfully Dee-Dee!
DINAH: No surprise there, Lexi. (*^ ‿ <*)♡
ELECTRA: 😉
SOCKET: All good equally, enjoying a small non-alcoholic drink with KW and Wrench while we make sure E.K stays alive.
BUFFY: 'Tronic's knocking it out the park in their disco-ey dress, I really dig it
CB: you can see em fuckin halfway across the massive ass hall room
DUVAY: TRUE, we can see them from here too
DUVAY: Who are they talking to? They're not as tall as EK but they're very
CB: pointy??
DUVAY: Yeah. Sharp. Lots of lightning bolts.
DINAH: Ain't that just the prettiest gradiant suit, navy blue to black to go with the shoes!
BUFFY: And a nonbinary flag too, interesting!
SOCKET: I'm
SOCKET: Not sure actually, this Engine I don't recognise.
DINAH: Oh?
BELLE: Iiiis that concerning or
ELECTRA: Not at all! They must be new-ish to the RC I'm guessing, probably lives in one of the other complexes.
ELECTRA: Or maybe they just live on a lower-level floor and we've not crossed paths yet!
SOCKET: They do look younger than Elektronic, maybe semi-recently graduated from training?
KRUPP: Perhaps.
KRUPP: Hard to get a gauge on their Components' ages though.
KRUPP: I certainly don't recognise any of them, and if they have an Entourage there has to be at least one Component capable of providing protection.
CB: oh all those sparkly chrome blonde folks crowding behind em?
BUFFY: Are, they all wearing the same outfit???
BELLE: Not technically the same since two have suits and two have dresses-
BUFFY: Y ou get what i mean
BELLE: >:P
DUVAY: They're very swanky suits and dresses though to match with each other
ELECTRA: I'm surprised they're sticking so close by. Entourages can be clingy of course but, it's a PARTY for Starlight's sake.
DINAH: Well if they're newly graduated and assigned 'n all that, maybe they're all just a little bit nervous.
DINAH: Doubt that's uncommon for you guys, is it?
ELECTRA: .. Fair point, yeah, they could just all be nervous if they're newcomers.
CB: cant blame them i'm lowkey nervous as shit too but at least i dont gotta work with/against and live in a complex with most the folks here
BUFFY: The train-trasher man is nervous?
CB: I AINT IMMUNE TO SOCIAL NERVES ALRIGHT THIS IS A FUCKING T ON OF PEOPLE
SOCKET: I can't blame you, there is a lot of Electrics who work for the RC and we're all very celebrative and colourful.
BELLE: Speaking of, Krupp can I take you up on that offer?
KRUPP: Of course. Which one do you want me to slide you over to for a talk?
BELLE: The one with the pansexual sequin dress and cotton candy hair, they look friendly.
BELLE: Can you like
BELLE: Make it natural though?
KRUPP: Of course. Come with me and Purse to get some new drinks and we'll go from there.
BELLE: T hank you.
KRUPP: Anytime, I look out for you all as much as I do my group.
ELECTRA: Love ya Muscle Man ❤️❤️❤️
KRUPP: ❤️
[KRUPP] has gone idle
[BELLE} has gone idle
ELECTRA: Do any of you guys need anything too?
CB: nah i'm alright lexi, you have fun
DUVAY: Sorry if its a bit lame to just sit by the window at a party?
SOCKET: You do what makes you comfortable.
ELECTRA: ^ !!!
SOCKET: Though make sure you eat a little something.
DINAH: Yeah we're gettin' takeout after this anyway but we'll be at the party for a WHIIILE
BUFFY: The food's good, me and Ashey are liking what we grabbed from the tables
BUFFY: 100% try some
CB: well if buffys saying it then im taking her word on it
DUVAY: Alright, food it is
CB: y'wanna count how many of each pride flag we see while we yoink some shit?
DUVAY: Heck yeah.
ELECTRA: Y ou are going to lose count quickly.
CB: k bet
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ESTABLISHING PERSONALISED FREQUENCY CONNECTION GVC-2024. . .
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COMPONENTS ACTIVE: #8132 [HARDWIRE], #2004 [RADIAL], #0516 [VAPOR], #7993 [AMPERA]
[ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰. 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥. ]
[ Very much so. Their different party outfits are certainly.. A choice. Not exactly in sync with one another. ]
[ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛᴏᴜʀᴀɢᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴɢɪɴᴇ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ɢᴀʟᴠᴀɴɪᴄ ɪꜱ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴜꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴜɴᴇᴛᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ-ʜᴀɪʀᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴇꜱ. ]
[ As is one of the 5-Star Racer's. Their Repair Truck with the blonde bun and red cross in her hair. ]
[ 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜. ]
[ 𝘓𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘈𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 5-𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. ]
[.. 𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑. 𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎. ]
[ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏꜱɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ꜱɪᴅᴇ, ʀᴀᴅɪᴀʟ; ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴄʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ʜᴇʀᴇ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀɴ ʜᴏɴᴏᴜʀ, ᴛʜᴇ 5-ꜱᴛᴀʀ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄ ʀᴀᴄᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴄʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ! ]
[ 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭.. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴. 𝘜𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯; 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? ]
[ Were they even trained correctly by the Commission-? ]
[ 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚜- ]
[ 𝘈𝘮𝘱, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. ]
[ . . . 𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍. ]
[ We should do something about this. Bring some order to the Entourages of this country and make sure they're abiding the Commission's training properly. ]
[ 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦? ]
[ ʏᴇᴀʜ, ɪꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ'ꜱ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀꜱ? ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʀᴀɪɴɪɴɢ? ]
[ .. This is different. We're doing what is in the best interest of Master Galvanic and the Racing Commission, Vapor. The less Component Folks who get sent to the Scrap Warehouses, the better, regardless of their replaceability. ]
[ ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ.. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜɪꜱ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ. ]
[ 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴. ]
[ Agreed. When those at the top understand what's wrong, so will the rest under them, one by one. ]
Notes:
Let's just say I'm slowly cooking up an electric storm with this one.. Give it a chapter or two. 🤫
Chapter 19: the horde arrives
Summary:
The arrival of the 2024 Freight and Coaches is here, because I'm impatient and love writing these chapters and characters.
Another slight spoiler warning, because obviously with the arrival of some more story-important characters comes the inevitable discussion of some of what they've been through - Though a key change I've made is that the 2024 Wembley Trainyard cast did NOT participate in a Championship, rather just a highly-ranked Racing Competition.
This chapter is also a little heavy primarily towards the end, so a small TRIGGER WARNING for implied verbal familial abuse and discussion of mental health/disorders.
Names:
Dolly - 2024 Dinah
Barbara - 2024 Belle
Thundercab (not added, but mentioned) - 2024 Greaseball
Chapter Text
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - DINAH]
GB: eya Dee-Dee
DINAH: Good morning Greaseball! (o^-^o)
DINAH: Still feeling some hangover from the pride party a day ago, or has that finally cleared up for ya?
GB: cleared up finally, thank starlight
GB: tryna work with that shit was a pain in the backside
GB: though i guess thats what i get for drinkin' so much at the party
DINAH: Hooray!! :D
DINAH: Also honestly it was a party G so, no duh people were going to drink.
DINAH: And hey you weren't the only one!
GB: yeah, true
GB: how's you girls faring?
DINAH: Me and Pearl are fine obviously.
GB: did you two at least stay hydrated 'n all that while you were keeping Rusty sane
DINAH: We did, don't worry!!
DINAH: Mostly stuck to fruit juice and some fizzy drinks.
DINAH: We DID try what Charge and Wrench called a "Highball" which is fizzy drinks mixed with a bit of alcohol?
DINAH: It was alright, I trusted them to not spike me with something and they didn't. ^-^
GB: sounds pretty nice tbh
GB: wouldn't expect either of those two to spike anythin', they'd be in deep shit if they did
GB: still gonna stick to keepin' away from alcohol?
DINAH: Yeah, I know it's borin' but I'm just not a massive fan of alcohol. You know I never have been.
DINAH: The fizzy drink covered up the stuff I hate about most about the alcohol part of the drink, but I could still tell it HAD alcohol in it.
GB: nothin' wrong with playing it safe, its your preferences gal
DINAH: That's true.
DINAH: Did you need something, btw? :o
GB: o shit yeah i got sidetracked
DINAH: LMAO
GB: you shush
GB: aight so, Control just had a lil' chat with me
DINAH: Oh no what did ya do hun?
GB: WHAT DO YOU M EAN I DIDN'T DO ANYTHIN
DINAH: HEHEHEHE
DINAH: I'M KIDDING, GEEBS, I'M KIDDING.
DINAH: What'd the boss want?
GB: >:P
GB: said that the freight and coaches comin' from Wembley Park are arriving today
DINAH: OH MY GOSH THATS TODAY?
GB: yup, surprised me too
GB: i've been put in charge of sorting out the freight folks, 4 of em, and giving them and the 3 part-time coaches a tour like how Rusty gave one to lil' Corry and his coach gal
DINAH: Oooooo!!!
DINAH: So many of them arriving at the same time.
GB: i wanted to ask, if its fine of course
GB: would you be willing to come gimme a hand with the tour 'n all?
GB: i get why Control asked me to manage both since I work with both Coaches n Freight dependin' on what my duties for the day are but
GB: i feel like i could do with a helping hand, at least with the Coaches, especially 'cuz i feel like i might go insane already managing what'll be like 20-ish rolling stock after this and i wanna spare my sanity while I can
GB: gonna be calling in on Ceebs too to handle the freight, especially one of the cases comin' to us, and also probs pick up Carrie during the tour since she said she probably knows these folks
DINAH: Of course Geebs!
DINAH: More than happy to come give you a hand. (＾▽＾)
GB: y'sure? i know its one of your break days so i don't wanna take that from you and be a trouble 'n all that
DINAH: You're not a trouble at all, Greaseball, I promise you.
DINAH: We may have had a bumpy past, but that's what it is, the past.
DINAH: We're all squeaky clean now, and you're one of my closest friends.
DINAH: So I'm absolutely willing to help since I have the free time to do so!
GB: thanks Dee-Dee, i really appreciate it
DINAH: No problem!
DINAH: When do they get here?
GB: given there's more of 'em than when Corry and Moon got here we've been given more time for touring, so they'll be comin' at around lunchtime
GB: 12:30, give or take some london traffic fuckery
DINAH: Oh that's perfect then!
DINAH: We can meet them at the entrance and take them to the trainyard diner first, make sure they get some lunch after making the trip down.
DINAH: Meet up for 12:10 incase they arrive early?
GB: better safe than sorry
GB: plus i know you'd grill me into next month if i wound up late
DINAH: Darn right I would, you aren't calling me to help then leaving me to do everything :P
DINAH: Besides that gives us about 20 minutes to organise some sort of tour route, assuming Control didn't give you one
GB: they gave me a list of the core places we need to show 'em too
GB: their shed housing living spaces, trainyard post office 'n how they get their mail, the yard diner and corner store (making that our starting point'll be a good idea), show 'em the station platforms where freight go for work 'n where our supply warehouse is, the station platforms where the coaches gotta go to for work, etc etc.
GB: the rest we can get creative with or they can see in their own time, like the yard garden, the graffiti art tunnel, the nearby lake, the ways to take to get to the main street of stores, maybe where some of us live so they know where to knock if they need somethin'
DINAH: Alright, nice, that gives us some wiggle room.
DINAH: You said y'need Ceebs too?
DINAH: I think he's got a day off work today as well.
GB: yeah he does, i've checked the week's schedule. so uh
GB: i'm just gonna tell it to you straight
DINAH: Impossible to do, we're both Bi disasters. (¬‿¬)
GB: har har
DINAH: LMAO
DINAH: Continue, Geebsie. :)
GB: so we got 4 freight comin' over today
GB: Corry mentioned 'em several days ago when he arrived with his gal
GB: there's Lumber who specialises in managing wood and wood fuel loads, Porter who specialises in coal, Hydra the lil' hydrogen tank fella who helped Corry with their convert
GB: then there's Slick who's an oil truck tanker that also runs back-of-freight as sort of a diet-braker
DINAH: Mmmhhm?
DINAH: .. Oh wait, Corry said he didn't get along with the Oil Truck?
GB: ain't on speaking terms, yeah
GB: there's a reason for it
DINAH: Go oooonn.
GB: so Slick's got
GB: a record, coming with 'em
GB: similar to Caboose
DINAH: .
DINAH: Aaahh.
GB: yeeaahh
GB: former crasher, comes from a rough background, she's dragged the lumber and coal trucks into it too
GB: they've all been checked out mentally by professionals 'n while Lumber and Porter are pretty stable and have made good recovery (probably on'y got brought into it super recently)
GB: Slick's not in the best shape
GB: apparently they're movin' the freight over here because our Control's spoken to THEIR Control, and they think this environment'll be better for really all of 'em to recover in, but especially for Slick
GB: more familial 'n stuff, apparently some of the issues come with who took 'em under their wing 'n some past shit on the other yard
DINAH: How old is Slick?
GB: 19, according to the profile papers that Control showed me
DINAH: Oh my Starlight..
DINAH: How old's the rest by comparison?
GB: Corry 'n Moonstone are both recently-turned 20 as we've found out from 'em
GB: Lumber and Porter are 21, Control said to keep an eye on 'em but not worry too much since they're mostly sorted out
GB: not sure 'bout the coaches or Hydra
GB: Control, and me tbh, are hopin' that maybe Ceebs could kinda do what Rust-Bucket's doing with Corry and basically be a mentor or somethin' to Slick
GB: doubt its the exact same circumstances between 'em as to why they started, but
DINAH: No no you've both got the right idea.
DINAH: CB is going to understand her best out of anything, he got into this in his teen years because of his brother.
GB: right, BV yeah?
DINAH: Mhm.
DINAH: If Slick is only barely a young adult, there's time to help her break these habits and help her before it becomes too severe.
DINAH: Is she in therapy yet?
GB: i gotta assume so, if they've already put Lumber and Porter through therapy to the point of being stable
GB: and gotten Slick checked out by a psychiatrist
GB: .
GB: is it psychiatrist?? the one that can give diagnoses 'n meds and shit like that?
GB: there's psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, all sound the damn same
DINAH: Pretty sure psychiatrist is right, yeah, don't worry Geebee. :)
GB: t hank starlight
GB: but yeah, so could you try 'n get ahold of Caboose and see if he'd be willing??
DINAH: I'll talk to Ceebs, he can come with us to meet them all at the entrance if he decides to join up.
DINAH: I think they'll feel more calm if he's part of the welcome team and tour.
DINAH: When us 3 get them to the diner we can add them to the group chat server too, assuming that don't overwhelm them too much.
GB: oh shit right
GB: they'll need that
GB: can we even add people though?? don't y'need like admin or mod powers or somethin
DINAH: .
DINAH: I'm not sure actually-
DINAH: I'll DM Rusty and see if he can give me invite permissions or something?
GB: sounds like a plan, bluebell
DINAH: Awwwhh, still remember the nicknames you came up with for me?
GB: 'course
GB: would never forget 'em, not unless y'wanted me to
GB: like you said, we're pals
DINAH: Silly. x
GB: x
[DINAH] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[GB] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
[CB] entered chatroom [Apollo Victoria Trainyard Chatroom]
CB: guys pleeasse can i change the server name to something more fun
DINAH: Ceebs.
CB: pleeeaaaasseeee
DINAH: Ceebeeee. >:(
CB: I'LL KEEP IT APPROPRIATE I SWEAR
GB: it
GB: probably would be more inviting to the freight coming in tbh if they're gonna be anything like ours
DINAH: Alright, but do it quickly!
CB: YEESSSS
[CB] changed chatroom name to [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
DINAH: O h my Starlight a Transformers reference
CB: ABSOLUTELY!
GB: y'know what thats in good taste
GB: i dig it, good job CB
CB: winner :>
CB: anyway deedee are you able to add everyone in real quick before you start properly working on the food in the kitchen?
DINAH: Yep, can do!
[DINAH] has added [HYDRA], [LUMBER], [PORTER], [SLICK], [DOLLY], [BARBARA], and [TASSITA] to [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[DOLLY] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[HYDRA] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[PORTER] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[LUMBER] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[BARBARA] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
HYDRA: I instantly love this server chat name, holy shit
BARBARA: I can appreciate a good Transformers reference when I see one.
DINAH: @AVTRAINFOLKS The new arrivals are here everyone, come say hi! (If you're available, if you're still working p lease don't text and roll unless you're safe to do so.)
DINAH: @OFFYARDELECTRICS I'm gonna ping ya'll for this too, actually. S ame applies, Lexi if you're racing and I see you typing in here I will tell you off!
[TASSITA] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
TASSITA: there we go, got this thing working, thank Starlight.
TASSITA: .. also i'm concerned that you need to specify to not text and roll-
CB: thats because theres like 6 different people in this chat at minimum who can and will do that and probably have done it before
[SLICK] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
SLICK: are you 1 of those people
CB: absolutely!
SLICK: ayyyyy fuckin noice
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[DUVAY] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
GB: big turnout
CB: i didnt realise this many of us had today off
PEARL: Oh some of us don't, but its lunch break, so we can chat for a bit!
PEARL: Me, Ashley, Buffy, Belle and Pearl are at work, Ashley's finished her lunch so she's resting up a bit.
PEARL: Rusty's the one managing our train's route for today with the human management.
PEARL: I'm sure he'll come say hi later though when he's got time!
DINAH:: No rush for him if he can't, he'll see everyone after coming off of work I'm sure.
LUMBER: control was actually serious about that?
SLICK: course they werent kidding wtf did you expect them to lie????
PORTER: Don't be a divvy, Lachy.
DOLLY: Play nice, guys!
BARBARA: I'm a little surprised he still works here if he's a Champion.
PEARL: My boyfriend's very down-to-earth and humble!
CB: yeah rusty's a good guy
JOULE: oooo you guys got some more newbies?
ZERO: The colourful cast grows some more
GB: sure have
GB: meet Hydra, Porter, Lumber, and Slick, they'll be joinin' AV as new freight members
ROXY: WWWWOOOOO
HARRIET: EYYOOOO FREIGHT RISE UP!
HYDRA: FREIGHT RISE UP!
LUMBER: FREIGHT RISE UP!
DINAH: Aaaaand this is Tassita, Barbara, and Dolly who are the part-time Coaches that Rusty mentioned a bit ago! (´◡`)
PEARL: Hiiiiii! :D
TASSITA: hiii. ^^
CARRIE: DOLLYYYYYY
DOLLY: CARRIIIIEE BUFFFYYYYY!!!!
BUFFY: HEY GUUUYYSS ITS BEEN AGES
TASSITA: yeah, because somebody decided to move away entirely. /silly
BUFFY: Frick off /silly
DOLLY: LMAO
BUFFY: HEEYY DOLLY HOW'VE YOU GUYS ALL BEEN?
DOLLY: PRETTY GOOD!!
TASSITA: beyond fighting karens to stop giving their kids their ipads in my work section, pretty good.
BARBARA: ^
VOLTA: Oh you poor souls.
DUVAY: S tarlight don't even start on the Ipad kids, I can't stand when they blare their videos and games when most the passengers are sleeping. 😭
BARBARA: I know, right-!?
PURSE: Karens really don't leave you guys alone regardless of the trainyard you're from, do they?
TASSITA: they don't and they drive me mad.
DOLLY: Seconded.
BARBARA: Now we can put up with them together with more company. ^^
CARRIE: FUCK YEEAAHHH IVE MISSED YOU LOT
BARBARA: We've missed you too. ^^
CARRIE: surprised you all didn't drag TC here with yall
CARRIE: she not on the transfer list??
HYDRA: Nawh, she's coming eventually.
PORTER: Something-something-"unfinished business" 😅
CARRIE: yeah that sounds like her tbh
PURSE: TC?
HYDRA: Thundercab, she's our Freight group's assigned Diesel Engine.
ROXY: ooooooo
JOULE: thats a cool as fuck name
VOLTA: It sounds like a movie character.
VOLTA: In a good way.
GB: ^ as a fellow diesel i approve of that naming
HARRIET: avengers vibes kinda name
PORTER: Aye, it does
DOLLY: She's my girlfriend! :D
BUFFY: YOU'RE STILL TOGETHER??
BUFFY: Swear you two have been glued to the hip since we were all kids
BARBARA: Tassi and I managed to convince her and TC to take a break for a month or two at least, after the yard had a large-scale competitive race and everyone was..
BARBARA: ..A little roughed up and burnt out?
TASSITA: and it worked well, so. winner. :)
DOLLY: Yeah, we needed that break honestly, even if it wasn't a long one, it helped a lot.
DOLLY: Oh oh oh lemme introduce myself properly for ya'lls; Hi, I'm Dolly, she/her pronouns, I'm a Bakery Coach!
VOLTA: Oh Wrench is going to absolutely love you for that.
PURSE: Oooohh! Nice!
PEARL: Oh that's SO adorable!
DOLLY: :3
ROXY: ayyy more gays
BUFFY: Ayyyyy
CB: hows repair mum doing after corralling us all the other night
JOULE: lexi's racing, so she n daddy dearest are keeping watch to make sure nobody fuckin dies
HYDRA: "D ADDY DEAREST"???
SLICK: WHEHAHAHWGAHA
PORTER: LMFAO
ROXY: C RYING
DINAH: J oule!!
JOULE: WHAAATTT YOU LET CB CHANGE THE DAMN SERVER NAME TO A TRANSFORMERS REFERENCE CLEARLY THE BAR FOR STANDARDS ISNT AS RIGID AS IT WAS MEETING THE OTHER TWO
BARBARA: Do, I even dare ask?
LUMBER: IDK
VOLTA: I'll TL;DR the context to spare your sanity from my girlfriend.
JOULE: :>>>
VOLTA: Myself, Purse, and Joule here all are Components assigned to our Racer Electra, we're also all in a polycule, Joule is referring to Krupp - Armaments Truck - who she, Charge, and Purse nickname "daddy dearest".
BUFFY: They've also called their Repair Truck Wrench "mommy" so its a mutual thing
PURSE: ^
PEARL: They're the gayest people around the Trainyard.
TASSITA: aahhh.
SLICK: ultimate gays
BARBARA: I think, I remember seeing you guys during the championships live on TV a year or two back, right?
DINAH: Yup, they were all there! (*^‿^*)
JOULE: yeeeee it was fun as fuck racing in the champs even if we got our asses beat
JOULE: made it to heat 3 until we got completely bodied
SLICK: noice
HYDRA: So you guys are just, casual besties with one of your champion's old rivals and their partners??
CARRIE: sure are, went to a party they invited us to the other day it was AMAZING
CB: the party was fucking awesome
ZERO: Now you have a taste of how spicy our parties get!
ZERO: Your yard parties are still great tho, dont get me wrong, love the rustic lowkey vibes
HARRIET: boss is even dating the engine too its a whole fuckin spiderweb of gays
PURSE: Did the chart I made get pinned for future reference?
PEARL: I think so!
PURSE: Very nice. 😊
PURSE: Purse, he/they~! Online currently is Volta and Joule, both she/they. Krupp is he/they, Wrench is she/they, and Charge is she/they.
PURSE: Zero here's with another Electric Racer but they're Volta's brother.
ZERO: Heeeeyyyyy. He/They demiboy~!
LUMBER: don't that make you all demi then or am I being stupor?
JOULE: born intersex my man, we're fine with they/them but zero likes it more cuz sometimes they don't feel entirely like a guy
LUMBER: ooohhh.
VOLTA: And then Electra uses any pronouns, don't worry too much about using the correct ones unless he specifies in his profile status.
VOLTA: He and Charge are doing amazingly in their current race by the way.
DINAH: Wish 'em luck from us!!
GB: ^
DOLLY: Golly, you guys race here too? It wasn't just the championships?
HARRIET: sorta
PEARL: We have friendly races between each other, yeah!
ROXY: theyre fun as fuck to watch
VOLTA: Meanwhile for us, racing is really our whole job as Electrics.
ZERO: We join in for the AV races anyway tho because its fun to enjoy a sprint-around without any stakes
CB: you lot kick our asses half the time LMAO
JOULE: WE TRY AND HOLD BACK
JOULE: but sometimes we just wanna go apeshit and bulldoze it
SLICK: mood
SLICK: i like this one
JOULE: :>>>
TASSITA: ..this relations chart has so many lines-
PURSE: M ay have overdone it a little.
HYDRA: No no I understand this all perfectly personally. :P
HYDRA: Aaaaanyway, my turn!
HYDRA: Hydra, he/him, Hydrogen Truck at your service!
BUFFY: You're new, I don't recognise you from when I last visited mum and dad back home
HYDRA: Yes ma'am, only started working at the yard 3 or 4 years ago after finishing my training when I got old enough.
HYDRA: Only just got into my 20s, so when you were here I was probably still a trainlet.
BUFFY: Ahh yeah that'd be why then
PORTER: A wee barra.
LUMBER: small scrunkly.
HYDRA: I'M THE SAME AGE AS BOTH OF YOU!!!
ZERO: [Link To -> PORTER: A wee barra.]
ZERO: A what sorry
VOLTA: Zero oh my Starlight, just u se Google Translate.
DINAH: Google Translate's inaccurate a chunk of the time, to be fair!
PORTER: LMAO it's alright.
PORTER: I basically called Hydra a small child.
ROXY: what region you from mate?
CT: what do you THINK it sounds like roxy
ROXY: DO I LOOK LIKE A LANGUAGE SPECIALIST TO YOU
PORTER: Born in Scotland, Paisley Gilmour Street Trainyard.
PORTER: Me 'n my parents moved down south though to be closer to me ma's side of the family though after some stuff happened.
HYDRA: I only barely understand Scottish thanks to Porter.
DUVAY: We've never had a Hydrogen Truck at AV before..
GB: dunno if we've had a hydrogen anything in our neck of the woods
PEARL: We've heard wonderful things about you from the others who transferred over! ^^
HYDRA: Awwwhh shucks,,
HYDRA: Lach, you wanna go next?
LUMBER: sure, can do!
LUMBER: name's Lachlan but i prefer Lumber if y'dont mind.
CB: no worries lumber we gotchu
ROXY: lachlan's a dope name too tho dont feel ashamed of it
PORTER: I'm Porter, he/him, heya
PORTER: I'm a Coal Truck, good at carrying that stuff around, you's can probably use your imagination to figure out what Lumber works with lol
ZERO: Fresh produce obvs
JOULE: firecrackers!!!
PEARL: Clearly he works with pipes.
BUFFY: No he isn't Mario, obviously it's bricks
DUVAY: You'll summon Flat-Top if you aren't careful.
LUMBER: LMAO
LUMBER: nah it's wood, mainly wood used for fuel but since that's being cracked down on for shit beyond law-safe fireplaces 'n bonfires I'm uh
LUMBER: not, sure how long they'll keep me about?
SLICK: if anyone tries yanking you to the scrap-house im killing them myself
GB: ey ey, that ain't gonna be necessary
DINAH: Yeah, don't you worry about that!
BUFFY: They kept my girlfriend Ashley around even after smoking on public transport got banned.
DOLLY: Damn, Carrie wasn't kidding when she said you actually got laid.
BUFFY: SSSSHHUTT THE FUCK UP
DOLLY: LOL
CARRIE: LMFAO
JOULE: PFFHAHAH
BUFFY: But seriously, they let her stay as she is without conversion or being scrapped.
BUFFY: You'll be protected here, you guys.
HARRIET: all else fails we gotcha backs!
ROXY: fuck yeah we do!!
CB: freight always looks out for each other
VOLTA: We can confirm that too as a secondary source.
VOLTA: AV Yard has, done a lot for us to say the least in that regard.
LUMBER: shit, thats
LUMBER: thanks you guys.
PORTER: That does help ease some old worries yeah
BARBARA: I'll, go next maybe?
BARBARA: Barbara, just she/her pronouns, nothing fancy.
BARBARA: You can call me Baabaa or Barbie, I'm okay with those as nicknames.
CARRIE: This is the Sleeping Coach that Moonstone mentioned!
DUVAY: Hiii fellow Sleeping Coach. ^^
BARBARA: Heeeyyy. :)
DUVAY: Duvay, she/her, one of the sisters of the aforementioned Ashley.
ROXY: baabaa thats actually so adorable
DINAH: ^ That's such a cute nickname!!
BUFFY: I know some of you already, but for those I don't, heya, I'm Buffy, Buffet Coach, she/her, if you don't know me from visiting for holidays you DEFINITELY know my sister Carrie
CARRIE: >:PPPPP
DOLLY: How could we ever forget her?
CARRIE: y'know you love me,,
PEARL: I'm Pearl, she/her, First-Class Observation Coach!
PEARL: DeeDee's my best friend, so you're in good hands.
TASSITA: the food she's making for us smells reeeaally good already
DINAH: Patience, ladies and gents, it'll be ready in a bit! (＾▽＾)
PORTER: I suck at being patient 😬
SLICK: saaaaaaame
ROXY: THEN WE'LL KEEP DISTRACTING YOOOUU
ROXY: im roxy, she/her, one of the rocky box cars
ROXY: got 4 siblings who youll see on the tour like corry n his girl
HARRIET: harriet, also she/her, got 2 brothers, hopper car squad
GB: they also blare music at 10pm from their place
HARRIET: EY WE TURN IT DOWN!
SLICK: corry eh?
SLICK: so they ended up here too
SLICK: thisll be fun
HYDRA: Slick, watch it.
SLICK: just cuz youre fucking them both doesnt mean im gonna play nice
JOULE: WOOOAAHH HOLD UP
PURSE: Ooohh
CARRIE: thats
CARRIE: some new info
ZERO: Daaaaaamn
BUFFY: They d id not tell us they were in a polyamorous relationship right??
GB: n
GB: no they didn't
PURSE: W ell I can certainly add that to the chart at some point!
VOLTA: I'll make sure to remind you so you actually get around to that.
SLICK: my brother has bad taste
HYDRA: W HAT DO YOU MEAN???
HARRIET: ayyy more adopted siblings
SLICK: you know wtf i mean
DINAH: Play nice in the diner, please!
HYDRA: What is your DEAL with my boyfriend???
SLICK: mum played favourites with him dont be fucking braindead
HYDRA: EY!
[SLICK] and [HYDRA] have gone Offline
VOLTA: Ooooh- Yikes-
PEARL: Do you guys have this under control?
CB: should do
GB: we'll be fine
GB: hopefully
[GB] and [CB] have gone Offline
DINAH: If any of them cause a mess in the diner I'm committing warcrimes again.
DOLLY: Protective of your space too?
DINAH: ABSOLUTELY!
BUFFY: We bullied Flat-Top one time because he broke our blender.
ROXY: never gonna let him live that down lmfao
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - DUVAY]
TASSITA: heya.
DUVAY: Hi Tassita. ^^
TASSITA: main chats kinda devolved into chaos.
TASSITA: as has the diner.
DUVAY: Yeah, is everything okay??
TASSITA: Slick and Hydra have gone outside to fight.
TASSITA: your diesel engine and caboose friends have gone to settle it.
TASSITA: i thought Hydra was tall, but Greaseball is something else.
DUVAY: Y ep, he is. Works out pretty much every free day he has.
TASSITA: s tarlight-
DUVAY: Mmmmhhm. He and his Freight gang go together, the yard's gym is packed for about 4 hours roughly?
TASSITA: noted. do you girls ever go?
DUVAY: Sometimes.
DUVAY: We don't go nearly as often but we like to go together now and again for some exercise and workout.
TASSITA: would you mind if I came with?
DUVAY: I doubt anyone would mind at all.
DUVAY: You're part of the Apollo Victory Family now after all. ^^
TASSITA: heh
TASSITA: thanks VayVay
TASSITA: still as warm as I remember.
DUVAY: ???
DUVAY: How do you
TASSITA: .. actually maybe leading with that sounds, weird.
TASSITA: let me make this sound less odd, sorry.
TASSITA: you and i knew each other from way back.
TASSITA: this isn't my first time as part of the AV family, but its been a long time since then.
DUVAY: .
DUVAY: Wait
DUVAY: Wait wait
DUVAY: TeeTee???
TASSITA: heya, Vay. :)
DUVAY: O H MY STARLIGHT-
DUVAY: I'M
DUVAY: I'M, SO SORRY, I DIDN'T
TASSITA: it's okay, I take no offence to you not recognising me
DUVAY: Are you sure??
DUVAY: Oh my gosh it's, it's been AGES.
DUVAY: You look so different in your profile pfp.
DUVAY: .
DUVAY: Actually, duh you look so different, I last saw you when we were 10 or so, you've obviously grown.
TASSITA: you look different yourself.
TASSITA: didn't you used to be a smoking coach?
DUVAY: Like my big sister, yeah.
DUVAY: But then the whole Smoking Ban happened, and they let Ash keep her job and position and all that
TASSITA: did they force you to change?!
DUVAY: No no they gave me the same chance too, but
DUVAY: I felt bad, stressing out my family and putting strain on them worrying about both Ash AND myself and everything..
DUVAY: I underwent coach conversion in my late teenage years, nothing major, just a change to a Sleeping Coach instead.
DUVAY: Still have that deep underlying urge to smoke a cigarette when I get really stressed, but otherwise those days are behind me.
TASSITA: ah alright, good.
TASSITA: i'm glad it was your own decision at least.
TASSITA: i'm still a quiet coach, that's not changed about me.
DUVAY: Yeah, I remembered that.
DUVAY: You're
DUVAY: A guy now?
TASSITA: yeah.
TASSITA: i wasn't really, happy as Tessa.
TASSITA: i thought i was, but i wasn't.
DUVAY: Did this happen after you and your family moved?
TASSITA: mhm. Dad got a promotion but it required him (and us) moving to Wembley Park Trainyard.
TASSITA: and i got my transition conversion started at 13.
TASSITA: i
TASSITA: hope this is okay??
DUVAY: OF COURSE!!!
DUVAY: You don't have to ask whether it's okay for you to be yourself, Tass.
DUVAY: The yard is our home and our safe space, and it's a safe space for everybody. Heck we had our own pride party at the start of June, and like they said in main chat we went to the Electrics pride party the other day.
DUVAY: Nobody's going to give you any grief for being trans.
DUVAY: And if anybody does, you come tell me.
DUVAY: Or tell Ashley, she'll punch them.
TASSITA: s he STILL does that???
DUVAY: OH YEAH.
DUVAY: I'll link you to the Karen Incident we had a while back, she decked a passenger who called her washed-up and other colourful names.
TASSITA: damn, get it ashley, still fiesty as ever.
DUVAY: Yep. Still also a total big-sister-mum too.
TASSITA: and also a lesbian, c an't say I'm shocked to hear that.
DUVAY: Yeah, she and Buffy are good for each other, even if Buffy spent a while trying to convince herself she was straight by hanging off GB's arm like Dinah used to.
DUVAY: But eventually they caved and started dating.
DUVAY: I'm happy for my sister, she and Buffy love each other very much.
TASSITA: that's sweet. ^^
TASSITA: the chart thing in main chat said you're bi?
DUVAY: Mhm.
DUVAY: Dated a Diesel, only for 2 weeks before he revealed his true colours and insulted Belle for being autistic, I dumped him there and then.
TASSITA: good, you better have.
TASSITA: belle's always been a good kid, she doesn't deserve that being said about her, and you don't deserve putting up with it either.
DUVAY: Heh, protective much?
TASSITA: i
TASSITA: suppose so.
TASSITA: .. i'm glad you're still here.
TASSITA: i've uh
TASSITA: i've missed you, actually.
DUVAY: Awwhh, T.
DUVAY: I've missed you too.
DUVAY: I understood you had to move, but understanding didn't make it hurt any less watching my friend and partner have to leave.
TASSITA: i'm so sorry.. ^^;
DUVAY: No no, don't be, wasn't your or anybody's fault!
DUVAY: Don't put that onto yourself, okay? x
TASSITA: ..okay. x
TASSITA: are, you at work right now?
DUVAY: No, why?
TASSITA: would you mind maybe
TASSITA: accompanying me on the tour?
TASSITA: assuming the freight and GB don't end up in the repair room.
DUVAY: Sure thing Tassy. I'd love to catch up with you. :)
TASSITA: i'd love to catch up with you too VayVay. ^^
[DINAH] resumed Activity
JOULE: is everything gucci over there deedee
DINAH: N ow it is, yes.
PURSE: You don't sound entirely certain-
DINAH: Because Corry and Moonstone ended up rolling past enjoying their break day, and to put it bluntly, hell kicked off.
ZERO: T hat's a yikes, chief
[GB] resumed Activity
[CARRIE} resumed Activity
GB: 'kay, we got C & M back to their shed in one piece
GB: Poppa's came to look after em after he heard the chaos
CARRIE: they're calming down, thank starlight
VOLTA: Must've been bad if it got him involved-
DOLLY: I heard several swears being thrown about outside so y eah it was a bit rough-
TASSITA: i'll be honest i completely zoned out again.
BARBARA: Is Slick alright??
DINAH: She stormed off, Ceebs has gone after her to try and calm her down.
HARRIET: i can come help if he needs some extra freight hands lookin after the new kid
DINAH: Gotcha, I'll let him know. Thanks for offering, Harriet. (´◡`)
JOULE: do we dare ask wtf got her and corry's rails crossed?
PEARL: I feel like that's too intimate a question for them to answer considering they just transferred over today..
[HYDRA] resumed Activity
HYDRA: Personal history mixed with Slick having the worst way of coping with her trauma is the easiest way to put it.
CARRIE: you good, H?
HYDRA: Yeah, I'm fine.
HYDRA: Slick's been kinda on my ass since the large-scale race Barbie mentioned earlier.
HYDRA: I've been attempting to sort things out with her but she's still being a gremlin over it.
PORTER: Aye she's like that with us too, cooled off a tad but not fully
LUMBER: we used to all be much closer way back when we were kids, then shit just exploded.
LUMBER: .. in multiple ways but save that story for another time.
BUFFY: She mentioned about her mum playing favourites?
HYDRA: That's mostly why she has beef with my partner, yeah, but I dunno any details on that since she won't T ALK to me about said supposed "playing favourites".
HYDRA: But yeah, I'll. Leave it up to her to talk about when she's ready.
HYDRA: She may still have bad blood with me that she won't elaborate on but I'm not gonna be an ass and spill all her info.
GB: fair 'nough
DUVAY: That's completely fine, of course.
PEARL: Neither Corry nor Moonstone ever mentioned they had a third partner in the relationship. :o
PURSE: To be fair, nobody asked. We all presumed it was just those two dating and that was all, like Rusty and you.
DOLLY: Which is a completely fair judgement to make!
HYDRA: Yeah don't worry 'bout it. :)
HYDRA: Control put me in charge of looking after Corry after his hydrogen conversion, basically being his tender.
HYDRA: Making sure he has my support and the fuel he needs from someone who specialises in managing it, someone to immediately make the call if he has any complications or health scares, make sure the conversion's stable, all that jazz.
VOLTA: And you just clicked?
HYDRA: Over time, pretty much.
HYDRA: Spent lots of time with him, helped him adjust to his new conversion, I learnt basic first-aid repair in the event shit went south for him so he'd feel safer, played video-games and watched movies and went places, and it all just.. Worked.
HYDRA: I'm Bi and into guys and girls, so it worked out around Moonstone too since Corry liked both of us.
DUVAY: Are all 3 of you Bi?
HYDRA: I'm Bi, Corry's Bi, Moony's Pan!
ROXY: half the yard is bi so you two fit right in
HYDRA: Yaaaaayyy :D
PURSE: I'll edit the chart when we get back home! Don't have access to the file right now at the race track.
PORTER: Where y'guys racing at?
GB: remember one of ya'll sayin' you were heading to the coast, right?
JOULE: YEAH!! sandbanks beach race track!!
JOULE: lexi's promised that if we behave and he places well then we can spend an hour or two at the beach again celebrating :DDDD
HYDRA: WINNER!
DOLLY: Ooohhh, Sandbanks is such a nice beach!
JOULE: i know right??
TASSITA: niiiice.
TASSITA: don't get sunburnt or anything, weather's been picking up lately.
CARRIE: yeah its been actually becoming summer
ZERO: Incredible
PEARL: UK weather finally clocked in that it's meant to be the warm time of the year.
ROXY: fucking finallyyyyy
HARRIET: ^ bout damn time
JOULE: don't worry wrenchie made sure we had some on before comin out here
VOLTA: Hope there's someplace high quality to eat around here afterwards.
VOLTA: With some air conditioning, preferably.
LUMBER: you're a freezer though??
VOLTA: I'm not resistant to the effects of the weather.
VOLTA: If it gets too warm my systems need to work overtime to make sure I STAY somewhat cool.
PORTER: That checks out yeah
PURSE: I'll do a check of the area for someplace nice!~
DINAH: Don't get yourself lost or anything!
GB: even if he did get lost don't expect 'em to stay lost, Krupp'll find him in 2 minutes
PURSE: Damn right, he would scoop me up into his strong arms and carry me back. ❤️
CARRIE: gay
DOLLY: Gay.
TASSITA: homo.
HYDRA: Homosexual
PURSE: WE HAVE LONG-SINCE ESTABLISHED THIS, YES, WE ARE ALL GAY AS FUCK!
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - RED CABOOSE]
SLICK: can you stop
CB: stop what?
SLICK: sitting outside the damn dor
SLICK: *door
CB: thats a negative
CB: i'm not gonna be an asshole and just leave you to sit in there alone for the next few hours when i know you're feeling shit
SLICK: id rather you be th asshole and go tbh
SLICK: *tjhe
SLICK: fucc it
CB: wwweeeelll unfortunately for you that's not happening, sorry
SLICK: the hell r you even waiting out there for???
CB: waiting for you to calm down, after you got into a shouting match with the steamer.
CB: i'm not stupid, contrary to what people think of most freight off the bat
SLICK: shouldnt be getting involved n shit that isnt your business
SLICK: thought the infamous red caboose would know that
CB: you're right, i 100% know that
CB: oftentimes snooping around in places you shouldnt can net you a tight hand around your neck at best
SLICK: you dont think im capable of that
CB: oh you absolutely could maul somebody no questions asked
CB: maul me though?
CB: not completely sure on that one
CB: i also know that sometimes you have to shove your nose into someone else's business if you want to be able to help them
CB: you've not got the cleanest track record yourself
SLICK: what does it matter
SLICK: it gets people to notice me and wake the fuck up a littl
SLICK: i get some cash out of it so we can make it on our own n prep for the future & all that shit
CB: job salary doesn't cut it?
SLICK: fine for now ig
SLICK: not much of a paycheck, just started working with the freight 2 yrs ago & im under 21
SLICK: P & L are so they get adult wages
SLICK: H is too but he was always gonna be loaded anyway cuz he got an electric ma
CB: oh shit, really??
CB: he doesnt look like any of the electrics we've all met
SLICK: aint fully electric himself i think, but he has an electric ma & a water tanker dad
SLICK: n that somehow made him
SLICK: idfk i dont question it
SLICK: n that leaves just me
SLICK: but folks will pay nicely to see their rival crash & burn in a race or accident & thats fine with me tbh
CB: they sure do.
CB: speaking from experience i've had some engines on win streaks willing to pay thousands to make sure their wins are confirmed
CB: crazy what lengths folks'll go for revenge ey?
SLICK: .
SLICK: yeah
SLICK: guess so
CB: is that why you crashed Corry during the race at your yard?
CB: you wanted revenge on him, too?
SLICK: .
SLICK: it wasnt even fully revenge, i just. was angry n got paid to screw with him,so i did. mum always liked him more & doted on him
SLICK: ik hes her bio kid and hes had his sickness whatever thing n shit, but why become my guardian if you arent gonna love me equally?
SLICK: shes not even abusive, thats the thing, shes actually been a damn good mum since i got taken in, keeps us fed & sheltered but
SLICK: shes always so fuckin conflicting and confusing with how she takes care of us
SLICK: looks after us well n then basically calls me names to my face while spouting all her steam stuff
SLICK: then hydra started fucking dating him too which just made me feel worse
SLICK: he & i were family too, he got me n my vibes
CB: so you wanted them to click on how you were feeling?
SLICK: yeah
SLICK: wanted everuone to
SLICK: *everyone
SLICK: im an oil tank
SLICK: it fuckin sucks getting reminded nearly every month bout how youre the "work of the diesel" by your own adopted parent
SLICK: wanted everyone to realise that yknow
CB: that you still matter.
SLICK: .
SLICK: yeah
CB: is that also why you got porter and lumber into it??
SLICK: mhm
SLICK: theyre like brothers to me too
SLICK: and they n i all worry bout when the humans will eventually scrap us
SLICK: our fuels are limited or lowkeu crap
SLICK: *lowkey
SLICK: so i told em that i was gonna make a scene at the championships to make people realise we were still trainfolk
SLICK: that we didnt deserve our jobs & lives to get taken from us
SLICK: plus there was big engines there whod be willing to spend tons of cash to see others burn so thatd be more to our backup funds for if the humans tried to get rid of us
SLICK: you wouldnt understand that tho
SLICK: youre a caboose
CB: i may be a caboose, but cabeese cars arent exactly in style anymore either
CB: my kinda folks used to be in charge of those, yknow? the real moving caboose part of the train, the brakes
CB: but cabeese have been phased out more and more, so the freight is really all most of us have.
SLICK: least you arent the work of the diesel devil or whatever
CB: no, but i have instead been told how i'm a good-for-nothing lil bastard and that "if you knew whats best for you, you'll do what i do and make a notorious name for yourself"
SLICK: who said that
CB: my brother
CB: BV wasnt a good person, and he is - or was - my bio brother
SLICK: was
SLICK: did he die ???
CB: no, he buggered off to the USA
CB: ive also LLLLOOOONG since disowned him as actual family n all that shit
CB: far as i know he's dead to me and it stays that way.
CB: cuz he wasn't a good guy
CB: he was into crashing too, but he was in it for the money. ONLY the money.
CB: he wasnt trying to get noticed or prove a point like you are, he just wanted to hurt people and get rewarded for it
CB: and thats how i got into it too.
CB: he was proud of me for it, and as a kid i wanted my big bro to be proud of me and care about me. so i kept at it for years with him.
SLICK: really??
CB: 10-4, lil yellow.
CB: then several years after he got me into it with him, idk, i guess he messed with the wrong folks and vanished overnight
CB: thats when AV took me in, after i stowed away from my home yard and Poppa found me, and i played along as the completely normal Red Caboose
SLICK: n then you caused the crashes at the champs
SLICK: i saw some of it on TV
SLICK: the stuff they allowed to air & didnt cut away from anyway
CB: yyyeeeppp
CB: thats when i got caught!
SLICK: did they send you to a psychiawhatsitcalled too
CB: sure did!
CB: turns out i have these funky little things called PTSD and Hypomania
CB: my gf Dinah was the one who was able to convince me to actually go get checked when Control organised it for me, and start therapy n all that
SLICK: it was
SLICK: hydra n barbara who convinced me
CB: and Wrench helped pull strings to get me on basically a pharmacy fast-track so when i run outta my meds im not waiting an eon to get more
SLICK: thats the one they call mommy because your electric mates are gay as shit
CB: correct!
SLICK: would
SLICK: she help me with that too ?
CB: i can talk to her about it and see if she can work some magic again, yeah
CB: do you wanna talk to her or to me about what you need exactly?
SLICK: whats she like
CB: absolute mum friend but in the good way, she makes sure we don't all die of stupidity
CB: like when roxy, harriet and carrie stabbed each other with umbrellas when we went to the beach
SLICK: LMFAO
SLICK: why tf did they do that
CB: because we're all sharing about 5 braincells :P
SLICK: drkrjifh
SLICK: aight, she can be there
SLICK: .
SLICK: would you be there too at least ?
CB: 'course i can be, if you want me to
SLICK: she wont judge?
CB: didn't judge me
CB: infact the reason why we're all good friends after what i did is because she, DeeDee, and Pearl went to the efforts of explaining to everybody else to at least some degree how what i did was a mixture of family trauma and mental fuckery
CB: everyone realised i didnt do what i did for shits and giggles, i did it because i've been screwed up
CB: and its the same for you, from what youve been comfy telling me
CB: you're doing great, by the way
SLICK: .
SLICK: yeah
SLICK: i think the psychiawhatsit lady said i got conduct disorder and mild adhd ?
SLICK: wasnt really entirely focused tho, i kept diassociating
CB: sounds about right
CB: we can help you, and we'll protect you AND your adopted bros over there from ever worrying about getting dumped by the humans. we meant what we said in the main chat when we said that.
CB: I want to help you, and i will, because i don't want to see another freight-mate suffer like how I did, especially someone as young as you
CB: but first you'll need to open the door and stop hiding in there on your phone, lil yellow.
CB: we can head back to the diner when you're ready and get you your food before the tour
SLICK: ..
SLICK: can i get one of those fancy hot chocolate milkshakes too
SLICK: i like hot drinks more cuz they make me feel cosy but its too warm for that rn
SLICK: and i like milkshakes
CB: sure you can, DeeDee'll be more than happy to make one for you!
SLICK: .. okay.
SLICK: gimme 1 or 2 mins to sort myself out first
CB: take your time, lil yellow :}
SLICK: thanks
SLICK: :]
Chapter 20: trying to decide on a movie night is sometimes like herding a pack of unhinged cats
Summary:
Rolling back to that first chapter referencing movie night! Seems like a good way for everyone to get to know the newbies some more, ey?
(Sorry for the 1-2 months of quiet, I've been both getting other ideas and also building up the framework for the next chapters of TPSC!)
Chapter Text
[PEARL] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
PEARL: Hey guuuuys!
HYDRA: Heya Pearl, good afternoon!
MOONSTONE: Good afternoon Miss Pearl!!
TASSITA: hey. :)
DOLLY: Hiyaaaa!! :D
ASHLEY: Heyy girlie.
CORRY: Good afternoon, Pearl!
CHARGE: heya pinkie,,
PEARL: Everyone doing alright?
CHARGE: YEEEE
HYDRA: Doing fine!
CORRY: ^ !
MOONSTONE: Mhm!
DOLLY: We're doing good!
DOLLY: Just complaining about work, lol
CHARGE: the usual :P
PEARL: Ahh the classic.
PEARL: What happened this time?
ASHLEY: Corry was telling us one hell of a story.
CORRY: So my shift today involved freightwork, I was assigned to taking some building materials over to London Zoo from their supplier.
PEARL: Ooohh, are they doing rennovations or something? :o
PEARL: Rusty and I have been meaning to go.
CHARGE: oooo you have?
PEARL: Mhm!
DOLLY: It's such a pretty zoo!
MOONSTONE: Absolutely!!
CHARGE: dont think ive been yet actually but ive seen the pics
CHARGE: tbh i think if we DID go then Joule is 1000% gonna try and take an animal when she isnt meant to
CORRY: W hat
HYDRA: LMAO??
ASHLEY: Yeah that sounds like something Joule would do.
DOLLY: She an animal lover?
CHARGE: VERY MUCH
CHARGE: used to be an animal handler truck before she converted to a dynamite truck
CHARGE: but she kept all her skills and intel on animal handling and obvs her love for animals never went away even with the convert
PEARL: Probably best to make sure she's supervised.
CORRY: Y EAH, THAT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA?
MOONSTONE: I think some of the Freight would probably try and yoink a lizard or something like that, honestly.
HYDRA: .
HYDRA: Okay yeah you aren't wrong there.
TASSITA: group trip to the zoo?
TASSITA: maybe anyway, idk.
TASSITA: that could be a bit expensive actually.
DOLLY: No no that could be a fun idea actually, Tassy.
DOLLY: We all chip in a bit of our paychecks for the tickets to go, and organise a time to go out on a day off.
ASHLEY: Yeesss that's a really good idea!
CHARGE: oooooo hell yeah!!!
PEARL: That could be fun! :D
PEARL: I'll write that down in our activity list.
PEARL: Continue Corry, sorry!
CORRY: It's all good. :)
CORRY: So it was me, Lumber, Hoppers, Rockies, Flat-Top, and Ceebs at the back.
CORRY: But I also had Hydra with me as my fuel backup incase of a health scare.
PEARL: Oh right, your condition, I remember you mentioning that on day 1. :<
CHARGE: whats the issue that needed you converted mate?
CORRY: I was born with something wrong with my firetubes and the way they connected from my firebox to my organs.
CORRY: Though I could eat and fuel myself, because of the connection issue, the heat made from that couldn't reach my organs that hold and transport the water I drank as well.
HYDRA: He couldn't produce enough steam on a daily basis, basically.
HYDRA: The docs who handled him said it was like the equivalent of chronic fatigue.
CORRY: Yeah I was always really warm and really tired, it sucked.
CHARGE: ouughh that sounds like ass
CORRY: IT WAS.
TASSITA: now hydra's looking after him with hydrogen fuel.
MOONSTONE: And in other ways now too with me! >w>
HYDRA: Damn right I am <w<
CORRY: <3
HYDRA: <3
MOONSTONE: <3
ASHLEY: Gay.
TASSITA: gay.
CHARGE: GAY
CHARGE: anyway tell her what happened at the zoo
CORRY: Oh right!
CORRY: So we got there with the building supplies, and the building team started throwing shade as we unloaded the supply haul!
PEARL: Ohh nooooo they didn't-
DOLLY: Mmmmhhmm.
CORRY: They were making a big fuss about Hydra being there mainly. >:(
HYDRA: Snarky bastards were saying "Don't recall us asking for some lousy fuel bloke" and things like that.
PEARL: Ughh, builders.
MOONSTONE: THAT'S WHAT I SAID!
CHARGE: so lucky we dont have to deal with this shit
CHARGE: i think i'd go insane
TASSITA: trust me, i'm surprised we haven't already.
DOLLY: ^
ASHLEY: ^
PEARL: So how did you handle it?
HYDRA: I pretended I noticed something wrong and went to go give Corry a "health check-up", talked my fancy knowledge talk, and refuelled him so they knew I was here on business for my fella.
HYDRA: Then I kissed him.
PEARL: AWWWWHHHH!
CORRY: THE LOOKS ON THE BUILDERS FACES WHEN YOU DID THAT.
HYDRA: AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN!
HYDRA: Like hell am I letting people just talk smack about me that way.
CHARGE: ceebs better have gotten a fuckin picture of their faces
CHARGE: @CB
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CB: whatcha want bluebird?
CHARGE: cute
CHARGE: did you get a pic of the builders being the embodiment of
CHARGE:
HYDRA: LMFAO
ASHLEY: HWEHAJAHA
CORRY: I L OVE THAT FACE
DOLLY: LOLOLOL
TASSITA: that poor dude just trying to enjoy australia's got talent.
TASSITA: turned into a whole meme sensation.
CB: WHHERABAHA
CB: YEAH I DID
CB: ILL DM YOU
CHARGE: FUCK YEAH
PEARL: Please turn one of the shocked builders faces into an emote for the chatroom server.
MOONSTONE: YEESS DO IT!
CHARGE: oh you bet your pretty pink ass i'm gonna do that
TASSITA: gay.
CHARGE: i thought the fuckin chart Pursey made was enough to clarify that
PEARL: Flattering. :)
CHARGE: :3
CB: anyway beyond memes what are we chatting about
CORRY: Work woes, I was just telling Pearl the incident we had today.
CB: NICE
ASHLEY: What are you here for Pearlie?
PEARL: Oh I saw that the chat was active
PEARL: So I came to strike up some discussion on what we should do for the next Movie Night tonight, since I'm the one holding it this time!
ASHLEY: Oh right!
CHARGE: FUCK YEA MOVIE NIGHT
MOONSTONE: OOOO? :O
TASSITA: you guys do movie nights?
DOLLY: ^ ??? WHY DID YOU NEVER TELL US
CB: this is us telling you now lmao
PEARL: This'll be your first movie night with us!
PEARL: We're going to need to decide on a movie.
HYDRA: Oh shit, how's that going to work?
PEARL: Well, normally it depends on who's in charge.
CHARGE: nobodys in me yet but thats subject to change xx
PEARL: EQEWHBHAS
DOLLY: O H GOODNESS
HYDRA: OMFS
ASHLEY: PFFFFF
MOONSTONE: SCREAMING
TASSITA: ohmystarlight.
CB: I FUCKIN KNEW YOU WERE GONNA MAKE THAT JOKE
CHARGE: cant resist, sorry ;P
CHARGE: continue pinkie-pearl,,
PEARL: S tarlight what are we going to do with you lot?
CHARGE: invite us for movie night :>
PEARL: Of course you're all invited, you've been invited regularly since the first one.
CHARGE: WINNER
PEARL: But anyway, usually the movie choice depends on who's hosting the movie night.
PEARL: Sometimes the host picks, like when Dee-Dee is the one managing it.
PEARL: And sometimes we leave it up to a group vote, that's what I prefer doing.
TASSITA: sounds like chaos.
ASHLEY: It is.
ASHLEY: But thankfully Krupp from the Electrics crew suggested we use a site called strawpoll, which is basically a website you can make a poll and everyone votes.
ASHLEY: I like group votes whenever its my turn to host too.
DOLLY: How do ya'll come up with the movies to vote though?
PEARL: That's where at least half the chaos comes from because we ask the group chat.
PEARL: @EVERYONE Anything you guys want to suggest for movies for tonight? You've got until about 8pm maximum.
MOONSTONE: Oh so we can all just.
MOONSTONE: Give suggestions??
CHARGE: dont HAVE to, if someone suggests a movie you really like then
CHARGE: you can just agree and wait for the poll thing
MOONSTONE: Oooo!
CB: put deadpool on the poll list, been meaning to watch that since it came out back in feb
HYDRA: Ooohhh, good taste!
HYDRA: Heard that film's got good ratings so far.
CORRY: It seems a little intense, but I'd be down for that if it's the best option we end up with.
CORRY: How long will the poll be up for?
PEARL: I'll post it when I have all the vote options at around 7:30-8pm, gives everybody plenty of time after coming back from work and races, ping everybody a second time to vote, and then count the votes and announce the movie.
CORRY: Oh nice!
DOLLY: What time's movie night gonna be then?
ASHLEY: Usually about 9-10pm?
ASHLEY: Sometimes we have them earlier, sometimes later, depends on everyone's schedules really?
DOLLY: Gotcha!~
MOONSTONE: That makes sense.
CHARGE: theyre SO much fun
CHARGE: one time ceebs bought like 3/4 of the snacks from one of the local corner shops it was AMAZING
HYDRA: C EEBS??
CORRY: AH.
TASSITA: o h my starlight-
DOLLY: PFFFHHH??
CB: WORTH IT
PEARL: Chaos gremlin. :P
CB: :P
ASHLEY: That was the day we learnt to supervise him when going to the shops.
HYDRA: How did you even get away with everything?
CORRY: ^ ???????????
CB: I B OUGHT IT!
CB: I CARRIED EVERYTHING OUT IN BAGS BECAUSE IM NOT THAT MUCH OF A LUNATIC!
CB: IT WAS AN ENTIRELY LEGIT TRANSACTION!
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BARBARA: You used reuseable bags with that much shopping I hope.
CB: duh
BARBARA: Very good.
BARBARA: I saw a notif about movie night?
PEARL: Got a film idea for the poll?
BARBARA: Descendants, the Disney one.
BARBARA: It isn't a recent release but I've been meaning to watch it for a while now and just haven't gotten around to it.
BARBARA: Could be a fun movie night film to watch.
PEARL: Got it!
CHARGE: oh i think i saw a clip of that on youtube
CHARGE: think geebs will like that, lotta leather outfits lol
DOLLY: If we're suggesting Disney movies then can I put forward Zootpia as an option?
DOLLY: *Zootopia
TASSITA: what about Moana?
TASSITA: .. is that even out yet actually.
MOONSTONE: Oh that movie looks SO pretty!
TASSITA: oh yeah.
TASSITA: it looks exciting, but also relaxing visually.
CB: it DOES look like a gorgeous movie on the visual side of things
CB: and hey we've not had a princess of colour since tiana
PEARL: I didn't take you for a Disney sort, Ceebs!
CB: Dee-Dee's gotten me into em
CB: some of the super sappy shit is a bit much but I can see the appeal otherwise!
HYDRA: Unfortunately ladies, gents, and others, I think Moana's off the table.
HYDRA: It isn't set for release until next month.
TASSITA: dammit.
BARBARA: RIP.
HYDRA: Sorry Tassita!
TASSITA: its fine, thanks for checking Hydra.
HYDRA: No worries.
CHARGE: yeah im looking forward to Train to Busan but thats not out until OCTOBER
CHARGE: which tbf apparently its a zombie apocalypse movie that takes place mainly on trains and train stations so a halloween release is fitting
CHARGE: BUT LIKE IM SO IMPATIEEENTT
CORRY: Z ombie apocalypse on a train, may we never deal with that in our lives.
MOONSTONE: AGREED!
ASHLEY: Hey you'd probably be fine, what about US, we work directly with all the passengers on the cars!
TASSITA: punch the shit out of them. wouldn't be the first time you've done that tbh.
CB: thats a one way ticket to being bit tho
HYDRA: Not if you have something protecting your hands! Metal gauntlets or something!
CHARGE: ooooo that'd be dope
PEARL: If you want we can organise the movie night schedule to where we can watch it when it comes out for a Halloween party treat or something?
DOLLY: Do one better;
DOLLY: Halloween CINEMA Night.
CB: YYEESSSSS
HYDRA: OH THAT'S A GOOD IDEA DOLLY!
CORRY: Ooohh!
BARBARA: That could be fun!
MOONSTONE: That sounds fun but also I think I'm gonna cry-
ASHLEY: Would you guys be okay with that?
CHARGE: hell fucking yeah we'd love that
CHARGE: lexi'll book out like a whole cinema room for us all and probably some other electrics knowing them
CHARGE: put that on the activity list and give us a memo when it starts hitting spoopy season
PEARL: Way ahead of you!
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HYDRA: Holy hello here comes the cavalry.
PEARL: And this isn't even everyone.
BARBARA: I fear this chat when everybody's in here at once.
TASSITA: my phone's gonna overheat.
WRENCH: That would probably happen, absolutely.
KRUPP: Good afternoon everyone.
ELECTRA: Helloooo guys, gals, and gender-nonconforming pals! ❤️
CORRY: That's clever!
CORRY: Hello again!
GB: howdy folks, how we doin'
ASHLEY: Heya guys! We're doing alright, just having a calm afternoon. :)
BELLE: I saw we're talking movie night?
CB: sure am!
CB: right after complaining about dumbass builders at work
KRUPP: Rough day?
CORRY: [Link To -> CORRY: So we got there with the building supplies...]
CORRY: Y ep.
ELECTRA: Yikes
WRENCH: Are you alright, Corry? Hydra?
CORRY: I'm fine ma'am!
HYDRA: All good, Miss, I'm not going to take that kinda shit to heart.
HYDRA: It can take a lot to get under my skin really.
WRENCH: That's good to hear.
GB: how's the movie night list comin' along?
PEARL: We've got Deadpool (CB's suggestion), Descendants (Barbara's suggestion), Zootopia (Dolly's suggestion), aaand that's it so far.
GB: how 'bout that Batman VS Superman movie?
CB: oooughh i dunno about that one, big guy
BELLE: Mmmm I've heard some rough things about that one sadly.
HYDRA: ^ Same.
HYDRA: Me and Lumber love superhero films so we were keeping tabs on BvS when it came out in March because it sounded SO cool
HYDRA: But apparently its kkiiiiind of garbage.
GB: D AMMIT
GB: BEEN LOOKIN FORWARD TO THAT ONE
ELECTRA: Sorry, Geebs. 😔
CHARGE: y ep thats the worst feeling in the world
CHARGE: lookin forward to a movie or tv show or game or anything
CHARGE: and then it releases to the world
HYDRA: And it's complete garbage.
CHARGE: Y EP.
DOLLY: All that time wasted. q-q
MOONSTONE; IT'S THE W ORST.
GB: m an
GB: nevermind then, sorry Pearls
PEARL: It's alright Greaseball, you can think of another movie!
PEARL: You've got plenty of time like usual to do so if you want to, at least. :)
CORRY: Yeah, don't worry about it Mr Greaseball. ^^
GB: awh please, you 'n your girl don't gotta be so formal with us.
GB: you can use our names, y'know.
MOONSTONE: But you're all very important Trainfolks!! Champions, Former Champions,Top Racers, and everyone associated to you is important as well.
CORRY: Right, respect is a valuable thing to give.
ASHLEY: That's very sweet of you two, but really, just our names is fine.
KRUPP: Names are fine with us, too. You can still show respect to us without formalities.
CHARGE: says the formal dad man
KRUPP: Quiet, child.
CHARGE: nyeh >:PPP
ELECTRA: [Link To -> DOLLY: Halloween CINEMA Night.]
ELECTRA: I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE UP FOR THIS!!! ✨✨✨
ELECTRA: What an amazing idea you all had!
WRENCH: We can run it by Purse and see what can be decided on from there.
WRENCH: He's busy with finance work right now after Lexi's recent prize money, but we can put the idea on the corkboard for him to look into when he has the time.
PEARL: Halloween Cinema Night sounds great, then!
BELLE: Keep us posted on the progress for that!
ELECTRA: We will~!
CHARGE: theres like 7 of us so if we ALL forget to keep you guys updated then
CHARGE: idfk maybe we need new brains or something LMAO
TASSITA: can we add movies to the halloween cinema night poll list? lol
CB: gonna end up with like 3 fuckin pages of those by the time we hit spooky season
GB: it'll be worth it tbh
BARBARA: We're not going to be able to sleep even remotely after watching what'll be a full evening of Halloween/horror movies.
DOLLY: WE ABSOLUTELY AREN'T!
DOLLY: BUT HONESTLY IT'LL BE WORTH IT I'D SAY!
KRUPP: Half of you absolutely won't be sleeping for a week afterwards at maximum.
HYDRA: Put some shit movies in there too so we can have a laugh.
MOONSTONE: ^ I second that!
BELLE: ^ Third that.
CHARGE: i'll keep the spooky season movie list
CHARGE: i already got one movie for that anyway
ELECTRA: Make the list on your phone, Sparkplug, it'll be much easier to keep track of.
CHARGE: good idea, thanks lex babe xx
ELECTRA: xxx
TASSITA: i have a list suggestion for you then. ^^
TASSITA: put 10 Cloverfield Lane on it.
CHARGE: oooo
HYDRA: Oh word? You like horror films Tass?
TASSITA: a few of them, yeah.
TASSITA: I saw the trailers for 10 C.L and it looks interesting, heard mostly good things too.
CORRY: What's it about?
TASSITA: basically a woman gets into an incident and when she wakes up, she's in a bunker.
TASSITA: she gets told by the person who took her (pretty sure he kidnaps her, but alright) in there that "hey, the world outside got hit with some sort of attack, and now it's uninhabitable".
TASSITA: but despite that she decides to try and escape and see if thats the truth and what happened to her loved ones like her fiance.
ASHLEY: Ooohhh, that sounds interesting!
TASSITA: it's more apocalyptic than DIRECT horror, I think, but.
MOONSTONE: No no Tass that sounds like a good addition!
PEARL: I agree! Plus like Hydra said, we could probably have a few pallet-cleanser movies in there.
CHARGE: adding it to the list x
DOLLY: That description kinda makes me think of that movie coming out sometime this or next year that I saw trailers for, Split.
DOLLY: Guy kidnaps a buncha girls and they end up in a bunker or something underground where they have to try and escape him.
DOLLY: Them??
WRENCH: Ohhh no not Split.
WRENCH: We are NOT watching Split.
GB: it ain't even out yet, how do you know it'll be bad?
WRENCH: I'm sure the movie itself will be fine in terms of quality.
WRENCH: But from what has been shown already I can already tell it has inaccurate portrayals of DID and OSDD, and I'm not even a Repair Truck specialised in psychology.
CB: ooooo that bad?
ELECTRA: That bad.
ELECTRA: Wrench AND Socket both launched into a rant when we saw a trailer ad for it and explained everything they understood was incorrect to us all for about 1 or 2 hours?
CHARGE: i couldn't understand half of the medical fancytalk but TL;DR, they fucked up with the movie
KRUPP: They very much fucked up with the movie.
DOLLY: Oh gosh! I had no idea!
WRENCH: It's alright, Dolly. Doubt very many would know beyond the professionals and ones who have the mental disorder/condition the movie's villain is revolved around.
CORRY: Not the best media rep for a mental disorder if it's given to the villain character.
WRENCH: Precisely!
WRENCH: And it's a disorder that has already been highly stigmatised!
WRENCH: And it looks as though they got SOME aspects right, meaning they DID research, but then seem to be covering other aspects completely wrong!
WRENCH: Maybe it'll be fixed before release, but I don't have high hopes.
ASHLEY: You gotta tell us the full thing sometime.
WRENCH: Really? You wouldn't mind?
BELLE: I'd be up for a seminar on how Split poorly represents a disability from someone passionate about it.
HYDRA: Honestly same.
TASSITA: same. good to stay informed after all.
WRENCH: S eminar-
WRENCH: Sure, why not. Perhaps sometime me and Socket can launch into another tirade against that Starlight-forsaken film that isn't even released yet.
WRENCH: I dread what it's going to do to the poor community, yet the reviewers and critics online likely won't care.
GB: their opinion only matters when its actually good
MOONSTONE: TRUE!
BELLE: Back onto TONIGHT'S movie night, can you put the Jungle Book remake on the poll list?
ASHLEY: Belle, the Disney live-actions are all garbage.
DOLLY: They did the Disney movies such a disservice with the live actions.
CB: TRUE
CHARGE: literally who even wanted them
ELECTRA: Disney, it's called greedy corporations, Chargie.
BELLE: I knooowww I hate them too, but I want to see if maybe Jungle Book's is MAYBE any good. 😭
BELLE: JB was one of my favourite childhood movies so I want to have some hope.
PEARL: I liked that movie too as a kid, though Cinderella was my favourite.
CB: wow what a shock lmao
PEARL: Sssssshush you.
KRUPP: That's fair, Belle.
KRUPP: If I may, can you put Divergent?
KRUPP: I know it came out in 2014 but we've not gotten around to watching it yet with just how many movies, shows, and video-games we have to get through.
CORRY: H ow big is your to-do list.
WRENCH: Yes.
CHARGE: yes
GB: can confirm
GB: they got a list of shit to watch 'n play that's the length of a short novel
CB: i can also confirm becasue charge has shown me that list and asked opinions on what should be prioritised before they go insane!
HYDRA: To be fair Cor, we aren't ones to judge.
MOONSTONE: Thats true, our own list of catch-up stuff is decently long.
CORRY: Because you two get distracted 30 times over. :P
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RUSTY: I heard my girlfriend's organising movie night tonight?
PEARL: Rustyyyy! :D
PEARL: I sure am!
LUMBER: ME 'N PORTER ARE STUNNED, YOU LOTS HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT TOGETHER?
GB: did you lot never do anything together back at Wembley Park?
TASSITA: we did, just not as a group of this size.
BARBARA: Yeah, we Coaches would meet up for group shopping or movies, Freight meet up for theirs, and Engines just sort of, did whatever?
CORRY: Sometimes we had our own meet-ups for stuff, but usually we just hung out with whatever group.
CORRY: Thundercab would go with the Coaches most the time to hang out with Dolly, and I'd go with the Freight.
HYDRA: After the big race though you, Moony, and I ended up being our own little group to do activities like movies in.
CORRY: True, we did.
CHARGE: i mean we have our own little groups n shit too
CHARGE: just that we also like doing stuff together as one beeeeeg group!
LUMBER: big group movie night sounds amazing, can we come with?
PEARL: EVERYONE MEANS EVERYONE!!
CB: FUCK YEAH IT DOES!
DOLLY: 👏 EVERYONE MEANS EVERYONE! 👏
ELECTRA: 👏 EVERYONE MEANS EVERYONE! 👏
RUSTY: 👏 EVERYONE MEANS EVERYONE! 👏
RUSTY: Also Pearlie-Whirlie could you put Finding Dory on the poll list, that JUST came out this month.
PEARL: You got it, my Trusty Rusty! <3
RUSTY: <3
DOLLY: Ooohh nice choice!
MOONSTONE: That movie looks so cute!!
LUMBER: ooh I got a suggestion then.
LUMBER; TMNT: Out of The Shadows released at the start of June
LUMBER: and the critical reviews haven't been the BEST but
LUMBER: fuck it, I'm a TMNT fan and I want to see if I like it personally.
TASSITA: that's valid tbh!
ASHLEY: That's the live-action one right?
LUMBER: yep it is.
CHARGE: AGAIN WITH THE FUCKIN
CHARGE: LIVE ACTION
CHARGE: WHY???
GB: d id fuckin teenage mutant ninja turtles really need a live action movie?????
GB: i liked the animated show just fine
HYDRA: They also did a live-action SERIES too.
GB: WHY???
KRUPP: Is it any good at least???
HYDRA: I mean it looks better than whatever Out of the Shadows is meant to be (sorry Lumber bro but they look HIDEOUS in that film)
LUMBER: fuck you too. /j
RUSTY: I liked TMNT The Next Mutation!
RUSTY: I don't mind that it ran for only 1 season I watched all 20-something episodes religiously as a kid.
CB: they did a crossover with fuckin power rangers too
CHARGE: WE DONT DISS POWER RANGERS IN THIS HOUSEHOLD
RUSTY: I saw that crossover!! It was so fun! :D
LUMBER: Next Mutation was, fine. harmless enough.
LUMBER: oh right lemme ask porter if he's got any movies he wants added to the list.
CB: i'll ask Slicks if shes got anything
CORRY: Are you sure it's safe to even invite her to the movie night?
CB: everyone means everyone.
CB: and she's making good progress.
RUSTY: Corry, don't worry about it, alright?
RUSTY: Ceebs has got this sorted out, he's looking after her and steering her onto the right track.
RUSTY: Give them a chance, okay? If you never give them a chance, they're never going to be able to change for the better.
CORRY: .
HYDRA: Give 'em a shot, Cor. For me, yeah?
BARBARA: We'll all be there to keep an eye on her anyway.
WRENCH: Exactly.
CORRY: Alright.
CORRY: I trust you guys and your judgements at least.
CORRY: .
CORRY: She has crap movie tastes though.
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SLICK OIL: F IRST OF ALL HOW DARE YOU
SLICK OIL: SECOND OF ALL HOW DARE YOU
CORRY: FORCE AWAKENS WAS AN AWFUL CONTINUATION OF STAR WARS
SLICK OIL: ITS AN AMAZING MOVIE WTF DO YOU M EAN
CHARGE: nawh i'm on her side for this that movie was dope
LUMBER: no the fuck it wasn't Corry is completely right.
ELECTRA: It was, fine? I suppose?? Not the best, but could've been worse?
ELECTRA: Finn was underutilised in that movie, but I appreciate positive POC rep when it's there.
ASHLEY: Star Wars has never interested me honestly so I have zero idea what this debate is about-
DOLLY: Same-
SLICK OIL: miss wrench gets her seminar on split, i get my seminar on star wars
WRENCH: Oh no I've started something-
GB: how could you do this to us (joking)
BELLE: Are we going to end up with a Seminar Night too???
TASSITA: back to school we go.
MOONSTONE: NOOOO NOT BACK TO SCHOOL!
KRUPP: At least it'll be Seminars we actually give a shit about.
ELECTRA: TRUE!
Chapter 21: Theme Parks, Grand Entrances, & Hidden Intentions
Summary:
Elektronic brings some new friends to the chatroom as we say hi to more of the 2024 cast! Almost got everybody in, don't worry, everyone's favourite lesbian Diesel will be saying hi in a few chapters.
Names:
Galvanic - 2024 Electra
Hardwire - 2024 Killerwatt
Radial -2024 Wrench
Vapor - 2024 Volta/Zero
Ampera - 2024 Joule
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
RUSTY: Random topic to bring up, but does anyone think we should change the chatroom server name anytime soon?
CARRIE: what makes you say that, I like it
BUFFY: I like it too!
BUFFY: Besides the name's changed so often anytime it stays as it is for longer than like
BUFFY: 4-5 days?
BUFFY: Is considered impressive
WRENCH: ^ Seconded.
ZERO: what would you even change it to?
RUSTY: Sooooomething that's not a Transformers pun??
BELLE: It has been that for the last week and a half since the new Freight and Coaches arrived.
CARRIE: thats truuuuue
MOONSTONE: We can have a think about that then! :D
KILLERWATT: That sounds like a good idea.
LUMBER: i'm shocked it's already been almost 2 weeks since we got here.
TASSITA: same, it's felt longer.
LUMBER: really? felt shorter to me.
RUSTY: Have you all been settling in well by the way? ^^
RUSTY: Any issues at all?
TASSITA: none on the end of the coaches, last I checked.
BUFFY: It's been great catching up with you guys now you're on our yard's workshifts, even if its just part-time
TASSITA: your yard's lines for workshifts are more calm than the ones back at Wembley, I appreciate having a bit more breathing room.
CARRIE; thats probably cuz WP's in the middle of London and AV's a lil further out
CARRIE: it gets calmer the further away from the dead centre of London you go
BELLE: Plus a good chunk of our yard's rail lines take us out of London entirely, like to Southend-on-Sea, Bastingstoke, Colchester, etc.
RUSTY: Colchester's really nice, whenever our line goes that way it's mostly full of humans, Roadfolks, Planefolks or Boatfolks wanting to go enjoy some history tourism.
BELLE: Yeah I like when we head that way.
BELLE: Nice to have a chat with the historians and learn some facts while on the rails and having a drink.
ZERO: that sounds vastly better than dealing with the 500+ people on the london-based lines causing a stink
BUFFY: I will g ladly take the history nerds any day of the week over the Karens and their ipad kids
KILLERWATT: History nerds always have something interesting to say at least.
WRENCH: Entirely understandable honestly.
WRENCH: Have you guys got any summer plans yet on your end, especially now with the summer weather finally coming in full-force?
CARRIE: another beach trip could be in the cards since all the new folks didnt get to go with us last year
BUFFY: But we're also looking at other options.
TASSITA: that London Zoo trip we thought about the other day would be nice to do in the summer
TASSITA: get to see all the animals out in their habitats with the sun out.
LUMBER: oohh, or how's about a trip to one of the theme parks? there's a lotta those about London and outside of it.
CARRIE: YYEEEESSSSS OMG
MOONSTONE: Lego Land!!!
BUFFY: L ego Land would be way too expensive
ZERO: not with us covering for you it wouldn't be~!
KILLERWATT: Z ero--
WRENCH: We're already going to likely be covering most the costs for a Halloween Cinema Night though, so at least on our end specifically don't get too excited.
ZERO: we can pay for a theme park trip its fiiiiiiine
RUSTY: Do you guys even have an accountant?
ZERO: nnnnnope!
ZERO: Killerwatt and Socket mostly handle that together tbh?
KILLERWATT: That's correct.
KILLERWATT: Zero and Dyne like to give us mild headaches with that.
ZERO: ;P
BELLE: That checks out with how often Purse gets a headache from his group too honestly
WRENCH: Can confirm.
CARRIE: caaaaannn you GET an accountant or??
ZERO: E.K would need to put in a request with the Racing Commission
ZERO: extra component group members mostly stem from how well the Racer requesting the addition is doing with primarily their win:loss ratio
ZERO: and also if there's like. Any that are actually about registered with the R.C that aren't already assigned to other Racers
ZERO: unless you're Charge, girlie just kinda got assigned to Electra without them knowing lol
BUFFY: Elektronic's a good racer though isn't he
ZERO: oh yeah they're great, 4-Stars in the R.C is no joke
ZERO: tbh though we're pretty happy as is with just me, Socket, KW, and Dyne
KILLERWATT: I wouldn't be against newcomers, but I'm also content with just us.
KILLERWATT: :)
MOONSTONE: That's fair honestly!
CARRIE: soooooo
CARRIE: is that a "maybe" to Lego Land?
BUFFY: C ARRIE
CARRIE: WHAAATTTT
LUMBER: LMAO
LUMBER: LEGOLAND WOULD BE FUN THOUGH I AGREE
TASSITA: there'd be a lot of loud kids there though, that's the main audience for LL.
BELLE: Yeeahh, he's got a point.
WRENCH: What about Thorpe Park in Chertsey? That's just outside of London and is more for older demographics.
WRENCH: There's probably still going to be some screaming kids, just less of them, since Thorpe doesn't allow under 12s unless they have adult supervision.
ZERO: plus a lot of the rides there are more intense and scary like the SAW ride
BUFFY: Ooohhh that might be a better choice yeah
LUMBER: oh my Starlight the SAW ride looks fucking terrifying but also SO awesome
LUMBER: Slick's gonna adore that
MOONSTONE: Is Thorpe Park the one with the fastest rollercoaster too??
WRENCH: Fastest in the country, yes, Stealth. Goes to 80 miles per hour in about 2 seconds.
RUSTY: S ounds like something right up the alley of you guys.
ZERO: OH YEEAAHHH
WRENCH: Me less so, but I'll probably still end up going on it anyway with the others since they'll all absolutely want to go on that and I'll be dragged along. :p
TASSITA: you strike me as the mum-friend who looks after everybody's backpacks and things while they go on all the crazy rides.
WRENCH: You are completely correct, yes.
CARRIE: Oooooooo okay yeah thorpe park is also cool as hell
CARRIE: they got tons of wild ass rides there
BELLE: Didn't one have a major incident semi-recently-? Are we sure it'd be safe to go?
WRENCH: I remember seeing that on the news last year, that was horrifying, nobody is going on that one even if it's been reopened this March with extra safety precautions.
RUSTY: Ceebs'll probably fight to go on it either way.
LUMBER: honestly so will Slick
LUMBER: thrillseeker that she is
WRENCH: I'm n ot repairing them if they get themselves in an accident.
BUFFY: Yes you probably will, you'd never leave one of us to die.
WRENCH: .
WRENCH: Okay, yes, you're right-
KILLERWATT: Are you on about The Smiler incident?
KILLERWATT: I think that ride's at Alton Towers, not Thorpe Park.
BELLE: Oooohhhh
LUMBER: well that saves us a headache and a potential wreck
WRENCH: Anything from Thorpe Park to be worried about?
KILLERWATT: There was an incident in 2014 at Thorpe, but not to the same scale as Alton Towers' Smiler incident.
KILLERWATT: It was on the Loggers Leap, only 1 injured girl, which while still obviously bad is nowhere near The Smiler's 11 injured and 5 serious medical emergencies.
TASSITA: is that ride still active?
RUSTY: I'm looking at the theme park's website now, nope, not there. It closed in 2015, so we'll be fine.
RUSTY: Also, holy shit, some of these rides look bonkers.
RUSTY: They have one of the tallest water rides in Europe (Tidal Wave), a ride that spins you with upwards of 5G worth of force (Samurai), and THE WORLD'S FIRST 10-LOOP ROLLER COASTER???
MOONSTONE: S weet Starlight-
CARRIE: YEEAAAAHH THAT SOUNDS FUN!!
TASSITA: betting £10 at least one person is going to throw up after one of these rides.
ZERO: honestly you're probs right but it's gonna be fun as fuck regardless
ZERO: @ELEKTRONIC Hey disco-darling, can you hop into here for a minute?
KILLERWATT: Is he online?
ZERO: yah he is,,
LUMBER: "disco darling"??
BUFFY: O yeah, you guys haven't actively SEEN half the Electrics yet have you?
TASSITA: no we haven't, but the relationship chart that your friend Purse made has some pictures so I get the disco nickname.
LUMBER: where's that at
MOONSTONE: It's in the pinned messages tab at the top, Lumber!
LUMBER: oooooohhhh
LUMBER: huh! the more yaknow.
LUMBER: when are we gonna get added?
WRENCH: Purse is working on it, but he wants to wait until the last of you have transferred over.
WRENCH: You said you're waiting on your assigned Diesel leader, right?
LUMBER: Dolly's girlfriend, yeah
TASSITA: does anyone know when she'll be coming over?
BELLE: Yeah you guys said she was finishing off some personal business?
MOONSTONE: Not a clue!!
MOONSTONE: But I'm sure Dolly will tell us when she knows, TC would tell her first.
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ELEKTRONIC: We're keeping the Transformers pun, I take it.
MOONSTONE: Ideas for a new pun name are in the works!
BUFFY: But yeah we're keeping it for now until someone can think of something better.
ELEKTRONIC: That is understandable~!
ELEKTRONIC: What did you need, Little Z? <3
ZERO: heeyyyy <3
ZERO: we were talking about maybe going on a summer theme park trip with AV and Electra's entourage (and maybe some others, undecided rn)
ZERO: but Lexi's group is already going to probably be paying for a cinema-hire for Spoopy Season Movie Night, sooooooo
ELEKTRONIC: Ooohhh, that theme park do we all have in mind?
RUSTY: Well originally it was Carrie screaming for Lego Land
CARRIE: still wanna go to that someday >:P
RUSTY: But now we're considering Thorpe Park, and that's probably gonna be what we go for?
KILLERWATT: Subject to change, if anybody comes up with any other ideas.
KILLERWATT: Thorpe Park's just conventionally closest to get to.
TASSITA: Adventure Island is a bit further away, but that's an option.
TASSITA: it's a bit more of a mixed theme park of both kiddie rides and more mature/intense rides, but it's got some good stuff.
LUMBER: don't think I've hearda that one?
ZERO: ^
BUFFY: Ohh that's the one over in Southend-on-Sea, right?
TASSITA: mhm.
CARRIE: that one could be cool too its got rides like the Archelon
CARRIE: one of those rides you sit in and it lifts you up and swings you around
CARRIE: plus it lights up during the evenings when it gets a bit darker
ELEKTRONIC: Ohhh, that sounds FUN!
WRENCH: We can consider that too.
RUSTY: Should we make a poll maybe? Long-term one for everyone to pitch some votes into for a theme park trip?
MOONSTONE: I think that'd work great!!
MOONSTONE: Works well enough for movie nights at least.
ZERO: sounds like a plan!
LUMBER: that works, gives the offline or lurking folks the ability to pitch in too.
ELEKTRONIC: I'm certainly not against talking to Socket and Dyne to see what they think, and if we have it in the budget to pay for a visit.
ZERO: Dyne will absolutely love a theme park trip
KILLERWATT: Socket will probably be okay with the trip itself? Not sure about the ticket costs for this many people.
WRENCH: She better be, I'm not being the sole responsible one of a group of about 25-30 Trainfolks running around like children. (joking)
RUSTY: Push comes to shove, you can pay half for the tickets, and we pool money together from our savings and wages to pay for the other half of the costs for the tickets.
ELEKTRONIC: That would also work!
ELEKTRONIC: Actually, since you're here Rusty, I wanted to talk to you about something! I was about to just DM you, but then Zero pinged me.
ZERO: ;P
RUSTY: What's up? ^^
ELEKTRONIC: Would it be alright if we added some other Electrics into the chatroom server?
MOONSTONE: Ooooo?
BUFFY: Have you gotten some more Components?
ELEKTRONIC: Not me, but there will be Components getting potentially added!
ELEKTRONIC: I made a friend at the Racing Commission's Pride Party, they're an Electric who was born and raised in America, as are their 4 Components, but they got approval to move to the UK and work for our branch of the R.C here as a freshly-promoted 4-Star Group.
ELEKTRONIC: They're quite new, have only been in 1 major race since getting here, and they're on the quieter side - their Components more so - and so they've not been able to make many friends just yet. Some of the other Electrics have been giving them all a bit of a hard time for being from another Branch.
ELEKTRONIC: You don't have to say yes of course, but you all here at AV have been beyond welcoming to Electra, to myself, to our partners, even despite all the racing drama from the Championships, so I figured
ELEKTRONIC: You all would be a decent start in them being able to properly figure out how to make friends in another country.
RUSTY: I'm not against adding them! More than happy to make some new friends and help them feel less lonely over here.
RUSTY: What does everybody else here think?
WRENCH: I wouldn't be against it.
ZERO: same here!! I trust your judgement E.K :)
KILLERWATT: As do I.
LUMBER: aye, why not.
LUMBER: no harm no foul.
TASSITA: I don't mind, so long as they don't cause issues.
ELEKTRONIC: I don't expect them to, like I said they're all on the quieter side for Electrics.
ELEKTRONIC: I can't tell if that's just how they are or if it's nerves from being in a whole new country.
BUFFY: Wait I think I know who you're on about
BUFFY: Is it the one some of us saw you talking to at the Party, the one with the gradiant blue-black suit while the others all wore matching silver suits 'n dresses?
ELEKTRONIC: That's them! 🎵
BUFFY: Sure, why not add 'em, they looked fun at the party
CARRIE: i'm always up for meeting more folks and making friends!
CARRIE: the more the merrier
MOONSTONE: Now seems like a better time than any to bring in more new people since all of us have been coming in too! :D
BELLE: So long as they don't keep us up at 4am with random nonsense like Joule has done about 4 times now. /j
RUSTY: Well this is a good start for sure!
RUSTY: Let me ask some of the others in DMs real quick so I can get a majority answer, though I think everyone will probably be fine with it?
RUSTY: Then I can give you temporary invite access to bring them in.
ELEKTRONIC: That's a good idea, take your time lil' rust. x
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - GREASEBALL]
RUSTY: Heys Geebs, sorry to bother you on a day off but I just wanted to run something by you real quick.
GB: heya champ, whats up
RUSTY: Elektronic wants to bring a few other Electrics into the main server chatroom, just 5 of them, newcomers from another country who've not been able to make many friends.
RUSTY: She's asking if it's okay with us lot to invite them since he's befriended them and wants to see if we can
RUSTY: Get them out of their shells so to speak, make some buddies and have actual company.
GB: sure, don't see why not
GB: is there gonna be a language barrier issue at all or
RUSTY: Don't think so, E.K said they came from the USA to the UK, like how you did with your family as a kid!
GB: ooohhh
GB: maybe i can help 'em settle in a little bit more
GB: culture's pretty different over here compared to the US
RUSTY: I'm shocked you've been here since you were a trainlet but you've never lost your thick accent
GB: ain't never intending to lose it
GB: my sisters have a mixed accent of british and american, they can swap two and from easily
GB: but my pa's absolutely kept his accent and I refuse to lose mine too
RUSTY: Honestly, completely fair!
RUSTY: Is Dinah or any of the others with you, actually?
GB: actually yeah, chunk of us are at the yard's gym right now
GB: mostly freight like my gangmates, Dustin, F-T
GB: but Dee's here doing some yoga and I think Ceebs and Slick are with her??
GB: why'd ya ask
RUSTY: Could you ask those that are in the groupchat whether they'd be fine with us adding those new Electrics, saves me having to DM the same thing to about 20 different people.
GB: oh sure, can do
RUSTY: Nice, thank you! ^^
RUSTY: Also
RUSTY: Dee does yoga??
GB: yup
GB: been doin' it for the last 2 years or so since the Champs
GB: Wrench recommended it to her post-race when 3/4 of us were damaged, Dee-Dee didn't have the worst but she still had some more minor injuries that
GB: apparently yoga helps with??
GB: somethin' about pulled muscles I think
GB: she's been doin' it ever since, must find it relaxing
RUSTY: Ooohhh.
RUSTY: Well good on her for picking up something she enjoys! :D
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - HYDRA]
RUSTY: Hiya Hydra. :P
HYDRA: Har har, heya Rusty.
HYDRA: Whatcha calling in for?
RUSTY: Just getting people's opinions, would you be cool with us adding some extra people into the group server?
HYDRA: I don't see why I wouldn't be.
HYDRA: Who is it? I don't think anymore of us should be transferring over apart from Thundercab.
RUSTY: It's some new friends of Elektronic, that monochrome Racer - You were chatting to their Dynamite Truck & Freezer Truck when they joined Volta and Joule to come over for movie night. ^^
HYDRA: Oohhh, their boss?
HYDRA: Yeah sure, if it's friends of his then I don't see why not.
HYDRA: I liked chatting to Dyne and Zero, they were fun, so having some more of those guys to talk to would be nice - I like connecting to my Electric heritage a bit.
RUSTY: You're an Electric???
RUSTY: Electric FREIGHT????
RUSTY: Didn't even know that was a thing, damn.
HYDRA: Well, only a bit. My dad's a Water Tanker, one of the few Freight who can travel with the Coaches on their shifts to make sure the train's water supply stays topped up for things like air conditioning, drinks, and any plumbing.
HYDRA: My mother though is an Electric Engine - I don't know if she was a former-Racer or anything fancy like that? She doesn't work for that super rich Racing Commission thing anymore, at the very least.
HYDRA: But yep, they made me, and here I am.
RUSTY: So how does you being part-Electric work?
HYDRA: Well, it's how my system makes fuel.
HYDRA: Hydrogen energy is made through a few ways, but one of those ways is Electrolysis
HYDRA: Which is the process of using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
RUSTY: Oooooooooohhh
HYDRA: Y'see how I was born now?
RUSTY: Y eah that makes, a lot of sense.
RUSTY: How'd your parents meet?
HYDRA: Far as I know, she just was working for Wembley Park Trainyard and met my dad and they clicked.
HYDRA: I've never asked the specifics.
HYDRA: Maybe my mum's just always been one of those Off-The-Grids, an Electric Trainfolk who just never worked for the R.C. She's worked at Wembley since before I was born working with the Freight and Coaches like every Engine.
HYDRA: Very popular with the London Overground and Underground lines, she's got a few Electric friends on those too like Marcel and Uma, other Off-The-Grids who work for the lines instead.
RUSTY: That's really cool!
RUSTY: .. Honestly in hindsight you do kind of look a bit Electric with your glowing uniform sections and all.
RUSTY: But then again some of the others like Slick and Moonstone have those too so I guess I didn't think to question it.
HYDRA: Yeah that's honestly just, how our uniform is.
HYDRA: But my eyes do glow a bit like Electrics do, just not often.
RUSTY: Ooooohhh
RUSTY: Flashlight eyes!!
HYDRA: LMAO
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - ELECTRA]
RUSTY: Lexxiiiiiiii! :D
ELECTRA: Rustyyyyy!!
ELECTRA: Everything okay?
RUSTY: Yup, just asking about for opinions on something.
ELECTRA: Is this about adding new people to the group's chat server?
RUSTY: Were you lurking and reading that?
ELECTRA: No, heard it in passing through the Frequency from Wrench. 😊
RUSTY: Ohh riiiiiight
RUSTY: I forget sometimes you guys have that.
ELECTRA: 🤭
ELECTRA: I didn't hear the full thought-stream though, who are we thinking of adding?
RUSTY: Some Electrics that Elektronic made friends with.
RUSTY: Newcomers who got a promo coming from the USA to the UK and are having a rough time settling.
ELECTRA: OH!
ELECTRA: I THINK I KNOW WHO YOU'RE ON ABOUT!
RUSTY: Oh shit really?
ELECTRA: I spotted them at the Pride Party with a few of the others, they looked a bit nervous so being newcomers from another COUNTRY absolutely explains that.
ELECTRA: One of their Components, the one with the red eyes, wouldn't stop looking at Socket and Wrench.
ELECTRA: Methinks somebody might've had a bit of a crush. 😉
RUSTY: Did they come talk to you at all?
ELECTRA: No, they mostly talked to E.K and then hung about on their own - I'm a little intimidating to them most likely, as a 5-Star.
RUSTY: Apparently some of the other Electrics have been giving them a rough time?
RUSTY: So maybe if you show some kindness to them and give 'em a helping hand, the others will warm up eventually.
RUSTY: But Elektronic wants to add them to the main groupchat server so they can have some friends from our neck of the woods too, so they aren't totally alone here.
ELECTRA: That's fair - You're all very warm and welcoming people across the board after all.
ELECTRA: Very good first-friends for a newcomer to have and teach a few good morals about respecting other Trainfolk types too. 😊
RUSTY: Awwhhh, glad you think so Lexi! ^-^
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ELEKTRONIC: Here they are~! 😁
GALVANIC: Is this the group you were mentioning, Elek?
ELEKTRONIC: Certainly is!
RUSTY: Heya there!
CARRIE: hiiiii!
BELLE: Nice to meet you all. ^^
GALVANIC: .
GALVANIC: Elektronic you failed to mention this is the server belonging to the world champion steamer??
ELEKTRONIC: D id I forget to mention that-
RADIAL: Yes.
GALVANIC: Y ES YOU DID.
RUSTY: It's okay!! I'm not gonna bite or anything, promise.
RUSTY: It's great to meet you guys! E.K said you're new-ish to the UK?
GALVANIC: Moved over here only 3 months ago, yes.
GALVANIC: Are you sure it's quite alright for me to be here?
RUSTY: 'Course! We wouldn't have all said yes if we didn't think it was alright.
RUSTY: You know me clearly, guys do you wanna introduce yourselves first?
CARRIE: i'm carrie, she/her, luggage coach!!
CARRIE: also the resident Supreme Meme Coach >:)
GALVANIC: "Supreme Meme Coach"?
ELEKTRONIC: She's part of two friend groups we've dubbed the Meme Team and C Squad, both of which are chaotic and send memes regularly here.
GALVANIC: Aaahhh.
GALVANIC: That's a good problem to have honestly.
CARRIE: SEE THEY GET IT
KILLERWATT: Killerwatt, he/they, though I would prefer primarily masc pronouns, Security Truck for Elektronic.
BUFFY: Buffy, she/her, Buffet Coach, also Carrie's big sister
BUFFY: You guys been settling in okay? Managing to get yourselves food and general stuff to live off of?
GALVANIC: We've been okay, Radial handles the shopping, we're currently experimenting with what stores sell the good stuff to stock the kitchenette with.
BUFFY: I'll DM you my favourite shops in the area to help you out with that
BELLE: Belle, she/her, Bar Coach, I've got two older sisters, Duvay and Ashley, you'll see Ashley about more in here (she's a mum friend)
BELLE: Duvay's a bit on the quieter side too, you'll probably get along well with her. :)
AMPERA: I recognise you.
AMPERA: You were talking to one of the Bar Coaches at the Party, the one with the pretty multi-coloured hair.
BELLE: Mhm, I was asking them on their drink-making techniques and recipes.
BELLE: We get training for our jobs obviously, but you Electrics get a lot MORE of that training, and I wanted to pick up on some tips.
AMPERA: The Racing Commission across all Branches ensure we are able to work our jobs at optimial efficiency and skill, yes.
AMPERA: The Electric Bar Coaches are very skilled, it's almost scary.
VAPOR: I saw one of them at the Party making about 4 drinks at once, genuinely made me double-take.
ZERO: oms I saw that one too and I was gonna have a heart attack
ZERO: zero, he/they, demiboy, freezer truck!
VAPOR: Very nice. Insulation Freezer Truck.
ZERO: ooooo, fancy!
BELLE: I thought they were going to absolutely end up dropping one of the drinks but they DIDN'T.
ZERO: S OMEHOW THEY DIDNT
LUMBER: you're all a bunch of nerds /j
LUMBER: Lumber, he/him, wood fuel truck.
LUMBER: .
LUMBER: you guys look a lil' familiar.
TASSITA: I was about to say the same thing.
TASSITA: have we seen you guys somewhere before?
RADIAL: I believe so.
RADIAL: You were the Coach who raced with Orange Flash, weren't you.
HARDWIRE: And the other was with Blue Lightning.
TASSITA: that was me.
LUMBER: AYE IT WAS
LUMBER: YER LOT'S FROM THAT RACE
MOONSTONE: .
MOONSTONE: OMS, Galv??
GALVANIC: Moonstone!
MOONSTONE: I didn't recognise your pfp for a sec without your helmpiece and shades on.
CARRIE: oooo shit
ZERO: drama???
KILLERWATT: I don't think so?
WRENCH: Where do you all know each other from-?
MOONSTONE: Galvanic and their group were at Wembley Park Trainyard for a large-scale race, that's the one that Corry got a win in shortly before his medical conversion?
GALVANIC: Ahh yes, the little copper-clad star.
GALVANIC: How is he doing?
MOONSTONE: He's alright, recovered well from his hydrogen conversion and is able to work just fine.
MOONSTONE: Have you and your group been alright?
GALVANIC: It's been.. Fine, I suppose.
GALVANIC: First major race over here being a loss certainly hasn't helped my standing among my new peers..
BUFFY: Rough crowd, eh?
GALVANIC: Certainly.
ELEKTRONIC: Nobody's going to judge you on losing here, Galv! Everyone at AV is quite unjudgemental on that.
BELLE: We've all been in a few races as couple-pairs or main competitors and lost, not the end of the world honestly.
LUMBER: ya'll have actively SEEN me lose
TASSITA: same here.
RADIAL: Electrics losing is vastly more of a concern than it is for Freight or Coaches.
CARRIE: yeeaaahh cuz it like affects your ranking and how you get paid and stuff dont it
ELEKTRONIC: That's correct!
GALVANIC: I appreciate the lack of judgement from somebody at least, though.
GALVANIC: Some of the 4-Star Racers have been brutal to say the least.
VAPOR: Pay them no mind, Master.
AMPERA: You've been doing your best, Master!
BUFFY: Kinky
RUSTY: B UFFY BE NICE
CARRIE: LBGRKFJKO
ZERO: LMFAO
KILLERWATT: W hy.
TASSITA: omg.
GALVANIC: Pffhh
GALVANIC: You're a cute one. xx
BUFFY: xx
WRENCH: If you're having some struggles due to losing that recent race, I can come assist.
WRENCH: Wrench, she/they, Repair Truck.
WRENCH: I'm aware that handling US currency and figuring out the finances for that compared to finances with UK money can be a tricky adaption to make.
WRENCH: Are any of your Components accountants?
GALVANIC: No, no accountant, Radial and Hardwire manage that as part of their duties.
GALVANIC: I'm
GALVANIC: A bit shit at advanced numbers and maths, honestly.
CARRIE: SAME
MOONSTONE: Same here, but you already knew that :P
RUSTY: I'm not the worst at maths and numbers? I know how to manage my finances and pay taxes and all that at least.
LUMBER: i'm fine with the basics myself but when it gets to shit like algebra, then I get totally lost.
AMPERA: Algebra does suck, I agree.
AMPERA: I don't know how Radial does it.
RADIAL: It really is not as difficult as you make it out to be.
RADIAL: Though I would like to take you up on that offer for financial assistance, Miss Wrench.
RADIAL: So long as your Racer approves of it, after all.
WRENCH: Of course he will.
WRENCH: I don't see why he would mind me coming to help.
RADIAL: Very well.
RADIAL: Master Galvanic?
GALVANIC: You have permission to go meet with them, yes.
GALVANIC: If any Racers give you trouble, just ignore them.
RADIAL: Understood.
[RADIAL] has gone Offline
[WRENCH] has gone Offline
CARRIE: good luck to those two learning maths n shit
KILLERWATT: I agree with Radial, algebra is not that difficult-
ZERO: y ou only say that bc you manage half our finances you actually know what you're on about
KILLERWATT: Even before that I understood it in maths classes-
LUMBER: fuck maths class honestly
MOONSTONE: My maths teacher was nice, but yeah, that class sucked. :(
TASSITA: am I the only one who liked it?
BELLE: I didn't mind it.
AMPERA: I wasn't particularly fond of it.
RUSTY: I liked it!! D:
TASSITA: t hank you, Rusty.
RUSTY: :D
. . .
. .
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[ Content Warning for potentially heavy plot themes on identity (and lack thereof) and mind control. ]
Radial tapped her wheels lightly against the floor as she sat neatly on the comfy seating of the lounge area nearby the elevators, hands resting in her lap as she stared expectantly at the sheen metal doors - It was quiet today, on their floor of this apartment complex at least, though she could hear the sounds of some of the Electrics and their Components coming from their apartments down the hall elsewhere on the floor, the faint sounds of music and TVs and video-games, shouting and playful arguments and laughter.
'How ridiculous.'
The Rail Ambulance Truck's expression soured slightly at the faraway ruckus - These Components in this Branch, acting so out of line, no order seeming to be amidst them whatsoever. When her Master and their group moves from their apartments under the R.C's US branch, she expected everything to be much the same here as it was there; Calm, under control, everyone playing their part as they had been taught to do since they were Trainlets. Engines being tended to by their Entourages and racing for their lives, Components listening to their every word and abiding by such, fulfilling their duties for their Masters and Mistresses - What else was their lives for otherwise if they weren't following their core purpose and managing their Racer's requests?
And yet upon arriving here, before they had even settled into their new apartment.. Radial had been met by what felt like a cacophony, overwhelming her senses and leaving her dazed in a way she had never experienced before. Components did as they were told, sure, but not all of the time - Some were going off shopping by themselves, or playing video-games with other Components, or partying at Clubs, not always with their Racer by their side. No, they were going to do all these things of their own choosing, without care for their Master's wishes and needs. Not to mention that each Entourage group had such little unity between them in the ways of aesthetic and visual appearance, instead a vast array of colours adorned each of their uniforms, out-of-work clothes, makeup, hair. .
Radial subconsciously ran her fingers through her blonde hair streaked with black, once red and fiery curls now short and styled neatly so it would stay out of the way and look as how Galvanic wanted them to be; She couldn't understand how this behaviour had gone on for so long here, how this had been allowed for so long under their Racing Commission's watchful eye.
'Maybe they are not as watchful here as they are at home..' She thought, glancing now and then to the furnishings and pictures that decorated the lounge area, vivid pictures of the wins of the Racers and their racing partners housed on this particular floor framed neatly in colours of bronze, silver, and gold - Likely to represent what placement they'd won in; She could see Galvanic's on the wall now, too, a recent addition in a silver portrait. 'Not good enough.' Confusion and discontent creeped up inside her, a feeling that made her feel uncomfortable, a sensation of almost sickness in her stomach and made her quiet head go dizzy momentarily.
But hopefully, soon, things would smoothen out and become as orderly as things had been back at their old home.
Soon, it would be more understandable, more clear, less a cacophany and more of a pleasant, docile melody.
Her eyes snapped over to the elevator doors as they smoothly slid open, sounds of the little ding of the floor being reached followed shortly by the quiet sound of well-kept wheels. The Trainfolk rolled out onto the clean wood panel flooring, adjusting her uniform's helmet with its crane and painted red cross at the front as she stepped out of the elevator; Radial would be impressed at the Repair Truck's cleanliness and ability to maintain a neat and orderly appearance in her uniform attire, her colours of red, white, and blue recogniseably at least somewhat correlating to their Racer, Electra. 'Clearly this one is trying to correctly follow the rules set by the Racing Commission..'
'But they aren't entirely there. They'll risk being scrapped if the Commission spots them behaving incorrectly.'
'We can save her.'
'I can fix this.'
'I need to fix this.'
"Miss Wrench?" Radial called out calmly from her seat, the fellow Repair Truck turning to look at them and promptly giving a pleasant, friendly smile, lips shaded in a deep red that matched the cross on her helmet and long fingerless gloves that went up her forearms; She looked to be roughly the same age, perhaps slightly older, than Radial herself.
Wrench began to roll over, and Radial stood up to greet them properly, giving a brief bow to the woman. "Nice to properly meet you in-person, Radial! How have you been settling in on this floor? I know that 4-Star life can be a bit rowdy, speaking from experience."
"I've settled in.. Okay, I suppose. Certainly been rowdy, though.. Particularly with the other Racers and their Entourages giving Master Galvanic a hard time."
The other woman smiled again, mismatched coloured eyes looking at them in a way that made something ache inside Radial, a sensation she hastily disregarded and buried deep in the silence of her mind and her Frequency. "They'll lay off Galvanic and you all soon enough, some of the more hauty Engines and their groups can just be like that with newcomers, be it new folks who move in or recent graduates from their training." Wrench tucked some strands of her own blonde hair out of her face and neatly to the side with the rest of her fringe. "They treated Electra no differently when he graduated and we got assigned to him to be his Entourage Crew."
Radial's face soured a little again. "They shouldn't be treating anybody like that," She scoffed, "The Engines I can perhaps understand, competition between them all is to be expected, but.. Their Components as well? Money Trucks, Pyrotechnic Trucks, Security Bodyguards and Drinks Coaches.. Their behaviour is completely uncalled for."
"It is, but there's not much to really do about it beyond repremanding them whenever they act like asses, as Joule would say."
"Joule?"
Wrench paused, before realising. "Ahh, she wasn't online in the group chat earlier when you were added; She's our group's Dynamite Truck, very fiesty and no-nonsense, says it how she sees it even if I think she needs to cut down on the swearing a little at times. You'll probably see her sometime today in the server, though, she likes to talk to others. Everybody in there is good friends, so don't worry about your Master - They and you all will be able to make some more concrete friends who won't be giving you a hard time like some of the folks here are."
Radial stared silently for a moment at Wrench, half of their words almost foreign to her ears as the aching sensation attempted to make its way back - Again, Radial pushed it down, focusing on the silence in her head, something seemingly unnatural to all the Electrics within this Branch, but very much natural to herself and her compatriots - No, she needed to focus. Focus on their mission, focus on fixing this. ".. I do not have time for friends. So long as Master Galvanic is satisfied, that is more than enough for me. My focus is to be on them and their needs." Like an automated system, words spilled out of the Rail Ambulance Truck's mouth, words she'd said before several times by now in her life, words she made herself remember in order to preserve herself and her purity and her life.
It was Wrench's turn to stare at Radial, a look of confusion on her soft white face. "Of.. Of course your primary focus should be on Galvanic, but you can have friends and focus on things outside of tending to them; They're not always going to be injured and need medical attention, nor will they always need your focus on other elements like their finances, or makeup, or racing clothes. Your life is your own outside of working for your Racer, Radial."
Teal eyes flared slightly with an agitated glow. "What do you mean, Wrench? Surely you aren't shirking your responsibilities as Electra's Repair Truck to go spend time talking to outsiders. What if the Racing Commission found out?"
"What do you mean? They wouldn't care, so long as Electra is regularly attending his races, making income, and we're alongside him to keep them alive and a superstar." Wrench crossed her arms in front of her chest, frowning in discontent. "I don't see why it's any of their concern whether I like talking to my friends or not. That's not their choice to make, it's mine. Frankly they've done more than enough to try and intervene with our group when all Electra has done is receive wins-"
"He lost, Wrench, he lost the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, to a Steam Engine," Radial cut off, "A respectable Steam Engine for certain, but he, a 5-Star Racer, still lost. What did the Racing Commission think then, when one of the biggest names and superstars lost something as important as a World Championship?"
It was Wrench's turn for her eyes to light up, flaring up from their usual dim and content glow as a warning sign of her mood; This wasn't Radial's place to be judging something sensitive like this, and Wrench was certain the Rail Ambulance Truck knew that. "Of course they didn't like it, they don't like when any of us lose unless it's to another Electric they own, but their intervention during that was completely uncalled for. They tried to get Charge and Joule scrapped, for Starlight's sake, a Music Coach and a Dynamite Truck being scrapped and taken from us over a single loss! Electra didn't even get last, if that was the problem I would have understood a little more - He got 2nd, that's still respectable, you should know!"
"Do not bring Master Galvanic into this," Radial snapped, though her voice stayed calm and low in an almost eerie and unnatural way that unnerved Wrench. "You and your fellow Components have lost your way, and in doing so you lost Electra his win and put your group members in a state of uncertainty and unsafety. You are all loud here, so loud, and it clouds your Frequency and your judgement to make the right choices for your Masters and Mistresses. If you had all just stayed by their side and raced with him instead-"
"He didn't want us to race with him Radial, he chose 2 Coaches and a Caboose instead! Charge had a headache after working herself half to exhaustion for his grand entrance, and Volta and Joule had been selected by other competitors to be their race partners; Purse isn't race-partner condition for large-scale events like that, and Krupp and I aren't supposed to race so we can be on alert for any emergencies. There wasn't much we could do about that and his choices!"
"Your Charge should've raced with him regardless; That's her duty as his Coach, isn't it? Something so simple that she chose not to do because of a little pain that you should have treated."
A loud whirr came from Wrench's throat as the light flared brighter in her eyes as Radial's words shot through her system. "I did treat her headache, and she was fine by Race 2, it was Electra's choice from then onwards to not race with her." The Repair Truck hummed in upset, refusing to allow her partners and loved ones to be talked about this way, to be talked about as nothing short of failures for being 'disobedient'. "None of this is your place to speak on, Radial - I'm here on my own terms to help you and your group, and you're talking about me and my group in an inappropriate manner. Our judgement isn't clouded, nor have we lost our way - We love Electra, and they love us too, I fail to see what your problem is in all of thi-"
Wrench's words were cut off as she felt a heavy magnetic influence drag her against her will towards Radial, whose eyes bore into her soul as she grabbed the Repair Truck's helmet in a tight grasp and yanked them closer, as if the magnetism controlling her body didn't already do that. "Radial, what are-" She began to speak again, before being cut off immediately, the sensation of an electrical energy being felt on the side of her head from the Rail Ambulance's fingertips; In an instant, Wrench felt a searing pain shoot through her head, static starting to blare in her ears near instantaneously. The words she intended to say disappeared from her mouth and crumbled into the overwhelmingly dizzy sensation that swept her body and head, limbs falling limp against her will. She clawed internally for the Frequency, familiar voices distant and rapidly falling away from her grasp, from her thoughtstream, as the sounds of static and her own pounding heartbeat rapidly took over. Her eyes filled with colours and flashing warnings that swiftly grew blurry and undiscernable of their origins or their words, and she tried to scream to attract someone else's attention on the floor, someone who could stop whatever it was Radial was doing to her, only to find her voice had died in her throat, no sound escaping her but the sounds of her internal systems beginning to freak out and go into a panic as they attempted to protect her from this hijack on her and her body, her brain, her Frequency, her everything, she didn't want to lose control-
And yet the only clear thing she could still vaguely see and hear was the piercing teal eyes of Radial, simultaneously empty and yet full of both anger and desperation, their voice cutting through the noisy static and thudding pulse.
[ Ah, your thoughts are so much clearer now I can connect to you.. ]
[ Wʜ-- ᴀ-ᴇ ʏ-ʏᴏ- ]
[ Hush, Wrench. You don't have to put up so much of a fight anymore. I'm here to help you. To fix you. To save you. ]
[ S-S-ᴠᴇ- ]
[ I see your problem now, in your eyes, in your mind; You worry, and you worry a lot. Your thoughtstream is always running with concerns about everybody around you, about the safety of your fellow Components, of these. . Friends, you have. But they aren't your priority or responsibility. Your responsibility is your Racer and his health. Those friends, Electra's friends, can worry about themselves and their health - It is your precious duty to worry only for Electra. Only he matters. ]
[ B-ᴛ. . Bᴜ- ᴛ-ᴇ ᴏᴛ-ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs- Cʜᴀʀɢᴇ-- ] Wrench's thoughts attempted to scrape through the agonising sounds filling her head and the deprivation of her other senses, frantic.
[ Hush, I said. ] The static grew louder with their voice, and Wrench attempted to make a whimper in pain, to little avail. [ The others don't matter either; They can worry about their own injuries that they wind up with. And besides, if they get too damaged. . They're always replaceable. ]
[ N- Nᴏ-- ]
[ Yes, they are. You are. I am. We all are. Components are disposeable pieces in the Racing Commission's hand; There's so, so many of us out there waiting to be assigned to a Racer, Wrench.. So many Trainlets who are Repair Trucks, Rail Ambulance Trucks, Armaments Trucks, Dynamite Trucks, Freezer Trucks, Confectionary Coaches, Music Coaches, Bar Coaches, Security Trucks, all of them working as they wait to be given a Racer to perform their duty. The Racing Commission holds us all, and to them, we are replaceable money-making cogs. The Engines are the ones who matter. We don't. We never have. The sooner you accept that realisation and that truth, the easier life will be - I accepted it a long, long time ago, back "home". ]
Wrench gasped for air as the cold, sorrowful words echoed in her mind, clinging to her and smothering her own thoughts - She couldn't get them out of her head, the fuzzy feeling and dizzy sensation overwhelming her senses and her willpower which slowly degraded piece by piece as the magnetic control held her in place firmly enough for Radial to conduct her hijack, something Wrench questioned for only a moment before that thought too was wiped away and quelled with something that seemed more.. Appealing, she realised. [ I-I'ᴍ-- N-ᴛ-- I'ᴍ-- ɴ ᴏ ᴛ. . ]
[ You are. I'm impressed that you've put up more of a fight than the Bakery Coach did during the races, though I suppose it's much easier to control the thoughts of a simplistic sweet little Coach like her than it is to control the thoughts of a Repair Truck and their Frequency. But your fighting ends here. It's for your own sake. ]
[ I'--ᴍ- ɴ--. . R-ᴅ-ɪᴀʟ. . ]
[ I'm still here, "Wrenchie".. They come up with such cute but silly nicknames for you. ]
[ Cʜᴀ-ʀɢ-. . Jᴏ--ᴇ. . Vᴏʟ--. . K--ᴘ-. . Pᴜ--ᴇ. . ]
[ Sᴛ-ᴏᴘ ɪ-.. ]
[ It will stop when you just hear me out and listen; You've taken orders before, you can take this one, can't you? I'm not lying to you; You can connect with me as I can with you in this moment, can't you? That's the nature of the Frequency. And you can know me as I now know you. I'm not a liar. I've accepted the truth, even if I didn't want to once just like you. . Trust me. Listen to me. ]
[ I-I'ᴍ- ]
[ R-ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ-ʙʟᴇ. . ] Her mind clutched the first thought that wouldn't drown away in the static and blurry lights, something that gave her a sense of clarity, a sense of sensation, a sense of anything in this confusing void of feelings she found herself in. As her mind held onto the thoughts Radial convinced into her, the static began to fade, though her heart still raced in her chest.
[ There we go.. That's much easier, isn't it? It's less loud now; All those worries you had about people to repair and act as a parent for are gone, and your mind can be clearer now. It's going to be okay. You can focus on your Racer, on your Electra, and everyone will be happy, and you won't have to worry about being scrapped for your disservice. . ]
[ Eʟ-Eʟᴇ-ᴛ-ᴛʀᴀ- Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ- M-Mᴀ-Mᴀsᴛᴇʀ Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ-- ]
[ Perfect. You understand me now, don't you Wrench? Now you can do your part without the sounds of worry in your head. Now it can be quiet. Now you can be happy. Maybe you'll find happiness in this that we never could. ]
Wrench wasn't sure she understood.
She felt like she did.
So why did she also feel like she didn't?
She stared into the teal eyes as her thoughtstream clung to words to empty out her mind of all the noise.
The static died down.
Her head ached.
She felt unwell.
The Repair Truck went entirely limp in the arms of the other Electric, as the world went black around her.
Everything finally went quiet.
Radial hummed softly as she laid the now unconscious woman onto the lounge sofa couch, staring at them for a moment more before swiftly pivoting to avoid the ache in her chest returning. Without another thought, she rolled away down the hall, past distant sounds of events and chaos in apartments, before returning to Galvanic's own new apartment, the black door with a deep neon blue lightning bolt welcoming her back inside to the peaceful, tranquil quiet.
Hardwire was waiting for her by the door as soon as she opened it. He stared at her, eyes dark and glow dim, knowing. "You've handled her?" He muttered.
She nodded curtly. "She's unconscious on the sofa couch; I think I may have overdone it a little."
"So long as it worked, that's what matters. When she wakes up, she'll understand what we've been taught, and she can teach the others properly too."
"Right.. No more Electric Components will be at risk of getting scrapped if they do as they're told and make the Racers and Racing Commission happy. The humans will be proud to see the results and the increased profits, I'm sure."
The Security Truck nodded in response and made a quiet whirr of approval, before standing guard against the wall by the door once more. Radial made an electrical hum in response, before rolling past, ignoring a faint gut feeling and ignoring the urge to look back at the closed door she'd made her way through, away from Wrench and the actions she'd committed against them.
Stealing autonomy mentally and physically was wrong, something within the Rail Ambulance Truck knew this. .
But why would they be born with these abilities if nobody wanted them to be used?
. . .
. .
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COMPONENTS ACTIVE:
#8132 [HARDWIRE]
#2004 [RADIAL]
#0516 [VAPOR]
#7993 [AMPERA]
#3043 [KRUPP]
#7155 [KILLERWATT]#3956 [WRENCH]
#8509 [SOCKET]
#6912 [PURSE]
#2079 [VOLTA]
#2091 [ZERO]
#0104 [JOULE]
#7282 [DYNE]
#4718 [CHARGE]
Notes:
Welcome to the Electric Storm Arc. 🌩️
That's right, I've fallen victim to what several chatfic writers end up doing; Adding an actual plot and story to the fanfic. Look they can't ALL be happy introductions and casual chatter - Especially when 2024 Electra and their Components are up to some VERY devious antics like going as far as to mind control 2024 Dinah. WE CAN'T DENY THE FACTS HERE, PEOPLE!
I've been working on this for a while now, and the full thing is already planned and set to go; This arc will span across 7 chapters (including this one AKA the beginning, the climax, and the wrap-up conclusion), with a few breather chapters here and there between the chaos (we still have Thundercab to introduce and bring in, after all!) - You'll know when plot chapters are happening, as I'll actually use capital letters correctly in the titles.
Electrics VS Electrics, will the OGs and their friends be able to stand up and solve this entire conundrum caused by a group of mind-controlling Components? What "training" and "teaching" is Radial on about? What did the Racing Commission do to them back in the US? All will be told, eventually. ;)
Chapter 22: do we trust these people with a cat? maybe
Summary:
Partially inspired by the event that happened wherein Lumber's original actor in the 2024 StEx Revival show got hurt during rehearsals and he made a meme out of it saying he supposedly got injured saving a cat that got into the Theatre.
I already had the idea for this chapter in mind where AV Trainyard got a pet cat before learning that, but after I found out about that whole meme I knew I HAD to make it a reality.
Also, since I've used it a few times in these chapters, OMS (and variations of it) = "Oh My Starlight". Pretty much the Trainfolk equivalent of OMG = "Oh my God". :)
Chapter Text
[DUSTIN] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
DUSTIN: Hey guys, uh
DUSTIN: We, might have an issue???
DUSTIN: .
DUSTIN: Oh wait let me-
DUSTIN: @AVTRAINFOLKS (I'm so sorry for the ping but it's kind of important!)
[GB] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[LUMBER] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[PORTER] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
[CORRY] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
DINAH: Heya Dustin! Everything alright hun?
DUSTIN: Hi, I'm so sorry again for pinging but stuff is happening and I'm not sure what we should do??
GB: hey hey hey
GB: slow down big guy
GB: what's goin' on, you're on shift with Rusty 'n co right?
DUSTIN: Yeah it's Rusty, me, Flat-Top, Slick, CB, and the Hopper Siblings.
PORTER: What's Slick done this time?
[SLICK] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
SLICK: mcfuckin scuse me
SLICK: i've not done shit !!
[CB] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
CB: yeah i can back her up on this neither of us have actually done anything bad
CB: for once we're being decently well-behaved
DINAH: And the Hoppers?
CB: they're innocent too bluebell, promise
CB: they've mostly been talking to Slick tbh
SLICK: yah harriet is cool
SLICK: they invited me to Just Dance
CORRY: You're going to get smoked, Slick-
CB: lil yellow I'm sorry but i think i agree with Corry on this
SLICK: nawwwhhh i'll be fine ive always wrecked your asses at JD
GB: kid the confidence is great to see, but I know the Hoppers
GB: they treat Just Dance like it's war
GB: y'aint gonna beat 'em
SLICK: k bet
DINAH: Slick no-
LUMBER: Slick yes
PORTER: Slick yes!!
PORTER: We gotta come and watch to see how well it goes.
LUMBER: ^
LUMBER: let us know when shit happens will ya?
SLICK: course i will lol
DUSTIN: Guysplease
CB: o shit right
CB: the issue
[FLAT-TOP] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
FLAT-TOP: There's a random ass cat in the Freight Shed in one of the supply crates we were meant to cargo today to the construction down the street
FLAT-TOP: Didn't need to take fuckin 5 years to get to the point people
DINAH: W HAT? O_O
CORRY: WAIT HUH
SLICK: YEAH JUST A WHOLE CAT
GB: s. so move it???
DUSTIN: B UT WE DON'T WANT TO DISTURB IT!!
CB: ^
FLAT-TOP: Yeah trust me we'd move the damn thing
FLAT-TOP: 'cept that we opened the doors and it's since just been hissing and screaming like it hates existence at us inside the crate.
LUMBER: oohhhh that sounds like they're wound up.
SLICK: no shit lach
SLICK: cant imagine why
GB: ya'll have your work clothes, on you'll be FINE
CB: W E DON'T ALL WEAR UNPIERCEABLE LEATHER, DIESEL
CB: WE'RE GONNA GET SCRATCHED
GB: SINCE WHEN HAS THAT CONCERNED YOU?????
CB: SINCE NOW!
DINAH: How old is the cat?? Is it a baby?? (╯•ᗣ•╰)
FLAT-TOP: How the fuck do you think I'm supposed to know
FLAT-TOP: It's like kinda middle-sized ig
DUSTIN: It's not small like a kitten, but it doesn't seem like it's a proper adult yet?
CORRY: I didn't know you guys have a cat???
FLAT-TOP: Mate
FLAT-TOP: Thats cuz we bloody DONT
FLAT-TOP: This furball isn't ours
CORRY: Ah
LUMBER: must be a stray that managed to sneak its way in and fell into the crate.
DINAH: Maybe it got in to take shelter from the rough weather last night?
DINAH: We had some heavy summer rain, I got woken up by it at 4am in the morning. ╥﹏╥
GB: I locked that door tight yesterday at the end of my shift after the supplies for shipping out got brought in
GB: how the hell did the lil' guy get IN there to begin with
DUSTIN: Well, it IS a cat.
PORTER: Yeah, cats are small and slippery wee yins (that's "small ones" in Scottish) that can get through tiny ass spots
LUMBER: so they're like Slick pretty much
SLICK: EY
CB: LMFAO
CORRY: He's not wrong
SLICK: STFU
FLAT-TOP: Probs got in through a crack or something in the shed walls or some shit
[DOLLY] entered chatroom [ROLLING STOCK, ROLL OUT]
DOLLY: D id I just see in my notifs or am I going insane
DOLLY: You guys found a cat!?
GB: apparently
PORTER: Aye, you saw right.
DOLLY: Oh my Starlight!
DOLLY: Is it hurt??
DUSTIN: It's hard to tell??
DUSTIN: Again it's not really
DUSTIN: Letting us get very close.
CB: it doesnt LOOK injured but you never know
DINAH: Has it got a collar?
SLICK: dont think so nah
FLAT-TOP: Probably a stray or something
DOLLY; Oh the poor baby..
CORRY: What do you even do about this-?
GB: someone oughta get ahold of it and take 'em to the nearest vet
LUMBER: ^ the vet can look for a microchip
SLICK: ythink it was abandoned??
LUMBER: can't rule out the possibility sadly.
FLAT-TOP: How the fuck do we GET it though its spitting and hissing like its about to commit a warcrime
GB: just go forward slowly and grab 'em at the scruff ig??
GB: thats how cats hold their kittens from what i've seen, so it shouldn't kick up a fuss
DUSTIN: Scruff, got it!
SLICK: thats the back of the neck right
GB: yep
DOLLY: Go careful, don't get yourself or the poor cat hurt!
CB: we'll try but no promises
[CB], [FLAT-TOP] and [DUSTIN] have gone Offline
SLICK: wish us luck ig
LUMBER: good luck gremlin
PORTER: Don't die!
SLICK: if you think im fuckin dying to a cat i swear im throwing an oil barrel at your heads
[SLICK] has gone Offline
GB: guess after this I'll be lookin' into that Shed to patch up any cracks or holes to stop randomly appearing cats from getting in
CORRY: I can help you with that, Greaseball! :)
GB: thank ya kindly Corry
DINAH: We can make a makeshift meal for the cat from some diner ingredients, I think.
DINAH: If it's a stray then it's possible it might not survive a trip to the vet. (╯_╰)
DOLLY: Oh my Starlight I didn't think of that
CORRY: What would be a good alternative to cat food?
LUMBER: if it's an adolescent it can probs eat soft food just fine.
PORTER: I can check online to be sure?
GB: good thinkin' Porter
GB: make sure to give it something to drink too
GB: cats drink milk right?? ya'll absolutely must have that in the diner
DOLLY: Oh no cats can't
DOLLY: ACTUALLY drink milk, I think?
CORRY: They can't???
GB: well then why the fuck do they always show cats drinking milk in movies and tv and all that???
LUMBER: yeah that
LUMBER: that seems like blatant misinformation to be telling everybody.
PORTER: Can confirm, regular dairy milk's not good for cats, they're actually lactose intolerant according to my Google searching
PORTER: There are some brands and companies who have made like, cat-specific milk that's safe for them to drink, but we aren't gonna have that obviously.
DOLLY: I'll just get them a bowl of water then!
PORTER: As for food, canned springwater tuna is safe for them to eat, as well as chicken, turkey, and beef so long as it's cooked.
DINAH: That ain't bad, I'll check with Buffy to see if she's got some chicken prepped she'd be willing to share for the cause.
DINAH: If not that then I'm sure we have a spare tuna can.
CORRY: Tuna for what?
DINAH: A few things on the menu! Tuna sandwiches, mainly, but also tuna cakes (think like crab cakes), tuna ceviche, tuna salad, even tuna onigiri!
LUMBER: What's onigiri?
GB: thats those triangle rice ball things, yeah? you've made those for me for my lunch before when I forgot
PORTER: S o is it a ball or is it a triangle-
GB: Y OU GET WHAT I MEAN
DINAH: Yep! It's those, Geebie!! Hashamoto asked Buffy if she could make some for him during the down-time during the Championships, and she taught me in turn!
CORRY: That was the Bullet Train right?
CORRY: I remember seeing that on TV, your friend Volta got sent flying during the first race.
DINAH: Yep, that's who she was with!
DINAH: He wasn't in the worst shape after his accident, not after his medic patched him up, but he was all sad 'n melancholy, and Buffy wasn't racing, so she offered to cheer him up.
LUMBER: that's sweet of her to do for what were basically competitors against your yard.
DOLLY: Tbf, was he still a competitor if he was out of the race by that point?
PORTER: She's got a point.
CORRY: So you and Buffy learnt how to make those and now you have it on the menu?
DINAH: Mhm!
DINAH: It's a good food to have as a lunch, a dinner, or even a snack, and you can have it spicy or without spice and it's nice either way!
CORRY: Gosh, I might have to try that sometime.
CORRY: Maybe not the spicy version though, I don't like spice and can't handle it at ALL.
GB: fuckin' wimps (joking)
PORTER: Aye, spicy food is really damn good if it's done right.
DOLLY: Spicy food is my nemesis!! >:(
DINAH: I can make you the non-spicy version Corry, that's alright! (´◡`)
DINAH: It's on the diner's menu on Mondays and Fridays, since we like to rotate out what's being served by us lot workin' here, but I can make some for your lunch for your next shift!
LUMBER: i'm surprised you have the time to make stuff for people's lunch running the whole diner.
DINAH: It isn't JUST me, y'see. ^^
DOLLY: I work there now part-time too! :D
DINAH: Exactly! As does Buffy, and Belle, and all the other Coaches and Trucks at AV whose specialty lies in food, drinks, catering, that sort of thing.
DINAH: We all have our work shifts at the diner that are coordinated around our work shifts on the lines. (＾▽＾)
GB: ya'll didn't do that back home?
PORTER: Don't think so, no.
DOLLY: Nope! Back at Wembley Yard the Trainfolks who work lines don't have shifts at the on-yard sites.
DOLLY: That's why I was always on the lines with Moonstone, Tassita, and Barbara!
GB: h uh.
CORRY: It's been so interesting to see the differences between yards. :o
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SLICK: hey so uh
PORTER: What did you all do-
SLICK: situation mightve gotten worse
PORTER: .
PORTER: Naw
PORTER: You're kidding.
CORRY: What???
DOLLY: Are you guys okay??
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DUSTIN: It didn't go well!
SLICK: FT n Harriet got scratched and the cat fucking ran for it
SLICK: now its in the tree in the garden outside the shed screaming its head off n shaking
DINAH: OH
DINAH: THAT'S NOT GOOD ٭(•﹏•)٭
GB: shit
GB: aight dont panic over there
SLICK: too late
LUMBER: hang on, I'll come help you guys
LUMBER: I'm not half-bad with animals.
DINAH: You are?
CORRY: Oh he is, I can back that up.
CORRY: Wembley Yard's Control had kids and two dogs, and those dogs ADORED Lumber.
SLICK: tbf those dogs adored everyone so long as they got food lmao
PORTER: Aye, thats true.
PORTER: But they followed Lach even without food.
DOLLY: LOL that was so funny to watch!
DOLLY: Like little shadows!
LUMBER: no sure what made 'em like me so much but I'm not against it, I like dogs and cats.
DUSTIN: Help would be appreciated of any sort!!
GB: wait
GB: got an idea, lemme get you some extra backup
LUMBER: ????
GB: @VOLTA ey snowflake, is your girl available? we got an issue
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VOLTA: Yes, she is, as am I.
VOLTA: Brought her online with me. :)
JOULE: hiiii guys!
DINAH: Hiya Joule!
SLICK: sup
CORRY: Hey Joule! How's it going?
JOULE: going well!
JOULE: whats the issue?
GB: so a cat got into our Freight Shed, y'know the thing our supplies get stored in until we take 'em for delivery
GB: Freight (and Rusty) tried to get it
GB: its now freaked out and hid in a tree screaming
DUSTIN: It's not coming out the tree and we're all kind of scared to approach it incase it goes for us again or runs off anymore.
VOLTA: Ah.
JOULE: oohhhh
JOULE: yeah sure, i can come help with that, youll just need to gimme a few minutes to come down the street to you lot
SLICK: well the cat sure doesnt look like itwants to go anywhere yet so think you have time
DUSTIN: We'll keep a close eye on it though!
DOLLY: I'm
DOLLY: Sorry if this sounds rude, but
DOLLY: Aren't you an Electric Dynamite Truck??
JOULE: i am now yeah
JOULE: but back in the day i was an Animal Handler Truck!
DOLLY: Ooohhhh! :O
PORTER: Oh shite so you went under conversion??
CORRY: Like me!!
JOULE: yeeee :)
JOULE: well kinda like you, wasnt a full conversion, just truck trainfolk ➡️ different kind of truck trainfolk
JOULE: my own choice
JOULE: i was born an Animal Handler, born over in the US actually like those new electrics we added to the chatroom server
JOULE: dont think i recognise any of em tho, we were probs different training facility doing our education n shit
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VAPOR: Good morning, we saw that we were mentioned in the conversation?
DINAH: Joule's American-born like you guys are!
VAPOR: Ahh.
VAPOR: What Facility/Branch?
JOULE: Santa Fe baybeeeee
JOULE: aunque mi español es un poco mierda
GB: what
PORTER: Ayyy bilingual squad!
SLICK: the fuck did she just say
CORRY: ^???
VOLTA: "My Spanish is a bit shit though", roughly.
DUSTIN: That's really cool!
AMPERA: Oh, I didn't figure you were born a Handler!
AMPERA: Old conversion?
JOULE: yeah lol it was a while ago when i was like 17?
JOULE: got transferred like you guys did from the US to the UK and then got assigned to lexi when i was 18
JOULE: Chargie joined us bout 1 year after me, then championships was 2 years after that :D
JOULE: didnt get an info-wipe tho so i still remember all my skills from way back then
LUMBER: are you gonna be able to help me with this cat then?
VAPOR: This what.
AMPERA: You have a cat?
SLICK: omfg
SLICK: [Link To -> so a cat got into our Freight Shed...]
AMPERA: A h.
AMPERA: That's unfortunate.
JOULE: omw now!!
VOLTA: Can confirm, she's just left the penthouse.
VOLTA: Did you remember your keys to get back in just incase?
JOULE: yes :3
VOLTA: Good girl. 💙
JOULE: !!! ❤️
SLICK: gay
LUMBER: gay
CORRY: Homosexual
VAPOR: Do you guys just
VAPOR: Do that every time?
GB: yep
VOLTA: Always.
DINAH: Yes.
DINAH: ALSO JOULE NO TEXTING WHILE ON YOUR WHEELS!!
JOULE: I KINDA FUCKIN NEED TO DEE INCASE THE CAT FREAKS OUT WHILE IM ON MY WAY
JOULE: IF IT RUNS I CAN GRAB IT QUICKLY
VAPOR: Your Electric is letting you go handle a cat??
VOLTA: Well, it isn't like we have anything going currently.
JOULE: yeah we're like deadass doing nothing today is a mostly chill day
JOULE: OH but i gotta get back for 7pm we're gonna have a livestream tonight
GB: niiiice
GB: which of you lot are gayming tonight?
SLICK: g ayming oh my fuckin starlight
DOLLY: PFFHAHAH
VOLTA: Tonight it's me, Joule, and Krupp.
VOLTA: We're going to start that new Hitman game that came out in March. ^^
JOULE: and we're probably gonna be ass at it lmfao
GB: can't say I'm surprised Krupp is interested in Hitman
GB: dude likely knows about 30 different ways to incapacitate someone
AMPERA: That sounds about right for an Armaments Truck.
VAPOR: To be expected of one of his kind.
SLICK: FUCK YEAH HITMAN!!
SLICK: i gotta play that tbh
GB: we got a server role for if y'wanna be pinged for whenever they stream
GB: Wrench n Rusty thought it'd be a good idea
SLICK: hell yeeeeee
SLICK: anyway are you mfers here yet
LUMBER: coming over from my shed now can you be patient for 5 minutes-
SLICK: not when theres a bloody random cat yelling in panic in a TREE
SLICK: we dont know how long its gonna be there and it clearly dont like us if its scratching mfers
DOLLY: You guys have medics here, right? I remember the Repair Shed from the tour.
DUSTIN: We do!!
GB: tbh some scratches ain't worth going to bother the yard docs over
GB: Dee-Dee do you still have a first-aid kit in the diner?
DINAH: We do, I'll bring that to help sort out Flat-Top and Harriet when I bring the food and water prepped for the cat.
GB: that should be enough so long as their scratches are cleaned n all that
CORRY: I'm shocked you're willing to patch up Flat-Top considering you said he broke your blender a year ago.
DINAH: I'm still mad at him for that so Harriet gets first priority.
AMPERA: Wait really?
DINAH: (>▽<)
DINAH: I'm kidding!
DINAH: I'm pretty much over that, honestly, it's been a year.
DINAH: SO LONG AS HE NEVER DOES IT AGAIN!!
VAPOR: That's fair, blenders can be expensive to replace.
VAPOR: Ampera broke Master Galvanic's when she first joined the Entourage.
AMPERA: You still remember that??
VAPOR: Y es.
GB: PFFFHAHA
PORTER: LMFAO
DOLLY: LOL
SLICK: G IRL
SLICK: ????????
LUMBER: how did you break a blender???
AMPERA: I might have gotten scared by a spider on the wall while I was making a smoothie.
AMPERA: And panicked
AMPERA: And as a result I knocked over the blender and made a mess.
CORRY: Understandable honestly.
CORRY: Absolutely HATE spiders! (So does Moony)
VOLTA: Valid.
VAPOR: Radial and Hardwire were furious for WEEKS.
VAPOR: I found it funny, though.
AMPERA: Master Galvanic did too surprisingly, so I wasn't in the WORST trouble when it came to them.
JOULE: aight im coming into AV yard entrance now
JOULE: wheres the freight shed thingy at??
GB: take a right n follow the darn signs Joule
SLICK: lumbers here thank fuckin starlight
DINAH: I'll start heading over in a moment!
DINAH: Dolly, did you get a bowl of water ready?
DOLLY: Yep! Put it on the counter closest to the kitchen door.
DOLLY: I'll handle any folks coming in, don't worry about it. ^^
DINAH: (´◡`) Thank you!!
SLICK: i see explosive lady comin
SLICK: tf do you have in your hands??
JOULE: pet carrier!
PORTER: You just, have one of those??
VOLTA: She does, yes. Keeps it in her room.
VOLTA: Joule likes to rescue and rehab strays she finds while out until a shelter or someone else can take them.
JOULE: if i can help get a poor kitty, doggy, or anything of the sort get to the vet and get taken care of im gonna damn well help
JOULE: i have the skills, i refuse to waste them
GB: y'see why I called her now?
LUMBER: old habits die hard ey?
JOULE: pretty much
PORTER: I mean as long as yer boss don't mind, why the hell not?
VAPOR: I suppose so.
GB: get off ya damn phones now and focus on getting that cat out the tree
GB: without dying preferably
JOULE: you got it
LUMBER: will try!!
DINAH: On my way now with the food, water, and first-aid!
SLICK: here we fuckin go
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[LUMBER] has gone Offline
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[DUSTIN] has gone Offline
VAPOR: And so the waiting game begins.
PORTER: Hopefully they'll all be fine.
CORRY: It's just one cat so unless that cat is a TIGER or something I think they'll live.
AMPERA: Famous last words.
CORRY: NOOO DON'T SAY T HAT-
AMPERA: Lol
AMPERA: :p
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JOULE: WE GOT THE CAT!!
LUMBER: CAT SECURED!!
CORRY: YAAAAYYYY!
PORTER: Good job!
VAPOR: That took, much longer than I anticipated it would-
GB: aight good job at least, but
GB: why in starlights name did i hear so much shrieking and screaming over there all the way from my SHED?
DOLLY: Are you guys alright?
JOULE: UH
JOULE: I MEAN WE'RE ALIVE, SO
VOLTA: .
VOLTA: Joule.
VOLTA: What did you two do.
JOULE: .
JOULE: so the cat was IN the tree, right
JOULE: we had to go up there and grab the poor lil dude
AMPERA: I can already see where this is going.
JOULE: sssssshush let us finish sparky
JOULE: so i gave the pet carrier to Lumber to hold while i went further up into the tree to grab the cat
LUMBER: the cat got pretty high up so we figured it wouldnt bolt, but everyone else was around the tree on the ground if it jumped out just incase.
LUMBER: Joule was up in the branches, I was a bit underneath her on the lower ones.
CORRY: Mmmmmhm?
JOULE: and we forgot to take off our wheels in all the hurry
VOLTA: J oule oh my Starlight no-
JOULE: y e a h
JOULE: so i grabbed the cat and went to put it in the carrier LB was holding
JOULE: and it tried to scramble the fuck out
LUMBER: so I had to quickly close the carrier, meaning I had to let go of the tree
GB: .
GB: ya'll fell out the tree didn't you
JOULE: yeah
LUMBER: y es boss
CORRY: PFFFHEHEHEHE
VAPOR: Oh my Starlight.
JOULE: BUT THE CAT IS FINE
JOULE: SO ALL IS GOOD
AMPERA: Y ou fell out of a TREE, how is that "all good"????
DOLLY: I THINK this might be worth seeing the medics over!
VOLTA: I've not seen Wrench today, she must be in her room, probably playing Animal Crossing or watching NCIS.
VOLTA: So she is not coming to help you two.
LUMBER: I mean Dinah's here with the first-aid kit (Harriet and Flat-Top are fine by the way) so that should be enough.
LUMBER: also GB was right, holding the cat by the scruff worked!
GB: told ya so!
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[CB] changed chatroom name to [tumbling tree trains]
CB: its not as good as the transformers reference but
JOULE: FIRST THE MICROWAVE FRIES INCIDENT
JOULE: NOW THIS
JOULE: ARE YOU JUST GONNA MOCK ME FOR SHIT I MESS UP ON 😭
CB: YES I AM
JOULE: FUCK YOU
CB: NO THANKS I'M ALREADY TAKEN AS ARE YOU
PORTER: OMFS
DOLLY: C RYING
GB: PFFFFF
VOLTA: C ABOOSE
CB: WHAT'D I DO IM BEING HONEST
AMPERA: S o
AMPERA: What are you going to do with the cat now??
JOULE: well when i'm done being patched up by Dinah i'm gonna get the cat to the vet ASAP to check for any microchip
LUMBER: I'll come with ya.
LUMBER: this little dude or dudette is a slippery bastard.
LUMBER: very cute though.
CB: thats true its fuckin adorable
CB: the black around its nose/mouth and ears makes it look like its a tiny panda
DOLLY: We can name it Panda!!
PORTER: P anda the cat.
CORRY: Dolly I think that's gonna get confusing??
VAPOR: ^ I second that.
CB: no no thats an amazing name i agree
JOULE: PANDA THE CAT IS AMAZING
GB: WHY THE FUCK ARE YA'LL THINKIN OF NAMING IT
DOLLY: Well if it doesn't end up with a microchip then it's not got a home!
GB: it can get a home at a shelter like the cats and animals Joule looks after.
CORRY: Awwwhhh, we can't keep it? :(
LUMBER: we can ask Control if we can keep it if we gotta do that.
PORTER: Aye that sounds like a good idea.
AMPERA: You'd need to inform them anyway so they don't get confused over a spontaneously appearing cat on the premises.
CB: she's right we'll need to do that
GB: c an we even be trusted to look after a stray cat as a yard pet??
CB: uhhhhh
CB: probably??
LUMBER: there's a lot of us that'll be able to look after it!
DOLLY: Yeah!!
VOLTA: I would say so too; Even outside of this group, AV has lots of other Trainfolks living there, some would surely be willing to also help watch over the cat if you keep it.
CORRY: We can take turns leaving food out for it and keep windows open for it to jump into our sheds for shelter if it wants to come in.
JOULE: and you have us visiting to help too!!
JOULE: hell i can help you guys set up a good place for them to be tended to and nurtured until theyre back to full strength
VAPOR: You should p robably save the "Keep the Cat" discussion plans for, AFTER you know you can keep it. ^^;
CB: oh shit yeah
LUMBER: we'll be heading out in a bit to the vet, Dinah's still checking us over.
LUMBER: and telling us to put down our phones but
LUMBER: LOL.
JOULE: LO
CORRY: But if we DO get to keep it
CORRY: Panda the Cat. :)
JOULE: PANDA THE CAT!
DOLLY: Panda the Cat!!!
CB: Panda the Cat!
AMPERA: W hy.
GB: ^
CB: because funny
Chapter 23: Switching Games, Switching Sides
Summary:
I know the Nintendo Switch and everything didn't get announced until like October 2016, and the current arc events are happening in June/July by this point (whoopsie, life delays caused this to become a bit desynced from real time), but ssssshush I like writing these guys being video-game nerds in their off-time.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
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HARRIET: here comes the horde!!
ROXY: WATCH PARTY AFTERMATH LETS GGGGOOOOO PEOPLE
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KRUPP: I didn't realise we had so many people from here with us in the Watch Party Livestream-
BUFFY: well obviously that's because we've never BEEN to a WPL held by you guys
BUFFY: We didn't know you had a Twitch for months until Greaseball told us!
DUVAY: They dropped the announcement a bit uncerimoneously, didn't they?
RORY: Right, it was just put onto their official YouTube.
CB: while E3's going on too, like thats why ya'll were streaming and we were watching/VCing to begin with
ELECTRA: ^ We would've honestly had no clue had Killerwatt not seen someone shrieking in chat about it and DMing me!
KILLERWATT: Happy to help as moderator like usual. :)
PEARL: Yaaayyyy moderators to the rescue! :D
CHARGE: technically it got kinda half-announced way back in 2015 during like a partnership with another company or something??
CHARGE: but we didnt know it was called the Switch back then pretty sure
DYNE: THIS SHIT LOOKS SO COOL
JOULE: IT DOOOOOES
ASHLEY: It absolutely looks awesome but did some of you have to scream as loud as you did?? ^^;
CB: yes yes we did
CB: also where's carrie gone?
BUFFY: Gone to grab us both snacks, we ate them all during the stream and VC
BUFFY: Not sure when she'll be back, she might just go squeal with Purse in DMs or something honestly
SLICK: valid tbh
SLICK: also YEAH we had to get hyped dID YOU SEE THAT SHIT??
SLICK: THE NEW ZELDA GAME???
RUSTY: I have a m ild headache from the shouting
RUSTY: But this is worth getting excited over because it looked awesome!
CHARGE: wrenchie also got a headache I think lol
CHARGE: she went almost straight to her room after we ended the live & VC to get ibuprofen she said
JOULE: whoopsiiiie
SLICK: rip doc
BARBARA: I think I lost half my hearing so I feel her on that. /joke
HAMILTON: The new Zelda game looks HYPE!
HYDRA: Breath of the Wild is the coolest name for a video-game ever, holy shit.
ROXY: Damn right its the coolest name!!
DYNE: When'd we last get a mainline Zelda game???
RUSTY: I think it was Hyrule Warriors?
HAMILTON: Nah nah there was one that came before that
HAMILTON: Legend of Zelda Triforce Heroes, its for the 3DS, that was in 2014 or 2015 I think
HAMILTON: Me, Harriet, and Harry play it together since its got co-op
HARRIET: we do!!
HARRIET: but idk if that counts as a mainline zelda game though bro
HAMILTON: Awhh shit, it doesn't?
PEARL: I don't think so, guys. :(
CB: yeah I don't think that counts
CB: so probably Hyrule Warriors was the last mainline
DYNE: There was also Twilight Princess!
BARBARA: Tassita likes that game, I've seen it in the little collection he's got.
KILLERWATT: That's the HD version that released semi-recently, our lovely firecracker.
KILLERWATT: The original T.P Zelda game came out 10 years ago.
DYNE: .
DYNE: nooooo
BUFFY: it's been 10 years since Twilight Princess!?
ASHLEY: What.
DUVAY: 10 years already??? Oh my Starlight
HYDRA: The game still holds up for 10 years old tbh.
CHARGE: I LOVED WATCHING MY MATES PLAYING THAT ON THE WII IN THE TRAINING FACILITY BACK AS A TEENAGER HOWS IT BEEN 10 YEARS ALREADY??
RUSTY: You guys had a Wii in your training establishment??
CHARGE: o yeah it was in the break room
CHARGE: fun as fuck
RORY: Man, I would've liked a Wii at breaktime back in school.
HAMILTON: Same tbh
SLICK: holy shit i was like 9 when that game came out
CB: lil baby oil tank
HYDRA: Baby Freight,,
SLICK: SSSSSHUT THE FUCK UP YOU
HYDRA: HEHEHEHE
JOULE: LMFAO
KRUPP: BOTW got announced in 2013 at a Nintendo Direct for the Wii U, so I think everyone assumed it was going to only be for the Wii U.
KRUPP: But it seems like it's going to be on the new Switch console instead?
DUVAY: It could be for both consoles.
ROXY: True true it could
BARBARA: Yeah, that'd make sense.
ELECTRA: Krupp usually Charge is the video-game nerd, how do you know this??
KRUPP: I do have access to something called The Internet, Electra.
ELECTRA: 😶
ELECTRA: Aahhh right.
JOULE: honestly thank starlight cuz the wii u is NOT made to be even remotely portable whatsoever
ASHLEY: True, they're literally built like bricks.
ASHLEY: Could legitimately use a Wii U as a murder weapon.
KRUPP: Don't give Caboose ideas.
CB: death by wii u would've been a funny way to take out an engine not gonna lie
CB: but those days are behind me, so mleh
DUVAY: Mleh?
CB: mleh
RUSTY: Mleh. :P
RUSTY: I really like how the Switch looks to be really portable though and good for on-the-go stuff.
PEARL: That'll be so handy for us when we go on longer shifts!
BUFFY: ooohh that's true!
BUFFY: It'll be something to do when we have our breaks
BARBARA: Or when we have some of our generally longer shifts.
HARRIET: o right you new coaches have some of the most ludicrously long work shifts i've ever seen
SLICK: ikr
BARBARA: Late night shifts are what we're used to.
BARBARA: If you think some of our shifts can be ludicrous some of the other Coaches back at Wembley Park Trainyard are sometimes gone for upwards of a few days.
RORY: D amn.
DYNE: Oh damn, really
DYNE: ???
BARBARA: Mhm. Like Moonstone's big sister Opal will be off sometimes for a couple days staffing those across-the-country long distance passenger trains, part of the Observation Car staff.
CHARGE: ngl i'm so happy i'm an electric coach because doing that kinda thing sounds like hell
BUFFY: I guess it isn't really hell if you're used to it like some of us are
BUFFY: but at the same time, yeah, valid honestly, some folks aren't equipped for that.
BUFFY: But now they'll have something else to actually do!
BUFFY: Beyond going on their phones or something else
JOULE: like play Mario Kart bECAUSE THAT WAS IN THE REVEAL TRAILER TOO ON THE SWITCH HELL YEEEAAHHH
ELECTRA: Are we going to have to buy MK8 a second time for our Switch/Switches??
KILLERWATT: Purse is going to cry again.
CB: nothing new for him to deal with LMAO
RUSTY: That poor Money Truck, he's gonna be praying after that livestream that some of the games you guys have are cross-compatible or something.
SLICK: betcha £20 they wont be lol
HARRIET: tbh n ot even gonna try and bet against that bc you're probably right
HARRIET: while I love murdering my siblings in mario kart I'M PERSONALLY WAY MORE INTERESTED IN JUST DANCE 2017 BECAUSE YYYEEEAAAAAHHH
HAMILTON: YEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH
HARRIET: YEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
RORY: Oh boy here we go again.
ASHLEY: Chaos.
ROXY: TIME TO THROTTLE MY GIRLFRIEND AT DANCE GAMES AGAIN
HARRIET: TF YOU MEAN I'M THE ONE USUALLY WINNING
DYNE: Oh are you two finally officially dating now?
HARRIET: o yeah
HARRIET: we mostly just told people face-to-face at AV about it and didn't make a whole fuss in the chat
ROXY: We got together on Valentines Day :D
SLICK: could be wrong but don't you all share a dad?
RORY: Poppa adopted Ceebs, Dustin, and us 5.
RORY: But Harry, Hamilton, and Harriet aren't actually officially adopted, neither's Flat-Top and several of the other Freight outside of this group.
HARRIET: yeah Poppa more kinda mentors the rest of us n keeps us out of trouble lmao
HARRIET: he knows our parents at the neighbouring yard :D
HARRIET: but we still call him Poppa
PEARL: That's just what everyone does by this point.
PEARL: It's either that or Mr McCoy.
SLICK: oooooohh
SLICK: yeah okay i follow you now that makes sense
HAMILTON: Ceebs' tactics actually worked
HAMILTON: My sister's finally gotten laid
HAMILTON: I'm so proud!!
HARRIET: :PPP
ASHLEY: AV has finally figured out what relationships are in the last year.
ASHLEY: About damn time.
HYDRA: How are you lot some of the fruitiest people I've met in my LIFE but it took some of you this long to finally bang?
DYNE: SCREAMING
KILLERWATT: Oh my
BUFFY: LMFAO
JOULE: BWEHJRJEL
DUVAY: F ruity??
CHARGE: he means gay as shit
BARBARA: Hydra oh my gosh-
HYDRA: I'M NOT WRONG AM I?
ELECTRA: H onestly no, no you're not honey.
CB: [Link To -> HAMILTON: Ceebs' tactics actually worked]
CB: happy to help! lol
CB: even if i j ust got you guys that new Just Dance game and now a new one's been announced starlight fuckin dammit
JOULE: RIP
RUSTY: I'm sure they can buy it themselves this time. -w-
HARRIET: yeah we will, don't worry ceebs
HAMILTON: If they don't get it then me or Harry will honestly because we want the game too
HAMILTON: We can share a Switch probably
RORY: We'll probably be sharing one too between us 5, I think we can probably manage that?
ROXY: Yeah we can share the console
ROXY: My 3DS stays as my 3DS tho
PEARL: A 3DS is infinitely less shareable than a whole household-but-also-portable console Roxy, I think you'll be fine. :p
CHARGE: Just Dance is gonna be fun as fuck like always
JOULE: hoping that the new songs in the game are gonna be good ones
JOULE: 2016's version is kinda mid tbh
BUFFY: Really?
KRUPP: It has the Angry Birds in it for one of the songs.
ASHLEY: W hat.
HYDRA: H UH
SLICK: YEAH NO HES NOT FUCKING ABOUT I SAW IT MYSELF WHEN I PLAYED WITH HARRIET
CHARGE: IT ALSO HAS HATSUNE MIKU TOO THOUGH
CHARGE: SO THAT CANCELS OUT THE "WTF" OF ANGRY BIRDS
BARBARA: ???????
ELECTRA: Hatsune Miku being added to Just Dance gave me several extra years of life.
HYDRA: Why am I not surprised some of you are Vocaloid fans.
JOULE: we're not that predicable are we?? 😭
RUSTY: 'Course not Joules!
JOULE: :3
BARBARA: Vocaloids make a bit more sense, but why Angry Birds??
DYNE: In fucking Just Dance too
DYNE: They dont even have proper limbs to dance WITH they're BIRDS
KILLERWATT: To be fair that's not exactly stopped them before.
KILLERWATT: In one of the older JD games, they had a stardamned Tetris Dance/Song.
HAMILTON: OH I REMEMBER THAT ONE!
PEARL: TETRIS???
RUSTY: Weird choice.
BUFFY: Okay that makes even LESS sense
CHARGE: IKR
KRUPP: But beyond the weird Angry Birds choice, there's still a few good songs, just not many that we're personally fans of when we play.
JOULE: YEAH there's still SOME good songs
JOULE: I Gotta Feeling, Fancy, Uptown Funk, Hey Mama, the Miku song obviously
CHARGE: Ievan Polkka
JOULE: yeah the Miku song
CHARGE: >:PPPPP
JOULE: Oh and there's also Born This Way!
PEARL: Oohh that's a good one!
BUFFY: Yeeessss Lady Gaga's an ICON
ELECTRA: SHE IIIISSS!! 🎵
HARRIET: FUCK YEEAAHH
DUVAY: Did the game look promising to you guys who play it based on the E3 reveal trailer?
DYNE: They only showed like 5 songs that are coming to the game :(
DYNE: So not the biggest expectations going in
SLICK: rip
CHARGE: but Miku returns for PoPiPo so that's an immediate win
RUSTY: PFFHH
CB: the ultimate priority
ROXY: It IS a valid priority tbh
KILLERWATT: It has "Don't Stop Me Now" from Queen, which I'm happy about.
KILLERWATT: Glad they keep bringing back some of the older classics that are still good music even today.
HAMILTON: Poppa's gonna be happy about that too
RORY: True, he's a big fan of classics like Queen!
SLICK: why am i not surprised at all
HYDRA: ^ Honestly same.
ELECTRA: And Cheap Thrills by Sia is in the song line-up, which is exciting!
ASHLEY: Yeah you being a Sia fan also checks out.
ELECTRA: 🤭🤭🤭
BARBARA: Maybe sometime you guys should livestream some Just Dance sometime!
KRUPP: That could be fun, it's been a while since we've done one of those streams.
BARBARA: Oh, crap, you've already done that idea before. Whoops.
JOULE: nah nah nah it's fine, it'd be fun to do another with you lot included!!
CHARGE: Idk how the VC would work with that but worth a shot!
ELECTRA: We could do a Just Dance Week perhaps!
DYNE: YEESSSSS CAN WE COME JOIN??
BUFFY: Can we come along too??
PEARL: Oh that would be fun!
SLICK: GROUP JUST DANCE PARTY AT THE PENTHOUSE LETS FUCKIN GGOOOO
HARRIET: OH HELL YEAH
[WRENCH] entered chatroom [tumbling tree trains]
WRENCH: I beg of you to not cause an earthquake while doing so.
WRENCH: If the other Electrics hear chaos that could wake the dead then we would be in trouble.
CHARGE: WRENCHIE!! ❤️❤️❤️
RUSTY: Heya Wrench! :D
CB: hiiii group mum
ASHLEY: Doing alright?
WRENCH: I'm okay.
WRENCH: My head is just spinning a little from all the excitement, I think. ^^;
JOULE: sorryyyyyy ❤️
ROXY: Whoops lol
RORY: Stupor. (Kidding)
WRENCH: My head has cleared a little for now, at least.
KRUPP: We're currently talking about fun but questionable Just Dance streaming ideas.
WRENCH: I can tell. :p
ELECTRA: Pleeeeaaaaase can we do it,, 🥺
ELECTRA: Imagine how well the livestream would do!
WRENCH: Electra, I love you, but this many Trainfolks in the penthouse playing Just Dance would cause so much unnecessary noise.
DUVAY: You guys could come over to us?
CHARGE: what EVERY day?
BUFFY: no no she's got a good idea forming here.
BUFFY: Maybe not EVERY day but like every other day or something.
HYDRA: Or push comes to shove, make it a day-long marathon livestream instead of a week?
HYDRA: Maybe that'd be better actually
SLICK: yah im with H on this one actually
KILLERWATT: That might be better, agreed.
ELECTRA: That works as well for me~!
WRENCH: We can determine the details another time, that can go on the activity list for now.
WRENCH: But I think a full-day livestream would be better, with breaks of course.
PEARL: I'll write it down! :D
WRENCH: Thank you, Pearl.
WRENCH: What else are you all chatting about? ^^
HARRIET: just all the games n shit that got revealed at E3 and in the Switch trailer!!
PEARL: With a bit less headache-inducing shrieking.
CB: lol
SLICK: lol
CHARGE: lol
BARBARA: sighs
SLICK: did you just sigh in text form
BARBARA: Yes.
JOULE: why tho
DYNE: OH OH
DYNE: DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT NEW MARIO GAME TOO IN THE TRAILER ACTUALLY??
RUSTY: Wait what.
ROXY: WAIT NO I DIDNT
HAMILTON: WHEN??
DYNE: AT 2:10 WITH THE BOB-CUT HAIR LADY
DUVAY: Oh yeah, I noticed that!
RORY: How did some of you not see it-
KRUPP: ^ ????
ROXY: Too busy celebrating a new console
RUSTY: Covering my ears while 5 people yelled in the VC ^^;
RORY: Fair.
SLICK: yah it was like a freeroam instead of platformer
HARRIET: i mean its probably still gonna have some platforming in it 'cuz its MARIO and all his games have platforming
ASHLEY: Mario Party doesn't have platforming.
PEARL: Technically it does??
PEARL: If you count some of the minigames anyway.
BUFFY: Guess that does technically count yeah?
KRUPP: Debatable Platforming.
WRENCH: Debatable Platforming.
SLICK: dubious platforming
BARBARA: Pfff
RUSTY: Oohhh, yeah okay, I see what you're on about now looking back at the trailer online.
RUSTY: It looks fun from what we can see!
DYNE: It gives me like New Super Mario Bros vibes
DYNE: Like those games from the WII series?
DYNE: So is it like a Switch version of those or somethin
RORY: Not sure about that, those games are like 3D side-platformers with a fixed perspective and and all that.
RUSTY: It looks as though it's taking place in some sort of desert ruins or something like that?
ELECTRA: Well there is always a desert level in Mario games, so that checks out.
CHARGE: yeah theres always a desert area, an ice area, an underwater area, usually a poisonous forest or jungle or something like that
CHARGE: this is par for the course for mario so far
DUVAY: Ice areas in Mario games are the worst.
HARRIET: MOOD
HARRIET: the fuckin physics always screw me over
WRENCH: I think they're pretty.
PEARL: They do look really nice at least, and the music is always super pretty!
PEARL: I like the underwater levels too for their music, they're slower levels but at least they're nice in Mario games.
PEARL: Meanwhile EVERY desert music track in every Mario game ever sounds the same 😭
HYDRA: Water levels in Mario go SOOOO SLOOWW
HYDRA: Feels like you're swimming for ages unless you get the right power-ups.
SLICK: speakin of swimmin n shit
SLICK: that new splatoon game at the end of the trailer looks hype as fuck
CHARGE: YEAAHH THAT LOOKED COOL
CHARGE: FROM THE LIKE
CHARGE: 30 SECONDS OF FOOTAGE WE GOT
ASHLEY: You like that sort of game, Slick?
SLICK: its pretty fun
SLICK: plus its technically a shooter game made by nintendo
SLICK: and thats just funny on its own tbh
KILLERWATT: They really are giving people breadcrumbs of what's to come, huh?
CB: i mean i imagine in the future we'll be getting a full Nintendo Direct on half these upcoming titles
CB: like Krupp said earlier the new Zelda game technically already got revealed back in 2013 at a Wii U Direct
WRENCH: I like that Snipperclips game they showed off, that looks like it will be enjoyable.
WRENCH: Perhaps we can also play that together?
JOULE: if me and volta play that we're gonna scream the penthouse down
CHARGE: we could play wrenchie!!
WRENCH: Perhaps.
WRENCH: But you are also uncoordinated unless it's involving music.
CHARGE: f air
CB: LMFAO
SLICK: damn
SLICK: hardcore burned
WRENCH: Electra?
ELECTRA: It does look like a nice lil' game, maybe I'll invite Greaseball over and he can be a guest on the stream!~ 😊
RUSTY: That could be fun to watch!
DUVAY: lil'?
ELECTRA: Dinah and GB's American accents and way of talking have rubbed off on me since the Championships. 😅
PEARL: PFFHAHAHA
RUSTY: HONESTLY FAIR.
SLICK: ugh americans (THIS IS A JOKE DONT COME FOR ME)
DYNE: HEHEHAHAH
CB: s ays you
CB: thickest british accent i've heard in my life AND I WAS BORN HERE
SLICK: HYDRAS IS WORSE
HYDRA: NO THE FUCK IT AIN'T!
SLICK: YUH UH
HYDRA: NUH UH
KILLERWATT: No wonder you say you're adopted siblings, this is exactly how Zero and Volta are.
KRUPP: True.
BUFFY: I wonder how well they'd do at a work-together-duo game like Snipperclips actually
BUFFY: I know me and Carrie would suck at it lmao
ASHLEY: Probably not that good.
ASHLEY: With no offence to either Zero or Volta, they're great friends, but
ASHLEY: We s aw what they were like at the beach last year.
RORY: Still somehow more sane than when Harriet, Roxy, and Carrie poked each other with umbrellas.
ROXY: Sib are you never gonna let that go??
RORY: N o.
SLICK: OH SO CEEBS WASNT KIDDING
CB: I TOLD YOU
CB: 5 BRAINCELLS SHARED BETWEEN US ALL
BARBARA: Y ou guys did what now??
HYDRA: PFFFF I wish I was there for that.
HAMILTON: That shit was so funny
HARRIET: IT WAS
HARRIET: NO REGRETS !!!
PEARL: So last year we went on a nice beach trip during the summer, most of us from AV plus the two Electric groups (but Elektronic & their group was a surprise so thats why they took a bit to get there).
PEARL: And while we were waiting for the Electrics, Freight decicded to get into one of their usual brawls
PEARL: *decided
BUFFY: and my sister decided she wanted to join in too.
BUFFY: Because she's a chaos gremlin.
BARBARA: O h my Starlight.
SLICK: MAN I WISH I WAS THERE FOR THAT TOO
BARBARA: Y ou would have bled everywhere on the beach!
ROXY: WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY BLEED THAT MUCH!!!
CHARGE: WELL I'D SURE FUCKIN H OPE YOU DIDNT
KRUPP: It wasn't that messy when we got there, at least.
DYNE: KW didn't let me join in >:(
KILLERWATT: Poor Wrench had to deal with repairing enough people as is, I was absolutely n ot allowing you to add more to the pile of her issues.
WRENCH: I'm getting a headache again just remembering that day.
ASHLEY: You and me both, lol
ASHLEY: We ended up having a nice day overall though!
JOULE: IT WAS SO FUN!! i loved the rounders match especially
ELECTRA: How bad is your headache, Wrench? 😟
WRENCH: Quite bad.
WRENCH: I think I may need to put my phone down for a little and rest up.
RUSTY: That might be a good idea. :(
CHARGE: did you take ibuprofen yet?
WRENCH: I was going to, but I realised I forgot my water bottle, and I've already gotten comfortable on my bed.
DUVAY: Classic tbh
DUVAY: FINALLY getting comfortable, and then
HYDRA: Then it's "shit, I need to go to the bathroom"
DUVAY: EXACTLY
HAMILTON: Every fuckin time
KRUPP: I'll come bring you something to drink and take some medicine with, love.
CHARGE: can i come along too,,
WRENCH: So long as you aren't screaming, haha
CB: i can already hear Charge's brain running with 40 different dirty jokes to make from that alone
CHARGE: well if you end up making me scream thats a different story Wrenchie ❤️❤️❤️
WRENCH: Of course.❤️❤️
CB: Y EP THERE IT IS
DYNE: EGVWHIUBEHR
RUSTY: Gay.
BARBARA: Gay.
SLICK: homosexual!!!
BUFFY: Thats just half the server
ASHLEY: If I m ay for a second
ASHLEY: Chamomile or Peppermint tea, make some of that if you have it.
ASHLEY: It's good for clearing headaches, Belle taught me about that. :)
KRUPP: I think we have some peppermint tea, I'll make some of that.
KRUPP: It's Volta's but I'm sure she won't mind us borrowing one teabag.
JOULE: yeah if its for medic mum she'll be fine with that
WRENCH: Thank you.❤️
KRUPP: Anytime.❤️
[WRENCH], [KRUPP], and [CHARGE] have gone Offline
PEARL: Volta drinks peppermint tea?
ELECTRA: She does!
JOULE: yeeeee
HYDRA: I don't think I've tried that.
ROXY: You drink tea??
HYDRA: Sometimes!
HYDRA: More of a hot chocolate person tbh.
JOULE: hot choccy is SO good
DUVAY: Oh I love a good hot chocolate before bed
PEARL: YESSSS especially during the winter season!
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[ Content Warning for potentially heavy plot themes on identity (and lack thereof) and mind control. ]
Wrench had enough energy in her to put her phone onto standby before her arms went limp, falling to her sides. Laying her head back against her bed's cosy pillows, she couldn't help but groan softly; Despite making herself comfortable, even taking off her helmet (which was hung neatly at least on one of her bedposts now) to be able to properly rest her head and putting on some quiet music on her bedside radio, the Repair Truck found herself feeling completely exhausted and in pain even now.
Everything hadn't.. Felt right, in the last few days.
She'd woken up on one of the sofa couches of the apartment complex, while she could recall she'd gotten into an argument with Radial, she didn't know where the Rail Ambulance Truck had gone; Wrench had simply assumed Radial had stormed off after the argument and she herself meanwhile had simply fell asleep on the sofa couch afterwards. Arguments were always so exhausting - She didn't mind standing her ground, far from it, but sometimes just dealing with an argumentative person who won't listen is ridiculously--
[ That's not true. She wasn't argumenative; I just wasn't listening. ]
[ Tʜᴀᴛ's ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʀᴜᴇ. Sʜᴇ ᴡᴀsɴ'ᴛ ᴀʀɢᴜᴍᴇɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ; I ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡᴀsɴ'ᴛ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ. ]
Like clockwork, a wave of painful static - like the sensation of pins and needles in a limb after sitting awkwardly - washed over Wrench's mind, followed by immediate relief as her thoughts corrected themselves, and she found herself inhaling sharply at the sensation as it came and went the way it did. This had been happening since she woke up after the dispute with Radial, moments of sharp pain in her head that would clear up at random - Sometimes it would be nearly immediate, and other times it would plague her for longer until it would eventually go away. She had tried to take some everyday pain-relief medicines to see how it would help, only to find that more often than not it wouldn't do much if anything at all and the pain would simply continue.. At least, until she listened to or acted on her impulse thoughts that came to mind, and then the pain would go away and she would feel relief from the aches that wracked her head and feel the clarity afterwards, like she understood something from these impulsive thoughts and the aid they gave from the pain. Wrench hoped the others wouldn't hear some of the things that had been crossing her thought-stream lately; These thoughts didn't feel like they were her own--
[ Of course they're my own. This is what we should've been getting taught to begin with; Why would the others judge me for what's correct? ]
[ Oғ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ. Tʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ; Wʜʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇ ᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ's ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ? ]
Another wave of static and hurt, another impulsive thought, another rush of relief and clarity. A whine escaped Wrench's throat as she looked up to the ceiling of her bedroom and closed her eyes in an attempt to see if perhaps this would help. She'd been able to get through today, a livestream that Electra and the others had wanted to do for a video-game event they were excited for - She was excited for it too, they'd been planning this for a week or so since the dates for the livestream had been set, but this on-and-off pain had been causing her gradual dread. The last thing she wanted was to be dealing with a migraine the whole livestream or even having to miss it entirely, and given she didn't even know what was causing it the last thing Wrench wanted was for any of the others - [ Esᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ ] her thoughts reminded her almost out of some instinct - to potentially catch whatever sickness she'd gotten that was causing these headaches and this sheer exhaustion, because that's what it had to be, surely. A sickness. She must've caught something in the last week and it was finally kicking in. Wrench could only hope that she hadn't gotten Radial sick in the process too--
[ She'll be fine. I'm not meant to be worrying about other Components. So long as Electra doesn't get sick, that's what is most important. ]
[ Bᴜᴛ ɪғ sʜᴇ ɢᴏᴛ sɪᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇɴ sʜᴇ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ Gᴀʟᴠᴀɴɪᴄ- ]
[ That's not my concern. She'll be fine. So long as Electra doesn't get sick, that's what is most important. ]
[ . . . ]
[ Sʜᴇ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ғɪɴᴇ. Sᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ sɪᴄᴋ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴍᴏsᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ. ]
More pain, harsher this time. Her thoughts for a moment felt scattered, like they were both hers and not hers, mixed between worrying about someone else and worrying about her boss, her love, her master, Electra, before she settled.
Electra.. He'd been so happy to see Wrench when she came to the living room for the livestream. Wrench felt like she'd been on cloud nine for half of the time they were on-air, sat neatly by his side on their large sofa couch with Charge on her other side like she usually was, feeling almost in a haze.. But it was a good haze, different to the weird exhausted limbo she'd been in so far, she felt delighted the whole time, felt like normal, like nothing had been wrong, because she was making him happy and she wasn't worrying about anybody else but him - [ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴍʏ ᴘʀɪᴏʀɪᴛʏ ᴏʀ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ, ᴍʏ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ɪs ᴍʏ Rᴀᴄᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ] - and so long as he was okay and he was happy with her, that meant everything was right in the world..
At least, that's what she was telling herself.
Had she always believed that? Was that what she'd always told herself?--
[ Of course it is. That's what Radial was taught, she said, and that's what I should've been taught and should've realised much sooner. ]
[ 'Oғ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs. Tʜᴀᴛ's ᴡʜᴀᴛ Rᴀᴅɪᴀʟ ᴡᴀs ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ, sʜᴇ sᴀɪᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴡʜᴀᴛ I sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴇᴅ ᴍᴜᴄʜ sᴏᴏɴᴇʀ.' ]
Pain. Static. Relief. Clarity.
It felt worse now she wasn't with Electra. 'Why is it getting worse?' She couldn't help but wonder; She had to keep away from him to stop him getting sick with whatever she'd caught, but being without him and not being by his side to be of service to him was agonising-
Wrench could hear the faint sound of the kettle being boiled in the kitchen, alongside the muffled but pleasant sounds of voices belonging to people she loved. Not long after she could then hear the sound of wheels as they began to move along the wooden floors, moving to and fro to grab things from cupboards to make peppermint tea. 'How nice of them to make something for me when I'm feeling so rough.' A smile crossed Wrench's lips as she dared to open her eyes a little. She adored the others, their little group, the power couple squad, practically almost unstoppable.
[ You need to fix things so they're safe. So Electra is safe. ]
[ Sᴀғᴇ?.. ]
[ Safe. Yes, safe. Krupp and Charge, aren't they the most at risk if they underperform for Electra? Isn't Electra the most at risk if they underperform for them? What's a Music Coach worth if she isn't focusing on making Electra's arrival extravagant, what's an Armaments Truck if he isn't using his knowledge to protect his liege with his life? ]
[ .. Nᴏ- Tʜᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ғᴀɪʟ Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀ- ] Another shot of pain and fuzzy static caused the room to start spinning a sharp hiss escaped her throat and Wrench closed her eyes again, feeling her heart as it pounded and her head as it throbbed. No, that wasn't right, they wouldn't do that- But would they? Could they? No.. Yes?
[ You don't know that for sure. ]
[ Dᴏ I?.. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ.. Dᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ. ]
The sound of wheels and chatter started to approach her bedroom door as Wrench's thoughts raced back and forth in a blur of pain and confusion, things she believed in and things she didn't, thoughts that were and weren't her own and she had no idea why she was even thinking of things that felt so unlike her and yet so correct at the same time. Nothing was making sense anymore. She couldn't understand herself.
Something about that made her feel worse than the pain itself did.
The bedroom door opened swiftly, Wrench able to crack her eyes open amidst the strange sensations mixed with surging pain to see two of her partners making their way in. Charge rolled through the doorway and into the bedroom first, still with her usual high energy and vibrant spark of life (the Repair Truck could vaguely recall that Poppa McCoy had called Charge "Starlight-Found", though none of the Electrics were entirely sure of what that meant even with his explanation), but Wrench could make out that the Music Coach was attempting to somewhat restrain themselves with how quickly they moved and how loud their volume was. "Heya, Wrenchie.. Yikes, you definitely look a bit rough since the stream ended."
Wrench made a quiet snort of laughter, echoed by the sound of Krupp's deep but warm voice chuckling as he made his way through to the room, closing the bedroom door behind him carefully with his foot - His hands were otherwise occupied, carrying one of their dinner trays they used for when they had food on the sofa couches (her own food tray specifically, white with red and yellow polka dots) to bring Wrench both a cup of tea and a small dish of her favourite cookies. "One way to start a conversation," the Armaments Truck laughed, placing the tray down on the left bedside table and joining Charge in standing next to the bed. After a moment of shuffling and adjusting his uniform, he removed the shades from his face, looking down to his fellow Component laying in bed, his expression gentle but.. Worried, in a way that made Wrench's heart ache. "Not feeling well still, I take it?"
She slightly moved her head, not wanting to shake it properly to risk triggering more pain. "No.. But hopefully after having some medicine and tea, that'll change."
Charge bounced up and down a little on her shoe's front wheels beside him, though even as she did so the Electric Coach only barely made it face-to-face with Krupp and his tall height. "The cookies were my idea; Krupp made your tea! We asked Volta, she didn't mind us using a teabag to make you something to hopefully get the pep in your step."
"We're happy to help, love." Krupp said with a gentle smile, much unlike his usual tough and somewhat pokerfaced self whenever they're out and about in the public eye.
Wrench smiled back naturally, responding with a soft electrical hum of content, before a pulse of static hit her head and her hum dissipated into another wince as she shut her eyes and rested her head further back against her pillows; She almost felt like she was spacing out, like she wasn't entirely present in time.
"Ohhh crap- Krupp?? Do we do something??" She heard Charge's voice, and though she knew the Coach was beside her bed.. She sounded further away.
"I'm not sure what we can do, Charge, we can't make her headache vanish just like that." Krupp's voice followed shortly behind.. But he also sounded like he wasn't as close by as Wrench knew he actually was.
She couldn't even hear their thought-streams, hear their Frequency connection. It was..
Empty.
For a moment. At least until one voice finally came through to her mind.
[ Now's our chance, Wrench. ]
[ Oᴜʀ.. Cʜᴀɴᴄᴇ? ]
[ Our chance to teach them, and save your Lexi. You don't want them to be deranked again, do you? Or even hurt, because any failures on their part? ]
[ Lᴇxɪ.. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ- Dᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʜɪᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ. Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ᴅᴇsᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.. Nᴏᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.. ]
[ . . . ]
[ Bᴜᴛ.. Bᴜᴛ ɪs ᴛʜɪs- Is ᴛʜɪs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴍʏ ᴅᴜᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ?.. ]
[ It's all we know. You know me as I know you. Connected this way through this Frequency, you see me for who I am, as I see you for who you are. I'm not lying right now, am I? ]
[ .. Nᴏ. Yᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ.. Nᴏᴛ. Yᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ʟɪᴀʀ. ]
[ Yᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ. . ]
[ Pᴀɪɴᴇᴅ. ]
Her mind went quiet for a moment as the voice she recognised as Radial's cool and (mostly) composed voice seemed to hush, though the white noise and exhausting out-of-body sensations continued.
[ .. I suppose we all are. Aren't we? ]
[ But we can lessen the pain. Even if it doesn't entirely go away. We can lessen it. You can lessen it for them, for yourself, for Electra. You just need to teach them what I taught you, that they don't need to bother fussing over each other and worrying so much about that and themselves - So long as your Racer is happy, so long as he's performing well, so long as they're a star.. All is right. And none of your replaceable loved ones will be scrapped. All you need to do is reach out to them, and the rest will come naturally. You have untapped potential, after all. ]
[ Uɴᴛᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ- Rᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ- ] Wrench, on a faint instinct she couldn't comprehend, lifted her head slightly off the pillows, reaching tired hands out to the Electrics beside her. She mumbled vague thoughts and words, her own voice distant to her ears.
She could barely hear their concerned words, but they moved to reach out and hold her hands in return.
Charge gave her a worried look, tilting her head slightly like a curious puppy who didn't understand something she'd been told.
Krupp's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he attempted to soothe her by running his roughened fingers across her gloves.
Wrench felt like she was going to cry as she remembered why she was feeling this way for a moment, as she felt the faint sparks of electricity in her fingertips, as her defibrillator fingerpads prepared slowly to activate.
[ .. N-Nᴏ, ɴᴏ Rᴀᴅɪᴀʟ I ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ- I ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪs, I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴛ ʀɪsᴋ ᴏғ ᴀɴʏ ʜᴀʀᴍ ʙᴜᴛ I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴘᴀɪɴ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ, I- I ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, I ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ- ]
[ You're doing this because you love them. "If you love someone, let them go", isn't that the phrase? .. No matter how much I want to care about my team, Galvanic comes first. They must always come first. The Engine always comes first. That's the system. We're just a small part of it. So even if I care for them.. I have to let them go. I have to give my attention and my love to Galvanic. ]
[ Iғ. . ]
[ Iғ I ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. . ]
[ Lᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɢᴏ. ]
[ Fᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ sᴀᴋᴇ. Fᴏʀ Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ. ]
Wrench felt her hands grip tight around Krupp and Charge.
All she could see was vibrantly glowing red and blue eyes staring back at her.
Shocked. Caught off-guard.
Code and colours blinked and flashed rapidly as electricity pulsed through her hands and body.
Radial's presence guided her like an autopilot.
She heard something for a moment pierce through her mind's haze as she dragged them into the new Frequency.
[ 𝕎𝕣-𝕖-𝕟-𝕟𝕔𝕙!?.. ]
[ 🇼-🇼🇷-🇪🇳--🇨-🇭🇮🇪?! ]
Wrench let herself fall into the darkness that overtook her vision as she passed out on her bed.
Krupp and Charge collapsed at the side of her bed as their bodies fell limp like hers did.
Memories left them of this incident occurring between any of them, returning to a new normal like nothing had occurred.
The white noise dissipated.
The pain stopped.
Pain. Static. Relief. Clarity.
Everything finally went quiet again.
. . .
. .
.
COMPONENTS ACTIVE:
#8132 [HARDWIRE]
#2004 [RADIAL]
#0516 [VAPOR]
#7993 [AMPERA]
#3043 [KRUPP]
#7155 [KILLERWATT]#3956 [WRENCH]
#8509 [SOCKET]
#6912 [PURSE]
#2079 [VOLTA]
#2091 [ZERO]
#0104 [JOULE]
#7282 [DYNE]
#4718 [CHARGE]
Notes:
Three down.
A Repair Truck and Armaments Truck out of action with their Music Coach.
Their strongest physical resistance, and one half of their strongest morale.
This is for the good of everyone, right?..
Nobody can tell anymore.
I THREW MY OWN OC *AND* MY FAVOURITE COMPONENT WRENCH UNDER THE BUS THIS EARLY INTO THE ARC, AND IT HURTS ME AS MUCH AS IT HURTS YOU.
Chapter 24: train sports? train sports!
Summary:
Once again, I know the 2016 Olympics technically didn't start until like September or something, but IT'S CALLED THE *SUMMER* GAMES, DAMMIT, AND END OF SEPTEMBER IS AUTUMN/FALL!!
Also I plan to kick things up a little from here so I can get this arc done in time for Christmas, because the chapters currently take place in the summer and while things will stay in 2016 for a while so I can play catch-up, I wanna give you guys a good finale for the holidays. And also because I'm super excited and hate leaving you guys in too much suspense for too long. There's about 6 chapters of the arc left! For now, enjoy this laid-back filler chapter with a smaller group of characters, a lil' bit of joking and goofiness, and a lil' more worldbuilding & character development.
Notes:
This chapter made me realise I need to give these guys official concrete ages. So, for my StEx AU which this chatfic takes place in, here is the canon ages for MAJOR CHARACTERS as of 2016 (when things currently take place).
Greaseball, Krupp: 30
Electra: 29
Elektronic, Hardwire, Wrench, Purse, BV: 28
Ashley, Radial, Killerwatt, Volta, Vapor: 27
Buffy, Hamilton, Rohan, Thundercab, Galvanic, Dinah, Socket: 26
Roxy, Rowan, Tassita, Duvay, Opal: 25
Rusty, Pearl, Ampera, Dyne, Joule, Dustin, Harry, Harriet, Roman: 24
Caboose, Dolly, Carrie, Charge, Flat-Top, Rory: 23
Barbara, Belle: 22
Lumber, Porter, Hydra: 21
Corry, Moonstone, Zero: 20
Slick: 19
Chapter Text
[MOONSTONE] entered chatroom [tumbling tree trains]
[MOONSTONE] entered voice channel [Haha Human Olympics go brrrrr]
♪ MOONSTONE: Hiii guys!
♪ MOONSTONE: How's the first day of the Olympics coming along?
♪ CORRY: Hi love!
♪ CORRY: It's going well!
♪ GB: Heya Moonstone
♪ SOCKET: Hi Moonstone, nice to see you pop in.
♪ VOLTA: Hello!
♪ VOLTA: Right now we're watching the Fencing, it's the Women's Epee.
♪ MOONSTONE: What's an Epee?
♪ ASHLEY: It's the biggest fencing sword, basically.
♪ ASHLEY: Also pretty heavy apparently.
♪ MOONSTONE: Ooohhh.
♪ MOONSTONE: How's that going then?
♪ BUFFY: Pretty well!
♪ BUFFY: Right now it's the semi-finals, China VS Italy in one bracket and Hungary VS France in another
♪ BUFFY: It's China VS Italy bracket first though
♪ GB: My bet's on France winning in the finals to be honest
♪ CARRIE: Nahhh Italy's got this one I'd say
♪ VOLTA: Honestly, any bet that isn't China is probably a safer one.
♪ MOONSTONE: Why's that?
♪ MOONSTONE: Sorry I've just kinda shoved myself in, I was coming to check on Corry
♪ MOONSTONE: But now I'm curious.
♪ CORRY: Awwhh, Moony!
♪ TASSITA: You're fine, hun.
♪ TASSITA: .. I still don't like how the auto-transcript doesn't entirely copy my typing style.
♪ CARRIE: Yeah I don't like it either but I've gotten used to it
♪ GB: This channel of the chatroom-server thingie was set up specifically so folks could come in whenever and join in watching or VCing or chatting whenever they feel like, Moon
♪ GB: You're fine, don't worry 'bout it.
♪ SOCKET: Italy, Hungary, and France are usually the powerhouses when it comes to fencing in the Olympics.
♪ SOCKET: Sometimes the USA does well, but
♪ SOCKET: Italy, Hungary, and France are LEAGUES above every other country in this sport.
♪ CORRY: I don't keep up with Fencing usually when we watch this stuff, how good are they?
♪ SOCKET: Literally talking hundreds of medals each, steamer.
♪ CORRY: A h.
♪ MOONSTONE: O h my Starlight-
♪ MOONSTONE: So China hasn't got much of a chance here, huh?
♪ VOLTA: Precisely.
♪ BUFFY: BUT
♪ BUFFY: That being said, they could pull out a win from nowhere and take them all by surprise.
♪ BUFFY: It's not impossible.
♪ ASHLEY: China is known for being kinda nuts in the Olympics anyway.
♪ MOONSTONE: Ohhh right! Aren't they like really good in the Swimming part or something like that?
♪ TASSITA: Diving,
♪ CORRY: Oohh yeah, I've seen the Olympic Diving before.
♪ CORRY: China is no joke when it comes to the Diving sports.
♪ CARRIE: Swimming's today I think so we'll see some of that insanity happening.
♪ GB: Not today
♪ GB: I mean Swimmin' IS today, but it ain't gonna be Diving.
♪ VOLTA: Pretty sure it's the 400 meter swims today.
♪ VOLTA: Diving is going to be starting tomorrow though.
♪ BUFFY: Is it even gonna be worth watching that
♪ BUFFY: Like we know who's most likely going to win lol
♪ SOCKET: We can watch some of the Diving if none of the other events going on are interesting.
♪ SOCKET: It is still interesting to watch.
♪ CARRIE: Its interesting until it's the 30th time watching 'em dive and China wins every other contest
♪ MOONSTONE: What else is on the schedule for today?
♪ CORRY: There was Men's Archery and Road Race Cycling earlier!
♪ CORRY: Or at least, the Men's Cycling STARTED earlier, I think it's still going??
♪ TASSITA: They're going to be there for a loooooong time.
♪ SOCKET: Yes, given the track is 256km roughly, they're going to be there a few hours.
♪ MOONSTONE: Is
♪ MOONSTONE: Is that safe for humans to be doing??
♪ MOONSTONE: I mean some of us can handle going for a good hundred miles so long as we have snacks, fuel, and stay hydrated, but we're still different to them aren't we?
♪ SOCKET: We share a good chunk of biology with the humans, yeah, but we do function differently and have our differences in anatomy.
♪ ASHLEY: I'd assume that if it was dangerous they proooobably wouldn't be doing it??
♪ CORRY: That's true, it wouldn't be an Olympics thing especially, because this stuff is broadcasted EVERYWHERE.
♪ GB: Y'say that but our World Championships was also broadcasted everywhere and Control let their kid pick the race 3 track.
♪ GB: A track that had exposed wires in the tunnel in a high-voltage area.
♪ GB: And that was c learly not safe for anyone racin'.
♪ CARRIE: Top tier move right there
♪ MOONSTONE: OH THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED?
♪ GB: YYYUUUPP
♪ GB: We got into a bit of a brawl, as half the races had been so far, 'n some sparks from Lexi combined with just general metal-on-metal sparkin' caused the wires to have a minor explosion.
♪ TASSITA: AND YOU ALL LIVED THAT???
♪ GB: SOMEHOW YES!
♪ GB: Look even as the former-champ and head-honcho Diesel of the yard, I ain't afraid to admit it; That shit was pretty damn scary.
♪ BUFFY: Geebs I think anyone, regardless of whether they're a top-running Diesel Engine or a fresh-out-of-school Coach, would find racing through a tunnel with exposed wires that then cause an explosion to be hella scary.
♪ SOCKET: Wrench was exhausted after that.
♪ SOCKET: Probably for the better because I think if she still had energy left she would have gone on a warpath.
♪ GB: Pretty sure Control did get ripped into by someone for that.
♪ GB: Anyway, point bein' if one human thinks a choice that's dangerous like that is fine then who the hell knows if these Olympic manager humans know whether this long ass cyclin' race is a good idea.
♪ ASHLEY: At least if we hear about any Olympic Disaster Stories, then we can probably assume it's from that sports.
♪ MOONSTONE: How did the Archery go?
♪ MOONSTONE: I know that's the one you like, Corry.
♪ CORRY: It was cool! Scores were pretty close.
♪ VOLTA: No they weren't.
♪ CORRY: YES THEY WERE?
♪ CORRY: South Korea got Gold with 2057 points, USA got Silver with 2024, then Italy got Bronze with 2007.
♪ VOLTA: That is a 33 point difference between 1st and 2nd compared to the 17 point difference between 2nd and 3rd.
♪ CARRIE: Girl you don't gotta be specific like that, that's still pretty close.
♪ VOLTA: The scores after 3rd place were much closer by comparison; Australia only lost out by 2 points with 2005, and France was right behind THAT by 2 points as well at 2003.
♪ VOLTA: 33 points between 1st and 2nd and 17 between 2nd and 3rd is not close from that perspective.
♪ TASSITA: She has a point?
♪ SOCKET: Children please-
♪ MOONSTONE: LMAO
♪ MOONSTONE: So what's next? I've not got a shift today so I can probably hang around and watch for a bit.
♪ ASHLEY: Why aren't you watching with Corry?
♪ CORRY: Because I get up earlier than she does.
♪ CORRY: Moony likes to sleep and sleep in a LOT.
♪ MOONSTONE: How dare you expose my sleep schedule like this!!
♪ MOONSTONE: Hehehe, I'm kidding, I love you.
♪ CORRY: Love you too!!
♪ VOLTA: Honestly I feel you girl, my sleep schedule's half out the window.
♪ SOCKET: Same.
♪ GB: Ya'll gotta take better care of yourselves.
♪ VOLTA: Would love to if my partners didn't keep me awake until 3 in the morning sometimes.
♪ CARRIE: Can't relate I just kinda binge stuff and enjoy the me-time until oh look its 4am and my shift starts at 9 this morning.
♪ TASSITA: Fail.
♪ GB: ANYWAY.
♪ GB: There's gonna be Judo happening, which I'm pretty excited for.
♪ GB: And at the end of the day there's gonna be Weightlifting, which I'm also interested in.
♪ BUFFY: To the surprise of absolutely nobody. /j
♪ GB: I am a gym rat and I'm damn proud of that, gotta keep myself in shape to handle managin' like 20 Freights put under my watch.
♪ MOONSTONE: I am surprised to see you here and yet none of the Freight.
♪ MOONSTONE: Are they working?
♪ GB: Some are, the rest are all dogpiled at I think the Hopper's shed-house to watch together on their TV, they like doin' that.
♪ TASSITA: Cuuuute.
♪ MOONSTONE: AWWH!
♪ VOLTA: There's also the Swimming we spoke about earlier, the 400m for men and women, freestyle and medley.
♪ CARRIE: Wtf is Medley Swimming again??
♪ BUFFY: That's like 4 different swim styles they gotta do as they go back and forth.
♪ CARRIE: Oooohhh.
♪ SOCKET: There's also the Shooting sport today, Men and Women's 10m Air Pistol.
♪ MOONSTONE: What in the heck's an air pistol???
♪ GB: Think it's like a special gun which fires the bullet with compressed air, regular guns use gunpowder.
♪ VOLTA: How do you know that but you forgot what atoms were that one time??
♪ GB: IT WAS 2AM AT NIGHT MY BRAIN WAS FRIED!
♪ CORRY: PFFHAHAHAHA
♪ CARRIE: HEHEHEHEH
♪ MOONSTONE: Pffhh
♪ MOONSTONE: So is that all left for today? Just Cycling, the Fencing that's on right now, Judo, Shooting, Swimming, and Weights?
♪ ASHLEY: Yep. it's gonna be the same tomorrow too aside from the Diving that gets added to the schedule.
♪ VOLTA: On Day 3 we get Gymnastics started, which is one of my favourites.
♪ BUFFY: Rugby's then too, I love watching that.
♪ CORRY: Did not peg you for the type.
♪ BUFFY: Me and Carrie wanted to do it as kids for our school club, but it had the same club times as Football club (or soccer for the 'Merican Folks), which we already did
♪ CARRIE: Football club was SO much fun!
♪ BUFFY: You kicked so many peoples' shins on accident.
♪ GB: Were they really on accident though?
♪ CARRIE: Most of them were!!
♪ SOCKET: "Most"-
♪ CARRIE: Look some of them had it coming.
♪ CARRIE: Do you have any idea how fussy some boys at like 8 years old can be about girls playing football with 'em?
♪ SOCKET: .. Fair enough.
♪ VOLTA: Yeah I can see that being a problem.
♪ TASSITA: Understandable.
♪ TASSITA: I did the same.
♪ MOONSTONE: TASSY???
♪ ASHLEY: D ID YOU ACTUALLY?
♪ TASSITA: I did.
♪ TASSITA: No regrets.
♪ CORRY: Nobody ever suspects the quiet ones.
♪ TASSITA: Exactly.
♪ TASSITA: I was the pinnacle of good, quiet behaviour as a child, my track record was spotless, so teachers didn't believe it was on purpose.
♪ GB: Damn, what a power move.
♪ VOLTA: Absolute power move.
[GALVANIC] entered chatroom [tumbling tree trains]
[GALVANIC] entered voice channel [Haha Human Olympics go brrrrr]
♪ GALVANIC: Good morning! What's all this for? I don't remember seeing this channel the other day.
♪ MOONSTONE: Hiii Galvie!
♪ CORRY: Good morning G.
♪ CORRY: This got set up like just this morning for folks in the server to watch the Olympics together.
♪ GALVANIC: Ahhh.
♪ GB: G'morning buddy, how you holdin' up?
♪ GALVANIC: I'm fine enough.
♪ GALVANIC: How's the Olympics coming along?
♪ TASSITA: We're watching Fencing right now.
♪ SOCKET: Italy just beat China in their bracket.
♪ CARRIE: Told you so!
♪ VOLTA: Figured as such.
♪ CORRY: I didn't take you for an Olympics person, Galvanic.
♪ GALVANIC: Sometimes it interests me.
♪ GALVANIC: I enjoy the high-action events!
♪ GALVANIC: Some of them go soooooo slowly.
♪ BUFFY: Do you prefer winter or summer Olympics?
♪ GALVANIC: Winter, easily.
♪ VOLTA: Respectable choice.
♪ GALVANIC: Still throws me off that they hold the Winter Olympics on a different year to the Summer Olympics.
♪ ASHLEY: I know, right??
♪ ASHLEY: Feels like it should be held on the same year but it isn't.
♪ GB: There probably is some sorta reasonin' behind it.
♪ TASSITA: Maybe to avoid exhausting the competitors.
♪ MOONSTONE: Surely summer competitors wouldn't be also participating in the winter one too though right?
♪ CARRIE: I mean I doubt there's like a rule or some shit saying they CAN'T, so maybe they do?
♪ SOCKET: At the same time though, they probably don't want to be exhausted prepping for the sporting events, because all of this takes a lot of training and effort beforehand too remember.
♪ VOLTA: Last Winter Olympics they started the events early, so those competitors got less rest-time technically speaking.
♪ CORRY: Really?
♪ VOLTA: Mhm, 2014 Winter Olympics.
♪ VOLTA: They added Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, and Snowboarding, and for some reason this meant that they got to be held before the Opening Ceremony even started.
♪ CORRY: Huh. Weird choice.
♪ GALVANIC: Oh I remember that.
♪ GALVANIC: I enjoyed the Figure Skating the most!
♪ GB: Those weren't part of it already???
♪ VOLTA: They were, they just added new events to it, like Team Figure Skating for example.
♪ GB: Oooohhh.
♪ BUFFY: I was gonna say, "ain't no way figure-skating ISN'T a thing already surely??"
♪ BUFFY: That makes more sense.
♪ CARRIE: I like the Ice Hockey! Pretty sure the Freight like that one too, cuz they try to do their own Ice Hockey and at least 5 of them fall over.
♪ SOCKET: Freight Ice Hockey sounds like carnage.
♪ GB: IT IS.
♪ GALVANIC: Pfffhhh-
♪ GALVANIC: Of course they try to replicate the more dangerous one instead of Field Hockey.
♪ CORRY: You watch the Hockey?
♪ GALVANIC: It's one of the sports that doesn't take half a day to complete.
♪ CORRY: Fair, it's pretty fun to watch.
♪ CARRIE: Anything else catch your eye with the summer stuff, Gally?
♪ GALVANIC: G ally-
♪ MOONSTONE: GALLY!!
♪ BUFFY: Carrie I think you broke them-
♪ ASHLEY: Holy shit they're laughing at one of her nicknames.
♪ CARRIE: Not even my best work but I aim to please.
♪ SOCKET: Mission success!
♪ GALVANIC: S tarlight you're a funny one.
♪ GALVANIC: Outside of Hockey, I like to watch the Equestrian sports.
♪ GALVANIC: The Gymnastics is lovely, can take a little while sometimes but some of the things they pull off are GORGEOUS.
♪ GALVANIC: Like I said earlier I prefer the high-action sports, though I guess I don't mind some of the slower stuff so long as it interests me.
♪ GALVANIC: The Golf? Does not spark joy.
♪ VOLTA: Golf looks so boring.
♪ MOONSTONE: IT DOES!!
♪ GALVANIC: And those cycling sports? Exhausting to even WATCH, like you can quite literally leave it running in the background as you go do other things.
♪ ASHLEY: We were talking about that earlier, they've started the Men's Cycling that's like, well over 200km.
♪ GALVANIC: Augh.
♪ GALVANIC: Some of our races can be long, but at least us Trainfolks have evolved to handle long distances.
♪ MOONSTONE: Most Trainfolk, anyway, I don't know if I could handle a full 200km race or travel, at least not without a break.
♪ TASSITA: Same, honestly.
♪ TASSITA: Wouldn't it be interesting to see if Trainfolks could do some of these sports?
♪ GB: Doubt it'd take us half a damn day to do a full race, that's for sure.
♪ GALVANIC: Amen to that!
♪ GALVANIC: I may only be a 4-Star Electric Racer, but I doubt I'd be taking like half a day even if it's a long race.
♪ CORRY: When is our next Championships, actually?
♪ BUFFY: The World Championships aren't for a few more years.
♪ BUFFY: They get held every I think 5 years?
♪ SOCKET: Yes, every 5 years, but if it lands on a Summer Olympics year it gets pushed back to the year after, so sometimes it's a 4 year gap or a 6 year gap.
♪ TASSITA: That's kinda bull that the humans' Olympics gets priority over our World Championships.
♪ GB: Yeah, that's how it's always been sadly.
♪ GB: Just gotta deal with it.
♪ CORRY: When did you win your Championships, Greaseball?
♪ GALVANIC: When did Rusty win his?
♪ GB: Rusty won the 2013 World Championships when he was 21 and I was 27.
♪ GB: I won the 2009 Champs, that one got pushed back a year because of the 2008 Olympics so it was only a 4 year gap between Champs that time, think I was 23 back then?
♪ GB: I also won the 2003 Champs, that was my first win at 17.
♪ VOLTA: Y ou won your first CHAMPIONSHIP at 17?!
♪ GALVANIC: OhmyStarlight-
♪ GB: Hell yeah I did!
♪ GB: I started racing at 14-15 to see if I could earn some prize money, my ma and pa helped with budgeting that stuff when I began winnin'.
♪ ASHLEY: Yeah, Geebs has meant business since he turned like
♪ ASHLEY: 13?
♪ GB: Yup.
♪ GALVANIC: We Electric Racers don't graduate until we're 21.
♪ GALVANIC: We DO have races before then but they're solely against each other, they're like the equivalent of end-of-term tests to see how we're doing.
♪ GB: To be fair ya'll are doing it as a professional job.
♪ GB: Racin' for me is just a side-gig, really, my professional job is stuff like Freight Management, Schedule Organising, and Train Shift Duty.
♪ GALVANIC: Train Shift Duty?
♪ GB: Yeah, we non-electric Engines sometimes have duties that involve workin' with train conductors and drivers at the front of the train, the big vehicle ones that Coaches staff.
♪ GB: Sometimes we drive 'n give the human conductor a break, most of the time though we're just helpin' with operational and safety duties, and makin' sure these lot that are on staff duty behave.
♪ GB: And don't punch passengers-
♪ GALVANIC: W HAT-
♪ SOCKET: PFFFFFHH-
♪ ASHLEY: HEEYYYY THAT WAS ME!!
♪ ASHLEY: It was a Karen, she deserved it for calling me foul names.
♪ GALVANIC: I-
♪ GALVANIC: Y ou know what I completely understand that girl, I think I would do the same.
♪ ASHLEY: See, they get it!
♪ BUFFY: Babe, we all get it, don't you worry.
♪ GB: I get it but you still gave the Engine on-duty at the time a heart attack.
♪ CARRIE: The Karen Punch Incident has just gone down in AV History hasn't it??
♪ SOCKET: Pin it in the main channel so those that weren't there can read through the carnage.
♪ SOCKET: All the newcomers need to see that momentous occasion.
♪ TASSITA: Oh my starlight please someone do that sometime.
♪ CORRY: I wonder if I'll be able to qualify for the next Championships in a few years!
♪ MOONSTONE: 2 more years, right?
♪ SOCKET: Mhm, shouldn't get pushed back this time because there isn't a Summer Olympics in 2018.
♪ SOCKET: There's going to be a Winter Olympics, but that doesn't cause scheduling conflicts or anything I guess.
♪ BUFFY: Still bullshit like Tass said that the humans get priority with their special events.
♪ GALVANIC: It's ridiculous, honestly.
♪ GALVANIC: People can enjoy both at the same time! Or even in the same year!
♪ VOLTA: Exactly, the World Championships don't have to be at the exact same time as the Olympics, we could always have ours earlier in the year and be fine.
♪ CORRY: Maybe sometime in the future it'll change?
♪ CARRIE: Ehhhhh
♪ SOCKET: It's not out of the realm of possibility, they've changed their own events.
♪ SOCKET: The Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics USED to be during the same year prior to 1992, where they changed it to what it is now.
♪ SOCKET: Don't lose all hope. The humans still need us and care about us.
♪ VOLTA: Mostly, anyway.
♪ ASHLEY: Mostly.
♪ MOONSTONE: Man.
♪ MOONSTONE: This kinda sucks.
♪ TASSITA: Let's go back to Olympics, we've completely zoned out from the Fencing.
♪ GALVANIC: Good idea.
♪ CORRY: France just lost to Hungary in their Fencing bracket.
♪ GB: DAMMIT!
♪ CARRIE: RIP
Chapter 25: Rapidly Approaching Lesbian Diesels and Forbidden Snacks (and Forbidden Thoughts)
Summary:
>To the tune of Pumping Iron 🎵 IT'S TC! IT'S TC! IT'S TC THE DIESEL! 🎵
SHE'S FINALLY HERE!! With the 2024 Cast now here in its entirety, let's see how Thundercab settles in with their old pals and fresh faces!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
HYDRA: QUESTION FOR CHAT!!
CORRY: Hydra this isn't a livestream chat-
HYDRA: It's a chat channel, close enough.
SLICK: question for chat
SLICK: wtf are those small orb things that you see in random glass vases n bowls n shit
SLICK: also are they edible
BELLE: What.
ELEKTRONIC: H uh.
CB: LMFAO
GB: w ell good fuckin' afternoon to you too
HYDRA: Good afternoon!!
SLICK: hiii half-boss-man
GB: t he fuck ya mean "half boss man", if I'm managin' you for your shift then I AM yer boss!
ELEKTRONIC:: Slick, Hydra, I
ELEKTRONIC: I don't think you're meant to eat those-
PEARL: You're absolutely not meant to, those are glass pebbles.
PEARL: .
PEARL: That being said
CB: HWHEHAHA??
BELLE: GIRL???
PEARL: I'VE NEVER ATE THEM!
PEARL: BUT I'VE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT IT TOO.
PEARL: They look like they'd be almost like M&Ms.
PEARL: I dunno, it's a weird "I know they're not edible but they feel like they could or should be".
GALVANIC: I understand where you're coming from.
GALVANIC: Like those crunchy M&Ms in the blue packet.
HYDRA: Oooo I like those ones.
SLICK: holy shit people get it
SLICK: GALV GETS IT??
GALVANIC: D ON'T GET USED TO IT OIL TANK! (¬､¬)
GALVANIC: Ampera said the same thing once when she was first added to the Entourage and I've never been able to see those decorative little things the same since.
CORRY: Gosh, is it just a common thing for you guys to have like
CORRY: C ompletely unhinged Dynamite Trucks? ^^;
ELEKTRONIC: I suppose so?
ELEKTRONIC: I wouldn't call Dyne unhinged per say but
GB: Joule's more unhinged honestly
HYDRA: Also isn't Ampera is a Pyrotechnics Truck and not Dynamite?
GALVANIC: Eh. Technicalities.
GALVANIC: They all fill effectively the same role in an Entourage regardless.
GALVANIC: .. I'm surprised that you bother to remember.
HYDRA: My memory is pretty good. :)
CORRY: Do I wanna ask what even started this question, by the way??
SLICK: there was like a small box of em today at work
HYDRA: We were taking supplies to an office complex that was being renovated.
HYDRA: All their new furniture and the stuff that goes with it.
HYDRA: There was some decorative glass bowls and vases with the glass orb pebble things.
BELLE: F air enough??
CORRY: I'm shocked you two didn't kill each other.
HYDRA: Rusty didn't allow the gremlin to bite me, that's why.
SLICK: OI FUCK OFF
PEARL: Language!
GB: any other things that you wanted to try 'n eat despite it clearly not being a good idea??
SLICK: yes actually there was a tub of like rainbow pebble grit for fish tanks
SLICK: looked like coloured cereal or nerds sweets
CORRY: STOP WANTING TO EAT THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T!!!
SLICK: IT LOOKS SO GOOD THO
HYDRA: Forbidden snacc.
ELEKTRONIC: F ORBIDDEN SNACK-
GALVANIC: t̵h̷e̵ ̸f̴o̵r̷b̷i̶d̸d̶e̸n̷ ̶m̸e̴a̵l̴
BELLE: What the fuck-
CB: oh fuck not the zalgo
GB: t he what???
CB: glitchy text tied to like a 2004 creepypasta story
GB: aaahhh
SLICK: YOU KNOW WHAT ZALGO TEXT FUCKIN IS TOO???
GALVANIC: Y es???
SLICK: mate why the fuck didnt you bring like any of this up to me at wembley i wouldve raced with you for that initial 10k instead of the 20k
PEARL: Priorities.
CORRY: SLICK WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU EVEN GOING TO DO WITH THAT MUCH MONEY??
SLICK: S AVE IT FOR MY FUTURE LIKE MOST OTHER PEOPLE??
SLICK: had to give up some of my savings n shit thanks to old control but at least i have the rest to use for when im older
GALVANIC: The actually smart decision to do, incredible. (¬‿¬)
SLICK: DFIFWBBAJEIQPC
CB: alright kiddies lets settle down a smidge
BELLE: K iddies-
GALVANIC: I'm older than you last I checked?
CORRY: Yet you still have the urge to consume glass pebble-orbs.
GALVANIC: t̶h̴e̸ ̵f̸o̶r̸b̶i̴d̵d̸e̶n̴ ̴m̴e̸a̷l̵,̵ ̷c̵o̴r̶r̴y̵
CORRY: S T O P
GALVANIC: (>▽<)
[CB] changed chatroom name to [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
GB: starlight fuckin christ we're really rollin' with this now
CB: y es
BELLE: So we have glass pebble-orbs, rainbow pebble fish-tank grit, what other non-edibles are you guys wanting to try and eat.
PEARL: Marbles. :D
PEARL: They look like little pretty gumballs or something.
PEARL: I think I did actually see a kid in school try and fail to eat one back when I was a kid.
GB: w ell I'd sure fuckin' hope they failed eating it???
CB: idk
CB: i doubt a Coach would be able to but
CB: some freight have strong as fuck teeth, they'd probably be able to eat a marble
SLICK: REALLY
HYDRA: YOOOOO!
GB: ohhh no you've given 'em ideas
ELEKTRONIC: Something tells me Fuel Truck teeth are not the kind of Freight Caboose is on about?
CB: lmfao sadly not
CB: if its any consolation though my teeth arent made for cronching Forbidden Gumball either
HYDRA: Awwhhh.
HYDRA: Okay okay, another Forbidden Snacc Hear-Me-Out:
HYDRA: Jelly soaps.
BELLE: Okay that one makes more sense, I can see the appeal.
BELLE: Especially those ones that are shaped like objects or animals or something.
HYDRA: YEAH THOSE ONES!
HYDRA: My mum had some of those when I was 8 and THE URGE WAS REAL.
CB: Forbidden Gummies,,
CORRY: .. Yeah that one I can kind of understand this time, fair.
CORRY: My mum never had any, which I think is for the better because Slick would've absolutely actually ate one when she got adopted in. ^^;
SLICK: tbh yeah true
GB: wait hang on, so what's the family dynamic goin' on with you guys and your freight?
CORRY: So there's Mum, she's my biological mum, but most the other freight refer to her as their Mum too.
CORRY: Mum became Slick's legal guardian, while Lumber and Porter were mentored by her because Mum is friends with Porter's mum and Lumber's dad.
CORRY: Hydra was mentored too but he's kind of became part of the family in another way since he's dating me and Moonstone.
HYDRA: <3
CORRY: <3
GB: aahhh aight, I'm followin' now
PEARL: Cute!!
PEARL: Also I can't tell what's more cursed now, Galvanic's zalgo or Ceebs speaking with capital letters.
CB: IVE USED CAPS BEFORE???
CB: I USE THEM FOR PEOPLES NAMES!!
GALVANIC: I love how I have just entered the Hall of Cursed Things already for this chat server.
ELEKTRONIC: Look at you making friends so quickly here!!
ELEKTRONIC: I told you it'd be a worthwhile venture.
GALVANIC: (¬‿¬)
GALVANIC: OH, on the topic of soaps still!
GALVANIC: Those soaps that are purposefully DESIGNED to look like foods?
ELEKTRONIC: OHH THOSE ONES!
SLICK: what
BELLE: Oh those are super pretty!
ELEKTRONIC: THEY AAARRRE!
ELEKTRONIC: Let me find a picture or two of those.
CORRY: Oh, those ones that look like cupcakes? :o
CORRY: I've seen Moonstone use some that came in a little box, she got them from Dolly as a Yard-Welcoming gift.
ELEKTRONIC:
ELEKTRONIC: Here we are!
CB: ooooo
HYDRA: T hose aren't food!?
GALVANIC: They're entirely soap.
GALVANIC: I love using them, but I also love just having them about as pretty decoration for my en suite!
SLICK: oh my fucking starlight why are these sOAP
CORRY: Slick I beg of you don't try to eat the soap-
PEARL: If you want actual cupcakes that look like these then I'm sure Dinah or Dolly can whip some up for you guys!
CB: thats true!
CB: pretty sure the yard diner is open for you to drop by
HYDRA: .
HYDRA: T hat's true actually I might hit them up to ask about that because now I'm craving cupcakes.
SLICK: bring me some plsssss
HYDRA: Get up to get some yourseeeeelf.
SLICK: but i just got comfy at hoooommeeeeee
GALVANIC: Relatable, honestly.
GALVANIC: Then one of my Components just brings me the thing I need because I am n ot getting up once I'm comfy.
ELEKTRONIC: True, my lovelies sometimes do the same for me when I genuinely just go no-bones.
BELLE: A no-bones day, classic.
CB: big mood tbh
GB: gotta wonder what made people wake up one day and go "Yeah, I want a bar of soap that looks like a cupcake to wash my hands with"
GB: like what happened there?
ELEKTRONIC: Aesthetic.
PEARL: Aesthetic.
GB: y a'll and yer damn aesthetic, is it even functional as a soap?
GALVANIC: Aside from the slightly odd shape sometimes? Yeah, absolutely functional.
BELLE: You're one to talk about aesthetics Greaseball, Mr Elvis Presley in 2016.
GB: EY
GB: DON'T DISS THE LEATHER PRESLEY STYLE
BELLE: GEHEHEHEH
CORRY: The yard's kind of all over the place aesthetically by this point to be honest.
HYDRA: True, 'specially since we got here.
CB: space train asses
HYDRA: AND WE LOOK OUT OF THIS WORLD!
GALVANIC: Booooooo
ELEKTRONIC: AYYYYYYY!!
GB: AYYYYYY
PEARL: PFFFHHAHAHA
SLICK: omfs that was awful
CORRY: That was amazing
CORRY: I'm so proud of my boyfriend,,
SLICK: homo
CORRY: Single.
SLICK: FUCK YOU
BELLE: Imgoingtocry
CB: LMFAO
GALVANIC: h̴o̸m̷o̴
CORRY: S T O P
[DOLLY] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[RUSTY] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
RUSTY: The chatroom server's new name is m ildly concerning me?? ^^;
PEARL: Hiya Rusty! <3
CB: that was my doing as per usual
GB: heya Rusty, you joined in on us talkin' about stuff people shouldn't be eatin' but for some reason wanna eat.
GB: blame Slick and Hydra for startin' it
HYDRA: ( ^_^)／
HYDRA: Awwhhh these little emoticon things are cute Galv! Thanks for sharing!
GALVANIC: No problem! ヾ(＾∇＾)
BELLE: Also Galvanic keeps bullying Corry so that's happening too.
CORRY: Dollyhelp
DOLLY: .
DOLLY: Okay I'm scrolling up to see the conversation about these forbidden meals and everything later
DOLLY: @EVERYONE GUESS WHO'S HEEEEERE!!!
RUSTY: YEAAHH GUESS WHO ROLLED UP TO THE ENTRANCE AS I WAS COMING OFF WORK!
ELEKTRONIC: IS IT FINALLY TIME?
ELEKTRONIC: DO WE GET TO MEET THE ELUSIVE FINAL TRAINFOLK WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING?
[LUMBER] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[PORTER] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[TASSITA] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[VOLTA] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[BARBARA] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[ELECTRA] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[BUFFY] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[ASHLEY] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[DINAH] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
GB: h oly hello everyone
PORTER: DOES THIS MEAN WHAT I THINK IT MEANS
ELECTRA: Are we inviting someone new in?
BARBARA: Ooooo?
BUFFY: New folk who dis?
VOLTA: Is it just the one person or are we summoning another horde?
LUMBER: lmfao
DOLLY: Just the one!!
RUSTY: Let me add her! ^^
[RUSTY] has added [THUNDERCAB] to [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
[THUNDERCAB] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
THUNDERCAB: LET ME HEAR YOU ROLLING STOCK!!!
LUMBER: YYEEAAAAAHHHH
PORTER: WWWWWWOOOOOOO
HYDRA: LETS FUCKIN GGGGOOOOO!
CORRY: THUNDER!!!
THUNDERCAB: Heya scamp, glad to see everyones still alive here
BARBARA: Hiya TC!
SLICK: HIIII BOSS LADY!!
TASSITA: about time you got over here.
RUSTY: She just transferred today!
BELLE: OH THIS IS YOUR DIESEL!
DINAH: Ooohh!
DINAH: Heya there! ٩(＾◡＾)۶
THUNDERCAB: Damn right I am!!
THUNDERCAB: Glad people've been talking about me
BUFFY: Hiiiiiii welcome to chaos
PEARL: Hello! ^-^
ASHLEY: Welcome to chaos that you're probably already used to as an Engine, lol.
THUNDERCAB: LMAO yeah thats par for the course tbh
ELEKTRONIC: Hellooooo new Diesel!
ELECTRA: Hi there doll.~
THUNDERCAB: You got swanky Electrics in here too? Damn okay
TASSITA: they're nice folks, Cab, don't worry about it.
BELLE: ^ They're friends of ours!
GALVANIC: We meet again, Wasp. (¬_¬)ﾉ
THUNDERCAB: Oh, youre here too
THUNDERCAB: .. Guess I shouldve seen that coming
THUNDERCAB: What brought your lanky ass here, Cheetah?
GALVANIC: E.K is my friend, he invited me in here.
ELEKTRONIC: Oop- Femme pronouns today if you don't mind G. <3
GALVANIC: Oh crap, my bad.
GALVANIC: SHE invited me in here.
ELEKTRONIC: :D
THUNDERCAB: ???
ELEKTRONIC: I'm genderfluid, as is Electra; Today I feel more close to she/they pronouns and identity.
DINAH: You forgot to update your status, Ellie!
ELEKTRONIC: AH!
ELEKTRONIC: I'm so sorry, let me change that then!
BUFFY: You're fine hun don't worry
VOLTA: Sometimes Zero doesn't remember to do it either, you lot over there are just forgetful. (joking)
PEARL: Pffheheheh
THUNDERCAB: Genderfluid? My b, that's new
THUNDERCAB: Cheetah here's only ever gone by they/them
CB: cheetah??
THUNDERCAB: Theyre lanky and fast as fuck
THUNDERCB: So I call em Cheetah
CB: ah
PEARL: Checks out.
BELLE: There's worse nicknames to be called tbh.
THUNDERCAB: And also theyre a cheating bastard bc they paid Slick to race with them so it works there too
GALVANIC: Y ou paid them to mess with Corry, you aren't much better!
CORRY: Thanks guys very cool.
SLICK: lol
DINAH: Do ya'll still have a few problems between you to work out? ^^;
THUNDERCAB: Eh, probably, but
THUNDERCAB: I put all my baggage behind me from that whole shitshow tbh
THUNDERCAB: Thats what took me so long to transfer over, needed to sort out my unfinished business back home
GB: ahhh
DINAH: Ohh, I see!
RUSTY: Well we're happy to have you here to start fresh and look after yourselves! ^^
THUNDERCAB: Hows it been for everyone else?
THUNDERCAB: Especially you Corry, I uh
THUNDERCAB: You n I didn't leave on the best terms after your win and conversion
CORRY: Oh, uh
CORRY: Well, Me and Moonstone have been doing fine.
CORRY: Control made a good call honestly, this yard is really nice, not to say home isn't either but it's calmer here.
HYDRA: Moony's already been taking photos and scrapbooking on some of the clear nights, its proper cute.
DOLLY: And the diner here that I work at part-time now is great!
THUNDERCAB: Good, thats good to know
DINAH: We've all been lookin' after them for you, Thunder!
ELECTRA: Even we've kept an eye on them when we visit the yard. 😊
BUFFY: The only bump in the rail's been Lumber falling out a tree lmao
SLICK: THAT WAS FUNNY
THUNDERCAB: L umber why
LUMBER: l ook there was a stray cat in a tree and we forgot to take our wheels off when we climbed to grab it.
THUNDERCAB: Omfs y ou with your animals again-
VOLTA: If it helps you any, my idiot girlfriend joined him and also fell.
BARBARA: They were fine, at least.
TASSITA: S omehow.
DINAH: They landed on the soft grass thankfully, so I didn't have to call the yard medics. ｡^‿^｡
DINAH: They just got a bit dirty from the wet grass thanks to the rain the previous night.
THUNDERCAB: T hank fuckin Starlight
GALVANIC: I read about that in the chat a little after it happened; Did you keep that cat?
PORTER: We did!!
PEARL: Yeah we did!!
ASHLEY: After an hour of trying to convince Geebs that we're remotely responsible.
RUSTY: Which we are! I think with this many people we can safely and properly look after a cat.
GB: the things I let ya'll get away with
DOLLY: The poor baby didn't have a microchip they said when those two got back from the vets :(
LUMBER: i'm looking after Panda for now since they're still not very well.
LUMBER: but they're getting there at least which is a relief.
GB: AND YOU S TILL CALLED IT PANDA??
CORRY: PANDA THE CAT!!
SLICK: PANDA THE CAT!!
DOLLY: PANDA THE CAT!!
CB: PANDA THE CAT!!
THUNDERCAB: W ell alright then, go Panda the Cat
GALVANIC: .. Panda the Cat supremacy.
GALVANIC: [Link To -> THUNDERCAB: Cheetah here's only ever gone by they/them]
GALVANIC: Also, answering back to this because I entirely forgot to (whoops); That's because I'm nonbinary, not genderfluid, they're different things Wasp.
GALVANIC: Sometimes rarely I'll go by he/him as well as they/them, but it isn't often.
THUNDERCAB: Ooooooohhhh aight
THUNDERCAB: Learn somethin new everyday, noice
ELEKTRONIC: Nothing wrong with learning! Better than being ignorant.
CORRY: TC's a baby gay.
GB: b aby gay-
THUNDERCAB: AM FUCKING N OT A BABY
THUNDERCAB: IVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY AS FUCK
THUNDERCAB: Just that Im still learning some of the stuff outside of lesbian
CORRY: HEHEHEHEH
BUFFY: Oooooo more lesbians??
ASHLEY: 👀 Lesbian?
THUNDERCAB: YEEAAAHHHH MORE LESBIANS!
THUNDERCAB: Guessing you two are togethers??
BUFFY: Yeeeeee :D
PEARL: Damn, we didn't even need the relationship chart this time.
THUNDERCAB: Y ou guys have a relationship chart??
DOLLY: I think it was needed honestly have you SEEN how many Trainfolks are in this one chatroom server??
THUNDERCAB: How do I see that
DOLLY: Swipe right on your phone, Cabby.
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: Oh t hat is a lot okay I see why the chart exists now
HYDRA: Got made by one of the Electrics because we all began arriving and everyone was confused on who's who and who's with who and all that stuff.
VOLTA: ^
VOLTA: Ashley had the idea, then Purse (Money Truck from our group) made it for the chat.
VOLTA: It's a bit messy honestly.
LUMBER: ooo does that mean we get added to it too now?
RUSTY: Of course!
DINAH: 'Course ya'll get added, silly!
PORTER: WOOOO
SLICK: WINNER
ELECTRA: I'll remind Pursey to update that now we have everyone!
VOLTA: Assuming it's actually everyone.
BARBARA: Is it everyone?? Who else was due for transfer?
THUNDERCAB: Pretty sure this is everybody, its everyone that IVE been told about anyway
THUNDERCAB: 4 Fuel Trucks, the Steamer and his gem, then Tassey, Barbie, and my dear Dolly workin part-time here and part-time at our homeyard
GB: then yep, that'll be everyone
THUNDERCAB: Alright big-shot I can make some calls too, this is my lot coming over
GB: and this is our yard you're arrivin' at lil' tyke
THUNDERCAB: WHO YOU CALLING A TYKE I'M 5'9"
GB: H AH
GB: 6'2"
THUNDERCAB: F UCK
CORRY: Vibes in 5'10" :)
THUNDERCAB: H ow mcfuckin dare you
CB: mcfuckin
DINAH: HEHEHEH
ELECTRA: Laughing in 6'4"
ASHLEY: Lanky ass.
PEARL: Crying in 5'4".
VOLTA: None of us are ever reaching Engine levels of height, the only ones closest to doing so are Krupp, Killerwatt, and Zero.
Belle: At least a foot of that is hair though Electra-
ELECTRA: IT IS NOT!
BELLE: GEHEHEHEH
VOLTA: Pfffhhh-
CB: nah lex it totally is
ELECTRA: Caboose I s wear to Starlight-
THUNDERCAB: AM I AT LEAST TALLER THAN ONE ENGINE HERE THIS ISNT FAIR
RUSTY: You're taller than me! I'm only 5 foot 5. ^^;
THUNDERCAB: THANK STARLIGHT OKAY I'LL TAKE THAT
THUNDERCAB: TALLER THEN CHAMPION MAN
TASSITA: you're taller than about 3/4th of us from homeyard, TC, you're f ine.
BARBARA: At least you aren't Moonstone levels of short.
CORRY: I'd say don't use my girlfriend as a height metric comparison but
CORRY: Y eah no she's short, my baby gem <3
SLICK: ew straight moment
CORRY: YOU WERE CALLING ME HOMO LIKE 5 MINUTES AGO MAKE UP YOUR M I N D
SLICK: RHEJILHEEHEHE
BUFFY: Ew, straight moment (kidding)
THUNDERCAB: Still kickin, gremlin?
SLICK: not down and out yet!!!
SLICK: CB and his gf have been lookin out for me theyre cool as fuck
CB: hiiiii that'd be me
DINAH: Hiya! :D
THUNDERCAB: A Caboose? Hell yeah, we only had like 4 of you working at our homeyard
THUNDERCAB: Thanks for keeping the lil shit here on a leash, you two
SLICK: OI
THUNDERCAB: BGRJIOWHBKL
HYDRA: Naughty freight get the kiddie harness.
SLICK: i can still beAT YOUR ASS
PORTER: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
BARBARA: Chaos-
GALVANIC: Ooo can I place a bet on who wins?
GB: no k illing each other in chat please
GB: also no betting without opening the pool to the whole server.
TASSITA: priorities.
CB: LMAO
CB: she's been great company don't worry
THUNDERCAB: Great
THUNDER: Now please tell me she hasnt actually ate any of that forbidden shit too
DOLLY: Y ES CAN I ASK WHATS THAT ABOUT??
SLICK: I SWEAR I DIDNT ACTUALLY EAT THE GLASS PEBBLES THEY JUST LOOK CRONCHY
PEARL: The cronch desire is real.
ELECTRA: ???
TASSITA: are we missing context, or
LUMBER: think so
VOLTA: We absolutely are.
PEARL: We were having a discussion about stuff that looks like it should be edible but it isn't.
BARBARA: Ooohhh.
BELLE: Or as Galv keeps calling it
CORRY: Don't.
GALVANIC: t̵h̷e̵ ̸f̴o̵r̷b̷i̶d̸d̶e̸n̷ ̶m̸e̴a̵l̴
CORRY: CAN YOU STOP
GALVANIC: No. (¬‿¬)
BELLE: LMAO
TASSITA: h ave you been bullying poor Corry with this-
GALVANIC: Yes.
THUNDERCAB: Tbf thats what we Engines do best
THUNDERCAB: Mercilessly tease one another over 75% of what we do
CORRY: THAT
CORRY: Is true honestly
GALVANIC: Love you too, copper-clad. xx
ELEKTRONIC: Also said discussion over stuff that shouldn't be eaten made Hydra hungry for cupcakes.
HYDRA: THOSE SOAP CUPCAKES
HYDRA: ARE SO NICE LOOKING
HYDRA: AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THEY CAN'T BE EATEN???
TASSITA: ooohh are you on about those decorative soap arts people make that look like cookies and foods?
DOLLY: Ahhh that explains a lot.
SLICK: theyre such a fucking tease why would you want a soap cookie when you can just GET AN ACTUALLY EDIBLE COOKIE
RUSTY: Oohh, those DO look nice! :o
BARBARA: Must take ages to make them though.
GALVANIC: They're worth it honestly!
DINAH: They really are!
DINAH: And they look so cute and well-crafted!
GB: once again I ask about actual practicality
GB: j ust use some regular soap
GALVANIC: IT IS PRACTICAL! IT STILL WASHES YOUR HANDS!
PORTER: Awh shite, now I'm hungry too.
THUNDERCAB: Please for the love of fuck dont try and eat one Porter
ELEKTRONIC: Or the jelly soap.
ELEKTRONIC: Don't eat that either.
BELLE: Or the rainbow fish tank stones.
CORRY: Or the glass pebbles.
BARBARA: Omfs, guys-
ASHLEY: If I see any of you guys eating something you shouldn't I'm just l etting you do it so you can explain yourself to the yard doctors.
TASSITA: ^
DOLLY: HOW ABOUT YOU ALL STOP TALKING ABOUT t̵h̷e̵ ̸f̴o̵r̷b̷i̶d̸d̶e̸n̷ ̶m̸e̴a̵l̴ AND I'LL MAKE YA'LL SOMETHING?
CORRY: DOLLY NO NOT YOU TOO
DOLLY: I'M SORRY CORRY BUT IT'S FUNNY
THUNDERCAB: I'd be down for some Dolly Dining, Ive missed your cooking and baking tbh
DOLLY: Awwhhh Cabby! D:
BUFFY: I'm pleasantly surprised you two are still a thing, usually school romances don't last this long
THUNDERCAB: We're just built different
THUNDERCAB: And also we took a mall break bc the large-scale race made me get a bit too over-competitive but
THUNDERCAB: Love my girl to death, always will <3
DOLLY: <3
ELECTRA: That's so sweet!
ELECTRA: We love having more gays in this household.
TASSITA: this is a very big household apparently.
SLICK: the household is just a mansion tbh
PEARL: TRUE.
GB: damn right it is
ELEKTRONIC: A mansion with all of us in under one roof would
ELEKTRONIC: Be actual carnage, I suspect!
ASHLEY: S tarlight I would cry. (joking)
CORRY: O h noooo that'd be madness-
HYDRA: It'd be fun too though!
THUNDERCAB: This is just the equivalent of an average Diesel household tbh
RUSTY: Our Pride Party next year going to be even more excitable than usual with more folks here! ^^
LUMBER: you guys have a pride party??
CB: HELL YEAH WE DO!!
CB: its tons of fun, we got music and drinks and food and games
GALVANIC: I've never heard of a Trainyard having its own Pride events.
ELECTRA: It's very different to the R.C held Pride Party with all us Electrics!
ELECTRA: Incredibly fun though, it's energetic, but in different way - The vibes are great!
PEARL: You guys missed it this year, we had it at the start of the month this time around. :(
PORTER: Awh shite.
SLICK: NOOOOO
SLICK: MASSIVE PARTY SOUNDS COOL AS FUCK
THUNDERCAB: W ould you even be allowed to go you're a walking hazard
CB: she'd be fiiiiiiine
RUSTY: It was my turn to organise it this year! Last year Ashley organised it, and next year Dinah will be!
DINAH: I'm so excited!!
DINAH: It'll be great, I promise, ya'll new folks are gonna have a great time.
BUFFY: I can't wait to see what you
BUFFY: Cooks up
BUFFY: 👈👈
ASHLEY: O h my Starlight sweetie-
CORRY: PFFHH
GALVANIC: N ice
TASSITA: w hy.
BELLE: W HEEZE
ELECTRA: 👉👉
PORTER: GHEHAHAHA
LUMBER: pffffhh f ucks sake
DOLLY: A NYWAY
DOLLY: WHO WANTS FOOD?
THUNDERCAB: YYEEAAAAHH!!
RUSTY: I'd appreciate a sweet treat to give me some energy back, I just got off shift! ^^
CORRY: Grab some coal too so you don't get loopy-tired.
RUSTY: OH RIGHT
RUSTY: Good thinking, almost forgot!
PEARL: P lease make sure to remember to look after yourself Rusty ^^;
GB: ^ second that, Wrench can't be babysittin' all of us
RUSTY: Sorryyyyy!!
BELLE: I'll make some drinks as well, we can have a little mini celebration at the yard's diner over TC arriving!
DOLLY: OH MY STARLIGHT YEESSSS!! :DDDD
BUFFY: I'm a bit tired from finishing my shift, but I can put together something savoury for everyone too.
ASHLEY: Look after yourself sweetheart, don't go overboard. <3
BUFFY: I won't, promise. <3
DINAH: I'll be at the diner to make sure she doesn't exhaust herself Ash, don't worry. (´◡`)
VOLTA: Actually, Dee, do you mind if I ask you something?
HYDRA: Oooo an Electric asking for something?
VOLTA: S hush.
DINAH: Ask away, VoVo. ^^
VOLTA: Do you mind bringing some bakery goods over to the apartments for us?
DINAH: Oh, sure thing!
SLICK: arent you guys like a 5 minute sprint from here
ELECTRA: We are, but we're somewhat quarantining right now.
RUSTY: Is everything okay? D:
ELECTRA: Not
ELECTRA: Not entirely.
VOLTA: Krupp and Charge have fallen sick alongside Wrench.
VOLTA: We're not sure with what, we think it's a summer flu or fever of some sort.
GB: ah shit, ya'll didn't tell us sooner?
BELLE: Are you two okay?
ELECTRA: I'm fine!
VOLTA: I'm fine too.
CB: but youre keeping yourselves in just to be safe
GALVANIC: That'd be a good idea, last thing we need is the whole complex falling ill.
THUNDERCAB: Is it the same with you guys where if one dude gets sick it hits everyone like wildfire
ELEKTRONIC: Y ep.
BARBARA: It's the same with Yards too.
BUFFY: S tarlight don't even get me started, when the whole yard falls sick it's like a ghost-town
DINAH: Oh gosh!
DINAH: Of course I'll bring some stuff over!
DINAH: Get you all some of your favourite lil' bites to eat and I think I have some flu medicine too, I'll bring that over for ya'll. ｡•́‿•̀｡
VOLTA: Thank you, Dinah.
VOLTA: Make sure to mask up just incase.
DINAH: Dontcha worry, I'll do that!
PORTER: Is the diner still open??
DOLLY: Yep!
DOLLY: I just got in now with Cabby, you guys can still come to get something from me. :D
LUMBER: hell yeah
ELEKTRONIC: Ah, you guys all have fun with that!
SLICK: you aint joining?
ELEKTRONIC: I already have some sweet treats in our apartment!
ELEKTRONIC: Zero has poor impulse control and bought some while out shopping with Dyne earlier today.
ELEKTRONIC: .. Alongside about 5 new outfits.
ELEKTRONIC: (I don't think either of them nor Socket or KW are sick with the flu/fever, and I'm fine too).
BARBARA: Ooohh, what do you have?
BARBARA: Also a snacky get-together at the diner sounds nice, I'll be over in a bit. ^^
TASSITA: same, give me a bit to fix my hair and I'll be on my way.
ELEKTRONIC: We have pain suisse au chocolate! ^^
ELECTRA: OHHH THOSE SOUND SO NICE!
ELECTRA: Cédric Grolet over at The Berkeley, right?
ELEKTRONIC: Obviously!
GB: ????
GB: and in english that means
THUNDERCAB: Swiss bread chocolate
PEARL: .
PEARL: H uh!
GALVANIC: What.
GALVANIC: H ow the fuck do you even know-??
THUNDERCAB: I know languages???
THUNDERCAB: Ive got a fuckin streak on Duolingo and even crashing in the big race months back didnt let me lose it
DOLLY: Y ou really shouldn't have been on your phone back then!!
HYDRA: Y OU STILL USE DUOLINGO??
THUNDERCAB: YEAH???
ASHLEY: So is the swiss-bread-chocolate good?
ELEKTRONIC: Oh they're AMAZING!
ELEKTRONIC: Vanilla pastry cream with chocolate at the centre, absolutely PERFECT.
PEARL: Ooohhhh now I'm hungry too.
DOLLY: W ell I can't promise Cédric Grolet level pastries
DOLLY: BUT!
DOLLY: I can absolutely do my best to make something actually edible that isn't glass pebbles for you guys.
SLICK: can i have the cronch still
DOLLY: Does chocolate rice-krispy cakes sound good?
SLICK: YEEAAAHHH CRONCH!!
BUFFY: A classic tbh
BUFFY: Love a good rice krispy cake.
DOLLY: I'll make some for everyone, don't worry!
THUNDERCAB: Look at my girl
THUNDERCAB: Im so fuckin proud!! <3
DOLLY: <3
DINAH: Rice krispy cakes are a good choice!
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ESTABLISHING PERSONALISED FREQUENCY CONNECTION GVC-2024. . .
CONNECTION SUCCESSFUL.
ENGINE ACTIVE: #8084 [GALVANIC]
COMPONENTS ACTIVE: #8132 [HARDWIRE], #2004 [RADIAL], #0516 [VAPOR], #7993 [AMPERA]
ACCESSING THOUGHT-STREAM OF: #2004 [RADIAL]
[ 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. ]
[ Sorry, Master Galvanic. I didn't realise I'd entered the Frequency range. I know you like your peace and quiet. ]
[ 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰? 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞? ]
[ Yes Master, I've just entered the apartment lobby with everything. ]
[ 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝. ]
[ .. 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧? ]
[ . . . ]
[ I saw my phone notifications when she alerted everyone her girlfriend has transferred to AV. ]
[ 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞. ]
[ 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥, 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞-𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. ]
[ .. I know. ]
[ I'm sorry, Master. I guess despite my thorough training course and graduation, I still have.. Impulses. ]
[ 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. ]
[ 𝐀𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. ]
[ Hah, certainly. Still, I do try to keep some control over myself, just as I keep control over them so they behave as desired for you. ]
[ 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, ]
[ 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬. ]
[ . . . ]
[ Yes, Master Galvanic. I understand. ]
[ 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥. 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. ]
[ 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞; 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ]
[ !!! ❤️ ]
[ Y-Yes Master! ]
[ ❤️ ]
LEAVING THOUGHT-STREAM OF: #2004 [RADIAL]
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[ . . . ]
[ She's not mine to have. None of them are. ]
[ No matter how much I wish they could be. ]
[ If the higher-ups caught me unfocused from my duties to Galvanic to pursue a relationship with the others in the Entourage, let alone anyone outside of it, then. . ]
[ . . . ]
[ I've just.. ]
[ Got to be satisfied with watching from afar. At least I get to watch her be happy with her partner. ]
[ If nothing else.. ]
[ At least someone else I care about is happy. ]
[RADIAL] has created Private Messaging Group [GVC-2024 COMPONENTS]
[RADIAL] has added [HARDWIRE], [VAPOR], and [AMPERA] to Private Messaging Group [GVC-2024 COMPONENTS]
HARDWIRE: W hy are we using this.
RADIAL: Master Galvanic is active on the Frequency, they would hear us.
AMPERA: They haven't caught on yet?
HARDWIRE: Doesn't seem to have, no.
HARDWIRE: Nor can they hear those three despite being partially linked in, so we're in luck.
VAPOR: Three? I thought you just got the Repair Truck?
RADIAL: I've handled the Armaments Truck and Music Coach.
RADIAL: All that's left of Electra's Entourage to convince and handle is the Money Truck, Freezer Truck, and Dynamite Truck, then we can move onto the others.
VAPOR: That is
VAPOR: Surprisingly quick progress for a few days.
AMPERA: Why are we making this now? What's the problem?
RADIAL: The Dining Coach is on her way to give things to Volta- The Freezer Truck.
RADIAL: She's told her that the three we've mended have fallen sick, apparently? A fever or something.
HARDWIRE: You think she might get in the way?
RADIAL: I'm
RADIAL: Not certain.
VAPOR: Could she snap them out of the magnetism control?
RADIAL: Potentially?
HARDWIRE: It would depend on how good of a bond she has with them, combined with their own willpowr.
HARDWIRE: The Bakery Coach was easy to gain at her most vulnerable to make her race with Master, but she still wanted to be with the Diesel Champion and race with them again because of how much they loved each other.
HARDWIRE: That, combined with her strong willpower, broke her free by the time Race 3 rolled around within a few hours.
VAPOR: Well their willpower should be taking a hit if they've fallen sick like you said
HARDWIRE: .. I wouldn't be surprised if their fever was a result of their willpower combined with their built-in technical systems.
HARDWIRE: When Electrics try to use magnetism control on other Electrics, it's the equivalent of hacking their systems, if I remember what they taught us correctly.
RADIAL: Wrench- The Repair Truck, put up a fight when I handled the Armaments Truck and Music Coach.
RADIAL: She was resisting a lot until I swung things in the right way.
AMPERA: What do you mean?
RADIAL: I learnt from handling the baker; She was able to easily defy us because of how much she loved her partner.
RADIAL: These Components.. They're all in love with each other, and their Engine, they're a polycule, a lot of the Racers and their Entourages in this UK Branch are. So I knew going in they'd be in the same boat.
RADIAL: So I used that love to convince them easier.
HARDWIRE: Ahhh, I see.
HARDWIRE: Use their relations to make them want to listen.
RADIAL: Exactly.
RADIAL: She resisted, but she loves those two the most. I convinced her that doing this was for their benefit, because it would protect them, and protect Electra.
HARDWIRE: .. A surprisingly clever plan.
RADIAL: W hat do you mean "surprisingly"!?
RADIAL: I'm the smartest one here thank you very much.
VAPOR: Hehehehe
AMPERA: Lol :p
HARDWIRE: Hah, I know I know, don't maul me please.
HARDWIRE: So, what will be the plan with the Dining Coach?
RADIAL: Again, I'm not sure.
RADIAL: From the group server chat they're all clearly close friends, but I'm not sure if it would be enough to break them out of it or not.
VAPOR: So do we handle her too?
VAPOR: We know our heightened magnetism can work on non-Electrics obviously
VAPOR: But thatd probably blow our cover.
AMPERA: .
AMPERA: Why are we still doing this?
HARDWIRE: Excuse me?
AMPERA: I
AMPERA: I don't like this anymore, I think.
AMPERA: This is starting to feel wrong.
AMPERA: We keep saying this is for the good of everyone, but everything is so different over here, and their R.C clearly doesn't care whether everyone's behaving or not.
AMPERA: They're all
AMPERA: In love with each other, with no issues, no threats, no behavioural strikes. They're worrying about each other for Starlight's sake.
AMPERA: We could do the same thing. We can just.
AMPERA: Be happy together.
AMPERA: Why are we trying to control something that we can be a part of?
VAPOR: .
HARDWIRE: You're playing a dangerous game, Ampera.
HARDWIRE: If Master finds out you're thinking against them
AMPERA: I'm not against them! I love Master Galvanic too!
AMPERA: But I wanna LOVE love them! Properly love them, like a normal Electric relationship we see over here.
AMPERA: Master genuinely loves us too, I know they do, if they didn't then they would've already replaced me by now.
RADIAL: Control yourself, Ammy, please, you're going to get in trouble otherwise.
AMPERA: You're going to get in trouble too Radial, I heard what Master was saying to you over the Frequency as you were coming back from grocery shopping.
AMPERA: You've been thinking of Dolly again.
AMPERA: I know you regret what we did to her back at the Wembley Park Quarter-Finals. I heard you then, too.
AMPERA: You're always so quiet in the Frequency, but when it's about Dolly
RADIAL: ENOUGH
HARDWIRE: Again, Radial??
RADIAL: I
RADIAL: Look, this isn't about her.
RADIAL: We can't change the past, and we can't go back on what we did back then.
RADIAL: We can't go back on this either, we've started this mission and we have to see it through to the end.
RADIAL: No matter what we regret or what we think, it doesn't matter.
RADIAL: We're Components, born and raised to serve our Engines as they see necessary. That's our purpose, and we can't defy that.
AMPERA: But we can still be Components without losing ourselves!
AMPERA: These Components here all matter, why can't we?
VAPOR: They shouldn't matter, though.. Thats what we were taught back home.
VAPOR: Theres so many of us. We're expendable if we fuck up.
VAPOR: Even if we don't like it.. Thats how Racers are made to view us.
VAPOR: Thats how the R.C and the humans higher up view us.
VAPOR: Thats probably never gonna change.. So why fight it?
AMPERA: Vapor..
HARDWIRE: Please, let's just
HARDWIRE: Radial's right, we can't change what we've done, we started with this plan and we need to fully commit to it if we're to make things right.
HARDWIRE: Vapor, I want you to try and silently tail the Dining Coach when she gets here, keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't cause issues.
HARDWIRE: If she does, handle her when she's alone.
VAPOR: Are you sure?
HARDWIRE: Just try.
AMPERA: ..
AMPERA: I'll keep Galvanic distracted by reapplying their makeup for them.
AMPERA: They won't notice you leaving if I cover for you
VAPOR: Thanks, Amps.
AMPERA: It'll just be temporary, right?
AMPERA: What we do to Dinah
RADIAL: Yes, make it temporary.
RADIAL: We just need her out the way if she causes any blips in the magnetism control, no need to fuss with AV that much.
RADIAL: They aren't meant to be our concern.
HARDWIRE: Keep playing cordial for Master Galvanic's sake. If they want us there and involved, then we'll be there.
HARDWIRE: But that's the only reason we're there.
AMPERA: .
AMPERA: How much longer will this take?..
RADIAL: .
RADIAL: I don't know.
RADIAL: Hopefully this will all be over soon.
. . .
. .
.
COMPONENTS ACTIVE:
#8132 [HARDWIRE]
#2004 [RADIAL]
#0516 [VAPOR]
#7993 [AMPERA]
#3043 [KRUPP]
#7155 [KILLERWATT]#3956 [WRENCH]
#8509 [SOCKET]
#6912 [PURSE]
#2079 [VOLTA]
#2091 [ZERO]
#0104 [JOULE]
#7282 [DYNE]
#4718 [CHARGE]
#???? DINAH THE DINING COACH [ STATUS UNKNOWN ]
Notes:
What do you do when you're the victim of a system that's built to control you and who you are?
Do you accept your fate, knowing you can't escape the truth of your situation?
Or do you defy it, knowing you have people in your corner supporting you?
Author's Note: Galvanic's mention of rarely going by he/they is in reference to their cover Asher Forth, who I believe goes by he/him as opposed to Tom Pigram who is nonbinary they/them. Galvanic still stays firmly nonbinary, don't worry, I just want to take Asher into consideration too because I really enjoy their portrayal of 2024 Electra (as it leans a bit more into the classic celebrity diva angle instead of Pigram's more Disney Villain kind of angle for Electra, and I personally don't like making Galvanic go FULL evil douche villain).
Chapter 26: freight do be pretty damn great though
Summary:
As the title suggests, this is another more Freight-focused chapter! Pretty much just Freight is Great 2.0 with a bit less of the actual rudeness and more friendly banter/shit-talking/shitposting, as well as seeing the StEx characters' chatroom-server (I imagine it's sort of Discord-esque probably) be actually used for its intended purpose of work communication!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
[THUNDERCAB] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
THUNDERCAB: Omfs, is that still the name of this chat server thing?
PEARL: Good morning, Thundercab! ^^
PEARL: And y es, and knowing this group it'll probably be like that for a while.
BUFFY: We could lowkey just change it ourselves tbh
BUFFY: I'd rather someone not be too stupid, drunk, or tired and take it as a challenge.
BUFFY: Also g'morning!
MOONSTONE: Morning TC!!
MOONSTONE: Also what would we even change it to?
BUFFY: Something marginally more sane
PEARL: Ceebs or Joule would change it to something shitposty in 5 minutes, we need to match that level of shitpost while not being F O R B I D D E N M E A L.
MOONSTONE: LOL
THUNDERCAB: Morning Pinkie, morning Moony, morning Buffy
BUFFY: Heyyy why do they get nicknames and not me??
THUNDERCAB: Because theres three different food-themed coachfolks in this server alone and I dont wanna repeat any nicknames Ive given to Dolly to either you or Dinah
PEARL: P inkie lmao-
THUNDERCAB: An alternative is Pastel?
PEARL: Pastel works. :)
MOONSTONE: You're just yoinking Corry and Hydra's nickname for me. :p
THUNDERCAB: Hey it works!
THUNDERCAB: Not like its the only nickname I got for you anyways
BUFFY: If you need nickname help then ask my sister Carrie when she's on her lunch break or something
BUFFY: She called Galvanic "Gally" in VC the other day and they burst out laughing.
THUNDERCAB: G ALLY
THUNDERCAB: Lowkey would be fucking funny to call em that myself
THUNDERCAB: I think theyd actually kill me if I did though
MOONSTONE: I'm kinda shocked she got away with it honestly considering they're relatively new to the group chat
BUFFY: Galv also said that I'm a cute one when they first got added so
BUFFY: I dunno I guess me and Carrie are built different.
PEARL: You're definitely cute! ^^ x
BUFFY: Hell yeah I am. x
THUNDERCAB: Gay
MOONSTONE: Says you! :P
PEARL: Anyway, TC, how are you doing? :D
PEARL: Have you been settling down well in the housing you and Dolly have?
THUNDERCAB: Yeah Ive been god
THUNDERCAB: *GOOD
THUNDERCAB: Starlight fuckin damn phone pls
MOONSTONE: HAHAHAH
BUFFY: P lease no I'm not trusting any Diesel with control over a whole WORLD
THUNDERCAB: OI I CAN KEEP CONTROL OVER FREIGHT AND TRAIN ENGINE CARS WHEN IM WORKIN CANT I?
BUFFY: T HAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT THING CABBY!
PEARL: Play Sims 4 for a bit and see how well it goes and that'll tell you if you can trust a Diesel playing god or not.
THUNDERCAB: Should get that game tbh
THUNDERCAB: Think Dolly would like it too
MOONSTONE: Aren't you with the Freight this morning, actually TC?
THUNDERCAB: Yep, right now Im just waiting for them to ACTUALLY SHOW UP to the Shed so we can actually get to work
BUFFY: Under control indeed.
THUNERCAB: S hut it lmao
PEARL: That sounds like them alright.
BUFFY: Partially punctual, but at least they get out the door in one piece /j
MOONSTONE: Hydra's almost ready, at least?
MOONSTONE: I'll give him a shove for you.
THUNDERCAB: M oons you are like half his height you arent shoving jackshit
MOONSTONE: >:(
PEARL: Ceebs is on his way, I can see him heading out now.
BUFFY: His shed's not near yours?
PEARL: Nope, but guess who else's is.
BUFFY: .
BUFFY: Oh my fucking Starlight-
THUNDERCAB: Ooohh so he was getting busy with Bluebell, got it
MOONSTONE: Bluebell's a cute nickname for Dinah! :D
PEARL: It is but unfortunately TC it's not original.
PEARL: GB and CB beat you to it a while ago.
THUNDERCAB: FUCK
THUNDERCAB: Gonna need to think of something else
PEARL: Also y eah I think he was spending the night at DeeDee's, which is probably why he was taking ages?
PEARL: Because he didn't have all his stuff with him to get ready in the morning, lol.
BUFFY: Bet you £15 they didn't fuck yet
THUNDERCAB: EVWILECBSJX
MOONSTONE: Y OU CAN'T JUST BET ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT??
BUFFY: I absolutely can because Dinah's one of my besties
PEARL: I'll mirror your bet and say they at the very least kissed.
BUFFY: Low bar much?
PEARL: WE'VE NOT SEEN THEM KISS IN PUBLIC YET HAVE WE?
PEARL: But I guarantee you they've been closer in private.
BUFFY: .
BUFFY: Trruuuuuee.
THUNDERCAB: You guys realise hes gonna see this eventually right
BUFFY: Good then he can settle the bet.
BUFFY: Or whats more likely
BUFFY: Not give us any fucking answers so the bet pool ends up including half the yard by the end of the week
THUNDERCAB: LMAO
PEARL: Yeah that's, probably pretty likely. ^^;
THUNDERCAB: If you let Slick into the betting pool make sure she doesnt go too batshit
BUFFY: We can definitely try lmao
BUFFY: As I've said before, we are all just a bunch of idiots sharing about 5 braincells collectively
BUFFY: Purse and Krupp have taken the authority role when it comes to bet pools for that reason because they actually HAVE braincells.
PEARL: Usually, at least, sometimes they're being too gay.
PEARL: But that's a sentiment like 99.5% of us share.
THUNDERCAB: Are they like, ALL gay???
PEARL: Yyeeepp
PEARL: E.K and their Components are in a polycule, Electra and their Components are all in a polycule
PEARL: Though Lexi also dates Greaseball and I think the Components have accepted him into the whole spider-web of relationships they have?
THUNDERCAB: Damn okay
THUNDERCAB: Pop off, guys
THUNDERCAB: Id assume Cheetah is also in a polycule?? Idk Ive never asked, we were too busy racing like hell in the Quarter-Finals at homeyard
MOONSTONE: If they are, they're way more subtle about it.
MOONSTONE: Also Hydra's making his way to the Shed now! He said he's gonna grab Lumber and Porter too since they're apparently on shift today too.
THUNDERCAB: Was he also making out with one of you two and thats why hes late?
MOONSTONE: Pffhehehe
MOONSTONE: Nope, he wasn't! Corry's out early on a long-distance line shift, he was out the door by about 6:30am I think?
MOONSTONE: Hydra just couldn't find where he'd put his new polish for his wheels.
BUFFY: Honestly relatable, I misplace my wheel polish too sometimes
THUNDERCAB: LMAO
THUNDERCAB: Thats fair
THUNDERCAB: You girls got work today at all or nah?
MOONSTONE: No work today! :D
PEARL: Same, and Rusty's off too I think, but he's gone to the yard gym. ^^
BUFFY: Me and Ashley have most of today off, she's giving me a lie-in by making breakfast <3
BUFFY: Then I have my shift later at the yard diner but that's not until like 3pm?
MOONSTONE: Cute!!
THUNDERCAB: Awesome
THUNDERCAB: Gives me some lady company outside of Slick when we get working
BUFFY: You should probably be focusing on the actual work moving supplies and cargo instead of a group chat??
THUNDERCAB: Probably
THUNDERCAB: But fuck it we ball
THUNDERCAB: Plus Im gonna be handling the least cargo, so I can actually be on my phone
PEARL: To be fair the others will probably end up being on here too like usual.
MOONSTONE: It IS a chatroom originally made for work communication so it's technically not against the rules for them to be online. :v
BUFFY: G irl how tf do you know that??
MOONSTONE: I scrolled a lot :)
MOONSTONE: We've been playing catch-up to see some of the stuff that us newbies missed before we arrived at the yard.
BUFFY: Ooooohhhh
MOONSTONE: Especially after we wanted to see the full story of the Karen Punch Incident and that was pretty early in the server's creation, so we just
MOONSTONE: Ended up scrolling to the start and giving stuff a read.
MOONSTONE: OH and the CB buying tons of stuff from a store incident, we wanted to see what that was about too lol.
PEARL: THAT WAS FUNNY!
PEARL: I was laughing so hard in my shed seeing the chaos in chat.
[CB] entered chatroom [F O R B I D D E N M E A L]
CB: glad i make you ladies laugh
BUFFY: Oh morning Ceebs, are you done snuggling with Dee and ACTUALLY got to work now?
CB: W HAT ME AND DEE GET UP TO IS CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
CB: but yeah i am actually getting to work now
THUNDERCAB: C ool where the fuck are you though??
CB: i'm grabbing Slick! her shed's right nearby mine
CB: we'll be coming over together in a sec
CB: she's just getting her lunch sorted
THUNDERCAB: Omfs aGAIN
THUNDERCAB: Swear she always leaves her lunch until last minute!!
THUNDERCAB: Can you get her to hurry up a bit or we're gonna be here for a year
CB: 10-39, i'll give her a hand so it gets done quicker, one sec
THUNDERCAB: 10-39?
PEARL: Radio-talk for "your message has been delivered".
PEARL: AKA he's told her to hurry up and is gonna give her some help.
THUNDERCAB: Ooooohhhh
THUNDERCAB: Im
THUNDERCAB: Gonna have to learn this shit arent I to better comm with him
PEARL: M ight be a good idea, lol.
THUNDERCAB: Bloody hell
BUFFY: At what point does Caboose and Dinah just psuedo-adopt Slick?
PEARL: Dinah WOULD be good at helping Slick with getting her lunchboxes ready on time!
MOONSTONE: ^ !!
MOONSTONE: Corry took her up on the offer about those onigiri rice balls for a lunch of his and they were apparently really good!
BUFFY: Oh yeah DeeDee makes good onigiri.
BUFFY: She's more of a sweet foods and drinks gal, I specialise in savoury stuff meanwhile, but she's gotten really good at the savoury stuff she's been learning.
THUNDERCAB: Dollys solely sweet foods, but wtf do you expect from a Bakery Coach
THUNDERCAB: Yreckon that Dee could teach Dolly about like the drinks she makes n all that
THUNDERCAB: Like those milkshakes she does?
PEARL: She totally could, yeah!
BUFFY: She probably already has began teaching her honestly.
BUFFY: Belle's probably joined in even though her thing is more mixology
CB: yeah DeeDee would totally help Dolly with making milkshakes
CB: she also makes some coffees like uh
CB: frappés I think they're called???
BUFFY: Yeah that's the one ^^
PEARL: How do you still not know the names of the stuff in the yard diner, she's been making them since she was like 18 and started officially working?
PEARL: Y ou've been here and known her longer than I have???
CB: sssssshut the fuck up fancy coffee names are hard
THUNDERCAB: Youve not always been here?
PEARL: I moved here away from my homeyard when I was 18, wanted a change of pace. ^^
THUNDERCAB: Oooohh
CB: OH and Dee also makes an AMAZING hot chocolate
CB: you gotta try that shit when winter hits TC its amazing
THUNDERCAB: Ooooo fuck yeah hot choccy, gonna keep that in mind
THUNDERCAB: Also IS SLICK DONE YET??
CB: WE'RE HEADING OUT NOW CALM YOUR TITS
CB: FOUND HER MISSING FLASK WE'RE GOING OUT THE DOOR AS I TYPE
MOONSTONE: Is every member of the Freight having difficulty finding things today? ^^;
CB: in my defence i was in a different shed entirely
CB: i'm completely in my rights to spend a night with my girlfriend
CB: idk if anythings up with Porter or Lumber or Dustin
PEARL: Is that the squad for today?
CB: yeeee!
THUNDERCAB: Sure is!
THUNDERCAB: Gonna be fun working with some new folks and seeing how yall handle working with my usuals
BUFFY: Four Fuel Trucks, a Hopper, and Ceebs at the back for extra brake strength, where the hell are you lot taking stuff to today?
CB: Uuuuuuu
CB: idk actually, Thunder??
THUNDERCAB: RAF Station, the Northolt one
BUFFY: Oh damn, Royal Air Force?
MOONSTONE: Oh Starlight, you guys deliver things there???
CB: not often but they did call on us for materials when they needed to fill in some holes on one of their runways
CB: so ig they like us?
THUNDERCAB: Theyve called on us a few times when we were back at Wembley Park Yard since we were like an hour-ish away from em and we bring fuel supplies
THUNDERCAB: They want fuel again, but they also need some heavy-duty sandbags
PEARL: Ahh that explains why Dustin's going with you, he's good at pulling along sandbag crates.
BUFFY: What'd they need Lumber bringing wood fuel for?
THUNDERCAB: Honestly idfk, Ive never asked
MOONSTONE: I trust the RAF to not ask for unnecessary fuel supplies honestly.
THUNDERCAB: Yeah fair
THUNDERCAB: Oh thank fuck okay I see you n Slick down the path CB
CB: heeeyyy
MOONSTONE: Any sign of Hydra yet?
THUNDERCAB: S OMEHOW NO
THUNDERCAB: Swear to Starlight if he takes any longer Im gonna drag his ass over here
BUFFY: LMAO
BUFFY: I'll get the camera if you do and record it.
THUNDERCAB: Finally on the damn move
THUNDERCAB: After waiting an eon for these boys to show up
PORTER: B oys
PORTER: Who tf you calling a boy, all 3 of us are 21!
THUNDERCAB: And I turned 26 this year
PEARL: S top texting and rolling, especially when you're transporting like 5 different types of cargo!
BUFFY: Most of which is fuel
BUFFY: Some of which will make a hell of a mess if you fuck up.
HYDRA: We'll be fiiiiiiiine!
THUNDERCAB: I can still fuckin text you 5 just need to focus
MOONSTONE: Only 5?
CB: hiiiii
PEARL: Y ou should absolutely be focusing too!
CB: I ONLY GOTTA FOCUS ON BRAKING EVERYONE IF WE PICK UP SPEED OR GO DOWNHILL
CB: WE ARE N OT PICKING UP MUCH SPEED WITH 4 LOADS OF FUEL AND SANDBAGS
SLICK: welp
SLICK: had to pitstop already
MOONSTONE: W hat did you guys do??
DUSTIN: More like what did Hydra do? ^^;
PEARL: ??? What DID he do
THUNDERCAB: Wasnt fucking looking where he was going and tripped over his own fucking wheels face-first
THUNDERCAB: Lumbers sorting out his little nosebleed but hes fine otherwise
MOONSTONE: O h my Starlight Hydra-
HYDRA: IMFINE
BUFFY: THIS IS WHY WE SAID DON'T TEXT AND ROLL
HYDRA: WHEELCAUGGTAORKCK
SLICK: LMFAO
SLICK: MFER TRYNA TYPE STILL
MOONSTONE: T his is one of my boyfriends, ladies, gentlemen, and others.
BUFFY: *gays, they's, and she's
SLICK:
SLICK: guess who somehow misplaced her drink flask while waiting for hydras nosebleed to stop
PEARL: H o w.
SLICK: IDFK IT WAS HERE
SLICK: AND NOW ITS NOT
THUNDERCAB: Its gonna be fucking sunset by the time we get there
BUFFY: Where did you last see it??
SLICK: deadass i just put my bag down by our fuel carts n my flask next to it
SLICK: and now its not there
MOONSTONE: Oh my Starlight, Slick-
SLICK: I CANT EXPLAIN THIS HONEST TO STARLIGHT
DUSTIN: I found it!! ^^
CB: hazzah!!
PEARL: Yaaaayy!!
SLICK: where tf
DUSTIN: I found it over here by the treeline.
DUSTIN: Someone must've knocked it over and it rolled.
LUMBER: might've been me when I sprinted to get Hydra sorted, sorry
SLICK: eh
SLICK: youre fine
SLICK: flask's intact yeah?
DUSTIN: Mhm!
SLICK: thank starlight
BUFFY: What's in your flask?
SLICK: monster energy with a bit of fizzy oil in
SLICK: keeps my ass awake
BUFFY: Ooohh.
THUNDERCAB: K cool now can we get a move on????
[CB] changed chatroom name to [incomprehensible chaos.jpeg]
CB: now we're good :)
PEARL: Pffhhh
PEARL: Yeah, that checks out.
SLICK:
SLICK: what if we did this with panda
MOONSTONE: We'd need to somehow get 15 cats that look like Panda first.
PORTER: We can probably figure that out tbh.
THUNDERCAB: STOP SHITPOSTING ON MAIN AND PULL YOUR FUEL CART
SLICK: SHITPOSTS WILL NEVER DIE
HYDRA: PFHHHEHAHA
BUFFY: This kid's gonna love our 4am nobody-can-sleep shitposts and shower thoughts.
CB: im so proud of her
SLICK: !!
SLICK: :)
PEARL: Add her to the Meme Team that Purse made a while back
BUFFY: Hey Cab, CB, since you two are also lurking in chat I can ask ya'll and the other Coaches
BUFFY: What food should be today's Special at the yard diner:
BUFFY: Slow-cooked Steak Pie, or Manchurian Chicken?
BUFFY: Haven't decided yet.
THUNDERCAB: W hat the fuck is manchurian chicken
BUFFY: It sounds super fancy but it's essentially fried chicken in a sweet and slightly spicy sauce.
CB: OH I REMEMBER THAT ONE
THUNDERCAB: Oooo that does sound good not gonna lie
MOONSTONE: How much is "slightly" spicy? I can handle a bit of that so long as its not intense
BUFFY: Not too bad?
BUFFY: I tend to make different sauces depending on peoples tolerance levels
BUFFY: I can do a mild one for you.
PEARL: I've never liked spicy food but the mild sauce she does is actually good, I can back that up.
CB: the hardcore spicy shit is for when Joule and Geebs pop in lmao
BUFFY: Y eah basically lol
THUNDERCAB: Im gonna need to think on this
THUNDERCAB: That sounds tasty as fuck but I also love a classic steak pie
CB: im for the chicken dish personally
MOONSTONE: I'll vote for that one too!
PEARL: I'd prefer steak pie, but I'm not against the mild sauce chicken. ^^
SLICK: SPICY CHICKEN PLS
PORTER: YEEEAAAHHH
LUMBER: oooo it's been ages since i've had a steak pie.
HYDRA: Both of those sound really good, so I don't mind either! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
BUFFY: AAAUUUUU
PORTER: LUNCH BREAAAAAKKK
SLICK: WWWWOOOOOO!
SLICK: and we get fuckin mcdonalds too bc theres one just down the road from our destination
THUNDERCAB: All that time fucking about with your lunch
THUNDERCAB: Just to get Mcdonalds
SLICK: YOURE THE ONE WHO SAID YES????
BUFFY: LMFAO
DUSTIN: My arms get a break either way-!
DUSTIN: Those were heavy sandbags.
ASHLEY: I bet you did great Dustin!
CB: oh hey Ash
CB: when tf did you get online?
ASHLEY: When you guys were putting in your Mcdonalds orders and getting seats.
DUSTIN: Thanks Ashley!! :)
MOONSTONE: On the plus side Slick, at least now you get to have two lunches?
SLICK: .
SLICK: y ou make a valid point, space-rock
PEARL: S pace-rock?
SLICK: bc her names moonstone?
SLICK: im not calling her moony like 6 other people do already
PEARL: Aaaahhh.
MOONSTONE: Can you not think of anything better??? ^^;
SLICK: haha brain go bbbbb
THUNDERCAB: Relax Lavender
THUNDERCAB: Oil-tank, cool it or Im stealing one of your nuggies
SLICK: IF YOU STEAL A NUGGIE IM BITING YOUR HAND
BUFFY: Omfs-
LUMBER: mcdonalds supremacy.
LUMBER: though yeah i'll be honest i'm glad i brought my packed lunch anyway, soup flask'll be nice to drink on the way back.
HYDRA: I would've preferred Subway tbh, but I'm not gonna turn down McDonalds.
CB: why tf do you have hot soup for lunch in the middle of the summer???
LUMBER: don't diss my soup.
DUSTIN: I have a chicken stew for my packed lunch!
DUSTIN: I think it's okay to have warm winter-esque foods in the summer too.
MOONSTONE: That's true, it's not like there's a specific seasonal date for when you should and shouldn't eat soups and stews and warm meals.
BUFFY: What kinda soup?
LUMBER: cauliflower & cheese soup, good stuff.
PEARL: Oooooo, sounds cosy! :D
ASHLEY: Okay, that DOES sound really nice.
CB: .
CB: true, that sounds nice
BUFFY: Ooo I love a good cauliflower and cheese
BUFFY: You make it yourself?
LUMBER: 'course. :)
BUFFY: You've gotta come to the diner and we can compare recipes.
BUFFY: I want to see how good a Freight's homemade soup is.
LUMBER: eyyyyy what's that supposed to mean
BUFFY: Well it's not like you're TRAINED to do good in cooking, unlike us. ;)
ASHLEY: Ooooooo
MOONSTONE: Oooooohhh~
PORTER: Least we can pull our weight physically in resources!
BUFFY: And you think we can't?
SLICK: yall are fuckin built like sticks
MOONSTONE: Those are fighting words, Tank-Girl.
PEARL: Those are choice fighting words considering Buffy and Dinah are the ones who beat up Flat-Top one time for breaking a blender.
THUNDERCAB: Flat-Top doesnt count he never goes to the gym apparently
ASHLEY: H ave you ALREADY joined the gym crew?
THUNDERCAB: DAMN FUCKING RIGHT I HAVE!!
THUNDERCAB: These muscles arent gonna take care of themselves and Im not one to slack off
BUFFY: OKAY, BUT HE'S STILL TOUGH?
BUFFY: LIKE YEAH HE'S A RARE SIGHT AT THE GYM BUT HE'S STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO HANDLE HIS WORK LOAD OF USUALLY BRICKS!
MOONSTONE: Bricks ARE pretty heavy.
HYDRA: They've got a point.
LUMBER: D ONT SIDE WITH THEM!!
PORTER: STOP SIMPING FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND H
HYDRA: IT'S NOT SIMPING IF SHE'S MY PARTNER????
SLICK: totally is
HYDRA: None of you can talk on that subject matter, you're all single.
HYDRA: Meanwhile I have TWO partners! (¬‿¬)
THUNDERCAB: Since when did you use fuckin emoticons
HYDRA: Since Galvanic linked me the plug-in they use for adding their own.
HYDRA: They're goofy lil faces, I like them.
PORTER: WE'VE BEEN BETRAYED!
THUNDERCAB: Youve fallen to the dark side
HYDRA: WHAT FUCKING D ARK SIDE, IT'S EMOTICONS-
THUNDERCAB: YOUVE SIDED WITH THE SPARKLY ELECTRIC
HYDRA: C ABS I'M LITERALLY HALF-ELECTRIC HALF-FREIGHT I'M JUST VIBING IN THE MIDDLE OF YOU LOT ಠ_ಠ
BUFFY: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
ASHLEY: See we don't even need to say or do anything.
ASHLEY: Ya'll just self-implode. ;P
DUSTIN: P lease don't maul each other in McDonalds or we'll get kicked out-
PEARL: Why are you even texting each other if you're on the same tables?
CB: theres not enough space for all of us at one table lmfao
CB: im with Dustin and Hydra on one, TCs with Porter, Lumber, n Slick on another behind us
DUSTIN: Also so we can keep talking to you guys. :)
MOONSTONE: Awwhh, that's sweet of you! ^^
SLICK: the cool kids table
THUNDERCAB: More like the table of gremlins Ive gotta babysit so nothing gets set on fire
LUMBER: hey we're not gremlins!
LUMBER: only Slick's a gremlin
SLICK: mcfucking scuse you
SLICK: also what do you MEAN babysit me so shit doesnt get set on fire yOURE ONE OF THE ENGINES WHO PAID ME TO DO THAT
BUFFY: Truly you have control over your Freight, TC.
THUNDERCAB: Bite me
BUFFY: That's Dolly's job, not mine
HYDRA: HWHEHAHAHA
DUSTIN: O h my gosh-
PORTER: OH MY F UCKIN STARLIGHT
ASHLEY: T hat's my girl!! xxxx
BUFFY: xxxxx
MOONSTONE: Lumber didn't you literally fall from a tree the other day, that's gremlin behaviour-
THUNDERCAB: EXACTLY
LUMBER: IT WAS TO SAVE PANDA THE CAT!!
ASHLEY: How's the little cat doing, actually?
LUMBER: still a bit sick, but they're eating well
LUMBER: Joule was helping me get proper vet meds for them but they're all quarantining now incase whatever summer sickness thats going around the Electrics' place gets passed over to the yard
PEARL: Surely she could just wear a mask-?
PORTER: Maybe she don't got one?
DUSTIN: When they have a Repair Truck in their group?
DUSTIN: No, Miss Wrench absolutely has masks, she's always prepared!
CB: well their repair truck is sick too so idk if borrowing a mask from them is a good idea
BUFFY: Nah Wrench is smarter than that, she'd put them someplace cleaned and safe to prevent contamination
ASHLEY: ^
ASHLEY: She probably has spare masks in a first-aid kit somewhere in their penthouse.
SLICK: wouldnt
SLICK: the first-aid kit be with her tho?
SLICK: like in her bedroom or nurse office or whatever tf she has in the swanky ass place
MOONSTONE: Maybe?
HYDRA: Not a bad point coming from shortstack
BUFFY: The Fuel Tanks are using their braincells, everyone be afraid /j
SLICK: I HAVE P LENTY BRAINCELLS MCFUCKIN SCUSE YOU
PEARL: C RYING
ASHLEY: My girlfriend is just on a warpath bullying all of you today and you're barely fighting back.
SLICK: ALSO H YOU CANT CALL ME SHORT WHEN SPACE-ROCK IS THE HEIGHT OF A TEENAGER
MOONSTONE: I AM 4 FOOT 11
SLICK: AND IM 5 FOOT 2 Y ET YOURE LITERALLY 1 YEAR OLDER THAN ME
CB: im only 5 foot 3 i think cabeese freight are just really fucking short
ASHLEY: See, self-implosion, again.
ASHLEY: You Freight just really can't take care of yourselves. (joking)
PEARL: Apart from Dustin he's a good noodle. :)
DUSTIN: Yaaayyyy, good noodle. :D
THUNDERCAB: The only good noodle amongst fuckin anarchy lmao
CB: HEYYY IVE BEEN FINE SO FAR
CB: and at least with all our BS, none of us have to deal with any customers who are requesting supplies bitching at us 24/7
CB: and then complain about it later even if dealing with them's part of the job
CB: aint that right ladies?
BUFFY: H ow dare you use the Karens against us-
PORTER: Oh we're using the Karens against you alright.
PORTER: Your whole job is dealing with people and making em happy with their travel why are n one of you used to dealing with them yet-
PEARL: Oh we're used to them, don't worry.
LUMBER: then why tf do ALL of you complain anyway??
MOONSTONE: Just because we get used to them doesn't mean they automatically stop irritating us!!
MOONSTONE: And some of them actively just decide to go against the rules, like the mums giving their kids ipads in Tassi's work section.
MOONSTONE: T hat stuff annoys even the Engines on shift with us AND the other humans, and they're all used to it too aren't they?
ASHLEY: YEAH!
ASHLEY: And also like one literally called me a washed-up smoker, I don't give a flying fuck if I'm used to Karens by this point in my career on these lines, she was asking for it with how rude that was.
SLICK: kay that ones a fair pass
SLICK: and also hell fucking yeah you go lady show em whos boss
PORTER: NOT YOU TOO SLICK
SLICK: I HAVE RESPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT TAKE SHIT AND RESORT TO DECKING PEOPLE
THUNDERCAB: The bar for standards is low ig
SLICK: stfu
SLICK: the bars been on the fuckin ground for a while now
HYDRA: LMFAO
BUFFY: Hey at least with a low standards bar, anything seriously good happening is a way better surprise.
DUSTIN: Oh that's true!!
CB: .
CB: Thundercab?
THUNDERCAB: Yuh-huh?
CB: 10-44, we got an incoming message over the radio
THUNDERCAB: Control?
CB: yeah
LUMBER: ooohh no, what did we do.
SLICK: swear it aint me this time
MOONSTONE: A re you sure about that??
SLICK: ehhh
SLICK: 50/50 odds tbh
CB: .
CB: oohhh no
HYDRA: What??
CB: 10-17, 10-22, urgent message to report back to AV yard
DUSTIN: Wha??
THUNDERCAB: Oh shit
THUNDERCAB: Alright, guys put away your food if you can into your bags, lets get moving
ASHLEY: We just
ASHLEY: Got a message too to confirm we're on the yard.
MOONSTONE: Is this normal??
BUFFY: No it's not-
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CORRY: Moony??
CORRY: Hydra??
HYDRA: Woah woah, hey buddy, we're here
MOONSTONE: Corry??
CORRY: OhthankStarlight
CORRY: I
CORRY: I don't know whats going on and I'mfreaking out, I'moff-yard but we'll be coming back soon I think I
CORRY: Fuck, I dunno what to do
THUNDERCAB: Woah woah woah
THUNDERCAB: Copper-clad, calm down a little yeah?
CB: we got the shout to come back to yard too, its alright
PORTER: Yeah we're coming back now, all good.
CORRY: No no its
CORRY: Oh Starlight everyones been alerted??
ASHLEY: We got alerted to confirm whether we're on-site or not, so I'd say so?
CORRY: I
CORRY: I'msorry this just all happened so quickly
THUNDERCAB: Slow down, mate, take deep breaths
MOONSTONE: Oh my gosh, are you alright??
HYDRA: Shit, are you having a medical emergency or something? Health scare?
CORRY: Im
CORRY: Im fine I think?
CORRY: Bit bruised, shaken, idk about my systems but nothings come up I think
THUNDERCAB: What happened, Corry?
CORRY: We were
CORRY: We were on ourshift stopped at a station and we just
CORRY: Imsorry Im so sorry
CORRY: The alerts because of us
CORRY: We got into a crash
LUMBER: what
DUSTIN: HUH!?
SLICK: wait what
CB: WAIT WHAT
PEARL: OhmyStarlight
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: SHIT
Notes:
WHAT'S THIS? A CLIFFHANGER RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS? YES, YES IT IS. 😈
WILL YOU GET THE CONTINUATION TOMORROW FOR CHRISTMAS ITSELF OR EVEN BOXING DAY? Maybe! Depends on how busy I am for the holidays.
Chapter 27: Before I Pluck Your Wings (Cover Me, Please)
Summary:
Hope everyone had a happy holidays! They were very hectic for me in a good way, and that's why this took a little bit. :D
We're continuing right where we left off. Buckle in kiddos, we're hitting the plot full-speed!Title lyrics are Promise This by Cheryl Cole.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
THUNDERCAB: SHIT
THUNDERCAB: What the fuck happened on your long distance shift, how'd you crash!?
ASHLEY: Oh my Starlight no-
CORRY: It wasnt us, I swear itwasn't I've been alert the whole time
HYDRA: It's okay C, we know it wasn't your fault, just try to explain what happened.
DUSTIN: On our way back now!!
CB: COMIN AS QUICK AS WE CAN!
CORRY: We came to a stop at one of our stations to let passengers off
CORRY: As we were stopped
CORRY: Nother train was coming in from the other way
CORRY: Idont know what happened they had an accident or something
CORRY: But they derailed
CORRY: Tipped and hit the middle of the train cars as passengers weregetting off the cars, train tilted but hasnt fallen over, think the station platforms keeping us up
PORTER: Oh what the fuck
SLICK: holy shit
THUNDERCAB: Starlight fuckin dammit
MOONSTONE: Who's on there with you from our yard, Corry??
CORRY: Uh
CORRY: Benson the Bistro Coach
CORRY: Rudie the First-Class Restaurant Coach
CORRY: Gallon the Water Tanker
CORRY: Emmy the Handbrake Coach
CORRY: Amalie the Composite Coach
ASHLEY: Anyone from this group!?
CORRY: Yeah
Lumber: shiiiittttt
PEARL: F uck-
BUFFY: Who from this group?!
CORRY: Tass
CORRY: Barbie
CORRY: Carrie
CORRY: N Duvay
ASHLEY: Ohmystarlightno
ASHLEY: Nonononononono
BUFFY: Fuck fuck fuck
BUFFY: Have you seen them!?
CORRY: Seen Carrie
CORRY: Shes okay I think?
BUFFY: The hell you mean "think"?
BUFFY: Is my sister okay or not!?
HYDRA: Oi, don't get pissy at my boyfriend.
CORRY: No its okay
CORRY: Shewas with passengers helping get their luggage off the train when we got hit
CORRY: I saw her getting the humans away safely to the paras
CORRY: But she was limping
CORRY: Mightve hurt her leg or wheels?
BUFFY: F ucking hell
BUFFY: This woman Iswear
THUNDERCAB: Is Dolly with you? I know she had work today but I dont remember what kind
CORRY: I've not seen her
CORRY: Dont think I saw her name on the roster
THUNDERCAB: Thank fucking Starlight
CB: paramedics there already??
CORRY: They got called fast
CORRY: Station is probably near a hospital?
MOONSTONE: Are you sure you're okay, Corry????
LUMBER: yeah are you in one piece mate??
CORRY: I was in the front with the driver
CORRY: So we didnt get hit, just fell when the train tilted
CORRY: Im okay save for probably bruises
CORRY: Driver's okay too
THUNDERCAB: Are you still at the station, copper?
CORRY: Yeah
THUNDERCAB: Aight, sit tight
PORTER: What do we do???
PEARL: Alright, let's
PEARL: Let's just keep it as calm as possible, okay guys?
PEARL: I'm going to sound the Emergency ping, lots of people are probably going to join chat, I'll explain what happens from here.
PEARL: Buffy, stay with Ash, go to DeeDee if you can
BUFFY: Okay
PEARL: @EMERGENCYCALL
PEARL: Everyone in NOW.
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GB: ya'll got the shout too askin' who's on-yard?
PEARL: Yep.
JOULE: oh shit this is like the first time i've seen this get used
JOULE: thats probably a bad thing
GALVANIC: Stars, didn't know I had this role even enabled? (•﹏•)
AMPERA: I didn't know about it either.
ZERO: This is new to us too tbh girl
DINAH: It's something everyone gets so everyone can call Emergency and everyone can be able to respond quickly, hun.
RUSTY: I put it in place when I made the server over a year ago.
GALVANIC: Ahhh.
KILLERWATT: Is this about the incident Socket just got called to?
LUMBER: huh who wha
DYNE: Sock's our First-Responder Repair Truck
DYNE: She's called out to emergencies
DOLLY: S ock
THUNDERCAB: Probably yeah
THUNDERCAB: Dolls, you okay??
DOLLY: Yeah?
DOLLY: I'm fine and dandy, Belle's here with me at the yard diner doing my work shift.
THUNDERCAB: Thank fuck, I knew you had work today I just couldnt remember whether it was onyard or not
BELLE: What's the shout for?
ASHLEY: Bells
ASHLEY: Tjhank Starlight
BELLE: Sis what's happening??
ZERO: Has shit hit the fan or something??
RUSTY: Pearl, what'd you sound the alarm for?
PEARL: There's been an incident on one of the lines.
PEARL: Handful of AV on-shift was involved, including Corry, Tassita, Rudie, Amalie, Benson, Carrie, Barbara, and Duvay, just to name a few from what Corry's been able to say.
GB: what
DINAH: OH NO
HARDWIRE: .
HARDWIRE: S hit.
DOLLY: HUH!?
ELECTRA: W HAT
RADIAL: O h-
AMPERA: Oohh shit-
FLAT-TOP: WHAT THE FUCK
DUSTIN: FLAT I'M ALRIGHT
DUSTIN: WE'RE COMING BACK FROM OUR SHIFT NOW
CB: ON THE WAY!!
FLAT-TOP: Thank fucking Starlight-
VOLTA: Ohhmygoodnesswhat-
ZERO: ohno
GALVANIC: Oh my Starlight?! WHAT!?
ELEKTRONIC: Oh that- Explains why Socket was in such a hurry-
JOULE: WHAT
JOULE: WHO THE FUCK CAUSED IT THIS TIME!?
PORTER: Not any of us I swear to the Starlight Express on it
SLICK: we literally were at mcdonalds when CB got the shout for us to get back to yard
THUNDERCAB: Ive been with em all the whole time since this morning
THUNDERCAB: Everyone heres in the clear
PURSE: What the fuck?
PURSE: If not who then WHAT caused it??
CORRY: Another train coming into station derailed and fell into us, tilted the train to the left into station platform
GALVANIC: Bastards.
GB: alright everyone, let's try an' settle down a bit
GB: if it was a derail it's entirely possible they had an accidnt
GB: *accident
DINAH: Maybe the rails ain't in good condition up at that station due to the recent weather?
HYDRA: Or lack of maintenance on rails.
RADIAL: It could also be a lack of maintenance or a malfunction on the train and its cars itself.
VOLTA: So what
VOLTA: What happens now??
MOONSTONE: Yeah is there anything that we can DO??
DYNE: There's gotta be something right?? Can we go to them??
VAPOR: Doubt it.
JOULE: we're plenty fuckin fast, we can try to get up there
HARDWIRE: Your Repair Truck is sick, she won't be able to help.
RUSTY: Okay, everyone calm down typing for a minute, let us lot explain.
RUSTY: Corry, you're still at the station, right?
CORRY: Mhm
CORRY: Sat on a bench on the platform
RUSTY: Have you seen any Ambulance Roadfolk?
CORRY: Seen them come in with the paras, but none of them have left yet
CORRY: None of the human paras or medic trainfolk have gone either
RUSTY: Alright, I think that's a good sign.
RUSTY: The Ambulance Roadfolks will take anyone seriously injured along with the paramedics to the nearest hospital to receive immediate attention.
PEARL: So if they've not gone sprinting off with anybody yet, that must mean nobody's been found to be majorly injured deemed a major emergency.
RUSTY: Yep!
GB: and then less severe injuries, the Repair Railfolks will patch 'em up partially and bring 'em to their homeyard, for Yard Medics to give personal healthcare aid
GB: or at least take em to the CLOSEST yard for medical attention and then get 'em home.
AMPERA: So it's a matter of waiting.
DINAH: Pretty much. (╯_╰)
DINAH: Just gonna have to wait until we know what's going on more clearly.
FLAT-TOP: Fucking hell..
CORRY: All I know is Carrie's okay but her leg or wheels might be hurt
CORRY: Ive not seen any of the others yet, they were in other cars
DINAH: That explains why Buffy and Ash are here.
PEARL: I told them to go to you.
BUFFY: Idon't wanna wait
ELEKTRONIC: As if things couldn't get any worse??
DYNE: Life's fucking with us I swear
DYNE: First Electrics start getting sick then a whole stardamned crash?!
JOULE: esto es una mierda
JOULE: so much bullshit#
FLAT-TOP: Fucking awful shit.
PORTER: Dia damnadh, a dhuine
CORRY: I can
CORRY: Try to give updates where I can
MOONSTONE: Go steady, sweetie, please.
MOONSTONE: I can't go off-yard to him can I??
CB: not if Control's telling us all to get back ON yard, probably not
HARDWIRE: That's a reasonable choice for them to make.
HARDWIRE: Make sure everybody is accounted for.
THUNDERCAB: We're coming back as fast as we can go
GB: be careful, don't get into a crash yourselves.
GB: last thing we need is more people coming in on stretchers
ZERO: YAH holy shit please be careful
DUSTIN: Doing our best to!
GALVANIC: Is everyone else at the yard alright, at least-?
PEARL: We're unharmed, at least.
PEARL: Fully alright? Probably not.
ELEKTRONIC: We'll stay online and keep you all company until you get some news.
ELECTRA: Absolutely, we're not going anywhere.
ELECTRA: I sure can't with half my Components falling sick to a summer fever.
GALVANIC: We have nothing today either, I can stay with my Components.
MOONSTONE: Thanks Galv.
CORRY: Thanks
CORRY: Im sorry.
GALVANIC: You didn't cause this, don't feel as though you should apologise.
JOULE: kid its not your fault at all
FLAT-TOP: Shit happens.
DINAH: Don't blame yourself, Corry, honest!
DOLLY: Please don't blame yourself, C. :<
RUSTY: I'm going to go to Control to try and see if they can give us a play-by-play on what's going on.
RUSTY: If they gave the shout to Thundercab and anyone else off-yard to come back if possible for presumably a headcount to make sure everyone else is alright, they probably are being told things about the incident.
GB: i'll head to the yard entrance to keep an eye out for everyone comin' in and for any sign of our folks
GB: that way i can let ya'll know quickly if they show up
KILLERWATT: I'll contact Socket and see if she's on-scene, if she is then she can give us any details.
ASHLEY: Please
RADIAL: Would that not distract her from her medical duties if she IS there?
ELEKTRONIC: I trust Socket to be able to handle a call-in while providing her medical assistance.
ZERO: ^ Shes a professional
VOLTA: Well I'd hope she is.
DYNE: Frequency won't reach that far, Watty
KILLERWATT: I'll call into her radio-piece.
CB: SOMEONE ELSE HAS A RADIO AROUND HERE??
KILLERWATT: It's how she's contacted by dispatch as a First-Responder.
PEARL: That makes sense.
CB: holy shit this is news to me
GALVANIC: Copper-clad, what Station are you at? That might help folks like Killerwatt narrow the search down a little.
CORRY: University Birmingham Station
GALVANIC: Birmingham..
HARDWIRE: That's about 2 and a half hours away on average, Master.
RUSTY: Honestly better the incident happen now then at a time everyone's asleep at and when everyone is much further away.
RUSTY: Anyway, I'll head to Control's office now!
GB: headin' to the yard entrance as I type
FLAT-TOP: So the waiting game begins.
JOULE: this game sucks so much ass
PURSE: I hate it already.
DINAH: We all do, hun..
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - DINAH]
DOLLY: Hey, Dinah?
DINAH: Heya hun.
DINAH: Are you holding up okay at the diner?
DOLLY: Not
DOLLY: Not really?
DOLLY: But Belle's in a worse place right now.
DOLLY: She kinda dropped to her knees after the news broke and just hasn't said anything, just silently crying. :(
DOLLY: And I don't know how to like. Help?
DOLLY: Her big sister's with you, yeah?
DOLLY: I think she needs her right now.
DINAH: Yep, Ashley's here. I can bring her to my place if y'need. (´◡`)
DOLLY: Thanks, Dee.
DOLLY: Yeah, I'd like it a lot if you could come pick up Belle from the diner so she can be with her sis.
DOLLY: I need to stress-bake to just
DOLLY: Get some of this anxiety and worry off my shoulders.
DINAH: It's gonna be okay, Dolly.
DINAH: Corry said it was a hit and the train tilted, they didn't fully get crashed clear off the station tracks.
DINAH: I'm not a pro at understandin' these sorts of incidents, but I'm pretty sure that given it wasn't a full-on collision, everyone is gonna be alright.
DOLLY: Carrie's up on her wheels apparently at least.
DOLLY: That
DOLLY: Gives me some hope the others are okay too.
DINAH: Of course of all folks, it's Carrie who just gets up from being flung and immediately gets to work on something else like it's no big deal.
DOLLY: Pfff, true.
DOLLY: And usually Barbara's working with Tassita at the back of the train cars so hopefully, if the middle was the main area that got hit, they should be mostly fine.
DOLLY: Got to stay hopeful!
DINAH: Exactly, that's what I'm tryna do.
DINAH: .. Say, do y'want to maybe come over to my shed too with Belle?
DINAH: Don't gotta stay the whole time, but just so you have some close company?
DINAH: You'll be able to bake there too.
DOLLY: I'll stay here at the diner, I think.
DINAH: Y'sure?
DOLLY: Mhm!
DOLLY: I want to be able to support the others who are also stressing out with my sweet goodies.
DOLLY: And at least with my stress baking, when everyone comes back home I can bring them treats to help them feel better.
DINAH: Alright hun.
DINAH: I'll be over in a bit.
DOLLY: Thanks Dinah.
DOLLY: I appreciate the help. ^^
DINAH: Of course! I'm always here to help. ｡^‿^｡
DINAH: You let me know if you need anything, or if you change your mind.
DINAH: AV looks out for each other, always.
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - KRUPP]
PURSE: I know you probably won't see this.
PURSE: You're still really sick.
PURSE: But you have a right to know what's going on whenever you feel well enough to look at your phone.
PURSE: There's been an accident with AV's people.
PURSE: Corry was in it as well as a few of the newcomers and others.
PURSE: Carrie was in the accident as well.
PURSE: I'm so worried.
PURSE: I think I might ask Electra if we can break our quarantine to go see them.
PURSE: Or just go and see them anyway on my own.
PURSE: She's my friend.
PURSE: ....
PURSE: You'd probably be telling me "don't make a brash decision so soon, Purse, wait until we know more about what's happening".
PURSE: You've always been more sensible than me.
PURSE: I hope you get better soon.
PURSE: I hate being without you, Liebling.
PURSE: I love you. ❤️
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - GB]
RUSTY: Any sign of them yet?
GB: nope
GB: heard anything yet?
RUSTY: No major casualties reported so far, that's about it.
RUSTY: No current count for any injured people either, much to Control's irritation.
RUSTY: They're just as worried as we all are. :(
GB: can't say I blame 'em, this is their yard's rolling stock that've been caught in this accident
GB: their family and our families have been linked through this yard for a long time
GB: at least there's been no casualties announced yet though
RUSTY: Anything from TC?
GB: they're still on their way back, but according to the GPS she's got guiding her she'll be about half an hour
RUSTY: S tarlight, not kidding when they all said they're coming back as fast as possible.
GB: Yyyyeepp
RUSTY: .. What's the plan for if the crash incident folks get sent to the hospital up in Birmingham?
GB: uhhhh
GB: i mean i think the best foot forward'll be to figure out some sorta schedule of who can go visit 'em, can't have all of us chargin' up there
GB: the gals and folks closest to those injured'll get priority of course
RUSTY: Of course, yeah, that makes complete sense.
RUSTY: We'll need to organise who visits folks anyway if they come home too, it's just going to be way easier to manage.
GB: if they get brought back to homeyard, i'll go get Buffy 'n Ashley and bring 'em straight over, Belle too if possible
GB: and thank fuck for that easier managing lmao
GB: feels like we've been trying to organise 'n herd a pack of cats lately
RUSTY: Tell me about it. ^^;
GB: are you doin' okay, rust-bucket?
GB: you've taken on a lotta responsibility since becoming the new Champion, and i know you've been handling it pretty well from what we've all seen
GB: but shit happened fast, and i realise i've never really
GB: checked in on you properly.
RUSTY: I've been okay, yeah.
RUSTY: It's definitely been
RUSTY: A lot? Especially at some times when everyone's looking to me.
RUSTY: But nothing I wasn't prepared for in SOME capacity.
RUSTY: I saw what you were handling with your responsibilities and what you were carrying on your shoulders for several years as Champion and one of the best-running Engines of the yard.
RUSTY: And I mean you're still handling a lot of those responsibilities still, just that I'm doing those things now too, lol.
GB: this is like your first major crash-on-the-line incident since the Championships ain't it?
RUSTY: Yep.
GB: you handled it well in main chat, tryin' to keep everyone calm and informed
GB: and Pearl did a good job on that too
GB: you and her have stepped into the spotlight 'n done a good job handling it
RUSTY: Thanks, GB. ^^
RUSTY: I'm honestly so grateful to have Pearlie with me in that whole Championship spotlight, because she's w ay more level-headed than me honestly.
RUSTY: I've uh
RUSTY: Kind of been freaking out? But she's kept pretty composed.
GB: i may've heard a slightly panicked whistle comin' from you as you sped over to Control's office
RUSTY: S orry about that. ^^;
GB: hey, it's alright, don't gotta apologise for that.
GB: honestly?
GB: haven't been able to sit still waitin' for a sign that any of them are alright
GB: my engine's been rumblin' since I got out here
RUSTY: It looks like it's going to rain again today
GB: just what we fuckin' need
GB: stupid british weather
GB: probably caused this bullshit to begin with tbh
RUSTY: I'm worried about Corry over there.
RUSTY: He's already been through a lot today, if it starts raining too he could get sick himself and that'll cause a whole other issue.
GB: don't blame ya, i'm worried about him too
GB: he's younger than both of us
GB: but he should be fine from any shit weather, alright Rust?
GB: if he's brought back to yard he'll be brought back by the Trainfolks on transport with the others probably
RUSTY: Right, that's true.
RUSTY: I just
RUSTY: I know it's stupid, but a part of me feels like this is somehow my fault.
GB: what makes ya say that?
RUSTY: I don't know, that's the thing.
RUSTY: I know it makes no sense to feel this way, because it's not my fault at all, and normally I'M the one talking to people reminding them that it's not their fault something's happened, but
RUSTY: I dunno.
RUSTY: Maybe if it was me on that line for a shift today instead of him?
RUSTY: But then everyone would be in for as rough a time as we're in now, so it's not like that would be much better.
GB: we absolutely fuckin' would be, you're damn right
GB: even if you're a capable guy who's handled way worse during the champs and all that shit, we'd all still be worried sick
GB: don't think about it that way, alright?
GB: it's just those intrusive thought things
RUSTY: Yeah, you're right.
RUSTY: I'm surprised you remember about those.
GB: i'm mildly dyslexic, and sometimes forget shit, but i ain't stupid
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - DOLLY]
RADIAL: Dolly?
DOLLY: Radial?
DOLLY: This is
DOLLY: I think the first time you've ever PM'd me! Hi! ^^
RADIAL: Hey, sorry for intruding.
DOLLY: No no, you're good.
RADIAL: I just wanted to come and check in on you.
RADIAL: Everyone is understandably stressing out a lot at the yard, and all of us are just doing check-ins with people to
RADIAL: M ake sure nobody has a full-blown anxiety attack or something of the sort.
DOLLY: That's probably a good idea, yeah. ^^;
DOLLY: I'm doing
DOLLY: Uh
RADIAL: Not very good, but you won't outwardly admit it?
DOLLY: .
DOLLY: Yeah.
DOLLY: You're scary good at reading people.
RADIAL: That seems to be how most the others are doing too to my knowledge.
DOLLY: Everyone's a bit shaken I guess, huh? ^^;
RADIAL: As to be expected with an incident like this.
RADIAL: For as extroverted and outspoken as everyone is, several folks of the yard I can tell are not outwardly admitting how truly shaken they are by this ordeal.
DOLLY: I can understand why
DOLLY: They're probably trying to make sure the rest of us don't panic more.
DOLLY: Dinah came by not long ago to come get Belle from the yard diner, and she looked worried but otherwise kept a very calm face.
DOLLY: That and they've all lived through the Championships, which
DOLLY: I mean we all saw that those were MUCH rougher.
RADIAL: T hat is.
RADIAL: Very true.
RADIAL: Did, she leave you alone at the diner??
DOLLY: Nah, I'm not alone, there's some others on-shift still here, but I turned down her offer of going with her.
DOLLY: I'd rather stress bake in the kitchen here.
DOLLY: Plus, I don't really wanna intrude on Buffy, Ashley, and Belle.
DOLLY: They have a right to privacy while they wait for news on their sisters.
RADIAL: That's very considerate of you, Dolly.
DOLLY: I try my best. ^^
DOLLY: Are you guys doing alright over there?
RADIAL: Master Galvanic is fine, albeit worrying about those involved in the whole crash incident.
RADIAL: They were growing to be friendly with Carrie as well as Tassita and Barbara.
DOLLY: And what about the rest of you? You, Hardwire, Vapor, and Ampera.
DOLLY: Are you four hanging in there?
RADIAL: We're
RADIAL: Okay, I guess.
DOLLY: Are you worried about the others too?
RADIAL: Ampera and Vapor are, they grew to respect Tassita after racing against them during the Quarter-Finals back at Wembley Park Yard.
RADIAL: Hardwire is.. Difficult to get a read on. So I'm not sure.
RADIAL: As for me? I know it's going to turn out fine in the end, and I've not really formed any connections yet.
DOLLY: You prefer keeping to yourself?
DOLLY: I don't see you in main chat often.
RADIAL: My focus is on Master Galvanic, as their Rail Ambulance Truck I need to keep an eye just in-case something happens.
DOLLY: Radi, I don't think they'll suddenly explode if you look away for 10 minutes to chat to someone. ^^;
RADIAL: I suppose so.
RADIAL: I think I'm just a bit
RADIAL: Afraid? To make friends?
RADIAL: As stupid as that probably sounds.
DOLLY: No no, I get you!
DOLLY: Not everyone's a massive extrovert able to form bonds right out the gate, especially since you guys are from a whole other racing branch thingie from another country.
DOLLY: Do you
DOLLY: Want me to help you, maybe?
RADIAL: Is now the time??
DOLLY: Well, there's a lot of worrying people over here who could use some in-person support and reassurance beyond just some text messages
DOLLY: So you could come to the yard diner and help me bake? That'd cheer people up.
DOLLY: And since you're one of the different sorts of Repair Trucks, you could lend a hand when everyone gets brought back to AV from the crash incident, and that'd be bound to get you in some good books to start things off.
DOLLY: I'll be here too! So I can help you if you get overwhelmed.
RADIAL: Are you sure?
DOLLY: Yeah!
DOLLY: You've made a great first step reaching out to me to begin with, honestly.
DOLLY: Why me first, specifically, on your check-ins?
RADIAL: You were just
RADIAL: The first person to come to mind.
RADIAL: Several of your friends are in the incident, and I was
RADIAL: Worried, about how well you'd be handling it.
DOLLY: Stress-baking is a wonderful thing, it's keeping me mostly sane and distracted right now.
DOLLY: But I appreciate the thought, genuinely.
DOLLY: And you've actually helped me feel a little better with your company and reassurance that things'll end up okay.
DOLLY: Do you think Galvanic will let you come over?
RADIAL: I can ask them.
RADIAL: If it doesn't start pouring it down with rain in the next few hours, they'll likely say yes?
DOLLY: If they don't then you can just sneak out. :3
RADIAL: I would get in so much trouble-
DOLLY: Maaaaybe.
DOLLY: But all the other Component guys are able to leave whenever they feel like and they don't get told off so you'd be fine.
RADIAL: I doubt they'd openly admit if they got told off/got into trouble for something, Dolly.
RADIAL: Silly.
DOLLY: ;P
DOLLY: It'd be worth it though right?
RADIAL: [Message Deleted]
RADIAL: I suppose it would be to try and make some friends.
DOLLY: What'd you delete?
RADIAL: Sorry, made a typo. ^^;
DOLLY: You can edit your message to fix the typo silly goose.
RADIAL: .
RADIAL: I forget that's a thing sometimes.
DOLLY: Now who's the silly one?
RADIAL: Still you.
DOLLY: Okay, true. ;P
[PRIVATE MESSAGING GROUP - HYDRA, MOONSTONE, & CORRY]
CORRY: Think we're gonna be moving soon?
CORRY: That Socket lady finished sorting my bruises and told me to not get too comfy, so
HYDRA: That probably means you're gonna be getting out of there soon, yeah.
CORRY: She gave me some Haribos. :)
HYDRA: Sweets are a valid distraction to calm down with.
HYDRA: Good choice on her part.
CORRY: I'm glad Killerwatt was able to radio into her to come find me.
HYDRA: Yeah, that was good of 'em.
MOONSTONE: Have you seen any sign of the others, love?
CORRY: I've seen Emmy, she only had minor scrapes like me
CORRY: She was probably up near the front like usual.
HYDRA: That's a relief, she's a good kid.
HYDRA: Anyone else babe?
CORRY: Benson, saw him too.
CORRY: Think he's okay, he had a compress on his head though
CORRY: He looked a bit wobbly.
HYDRA: Probably had a minor concussion from the tilt or something.
HYDRA: Did Socket tell you anything?
CORRY: She just told me the others are being helped by medics and are still here
CORRY: So I think that's a good sign?
MOONSTONE: We'll take it honestly, they're still at the station so that means no hospital trip.
CORRY: True.
CORRY: Are you home Hydra?
MOONSTONE: Swear if you trip and fall flat on your face coming back like you did on your shift because you're looking at your phone
HYDRA: I'M NOT TEXTING AND ROLLING I SWEAR!
CORRY: HEHEHEH
CORRY: Y ou did what??
MOONSTONE: Tripped over nothing with his fuel tank and gave himself a nosebleed.
HYDRA: (¬､¬) Not my fault I didn't see the bloody tiny pebble that sent me flying.
HYDRA: Anyway yeah C.C, I'm home, don't worry.
HYDRA: We got back in like RECORD time.
MOONSTONE: And you've not come to see me yet? :(
HYDRA: We got called to report to Control!!
HYDRA: They wanted to make sure we were all okay just to be sure.
HYDRA: We only just got out their office 10 minutes ago, and everyone's kinda still freaking out a bit.
CORRY: I'm sorry for worrying everyone so much.
HYDRA: Hey, I didn't say it was your fault C.C did I?
MOONSTONE: It's okay Corry, honestly it is.
MOONSTONE: This wasn't anything to do with you at all, don't apologise whatsoever!!
MOONSTONE: We love you SO so much.
HYDRA: We absolutely do.
CORRY: I love you both too.
HYDRA: Once everyone's calmed down a bit here, I'm gonna head to see Geebs at the yard entrance, he's still there.
HYDRA: I'll wait for you to come back with the others and the Trainfolks and we'll go from there.
MOONSTONE: I'll come to the entrance too so we can both be there. :)
CORRY: Thank you
CORRY: I don't know if I'll need to get checked up on by yard medics too or not
HYDRA: It's okay if you do, better safe than sorry.
MOONSTONE: DEFINITELY better safe than sorry.
MOONSTONE: Once you can have visitors then we'll be right there, promise. xxxxxxxx
HYDRA: 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
CORRY: 🧡x🧡x🧡x🧡x🧡x🧡x
[GB] has resumed Activity
GB: I SEE TRANSPORT DOWN THE ROAD!
JOULE: AYO?
SLICK: that means theyre okay yeah!?
PEARL: Should be!
PEARL: @RUSTY Heard anything with Control on your end?
DINAH: This should mean they're okay!
ZERO: Can we finally breathe a bit easier now???
RUSTY: Here, sorry!
RUSTY: Control's just getting the report info through now, but I think we're free of casualties! Just small-scale injuries.
BUFFY: Ohthankfuckingstarlight
DYNE: AYYYYY
VOLTA: Thank the Starlight!
DUSTIN: HOORAY!!
PORTER: T hank fuckin hell.
THUNDERCAB: H oly shit the wait is over
MOONSTONE: The wait's over!!
GALVANIC: That's relieving.
GALVANIC: Is that why we've not heard anything from Corry?
HYDRA: Yeah he's in the transport, he stopped DMing us once they got moving in the transport so he's probs having a small nap.
CB: dont blame him tbh
ELECTRA: ^ Absolutely, poor kid is probably very tired out.
GB: aight they're coming in now at the yard entrance
GB: i'm gonna help 'em get everyone out and to the medical shed, then we'll figure out visitation.
RUSTY: Buffy, Ashley, Belle, Hydra and Moonstone should get first priority for their sisters and partner respectively.
ASHLEY: Belle's also tired
ASHLEY: She fell asleep 30 mins ago on the sofa.
DINAH: I took her over to my bed to rest properly.
DINAH: Think we let sleepin' Coaches be for now; She can see Duvay when she's refreshed and less overstimulated, that'd be better for her.
ELEKTRONIC: That's a good idea, better to be on her own terms.
DYNE: We arent like babying her or anything this way are we?
PEARL: No you're not, don't worry!
PEARL: I wouldn't call it babying anyway to let her get some well-deserved rest and considering how she feels, anyway.
AMPERA: Do you know when visit times will start?
GB: give it a lil' bit, maybe like 30 mins minimum?
GB: we're still getting everyone sorted they JUST got here.
ELECTRA: Geebie put your damn phone away and focus on giving the medics your help.
GB: aight aight aight i'm goin'
[GB] has gone Offline
PURSE: So it's still a bit of a waiting game.
THUNDERCAB: Its only 30 minutes-ish mate
HYDRA: We're also here with GB so we'll keep you vaguely posted on what's going on.
LUMBER: think that still counts as a wait, Thunder
HARDWIRE: It's a considerably shorter wait, at least.
DUSTIN: Thank goodness it is, I was so nervous!
DUSTIN: I don't think I could've handled anymore anxiety.
SLICK: was there any casualties like at all?
RUSTY: At all?
RUSTY: I think there probably was, especially on the other train, but Control's reports on it won't say.
RUSTY: That's for their own yards to hear via their reports.
ZERO: And also probably for news channels to be talking about within the next hour
VOLTA: They're already reporting the incident.
ZERO: Yah but I mean like reporting official casualty numbers
DINAH: Yeah, give it a lil' bit and the news'll be even more all over this.
CB: yeah i had to turn off my shed radio to stop hearing the news reports from stations
CB: was n ot up for that today
PORTER: Y'have a shed radio??
CB: yeah, i like listening to the stations as i wake up and get ready
VAPOR: Old ass.
CB: I AM 23, MCFUCKIN SCUSE YOU
SLICK: am i still just the fuckin baby
LUMBER: y es you are.
LUMBER: you're always gonna be baby, you're 19.
GALVANIC: Tiny truck. ≖‿≖
SLICK: OI
ELEKTRONIC: Okay to be fair, most folks are tiny compared to us, we're all 6 foot Electric Engines.
ASHLEY: Not fair you guys get to be so tall.
PEARL: Are you doing a bit better, girls?
ASHLEY: Bit so, yeah.
BUFFY: ^
BUFFY: Now we know C and D are both actually in one piece
BUFFY: I
BUFFY: Gotta apologise to Corry when I can tbh.
BUFFY: Shouldn't have blown up at him like that earlier.
MOONSTONE: I think it was justifiable, honestly, but that'd be a good idea anyway.
KILLERWATT: Don't be too harsh on yourself.
KILLERWATT: It's a reasonable response as a big sister to panic if you suspect your sister's in danger.
ZERO: Yah I'd lose my shit if it was Volta in this situation
VOLTA: You lost your shit when you found out I'd gotten hurt during the Championships with Hashimoto.
ZERO: .
ZERO: T rue.
DYNE: Is it Hasha or Hashi I've seen both getting used even outside this chat
DINAH: Hashamoto, though I wouldn't be surprised if his name was gettin' misspelled outside Japan.
VOLTA: It was spelt with an a on his guest shed, but an i in the promotional content for the Championships, so
VOLTA: Honestly even I don't know which is the right one, and I raced with him, but he didn't seem to mind so he was probably used to it.
RUSTY: Don't blame him really.
HYDRA: Small update for people! Everybody's been unloaded from the transport into the medical shed, GB's helping Socket with the last person.
HYDRA: Just gotta wait for them to get properly patched up and sorted now.
PURSE: Thank Starlight above-
GALVANIC: How many of AV's people were working on that train during the incident?
MOONSTONE: I counted about 11 in total.
MOONSTONE: Outside of Carrie, Duvay, Tassita, and Barbara, there was also Benson, Rudie, Gallon, Emmy, Amalie, Paula, and Dove.
THUNDERCAB: Youve gotten to know everyone real fuckin fast, Lavender
MOONSTONE: Well if I'm working with them on lines I've got to get to know my co-workers! :P
ELECTRA: Are they all okay?
LUMBER: were they all awake?
HYDRA: Apart from Barbara and Duvay, yeah.
HYDRA: Their heads weren't injured seriously looks like, they just sleeping.
SLICK: sounds about right
ASHLEY: Trust my sister to doze off while being tended to by medics.
LUMBER: of c ourse Barbie's sleeping lmfao
PORTER: Were you expecting anything else?
DUSTIN: A bunch of eepy guys. :)
DUSTIN: Probably best some of them get the rest they need after all that.
PEARL: It shouldn't cause any delays in visitations, I think?
KILLERWATT: It shouldn't.
KILLERWATT: If I remember correctly they'll just tell folks to be quiet going into the room so they aren't startled awake.
DINAH: That'll be manageable for everyone.
DINAH: Right, guys? （＾ｖ＾）
PURSE: Y es ma'am-
JOULE: you got it chief
THUNDERCAB: Y ep got it please dont throw a plate at me
RUSTY: Hear you loud and clear, DeeDee! ^^
CB: 10-4!
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Purse leaned against the building wall, fidgeting with the pound coin that he twirled and rolled across his knuckles and between his fingers. He always had a tendency to fidget in this way, a natural behavioural tick of Money Trucks and their other various Trucks and Coaches of similar sorts who handled currency as well - But Purse was fidgeting more currently, the coin moving quicker than usual in his hand. He was stressed and nervous, and it showed in his entirely unsubtle expression and mannerisms. He wasn't stressed about being in the AV Trainyard, not anymore at least since this place had grown to be almost like a second home of sorts oddly enough; Rather, the stress and nerves came from finding out one of his closest friends had been in an accident, stress which hadn't really gone away despite the reassurance given. He knew she was here on the yard, being looked after personally by medics who knew her and how her body works (even if she did part-time shifts for Wembley Park, her home was ultimately here at Apollo Victoria), but thoughts and worry still plagued him anyway. Carrie had became a surprise friend; They had exchanged pleasantries during the Championship, but in the time since that chaotic day, Purse and the other Electrics had grown to know several members of the AV Yard Trainfolks more. Who originally started out as rivals had became companions, people to spend time with during less busy days and restless nights, enjoy holidays alongside and party with, general company who made them feel more.. Like normal people. They never treated Electra or the Components differently for being celebrities; They were friends. Close friends. Purse appreciated all of their company and the kindness they'd shown him and his partners..
And that had included Carrie. This goofy Luggage Coach the same age as Charge, high on energy and shitposting random memes at whatever time they felt like it, her smile as bright as her flaming ginger hair.
She'd became one of his closest buddies. Part of his "Meme Team" as he'd called it.
That's why he was here now, sneaking out and breaking their self-imposed Quarantine to come and sort out a visit.
On his left Joule looked over to him, the Dynamite Truck having slipped out with her Money Truck partner; Purse wasn't who she was closest to romantically, but they still very much had a bond, and she didn't want him to be out and about on his own - Joule's affections were always a pleasant surprise when she shared them with anyone outside of Volta. "Why are we waiting here again?"
He briefly glanced up to her, dark grey eyes meeting vibrant crimson red. For a moment, Purse's heart jumped and then ached, the familiar colour reminding him near exactly of Krupp. The Security Truck had fallen sick with the same thing ailing first Wrench and then Charge, and it had wrecked Purse more than he cared to admit when he sat by Krupp's door, hearing the Security Truck mumbling deliriously at how he'd "failed Electra" by falling ill and how he "couldn't protect anyone" like this, the financer wanting to comfort him so bad but having to keep his distance to avoid falling sick himself. "It was agreed in the main chat that partners and family get their visits first, Joule," Purse responded once his heart had calmed down, "We're waiting for them to get here first - Probably with Greaseball bringing them over since he's taking some of the leadership role during this whole mess. When they get here, we can talk to them about us having next visit."
"I think we got here waaayyyy too early," The long red-and-blonde half-mohawked hair became visible in Purse's peripheral vision before Dyne's own face did, the other Dynamite Truck leaning forward a little from where she sat the empty windowsill of the building they were all waiting by. Elektronic's second-youngest Component member had came with them, slipping out as well to keep Purse and Joule company; Purse was half-convinced that Dyne was a blood-relative of Joule in some way with how similar the two were despite them being born in different countries (his bet was on them being cousins).
Purse shrugged slightly. "I'd rather us be too early than too late."
"Don't you think we're gonna make Ashley and Buffy feel a bit awkward getting here before them though?" Joule added, tilting her head.
"I don't think so," He answered as he absent-mindedly brushed some of his silver-coloured hair out of his face, tucking it back away under his headpiece. "I thought, if anything, that- Maybe they would be happy to see us? To know that we care. Especially since me and Carrie have become good friends."
Dyne snorted with a little laugh softly. "Crazy what some old 2012 internet memes can do to bring people together."
"2012 internet memes are NOT old, that was only 4 years ago-!" Purse scoffed, hearing Joule to his other side starting to giggle in her usual goofy energetic way. He was grateful that these two had came with him; Being without Krupp felt awful, but at least Purse ultimately still had Electra, Volta, and Joule around him in their penthouse apartment. Being entirely alone, on the other hand, wasn't something he liked the idea of. Being alone wasn't something many Electrics liked the idea of, frankly - They were very group-oriented Trainfolk, finding comfort and security in each other. Sneaking out on his own to come here and see his recovering friend had been a frankly terrifying idea he'd thought of, and something he probably would've backed out of were it not for Joule and Dyne slipping out to come with him as additional support.
The pound coin continued as it rolled and spun between his fingers and along his knuckles regardless, twiddling with the metal piece nervously. He couldn't shake the lingering concern, not entirely.
A warm hand gently placed itself onto Purse, resting on his boxy metallic uniform shoulderpads, Joule's light smile and kind eyes in front of him as Purse turned his head. "Hey," she began in a voice a bit more gentler than her usual snark and energy, "It's going to be fine; You can chill out a bit, Money Man. Carrie's not doomed, she's like literally 5 minutes away in the building just over there, and we'll be seeing her within the next.. What, half an hour to an hour? This is like the best-case-scenario. Your bestie is gonna be fine."
Purse made a small upset electric buzz-like sound, the equivalent of a scoff, looking down at the coin he's fidgeting with. "The best-case-scenario would've been their line not getting into an accident at all.."
Joule made a light mechanical whirring sound, the noise coming from the back of her throat as she shuffled a bit closer to comfort Purse a little better. Her surprisingly soft electrical sounds were quite relaxing to the Money Truck's ears as she moved her hand from his shoulder and opted to put a full arm around him instead. "C'mere, Pursey.."
He simply rested his head against her, quietly sighing and saying nothing.
Their quiet moment of comfort was interrupted by a sudden curt buzz coming from Dyne, the two suddenly lifting up their heads as they looked over to see what the fuss was about.
Three figured donned in silver and black smoothly made their way over, almost effortlessly gliding on their wheels despite the slightly rough path terrain. Purse recognised them immediately as Galvanic's Components - Or, rather. Three of their Components. The fourth was apparently not around with them right now. ".. Hello, you three. I'm surprised to see you here," The Money Truck started the conversation first, standing himself more upright in the presence of the relatively new-to-the-block trio.
"Good afternoon.. Purse, right?" The Pyrotechnics Truck piped up, her voice a mixture of pleasant and something Purse could only describe as sounding like exhaustion. Yet despite that, Ampera and Vapor stood neutrally on either side of Hardwire, their expressions hard to read, their borderline matching short blonde-and-black-streaked hair brushed neat and out the way (or at neatly as possible, anyway, as the Money Truck and Dynamite Trucks could notice that Ampera's hair was slightly longer and more unruly than the other two) and their makeup matching one another and their uniform colours to the letter.
Purse nodded politely, resting a hand on his hips as he continues to roll the coin between his knuckles with his right hand. "That's right."
Joule gave a friendly wave, glancing around slightly at the area. "Where's your boss? Haven't seen you guys around without them before."
"Master Galvanic is on their way to come see how everyone is doing," Vapor affirmed with a slightly sassy head-tilt, "Radial has stayed with them while we came ahead to make sure everything is still fine before they arrive."
That was a satisfactory enough answer for the other 3 Components, nodding or otherwise acknowledging what was said. "Everything's been fine!" Dyne chirped, vocals humming with friendly contentedness. "Or at least, nothing's happened that we've seen or heard."
Purse glanced between the three, before looking to Hardwire with a playful expression. "Why not you with your Master? You're the Security Truck."
"Radial is suited for escorting Galvanic as she can tend to any injuries they may have," Hardwire stated swiftly, and Purse quickly realised he hadn't taken what he had said in the right way. "I could ask the same to you; Why aren't you with Master Electra handling your financial duties?"
"I thought you were in self-imposed quarantine?" added Ampera, though Purse noted how she didn't make perfect eye-contact the way Hardwire did; The Security Truck had a very imposing stare, unmoving and unblinking, similar to Krupp whenever he was greatly focused on something or someone. Hardwire had a unique eye-colour, a sort of deep blue-indigo hue that wasn't common to see amongst Electrics as far as Purse knew, not unlike Purse's own more common grey eyes, or the red eyes of both Joule and Ampera (though Dyne's reddish-brown eyes were more on the unique side, something the younger Truck enjoyed immensely).
The Money Truck shrugged lightly, trying to return the conversation to something more casual once he noticed Hardwire's seriousness. "Change of plans. Coming to visit our friends at the yard to support them during this time was more important. And besides, none of us have shown any signs of sickness, nor has Master Electra, so we should be fine."
"Yeah, and he doesn't need them right now to handle anything, neither does Elektronic need me for anything, so it's chill," Dyne chimed in. "If either of them need anything, they can let us know. We're still close enough in range."
Joule nodded confirmedly. "R.C's complex is literally like, a roughly 5 minute walk at most away, so yeah, we're still in range, it's fine."
"We are?" asked Vapor, sounding confused.
"Yeah we are," Joule replied as she launched into a chatty explanation as per usual, "It might not feel like it for you guys because your Racer and Radial are making their way over right now, but we're used to coming over in our pairs or just without the full group for one reason or another, and we can still connect to the others via the Frequency. The range of it is honestly way bigger than you might think it is."
Ampera perked up, and for a moment they saw a look of interest in her face. "Really? That's kinda cool, actually," She hummed. Hardwire turned to his right and glanced to her sharply, and Ampera hastily looked away, opting to stare at her feet and wheels instead. Purse's brow furrowed slightly, though he wasn't given long to think on the matter before Hardwire turned to him to resume their conversation.
"Your friends here are fine though, aren't they? So why come visit without your Racer's permission?"
"Because even if I know they're going to be fine, I'm still worried about them. They're our friends," Purse answered, attempting to keep his voice calm despite his wavering emotional state as he gestured briefly with his spare hand to Joule and Dyne, "And we have a right to come and see how they're doing without Master Electra's permission."
Vapor made a mechanical clicking sound, a mixture of natural vocals and a tongue-click. "Your friends, or Master Electra's friends?" He asked.
"Our friends, Insulation Freezer," Dyne answered, as a hint of irritation began to seep into her tone, "We came to see our friends because they're important to us." Vapor tensed up for a brief moment, and he opened his mouth only for no words to come out.
Hardwire glowered at the Dynamite Truck; Without shades like Killerwatt's or Krupp's, his expression was on full display all of the time, and none of them could tell if that made this growing dispute better or worse. "Is your Engine, your Racer, not meant to be more important?"
Joule shook her head in disbelief. "Well yeah, obviously they're important to us, we love 'em to bits, but that doesn't mean we can't come see our friends who just got into a workplace crash incident, guys, come on. Be reasonable about this; We have a right to be here just like anybody else does."
It was Ampera's turn to lightly shake her head, sighing softly. "You don't.. You really don't understand. You're Components."
"So?" Purse huffed. "What does it matter that we are? We can still have friends, whether we're Components, or just everyday Trucks and Coaches."
The Pyrotechnics Truck almost laughed sadly. "It's.. It's not like that. You've been told the wrong things."
"The hell's that supposed to mean?" Joule asked, voice already becoming laced with anger as the glow in her eyes began to brighten.
Vapor spoke up next, the Insulation Freezer Truck tilting their head up to almost look down at the three Electrics in front of them (or attempting to look down at them in the case of Purse, who he guessed was probably an inch or two shorter than the Money Truck). "Components are born and raised with the purpose of working for the Racing Commission, and most importantly working for their assigned Engine Racer. That's what we exist for. They are what we exist for. Not.. Not for some other Trainfolk, not to make friends like this, I- I don't understand how you've all gotten away with this for so long."
Dyne hopped off the windowsill onto her wheels, eyes flashing with a warning of her fiesty temper as she rolled forward towards the three; She was dwarfed by all but Ampera who seemed to be the same height, not that it deterred the Dynamite Truck remotely. "Starlight above, what's up with you lot talking like this!? Our Racers absolutely matter, I love E.K with all my heart, but I'll be damned if me being part of his assigned entourage group supposedly means I have to abide by some stupid rule that I can't have a life outside of him. He's my Racer, he's a great one and I'm lucky to have a Boss who cares the way he does, but there's so much outside of that I wanna be a part of and live with - Being intimate with my partners, playing Kirby games with Dinah, getting to make new friends like Hydra when me and Zero chat to him during movie night, going shopping for summer clothes. There's so much beyond just solely doing my job of standing by Elektronic's side and doing whatever they ask me to do!" She huffed, attempting to calm down somewhat as she glared. "Look, I dunno what you guys have been told and taught before you moved here, but you're so seriously out of line right now saying all of this, and--"
"That's enough out of you." Magnetic pulses emanated from black gloved hands, and Purse watched as Hardwire suddenly yanked Dyne forward on her wheels against her whim, the Security Truck's magnetic capabilities evidently stronger than anticipated (Krupp nor Killerwatt had high magnetic prowess, their power lied in their physical strength and combat skills) and rendering the younger Component barely able to resist the pull as he grabbed onto her. A panicked yelp escaped her throat, and Purse felt his heart as it began to thud in his chest heavily, before Dyne went limp in Hardwire's hand.
Vapor and Ampera dashed forward, and with little hesitation Purse and Joule began sprinting away to evade them. But Purse was already beginning to feel a strong pull, his wheels weren't going as fast as he knew they could go even on the rougher terrain of the AV Yard.. And the other 2 Components were fast approaching, evidently quick on their wheels in their own right.
Purse would've found their speed and skill commendable, were it not for the complete rising panic that was entirely filling his body.
He shoved Joule hard in the back, pushing her further and giving her some more speed. "Get to the others-!" He shouted quickly, giving her another push to get away quicker as magnetism continued to enrapture and pull at him bit by bit and he felt his speed slowing down (just how strong was the magnetic capability of these new Electrics, only Electra had ever been able to seamlessly control other Trainfolks' body movements the way these people were managing to do). Joule looked behind her for a moment to Purse, before turning away and continuing to go as quick as she could on her own.
The Money Truck watched her go for as long as he could, before he felt the sharp sting of cold fingers and the magnetic waves that stemmed from them bring his face to look at his captor, Vapor.
Dark, hollow brown eyes stared back at him, glowing brightly as he held Purse firmly. "I'm sorry we've got to do this. But we can't go back now. The sooner you learn, the safer you'll be from dying at their hands. This- It's for the best."
Purse wasn't sure whether Vapor was trying to convince Purse of this or himself.
He didn't get to ask.
The sensation of electricity exploded into pain that pierced through their head.
Everything became a blur of static in moments as his body's systems began to go into a panic. .
All he could make out as everything within him hurt was those glowing, empty eyes..
And Joule's scream somewhere vaguely nearby.
A scream that echoed through the trainyard.
Words died in Ashley's throat as she silently peered around the corner with Greaseball, the high-pitched shriek being paired with the sight of 6 Components chasing down each other..
And not with a sense of play the way the Freight always did during their roughhousing.
Components didn't roughhouse. Not all of them, anyway.
Especially not like this.
Two of Galvanic's Trucks rushed down Purse and Joule, while another had a grip on Dyne as the younger Component was entirely limp in his arms and her eyes flashed with colours and warnings. In the moments the Smoking Coach had even began to process what she was seeing, the remaining two had been grabbed as well, drawn in closer despite their attempt to pull away and move - 'Magnetism, if I had to guess?' she thought as she stared in disbelief, vaguely recalling how when Electra had made his Championship entrance the superstar had used some sort of similar ability to move people aside for him to arrive dramatically. She could feel GB's heartbeat through his chest and hear the rumbling of his engine practically in her ears as he stood very close behind her, the two silently watching.. Whatever it was they were watching. They had only just came to start visiting the injured folks who had returned to the yard - Greaseball supervising, herself and Buffy of course to see Duvay and Carrie, with Hydra and Moonstone coming to check on Corry.. And to their surprise, Slick, who had also wanted to come and visit someone - She refused to specify who, just that she wanted to see people, and GB opted to take the high road and not pry so as to not get the Oil Tank riled up. Then they heard distant shouting, followed by shrieks, and they had dashed to see what was going on only to find themselves hiding behind a wall and secretly prying into the scene ahead of them.
It wasn't long before Purse and Joule stopped fighting and thrashing, falling limp as well - Joule's mouth opening to scream again only to be silenced by the other Truck who had ahold of her. Ashley's lip began to sting as she realised she'd been biting it anxiously this entire time.
"What the hell was that scream?.." Moonstone whispered, a hand over her mouth.
Ashley shook her head slightly, words failing her. "I-I..-"
She didn't know what was going on.
She didn't know how she could help.
"What do we do with them now?" Moonstone got her answer as Vapor spoke up, asking the other two a question. The Coach's eyes widened as she recognised their voice immediately, Slick and Hydra's faces also rapidly shifting to ones of stunned shock a moment later as it dawned on them too who caused the scream to be made.
"Focus, Vapor, finish what you started to make sure it works properly," Hardwire answered firmly.
Vapor grumbled; "This is what you and Radial started, honestly."
Ampera whined quietly. "Lemme focus, would you? We all were involved in starting this.. And now we're involved in ending it. This'll be over, and everything will be okay, and everyone will be happy and safe." Vapor grumbled again, but he didn't give her an answer, focusing onto the Money Truck in his arms and the magnetic control they were inducing upon them.
"That's Galv's buddies..-" muttered Hydra under his breath, any semblance of his cool composure starting to falter on him.
"That was Joule's scream," Buffy added on in a hushed voice, both hands over her mouth to quieten herself further; Ashley felt an ache in her chest, staring at her girlfriend's afraid expression. Everything had already been bad today, so damn bad, and she'd already seen her crying with worry over whether everything would be okay, and just as everything had turned up for the better and would seemingly be okay, they were face to face with whatever this was.
Slick pressed against the wall, practically as flat as she could be against the brickwork. "Are they fightin'? That why she was screaming and why they're on about starting and ending shit?.."
"I-I don't.. Know if that was a fight, honestly?" Murmured GB with a slight wince; He was kicking himself inside that he had froze up. Him, a Diesel Engine, THE Diesel Engine of Apollo Victoria Trainyard, the Former-Champion!.. And yet, here he found himself locking up, fight-flight-freeze determining that of all times this was one to freeze - Of course, the time when people are in danger, when his friends are in danger--
A panicked squeak from Ashley brings Greaseball back to his senses, the Diesel looking to see what had startled her, only to notice Hardwire's glowing eyes staring silently at them as they hid behind the wall.
His expression, for the first time, carried more than the usual serious pokerface.
There was shock, alongside the realisation that they'd probably been caught.
There was panic, likely from him not expecting to BE caught like this.
There was.. Worry. Probably about the repercussions of their actions.
Dyne was still in his arms, now completely unconscious, almost like she'd simply taken a nap.
Greaseball wished he could kid himself for a second and think that maybe that was all it was; Maybe that was what they'd seen, maybe nothing was actually wrong. Maybe the three had dozed off in a stupid place, and Vapor, Ampera, and Hardwire had just found them this way.
But maybe wouldn't work.
He knew.
He saw.
GB didn't get to see anymore, swiftly ducking back behind the wall with Ashley. "Go."
Hydra stared at him in disbelief. "What."
"You fuckin' heard me, GO!"
It was like time had frozen in that moment they'd caught them staring, and suddenly it was unfreezing and returning to normal. Greaseball took to his wheels at a moment's notice and booked it, holding onto the two people closest to him at that moment - That being Ashley and Slick, who both were more than fine to allow the Diesel to help them get away, though Slick was shouting something he couldn't entirely discern in the panic of six Trainfolks running for their life. GB's engine began to thrum as he went as fast as he could to get the hell away from these people, away from getting them caught and then Starlight knows what happening to them - He didn't want to find out what it was they had done to their friends, and he didn't want to know if it would work on them too. Hydra followed close behind with swift steps, Buffy racing along beside him and Moonstone clinging to Hydra's couplers on the back of his belt for dear life. She quietly sobbed, ducking her head down and burying it into her partner's back to feel remotely more protected (it was so nice to be able to do this without his tank carrier on), and Hydra made a small beep in an attempt to bring her some comfort. Shouts and panic came from somewhere behind her, but she wasn't able to make out the words, nor was she certain if she wanted to know what they were yelling about. All that mattered was getting away.
All that mattered was getting away and telling somebody what they'd seen.
. . .
. .
.
COMPONENTS ACTIVE:
#8132 [HARDWIRE]
#2004 [RADIAL]
#0516 [VAPOR]
#7993 [AMPERA]
#3043 [KRUPP]
#7155 [KILLERWATT]#3956 [WRENCH]
#8509 [SOCKET]#6912 [PURSE]
#2079 [VOLTA]
#2091 [ZERO]
#0104 [JOULE]#7282 [DYNE]
#4718 [CHARGE]
Notes:
ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER, I KNOW, I'M SORRY!! This chapter was going to be even longer otherwise.
Rough Translations (I greatly apologise if these are wrong):
esto es una mierda - "this is shit/bullshit"
Dia damnadh, a dhuine - "God dammit, man"
Liebling - "darling/babe/dear"
Chapter 28: The Eye of the Storm
Summary:
A race of a different kind has began for everybody; A race to figure out this mystery and how to resolve it, without anyone else getting hurt.
Happy New Year! To celebrate 2025, I bring you what's probably my longest chapter thus far for Totally Professional Starlight Chatroom, because I didn't want to leave everyone on YET ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER. I also got AO3 Author Cursed for a bit, as I had a random migraine and my left wrist decided to hurt whenever I moved it/used it for about a week (I'm all good now though :D), so those two factors combined are why it took me like 2-3 weeks to finish this. Enjoy the climactic confrontation of the Electric Storm Arc!
This chapter contains written depictions of panic attacks and separation anxiety, as well as heavy implications of toxic mistreatment/management.
Title Lyrics are a reference to Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land by Marina.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
[GB] has created Private Messaging Group [Emergency]
[GB] has added [HYDRA], [MOONSTONE], [ASHLEY], [BUFFY], and [SLICK] to Private Messaging Group [Emergency]
SLICK: what the fuck
SLICK: what the FUCK
GB: hooohhhboy
MOONSTONE: Okay we're
MOONSTONE: We're good.
MOONSTONE: We're fine.
MOONSTONE: It's fine.
SLICK: BITCH DOES IT SEEM FINE TO YOU WE JSUT WITNESSED SOME WHACKSHIT
HYDRA: Okay everyone stop tweaking the fuck out for 5 seconds
HYDRA: Let's like
HYDRA: Try and stay calm.
GB: everyone got back home safe?
MOONSTONE: We got back to our shed just fine, door's locked.
BUFFY: Me and Ash are back in ours
BUFFY: Gonna hope Dinah can look after Belle while she naps.
ASHLEY: They don't have a reason to go after Dee or Bells, I think they'll be fine.
SLICK: im in ours, P&L are in the living room playing assassins creed
GB: i'm back in mine too
GB: nobody got followed?
HYDRA: Don't think so?
SLICK: think im good
ASHLEY: We're good too.
ASHLEY: Must've seen us, but he didn't follow us.
BUFFY: Is anyone else online right now?
SLICK: didnt half of them go offline to cool down from the fuckin crash incident wejUST got over that aaauuuu
MOONSTONE: We've got to tell the others anyway.
MOONSTONE: We all saw and heard that didn't we?
SLICK: didnt see much bc GB is the height of an actual car but i heard the screaming and shit
SLICK: what the fuck do we tell em though
SLICK: like would they even believe us??
BUFFY: It's 6 people saying the same thing, they'll believe us.
GB: i'm ignorin' that whole car comment
SLICK: mate its true
HYDRA: Is now even a good time to say something?
HYDRA: It's like 5:30pm on a day where everyones already stressed the hell out already from the incident.
ASHLEY: If we don't say something, someone else could get hurt.
MOONSTONE: Were they actually hurting them?
MOONSTONE: They were screaming, but
MOONSTONE: Maybe it was just play.
MOONSTONE: Maybe we're understanding stuff wrong.
BUFFY: Moonstone, honey, you're very empathetic and sweet, but that didn't seem like play
GB: i kinda wished it was them just screwing around too, but
GB: i know what i saw.
GB: the Freight fuck around and play rough, they tackle each other and tickle-fight and throw pillows at one another at mach 3 while laughing and yelling
GB: Electrics ain't like that, and that wasn't any kinda play.
ASHLEY: They weren't physically injured, but they were doing something to the others.
ASHLEY: They were bluescreening them, their eyes were like flashing and freaking out before Dyne passed out.
BUFFY: I thought the Electrics were biomechanicals like us?? Part machine-like, part human biology?
BUFFY: Their eyes are natural squishy human ones just like ours, that's how Trainfolks just are
HYDRA: Not completely.
HYDRA: You've probably seen how their eyes have that glow around the outside of the iris, yeah?
BUFFY: I thought that was natural??
HYDRA: It kind of is and kind of isn't.
GB: ^
GB: their eyes glow on their own, usually showin' their mood or how tired they are, that bit's all natural
GB: but the glow becomes brighter when they're in-range of each other for their personal Frequency
GB: think that Wrench said that it comes from a chip implant or somethin'?
ASHLEY: Electric anatomy sounds confusing.
HYDRA: Y eah it is.
HYDRA: If I had to guess it was probably less their eyes themselves bluescreening?
MOONSTONE: And it was the implant chip instead!
HYDRA: Bingo.
SLICK: what so the chip tweaking out bluescreened their eyes??? how tf??
BUFFY: Because their eye glow is tied to the Frequency and chip
BUFFY: They probably have some cybernetics or otherwise mechanical bits to them on the inside of their somewhere.
SLICK: ooooohhhh
SLICK: man theyre like way more machiney than us huh
ASHLEY: That's Electrics for you, they've always been a bit more on the more mechanical side of biomechanical when it comes to Trainfolks.
ASHLEY: The Electric Roadfolks are pretty similar so I've heard.
MOONSTONE: So they were doing something to their Frequency chip? But why?
MOONSTONE: That's important to them, right?
BUFFY: That's how they do that thing where they can talk to each other mentally.
SLICK: they mustve been doing it to stop em from alerting the others
HYDRA: You think so?
SLICK: only thing i can think of
ASHLEY: But why would they want to cut them off from being able to tell the others what's going on?
SLICK: they gotta be screwing with em or something idfk
SLICK: dont want them telling the others over the air n getting busted
SLICK: my guess is maybe theyre using their fancy electricity to overload their systems and cause the chip to freak out probably in their brain, then they pass out like you said Dyne did
GB: but everyone's been on good terms, yeah??
GB: why'd they be screwing with 'em and overloading their systems when nobody's been fighting or causing any issues
HYDRA: Yeah, Electra and Galvanic have been friendly to each other, and Elektronic is the one who invited Galv in, so they shouldn't have any beef to warrant turning on them like this.
MOONSTONE: .. Maybe Galvanic doesn't know.
MOONSTONE: Maybe the Components got into an argument privately at some point over something, and Ampera, Vapor, and the others took it too harshly.
MOONSTONE: They talked about "finishing what they'd started", so maybe they instigated the start of an argument that's turned into a fight of this scale.
BUFFY: They could've been arguing before we got there, so that'd make sense.
SLICK: what about their medic?
SLICK: was R there?
ASHLEY: No, I didn't see her.
ASHLEY: But she's involved.
ASHLEY: I think it was Vapor who said something about her and Hardwire starting it.
ASHLEY: They all look so similar it's hard to tell who's who from a distance.
HYDRA: Did they have spikey bits on their uniform?
HYDRA: If so then yeah, that's Vapor.
MOONSTONE: Vapor has spiky ornaments, Hardwire has sort of chunky square-ended ornaments, Radial has those little Allen Key-shaped things, and Ampera has the semi-circles.
SLICK: ngl theyre like
SLICK: hardcore lacking compared to your guys' electric mates
GB: they're very different in their uniform and everythin', yeah
BUFFY: .
BUFFY: Maybe that's why the argument started?
ASHLEY: You think it's something jealousy related?
BUFFY: Possibly.
BUFFY: Maybe Galvanic's Components are jealous that Electra and Elektronic's Components get to have more privilege and better regulations than they did/do
BUFFY: And they started arguing about it, turning into the whole thing we just saw.
HYDRA: Radial and Hardwire starting it makes no sense though, those two have always been the most stoic-faced of the lot, they don't seem like the sort to ever get angry.
HYDRA: Let alone be angry enough to start overloading brain implants and causing shit like this.
SLICK: Amps doesnt seem like the type to do this either
SLICK: she was a rascal back at the races back in wemb but she never came across as argumentative or hateful in this kinda way
SLICK: she and i hung out a bit back then between the heats
SLICK: she was fun
GB: ...
GB: now i'm just thinkin'
GB: what's going on with the others?
MOONSTONE: What do you mean?
GB: Wrench, Krupp, and Charge.
GB: they all fell sick didn't they?
GB: but none of the other Electrics have as far as we know in their apartment building, it's JUST been them.
GB: granted the others have since been quarantining up til today but if it was a summer flu or somethin' it would've absolutely hit someone else by now and half their building would be sick.
ASHLEY: .
ASHLEY: Did
ASHLEY: Did they make them sick?
MOONSTONE: Oh my Starlight-
HYDRA: What
SLICK: what thats a thing that can happen??
GB: i dunno, but it sure sounds like an Electric thing for TOO MUCH electricity suddenly hitting their brain to make 'em get unwell.
GB: think the fight started with Wrench and Radial first, Wrench was the first to get sick.
BUFFY: OH!
BUFFY: They met up on the day Galvanic and their Components got added to the main chat, I remember that!
BUFFY: Wrench offered to help Radial with financial stuff because they don't have an accountant.
MOONSTONE: But Wrench doesn't seem like the argumentative or fighty type either.
GB: she may be a repair truck and the resident mum friend, but
GB: lemme tell you here, she can be proper scary when she's angered, and strong at that
GB: trainfolks in the medical field ain't the type to be messed with, because she knows how to break someone as much as she knows how to fix someone
SLICK: did you get decked by her or something
GB: no, though i think she wanted to after the championships
GB: she beat me in an arm-wrestling match though
ASHLEY: Wrench definitely isn't the argumentative kind of lady normally, but she IS very protective of the others.
ASHLEY: If Radial had kicked up a fuss about things not being fair between how Galvanic's Components are regulated VS how Electra's are regulated, she would've gotten very defensive of her partners.
ASHLEY: Cue the argument, and Radial's group took that as an aggression pact where they've began going after the others and giving them a rough time.
BUFFY: That's what I think happened too
MOONSTONE: And Radial never got sick!
MOONSTONE: Wrench got sick, but she was WITH Radial and she never caught that "summer flu" either!
ASHLEY: Exactly!
SLICK: so we got a motive
SLICK: thatll help give us more solid ground
BUFFY: So we go tell the others?
BUFFY: Now's a better time than never, Galvanic's not online nor are any of their Components
BUFFY: We HAVE to tell someone about this and confront them
HYDRA: Are we absolutely sure today's the best time to do it?
MOONSTONE: If we don't do it now, we don't know what could happen to the others.
MOONSTONE: If they've managed to get to and cause harm to Wrench, Krupp, Charge, Purse, Joule, and Dyne, that leaves
MOONSTONE: Volta, Zero, Socket, and Killerwatt left.
GB: 4 folks
HYDRA: Fuuuuucckk
ASHLEY: Yeah, I think we need to tell them now.
SLICK: Hyd
SLICK: we gotta
SLICK: ik youre worried about everyone not doing good after the shitshow today but like
SLICK: we gotta take initiative n act quick
SLICK: idk whats going on with these fancy electric fuckers but i want answers
SLICK: and if anyone in the yard starts getting hurt too then starlight fuckin knows what could happen
HYDRA: .
HYDRA: Aight.
HYDRA: Even after all the shit you've pulled before at the race
HYDRA: You're still my gremlin sister, and I still trust you.
HYDRA: Let's head to main chat.
MOONSTONE: Should we ping anyone?
MOONSTONE: I think we need to ping Corry, to let him know the reason why we've not shown up.
GB: i hate puttin' more on the dude's shoulders but we gotta tell Rusty too
GB: Leccy and EK obviously
SLICK: i wanna ping CB if hes not online by the time we go into main
BUFFY: That's reasonable
BUFFY: Other than that we just let people know what's going on in main if they're online.
ASHLEY: What should we do if Galvanic or their group comes online and sees?
GB: we confront 'em
GB: we've gotta in some form anyway so push comes to shove
HYDRA: Sounds fine to me.
MOONSTONE: That works.
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PEARL: Hi again guys!
ASHLEY: Heya Pearlie.
THUNDERCAB: That was a pretty quick visit
THUNDERCAB: Was expecting you lot to take way longer with your visit to see everyone
DOLLY: I was banking on having some more time to finish off some treats to take over on my turn! D:
DOLLY: Especially since Ray-Ray was gonna come over to bake with me.
THUNDERCAB: R ay-Ray
THUNDERCAB: Youre adorable Dolly
DOLLY: :>
HYDRA: 'Bout that
HYDRA: Something's come up.
HYDRA: On her end and ours.
GB: ya'll mind if we give some people a ping?
DUSTIN: Go ahead..!
MOONSTONE: @CORRY Heya babe, can you come in here if possible?
GB: @ELECTRA @ELEKTRONIC can we have a word with ya'll
DINAH: Ooooohh is someone in trouble??
BUFFY: Y eah, someone is
DINAH: Wait huh
GB: @RUSTY forgot we also need you too
GB: my head's in a blur today
ASHLEY: No kidding.
SLICK: @CB oi mate, come here too if you can
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CORRY: Moony?
CORRY: Are you almost here? :o
MOONSTONE: Not yet superstar, we've
MOONSTONE: Ran into a problem?
SLICK: less a ? problem and more an actual problem tbh
ELEKTRONIC: We got called to chat?
RUSTY: Is everything okay guys?
HYDRA: We're pretty sure it's n ot so that's why we've came in here and summoned the horde.
PEARL: We don't know what's going on either. ^^;
THUNDERCAB: Yeah if we could like get some explanation??
GB: aight.
GB: there's no good way to really say this so we're gonna just say it
ELECTRA: Geebs, you're scaring me a little.
ELECTRA: But alright, go ahead.
GB: sorry hun
SLICK: wait a sec, ceeb isnt here yet
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SLICK: k there he is
CB: came in here asap, sorry, i was grabbing a drink
CB: whats up lil yellow
SLICK: to grossly summarise
SLICK: shit has hit the fan
CB: hoohh boy what happened this time???
ASHLEY: So while we were going to see the others at the medical shed, we were almost there when we heard someone shrieking.
DINAH: Wha???
RUSTY: Was it the other Freight roughhousing again?
HYDRA: Nope.
SLICK: nah
DUSTIN: If it was they wouldn't be doing it by the repair ward that's for sure-!
DUSTIN: Even when everyone's wound up and fully playfighting they keep away from the important buildings.
DUSTIN: .. Most of them anyway. ^^;
ASHLEY: It wasn't the Freight.
ASHLEY: It was Purse, Joule, and Dyne.
CB: they were on the yard???
BUFFY: Yep.
ELEKTRONIC: What.
ELECTRA: What???
ELECTRA: I thought they were in the apartment!
ELEKTRONIC: I thought Dyne was too!!
ELEKTRONIC: The only one I know went out was Zero who came to see Volta, and Socket handling the incident patients.
DOLLY: Aren't you guys meant to be quarantining??
ELEKTRONIC: Zero's been worrying about their sister, especially with today's events.
ELEKTRONIC: I didn't want them to get wound up more with stress. :(
THUNDERCAB: On one hand fair
THUNDERCAB: On the other hand thats not how quarantining works
ELECTRA: Well, Volta's not gotten sick so far, so she's fine to visit.
ELECTRA: But I didn't even know that Purse and Joule had snuck out, what-
DINAH: And I was able to visit Volta to give her the snacks she asked for a couple days ago, and nothin' happened to me!
PEARL: Joule sneaking out makes complete sense.
PEARL: Purse going with her surprises me.
DUSTIN: Maybe to stop her doing something crazy.
CB: sounds about right
BUFFY: You wouldn't have gotten sick, Dee.
BUFFY: It's not even a sickness.
ELECTRA: ?????
ELECTRA: What do you mean?
GB: Lex, babes.
GB: they're getting electrically overloaded.
GB: that's what's making 'em "sick", we think.
ELECTRA: .
ELECTRA: Excuse me
HYDRA: We got there and found those three outside the shed with company.
HYDRA: Hardwire, Vapor, and Ampera were with them, 3 of Galv's lot.
SLICK: joule was the one who screamed that we heard
SLICK: theyre getting screwed with
MOONSTONE: Several of us were hiding behind a wall so we could only really hear what was happening.
GB: me 'n Ashley were able to see what was goin' on for the most part though
GB: by the time we got there, Dyne was glitching and passed out, 'n then Purse and Joule shortly after had the same happen
GB: we think they're bein' overloaded with electricity to mess with their implants and fuck about with 'em by the others.
RUSTY: What-
DUSTIN: Ohgosh-
DINAH: Y'serious!?
THUNDERCAB: GALVANIC THAT LITTLE BASTARD-
MOONSTONE: Woah woah woah wait!
MOONSTONE: We don't know if Galv's involved in this! We think this is entirely a Components VS Components thing!
CORRY: Are you sure Moony?
MOONSTONE: We're all very sure.
SLICK: we think this whole sickness shit has been these lot fighting between eachother since R and W went to meet up
SLICK: reckon its got something to do with the way theyre being treated
BUFFY: We don't think they're being hurt and mistreated purposefully by Galvanic
BUFFY: More so we think it's rules being placed on them by the R.C you all work for that's causing the fighting.
BUFFY: You guys can probably tell there's a major difference between how the other Components are compared to Galv's quartet, especially in how they're allowed to dress.
DOLLY: I
DOLLY: Did find it weird, when Radial brought it up in our DMs that she needed to ASK Galvanic permission to come and bake with me, and was afraid of sneaking out.
DOLLY: And she's not here now even though she said they were all on their way..
ELEKTRONIC: I
ELEKTRONIC: I had no idea-
ELEKTRONIC: Is Dyne okay???
GB: we don't
GB: we don't know.
ELEKTRONIC: What about Socket??
SLICK: didnt see her
ASHLEY: ^
ASHLEY: If she stays in the shed, she's likely going to be fine.
CB: h oly shit
CB: alright this really is a shit hit the fan moment
SLICK: told you so
ELECTRA: Wait but
ELECTRA: How did Krupp and Charge get involved in this??
ELECTRA: They've not encountered the others at all far as I know
HYDRA: .. Didn't think of that. Huh.
RUSTY: .
RUSTY: You said that you think they're doing something via overloading their systems with too much electricity, right?
ASHLEY: Mhm.
RUSTY: Wrench has defib pads on her fingers.
RUSTY: She can deliver very high-powered voltages.
GB: .
ASHLEY: .
SLICK: oh shit
HYDRA: OH SHIT INDEED
DUSTIN: Ohhh noooo..
CB: oh what the fuck
CORRY: Oh my gosh-
ELECTRA: Wrench wouldn't do that.
ELECTRA: She'd never hurt any of us.
ELECTRA: She'd never hurt Krupp or Charge, she loves them the most.
DINAH: Yeah! Wrench is one of my best pals, even if she can be a lil' intimidating to strangers she'd never hurt someone innocent, ESPECIALLY not someone close to her!
SLICK: what reason would she even have to turn on the others tho over an argument
CB: yeah, she'd need a motive, a real damn good one at that
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: But if she was made to do it
DOLLY: Thunder, you're not bringing this up now-
THUNDERCAB: Oh Im bringing this up if people are gonna get screwed with again
THUNDERCAB: For once Im thinking of other people here so let me say it
CORRY: ???? TC?
THUNDERCAB: Galvanic's Components are freaky, they were back at Wembley Parks race too
THUNDERCAB: And theres something they can do to mess with people, sure Cheetah can probably do it too if that lot can tbh
THUNDERCAB: Their magnetism shit? Its STRONG
THUNDERCAB: To the point they can screw with not just other trainfolks movements and actions
THUNDERCAB: But also their words and thoughts
DUSTIN: T hey wha???
HYDRA: So like
HYDRA: Mind control??
MOONSTONE: They never used that on me!
MOONSTONE: When Hardwire came to offer racing with Galvanic to me, they never forced me to say yes, they accepted me giving them a "I'll see" answer.
CORRY: They never did that to me either
CORRY: Sure they used some magnetism to push me away so they could talk to Moony privately, but that's it.
SLICK: the most i ever saw of anything was them moving us all out the way when Galv entered to be all dramatic n shit
DINAH: That's something Electrics have!?
ELEKTRONIC: IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE!!
ELEKTRONIC: Not us at the very least!
ELEKTRONIC: We have magnetic properties, sure, absolutely, all Electrics have that, but to be able to control someone to THAT extent??
ELEKTRONIC: We DON'T, I swear to Starlight that we don't!
GB: we believe you, Elek, don't worry 'bout it.
RUSTY: Yeah, nobody's accusing you!
RUSTY: That's a BIG accusation to make to begin with.
BUFFY: This throws a whole new screwdriver into the mix though.
ASHLEY: So are they electrically overloading the others, or
ASHLEY: Is it mind control?
[ELECTRA] has gone Offline
GB:.
GB: crap
CORRY: That's not good is it-
DINAH: Lexi..
CB: ohboy
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. .
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Electra had barely shut his laptop before getting up onto their feet, leaving his large and lavish bed in disarray with his laptop hastily closed and tossed to the side against the pillows and bedsheets as he all but bolted out of his bedroom. It had taken him a minute to even process what he was reading on the screen from the others, being told that someone was going after them, someone they knew was going after them and going after his Entourage in specific. The premise that Greaseball had brought up alone had been terrifying and enough to make the pulse on his chestpiece begin to speed up, that a secret fight was kicking off and the other Components were using high-voltage shocks to throw his own Components' health into jeopardy instead of some summer flu or fever like they'd been speculating all this time. But Electra swore they'd stopped breathing the moment he'd read what Thundercab had to apparently say.
Mind control magnetism.
Fucking mind control magnetism.
He didn't know how she even knew they had this ability. He didn't know how this kind of ability even existed, he'd never seen it in any Electric. They were all born with magnetic capabilities of various strengths. Engines always had strong skills even from birth, but they trained and honed that talent since schooling began for them; For Components, meanwhile, it seemed to depend and fluxuate between them. Krupp, Volta, and Charge's skills with magnetism were on the weaker end, but their other more superior skills compensated for that (durability, combat, and weapon usage for Krupp, speed for Volta and Charge, and while Charge was more agile and creative, Volta had a strong level of control over the cold and her body system's low temperature). Wrench meanwhile showed strong magnetic capability, while also being highly skilled as a Repair Truck (well, Railway Crane Repair Truck if they had to be COMPLETELY specific, but Repair Truck was much more simple and something Wrench herself was more comfortable with which he always respected) - Purse in turn had a strong magnetism capability too, but in exchange many of his other skills were more internalised as the Money Truck, a financer with a sharp brain and skills in cash. Joule was always somewhere in the middle, a jack-of-all-trades in terms of how good she was with everything she did, but she never minded that.
All of them were immensely talented, every Engine and Component and everything beyond even the Electrics was talented with their skills and strengths.
And yet they'd never seen anything like this before in their lives.
He felt his heart thud in his chest and the weight of his internal systems, the heaviest it had all felt since the Championships. The usual races the Racing Commission gave to him to accept and perform in were never actively scary to The Engine of the Future; The Engines he faced and their race partners would try to intimidate him, sure, but very few had genuinely intimidated him. It was never other Trainfolk they feared.
What Electra feared was much more internal.
Failure.
Making a fool of himself.
Losing.
Seeing his loved ones hurt or in pain.
Losing them.
Failing them.
Electra opened his door in a hurry and did what he did best; Going quick on his wheels. He had to. He had to go fast, he had to make sure the others were okay. Everyone else had already been hurt, and only Volta was left, one of his long-time signature racing partners - She'd known Electra since they'd graduated their training about 8 years ago and she'd been assigned to him. His room was located down the end of the T-shaped corridor, the bathroom opposite him. Down the end of the corridor was Volta and Joule's shared room, as well as Charge and Purse's, which led down to the main apartment area. One room down from Electra's, meanwhile, was Krupp's bedroom, always close by yet the door firmly shut. .
And after his, was Wrench.
Her door, by contrary, was wide open.
Electra stopped on his brakes suddenly, the smallest of sparks scattering harmlessly onto the floor, as he came to a sharp halt and glimpsed into the room.
The main room lights were off, to try and help spare Wrench the headache she and the other "sick" people were struggling with. Some light slipped through the cracks of her patterned curtains, though, and her table lamp sat next to her radio on the bedside table was slightly aglow on a dim setting, and yet despite all of that he was able to see the contents of her room and what - and who - was there. Wrench's bedsheets were (contrary to her usual self and nature) messy and somewhat all over the place, as she was not in her bed, but rather standing beside it, upright on her feet - She was out of her usual uniform and in a more comfortable navy blue night-dress, wobbly, swaying slightly back and forth, and he couldn't tell if her shakiness was stemming from her wheels not being on her feet, exhaustion, whatever was even happening to her, or a mix of all three.
He wouldn't have been able to tell she was even without her wheels, were it not for the two black-and-silver-dressed figured collapsed at her feet, the shimmers of their clothes catching in the light coming in from the corridor and the slight movement coming from their quietly functioning fans working to cool off their bodies from the overload. Tufts of dark blue and black hair made his stomach lurch as Electra found himself looking at the mostly face-down unconscious forms of Volta and Zero, a handful of books scattered with them and Wrench's water bottle falling out of Volta's hand. They could only see Volta's face slightly.. But it was enough for him. It was enough to see the glow of her eyes as they flashed with panic.
'Oh.'
'Oh no.'
'Nonononono--'
The Engine almost felt like he'd walked into a crime scene; If he hadn't known any better as to what was going on, that would have been what it was as far as he knew.
".. M-Ma.. Master?.."
Electra jolted as he looked back up to the voice talking to him.
It was Wrench calling out to him, he realised. She sounded exhausted, which wasn't entirely abnormal for the Repair Truck (especially after she'd dealt with the group's shenanigans more times than Electra probably cared to admit, and they'd seen for themselves how tired out Wrench had been after the Championships too, not to mention how her state had been up to this point), but what was abnormal was the way in which her voice sounded almost devoid of anything that made Wrench.. Well, Wrench. Her eyes were focused onto him as her slightly limp body continued to slightly sway back and forth, not entirely stood upright the way Wrench usually did, yet her red and blue eyes were staring directly at him completely in an unnatural manner compared to everything else Electra was seeing.
She called out again. "Master.. Electra?.."
".. Yes? What- What is it?" Electra choked out in reply. It was unnerving, so stardamn unnerving, hearing Wrench calling him 'Master' in this way. The Engine usually didn't mind in the slightest when his partners called him Master, but it was mainly bedroom talk, and otherwise reserved near entirely for when the others are teasing him or trying to make him blush (with the exception of Purse, who didn't seem opposed not uncomfortable at all calling Electra that publicly in a more normal situation). Electra preferred their Components keeping the 'Master' talk to times of intimacy - The last thing Lexi wanted was to make them all feel inferior or beneath him. They were his Entourage, his equals, his partners, his crew, and Electra didn't want it any other way.
Wrench continued to stare at him. "Is there.. An-Anything you, need of me?.." She asked softly.
His breath caught in his throat for a moment, not sure what to even begin to say. ".. No," He settled on eventually, "You should go back to resting. You're unwell."
"Unwell?.." Wrench echoed, almost confused, and Electra fought back the urge to cry. 'She doesn't even know what's going on with her anymore? She doesn't even know what she's done to Volta and Zero?..'
"Yes, love, unwell," He confirmed to her, "So you need to get some more sleep." - If she was under some sort of mind control, he figured it was best to sway her into causing as little extra harm as possible and get her back to a state of somewhat-calm in bed.
It seemed to work, as Wrench nodded slightly, some soft blonde strands of hair falling in front of her face - Normally her short shoulder-length hair was well-kept and brushed, but it wasn't, not entirely, like she'd been trying to maintain her routine only to falter at completing it. "Rest.. Alright. If that.. That's what you want. Anything.. Anything for you. Always."
Electra's heart pounded in his chest, and all he could do was pray internally that she couldn't tell it was as he watched her slowly return to her bed upon his order, and he gently closed the door once he knew she was laying down - He left Volta and Zero in there, he had to, he couldn't trust how well they'd be in this state and what could happen if they got too close to any of those under this effect he barely had any clue about. He left go of the handle like it was burning hot and rushed away from the door instantaneously, zipping down the corridor and hurrying into the main area of their penthouse apartment, shutting the door behind him with haste.
Pressing his back against the shut door, the Electric felt his breath quickening as they stared out across the room. The open-plan living room, a place in his life Electra was completely used to by now as it was his home, their home, their relaxation and their work and their play and their daily routine which all existed in these red wallpapered walls adorned with various colourful fairy-lights and LEDs.. Suddenly felt considerably bigger than it usually did in their day-to-day.
The group gaming consoles were untouched and the TV was turned off, no sounds of play or chaos which would usually be from Joule or Charge getting up to whatever it was they felt like getting up to.
The work desk was empty without the sounds of keyboard clicking or phone-calls being taken, rendering only the various items and paperwork (mostly) neatly left by the computer to show what would be Purse's presence otherwise, with Krupp usually hovering somewhere nearby as the two conversed about work and whatever else was conversation-worthy between them.
The door leading to the penthouse balcony was shut with all the pillows for the outdoor seating stored away, as opposed to being in their usual positions when Volta was sat out there to enjoy the weather and lounge.
The kitchen was devoid of any pleasant smells of food being cooked or baked by Wrench, who would usually be trying her hand at baking some more with a new recipe probably given to her by Dinah.
Electra's breath began to grow faster and faster.
It was quiet. Empty. Nobody here. Nothing happening.
He caught a glimpse of himself in the reflection of the makeup table's mirror, everything left out being the last things used by the others that hadn't been put away yet.
The usual white glow of his irises had gone.
Immediately, he knew what that meant. Not that he could believe it.
A broken sob escaped their throat as their hands flew to their head, fingers gripping onto strands of red and white and blue as he tried to listen, listen for anybody, trying to connect to one of the others' thoughtstreams or even just attempting to catch any wayward thoughts through the Frequency.
He couldn't find anyone. Couldn't connect to anyone.
Their suspicion was right.
Quiet, once again.
Empty.
Electra was alone.
He screamed, tears rapidly forming in his eyes as Electra felt his wheels and legs gave out on him and he fell to his knees, head in his hands. He couldn't help but sob, panic and anxiety filling them near instantly as a weight hung heavy on their shoulders. Their home was empty, their Frequency was empty, everybody was still alive and he knew this, Wrench was just down the corridor with Volta and Zero for Starlight's sake, but it didn't feel that way - It felt like everyone had vanished, like they were gone gone and he wouldn't get them back. He could get them back, right? Right? They're not gone, they can't be gone, he can fix this, he has to fix this because if he doesn't then what becomes of them and what becomes of him without his partners, his Entourage, it wouldn't even remotely be the same if they were all stuck in that starlight-damned awful state that they'd just found Wrench in barely a few minutes ago- Had it even been a few minutes? Had it been longer? Makeup ran down his cheeks with the tears as rapid breaths came and went quicker than Electra could process, the pulse on his chestpiece skyrocketing, and someone would absolutely be chastising them about their heartrate right now were it not for the fact that he was all alone.
And then suddenly his phone began to buzz. Lexi fumbled and looked for it on their person and in their uniform pockets, only to realise it wasn't there anymore - The phone buzzed on the floor just in front of him in its glittery phone case.
It was a call from the group's chat server, a Voice Call. Electra knew they'd barely be able to hold it together if at all, and the last thing they remotely wanted was their group of friends hearing them in this state, but. .
'Anything to hear someone's voice right now.'
[ELECTRA] entered voice channel [VC 1 (Formerly Beach Time Channel)]
♪ GB: Okay, thank fuck, there ya are.
♪ GB: Lexi, you there at all??
♪ CB: Lex? Are you okay??
♪ THUNDERCAB: You disappeared on us, you still alive??
♪ DINAH: Guys, don't bombard them!
♪ ELECTRA: I'msorry.
♪ ELECTRA: I'm sorry I had to check on the others and now I don't know what to do at all my chesthurtsIcan'tbreathe
♪ GB: Woahhh woah woah, slow your rock-and-roll a little bit there hun.
♪ RUSTY: Go steady, Els.
♪ RUSTY: Just do your best to breathe, alright?
♪ RUSTY: Listen to us talking, we're right here.
♪ GB: Yeah, it's gonna be okay, you're okay.
♪ GB: I'm right here on the other end of the call, so is everybody else, y'ain't alone over there panicking.
♪ GB: You're gonna be okay, I promise.
♪ THUNDERCAB: He's breathing really fast, do we need to like alert someone?
♪ DOLLY: It's because of a panic attack, Cabby.
♪ DOLLY: You shouldn't have brought all of that up!
♪ THUNDERCAB: They have a right to know what's going on, Dolls!
♪ THUNDERCAB: I'm not going to hide shit from people when it's important information.
♪ ELECTRA: Who's here?
♪ CB: Me, Greaseball, Rusty, TC, Dolly, and Dinah.
♪ CB: Figured you wouldn't want the whole horde in here.
♪ DINAH: The others are still online and in chat if you need them though, hun.
♪ DINAH: Can you get some water? Take some deep breaths?
♪ ELECTRA: Legs feel numb
♪ ELECTRA: Everything feels numb.
♪ DINAH: Oh, honey..
♪ GB: Can Volta get you some water?
♪ ELECTRA: No.
♪ ELECTRA: She
♪ ELECTRA: I went to find her.
♪ DINAH: Oh no..
♪ ELECTRA: Sh-She'd gone
♪ ELECTRA: Gone to see Wrench.
♪ ELECTRA: Had her bottle an-and books.
♪ CB: Shiiittt
♪ RUSTY: They must've gone to give her some things to help her relax a bit easier through being "sick".
♪ THUNDERCAB: Once again, you all really dont get what quarantining means.
♪ DOLLY: Cab, put a sock in it.
♪ THUNDERCAB: .. Sorry.
♪ THUNDERCAB: This shit's just pissing me off a lot.
♪ GB: You 'n me both.
♪ GB: Lexi, you still there?
♪ ELECTRA: Mhm.
♪ GB: Awesome, you're doing great babe.
♪ GB: What happened to Volta? Can you let us know?
♪ GB: At your own pace, darlin', it's okay.
♪ ELECTRA: I.
♪ ELECTRA: Found her in Wrench's room
♪ ELECTRA: Zero too.
♪ ELECTRA: They were on the floor.
♪ DINAH: Oohhhh nooooo...
♪ CB: So they've been zapped then?
♪ ELECTRA: Mhm.
♪ ELECTRA: But the wo-worst was Wrench.
♪ ELECTRA: She- She was all limp and drained but she was looking right at me and-
♪ GB: Easy does it, hun, take more deep breaths.
♪ RUSTY: You're doing great, Electra!
♪ DINAH: It's gonna be okay, honey.
♪ ELECTRA: She talked.
♪ ELECTRA: She asked if I ne-needed anything from her.
♪ ELECTRA: And she acted so not like herself.
♪ ELECTRA: Told her to
♪ ELECTRA: To go to bed, because she's sick, and- and I don't even think she knows what's going on anymore because she sounded so confused and didn't even notice Volta and Zero on the floor rightinfrontofher-
♪ DOLLY: Oh my gosh, Lexi..
♪ THUNDERCAB: Fucking hell..
♪ THUNDERCAB: Are you okay yourself, mate?
♪ THUNDERCAB: Have you got somewhere safe?
♪ ELECTRA: In our living room.
♪ ELECTRA: It's so quiet here
♪ ELECTRA: I'm
♪ ELECTRA: I'm alone.
♪ ELECTRA: Everything's gone dead there's no-one else around here and I can't even hear their thoughts anymore and I don't know what to do-!
♪ GB: Hey, y'ain't alone anymore.
♪ GB: Like I said, I'm right here on the end of the phone, and I have no plans on goin' anywhere until I know that you're alright.
♪ CB: I'm here too!
♪ RUSTY: We're all here for you, Lex, promise!
♪ RUSTY: We'll be here in the call as long as you want to put up with us.
♪ DINAH: Yeah, if y'want any privacy then you can tell us to scram and we will for you.
♪ ELECTRA: No.
♪ ELECTRA: Stay.
♪ ELECTRA: Please stay.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Then we'll do that mate, don't worry.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Much as I wanna punch someone's LED lights out for this shit, I swear to Starlight if I see ANY of Galvanic's little weirdos around-
♪ DOLLY: Thunder!
♪ DOLLY: That's enough, seriously!
♪ RUSTY: We need to handle that lot, but we're not punching anybody.
♪ RUSTY: This doesn't have to be resolved violently.
♪ DINAH: I agree, best we avoid a repeat of the Championships brawls kick-startin'.
♪ DINAH: No matter how much I also want to give this lot a good tussle for what they've started.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Good to see I'm not the only one in the Urge to Deck Somebody Club.
♪ CB: Me and Slick probably are in that club too honestly.
♪ CB: But yeah, DeeDee's right, starting a punch-out brawl will just cause more issues than they're worth.
♪ GB: If Moonstone's right and Galvanic isn't even involved in this shit then we'd just be punching an innocent party.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Like hell are they innocent!
♪ THUNDERCAB: It's THEIR Components starting this shit.
♪ GB: Don't mean they're involved as the one telling them to do it.
♪ GB: Though I do think we still gotta confront them.
♪ DOLLY: They're probably somewhere around the yard, or on their way.
♪ DOLLY: Lke I said, Radial was going to join me for some baking and I was going to help her with getting her social skills up some more, but she's not here yet.
♪ RUSTY: It's just a matter of figuring out how we go about fixing this.
♪ ELECTRA: Please fix it.
♪ ELECTRA: Please.
♪ ELECTRA: I want them back.
♪ ELECTRA: Starlight above I want them all back so much, it's so empty without them.
♪ RUSTY: We'll find a way to get them back, Els, I promise.
♪ RUSTY: Just hold on tight, and we'll get through this together.
♪ ELECTRA: I-I want to get them back.
♪ ELECTRA: But I'm
♪ ELECTRA: Fuck I'm such a mess on my own.
♪ ELECTRA: They al-always made me feel even more like I could do anything.
♪ ELECTRA: I never felt afraid
♪ ELECTRA: Knowing th-they were behind me.
♪ GB: It's rough, I know that feeling.
♪ GB: Never quite feels the same.
♪ GB: Whether it's my gang behind me, the Freight, or the Coaches, having 'em around feels..
♪ GB: Right. Like they're meant to be there, and when they ain't, it's just.. Odd/
♪ RUSTY: It can feel almost alien, being by yourself when your live revolves around being with others for so long.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Ain't that the truth..
♪ THUNDERCAB: It doesn't make me panic being all alone, but it can be..
♪ THUNDERCAB: Intimidating. Even for me.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Don't tell the Freight I said that.
♪ RUSTY: We won't.
♪ DINAH: Yeah, even for us, being alone can be a bit scary.
♪ DINAH: So we understand how you're feelin', Ellie.
♪ DINAH: Even if Electric life's very different to ours.
♪ ELECTRA: It's one thing to
♪ ELECTRA: To be a group, you spend most your life and work with.
♪ ELECTRA: But to be so- So connected-
♪ ELECTRA: To hear their feelings and thoughts in your head and know how they truly are..
♪ ELECTRA: Or to
♪ ELECTRA: To hear them thinking of stupid shitposts at 2 in the morning, hah.
♪ ELECTRA: An-And to love them, as more than
♪ ELECTRA: More than your group, but as your partners..
♪ DOLLY: Oh my gosh..
♪ DOLLY: So you like, KNOW know them.
♪ ELECTRA: I do.
♪ ELECTRA: .. I did.
♪ ELECTRA: Starlightabovewhyus..
♪ THUNDERCAB: Fuck, man..
[ Eʟ##ᴛ#ᴀ. . ]
♪ ELECTRA: Hm??
♪ RUSTY: What-
[ Eʟ#ᴄᴛ#ᴀ. . ]
♪ GB: Oi, who new just got into the voice call?
♪ CB: Not seeing anyone in the list saying someone joined.
♪ THUNDERCAB: The fuck?
[ Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ. . ! ]
♪ ELECTRA: .. I recognise..-
♪ ELECTRA: Wrench?..
♪ DOLLY: Huh?!
♪ DINAH: Oh my gosh-
[ I-I ғᴇᴇʟ.. Cᴏʟᴅ.
I ғᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ I'ᴍ ᴀᴡᴀᴋᴇ.. Bᴜᴛ I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ I ᴀᴍ. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ғᴏʀ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.
Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ..
[ Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴜᴘ, Eʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴀ..- ]
♪ CB: Wait is this actually her??
♪ RUSTY: It sounds like her voice!
♪ GB: Thought she'd been hijacked though??
♪ THUNDERCAB: Are we being screwed with?
♪ THUNDERCAB: Like is this a prank or something?
♪ ELECTRA: She was- I saw her-
♪ ELECTRA: I-I don't understand..
[ 𝑳𝒆𝒙𝒊..?
𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘.. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆..
𝑩-𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖. ]
♪ ELECTRA: Purse-!?
♪ THUNDERCAB: Oh shit another one??
♪ CB: That's absolutely Purse's voice, what the hell?
♪ DOLLY: Nobody else is in VC right?? We're sure on that??
♪ DINAH: Nobody else but us!
♪ DINAH: Nobody's joined to mess with us.
[ 𝖳𝗈𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖽.. ]
[тoo нoт.. ]
[ 𝖢𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗎𝗌?.. ]
[ wε lovε yoυ, lεхι!.. ]
♪ DINAH: That's Volta and Joule!
♪ GB: It's a serious damn issue if either of them are saying they're too cold or too hot.
♪ RUSTY: No kidding..
♪ RUSTY: Are we sure it's them?
♪ ELECTRA: It is-
♪ ELECTRA: I-I don't- Don't know how, but I know their voices..!
[ 𝙴𝚕𝚜?
𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑.. 𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜..
𝙳-𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚞𝚜.. ]
♪ CB: Charge..
♪ CB: Fuucckkk, this one stings..
♪ DOLLY: Is this like, their last thoughts before they blanked out?
♪ THUNDERCAB: Shit, maybe??
♪ RUSTY: Why are we hearing it now though?
♪ ELECTRA: Ma-Maybe
♪ ELECTRA; Maybe it's connecting through the Frequency to the server somehow?
[ ..𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕜. 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖.
𝔹𝕦𝕥.. 𝕀 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦. 𝕎𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦.
𝕐𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖.. 𝕊𝕠 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕖. ]
♪ ELECTRA: Krupp..
♪ ELECTRA: I don't
♪ ELECTRA: I don't know if I can face them without any of you.
♪ ELECTRA: I-I don't know what to even do to fix this.
[ Yᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ғɪɴᴅ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ..
Bᴜᴛ.. Yᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ.
Wᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʜᴇʀᴇ.. Lᴏᴠɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ.
Sᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴏʟᴅ ᴜs ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ.. ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ.
Yᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ sᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ..
Cʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛ. ]
♪ DOLLY: Awwwhhh..!
♪ DINAH: That's adorable, oh my gosh.
♪ ELECTRA: I
♪ ELECTRA: I don't know what I did t-to deserve any of you.
♪ ELECTRA: But I'm
♪ ELECTRA: I'm so grateful I have each an-and every one of you.
♪ ELECTRA: Maybe I never said it enough before. I'm sorry if I haven't. You all deserve to hear it more often.
♪ ELECTRA: I love you all so, so much.
[ Hᴀʜᴀʜ..
Mʏ sɪʟʟʏ Lᴇᴄᴄʏ.
Yᴏᴜ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs sᴀɪᴅ ɪᴛ.. Aɴᴅ ᴡᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ.
Wᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ sᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ, ᴛᴏᴏ. ]
♪ ELECTRA: You should
♪ ELECTRA: Go back to resting.
♪ ELECTRA: I-
♪ ELECTRA: I'm going to get you all back somehow, an-and I'm going to fix this with our friends.
♪ ELECTRA: Don't spend too much of your energy, Wrenchie.
[ Rᴇsᴛ..
Yᴇs, I ᴛʜɪɴᴋ.. I ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ. ]
♪ RUSTY: You guys can get your sleep to recover from this best you can!
♪ RUSTY: We're with Lexi all the way.
♪ GB: Always gonna be with 'em to help.
♪ GB: That'll never change.
♪ CB: Affirmative!
♪ DINAH: Nobody gets left behind! We're gonna do our best!
♪ ELECTRA: I'll- I'll be there to help soon.
♪ ELECTRA: I
♪ ELECTRA: I promise I won't let you down.
[ I ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ, ʟᴏᴠᴇ. ]
[ I ᴋɴᴏᴡ. ]
[ 𝓘 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀. ]
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♪ THUNDERCAB: .. And now everything's quiet.
♪ DINAH: They've gone..
♪ DINAH: We all heard that, yeah?
♪ CB: 10-4, absolutely heard it.
♪ GB: That
♪ GB: That had to have been some kinda last-shout from their systems or something, like a cry for help.
♪ DOLLY: They must've heard you trying to reach them and managed to pull themselves together enough to reach back out to you one last time!
♪ DOLLY: Now that's love right there.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Sure is, damn.
♪ RUSTY: Well, as if we needed anymore motivation, now we've literally heard their last thoughts or something like that asking to be saved.
♪ THUNDERCAB: No pressure, eh?
♪ ELECTRA: .. W-We can.
♪ ELECTRA: We can do it.
♪ ELECTRA: I'm going to go to Galvanic.
♪ ELECTRA: Th-They might not be involved directly, but it's their Components that are doing this, and they have a right to know and put a stop to it themselves.
♪ GB: That sounds like a good idea, darlin'.
♪ GB: Do you want us to come with you?
♪ ELECTRA: Please.
♪ GB: Alrighty.
♪ GB: I'll come with ya then.
♪ RUSTY: I will too!
♪ DOLLY: Same here.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Are you sure, babe?
♪ DOLLY: I'm sure, trust me on this.
♪ CB: I'll be there too!
♪ CB: Champs Crash Crew is sticking together for this.
♪ GB: Swear if y'start a brawl and we all get into ANOTHER accident I'm gonna deck ya myself.
♪ CB: Heeyyyy!!
♪ ELECTRA: Pffheheheh-
♪ RUSTY: Alright, so that's me, Greaseball, Caboose, Dolly, and Electra going to talk to Galvanic, that sounds like a reasonable group size.
♪ GB: I think we oughta get something done about the fact Joule, Dyne, and Purse are probably still somewhere on the yard.
♪ GB: Same goes for Ampera, Vapor, and Hardwire, those three are absolutely out there doing Starlight knows what.
♪ GB: But we gotta stop both groups from gettin' ahold of the remaining Electrics, I think Killerwatt is still safe, and Socket's in the medical shed, so she's at biggest risk.
♪ ELECTRA: I'll tell E.K to keep Killerwatt in the apartment, and tell Socket to stay in the medical shed and not leave it 'til it's safe.
♪ THUNDERCAB: I'll go hunting for Cheetah's squad, see if I can restrain them or something.
♪ DINAH: I'll go with you.
♪ THUNDERCAB: You sure?
♪ CB: My girlfriend almost mauled Flat-Top, she can handle them.
♪ THUNDERCAB: That still doesn't count because F-T doesn't go to the gym.
♪ DINAH: It absolutely still counts, and I'm absolutely still going with you anyway!
♪ DINAH: Someone's got to make sure you don't break their noses or shatter their wheels.
♪ GB: Ya'll are gonna get outnumbered though if it's just you two.
♪ THUNDERCAB: I'll ask Slick to come with.
♪ THUNDERCAB: She was there with you guys when you saw what happened, so it'd be best we have at least one person from that witness group with us.
♪ THUNDERCAB: I don't totally trust her, but she's in on the group and I'm 95% sure she could kick the ass of at least one of those guys.
♪ DINAH: That's true, she'd be a good idea to bring along.
♪ DOLLY: And that just leaves us needing a group to look after Joule, Dyne, and Purse.
♪ DOLLY: I can ask Moonstone and Hydra if they can keep them under control?
♪ RUSTY: Ashley and Buffy were there too weren't they?
♪ GB: Yep.
♪ RUSTY: They're both pretty strong Coaches, we'll ask them too if they can help.
♪ RUSTY: Pearlie too, actually, I trust her with that.
♪ DINAH: Actually, Pearlie could come with us.
♪ DINAH: That way both groups have 4 people, and I think with Ampera, Vapor, and Hardwire we're gonna need all the help we can get.
♪ RUSTY: Oohhhh, that's a good point.
♪ ELECTRA: Be careful with Hardwire.
♪ ELECTRA: He's Security.
♪ ELECTRA: Isn't as skilled with weapons as Krupp would be as an Armaments Truck, but he might have one anyway.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Noted, I'll handle Hardwire if we run into 'em.
♪ DINAH: Good idea.
♪ DINAH: Me, Pearl, and Slick can handle Ampera and Vapor.
♪ CB: And Slick'll be good backup for Thunder if Hardwire gives her any troubles.
♪ THUNDERCAB: What kind of weapon should I expect him to have??
♪ ELECTRA: Blunt weapon.
♪ ELECTRA; If- If I had to guess, maybe a baton of sorts.
♪ ELECTRA: That's what Killerwatt usually has.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Gotcha.
♪ GB: Are you feeling any better, hun?
♪ ELECTRA: I'm feeling a little better.
♪ GB: You're certain you wanna do this?
♪ GB: You don't HAVE to go and confront Galvanic or their lil' group if you don't want to, we're not forcing you into this.
♪ GB: Especially if you're recovering from a whole-ass panic attack 'n all that.
♪ ELECTRA: I want to do this, yeah.
♪ ELECTRA: Even if
♪ ELECTRA: I still feel really weak honestly.
♪ ELECTRA: I want to do this for them.
♪ ELECTRA: They would do the same for me if I was in this situation.
♪ DINAH: That's really sweet of you, Leccy.
♪ THUNDERCAB: You love those guys a lot, ey?
♪ ELECTRA: I do.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Guess you sparkly celebrity bunch aren't just all show-and-dance after all.
♪ RUSTY: That's why they're our friends!
♪ DOLLY: Welp, friends help friends.
♪ DOLLY: Let's get those guys and gals back!
♪ DOLLY: .. I still can't do the American accent thing, I'm so sorry Dinah.
♪ DINAH: Don't you worry hun, your accent's adorable just the way it is!
♪ CB: Let's get this show on the road!
[ELECTRA] has created voice channel [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel]
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[ELECTRA] has enabled PROXIMITY CHAT CONNECTION for [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel]
♪ GB: Proximity Chat Connection??
♪ DOLLY: What's that?
♪ ELECTRA: It's an add-on I found online.
♪ ELECTRA: It'll automatically add people in proximity of me to the VC if they're in the server, so everything can be transcribed.
♪ ELECTRA: I want to make sure we have everyone involved in here without all the fussing of trying to GET people in the call, so everything can be heard and written down.
♪ RUSTY: You think we'll need the auto-transcribe as evidence?
♪ ELECTRA: Maybe.
♪ CB: Honestly better safe than sorry.
♪ GB: Galv's probably at the entrance somewhere, yeah?
♪ DOLLY: Most likely?
♪ DOLLY: Or maybe they're on their way to the diner with Radial, unless she convinced them to let her go that way on her own.
♪ RUSTY: What do we do if we run into her AND Galvanic, since she's involved in this too?
♪ CB: We talk to both of them, simple.
♪ GB: You see 'em anywhere coming from your end towards us, Lex?
♪ ELECTRA: Not yet, no.
♪ ELECTRA: I'm almost to the yard entrance though, so if they're anywhere there then I'll see them.
♪ DOLLY: TC's just sent me a text!
♪ DOLLY: She, Dinah, Pearl, and Slick have started hunting around the Yard to see if they find any of them.
♪ DOLLY: If they find them then Cabby's gonna blare her horn for us to hear.
♪ GB: Ashley's told me already that she, Buffy, Moons, and Hydra are on their way to the medical shed to handle Joule, Dyne, and Purse.
♪ GB: Hopefully those three just stay unconscious for the next however long this takes so they don't all get into a wrestling match or something.
♪ ELECTRA: With how Wrench was, I don't expect they'll put up a proper fight.
♪ ELECTRA: I'm
♪ ELECTRA: Honestly shocked at how willing everyone's been to help with this.
♪ RUSTY: We're your friends, Electra, of course we're willing to help!
♪ RUSTY: The Championships were rough on all of us who were there, but that's in the past now, and we've moved past it together.
♪ CB: Said it earlier and I'll say it again, Champs Crash Crew is sticking together.
♪ CB: You guys have honestly been, way too accepting of me than you had any right to be.
♪ CB: Considering all the harm I did, none of you should've really forgiven me, especially not you and Geebs.
♪ CB: And now we have each other's backs through the bullshit.
♪ GB: 'Course, I ain't the type to hold a grudge for over a year.
♪ GB: Was I pissed for a while? Obviously yeah, but
♪ GB: Y'know, Dee explained that it wasn't like you did it to fuck about with me or genuinely do it for shits and giggles, and it made more sense.
♪ GB: Plus looking back at me now, I really needed to be taken down a few pegs.
♪ ELECTRA: Wrench explained it to me and honestly even back then after the explanation I was still mad, but I think that was more to do with how the loss impacted me than being directly angry AT you.
♪ ELECTRA: A loss in Electric Racing can be rough sometimes, and that loss was very rough for me..
♪ ELECTRA: But you proved you're trying to move on and fix things, and I've moved on and trying to ground myself a bit more.
♪ RUSTY: Plus, like Dolly said, friends help friends!
♪ GB: Exactly.
♪ DOLLY: Yep!
♪ DOLLY: And we absolutely count as friends now even if we weren't at the Championships, so obviously I'm gonna help.
♪ DOLLY: No take-backsies!
♪ ELECTRA: Hahah!
♪ ELECTRA: Noooo, absolutely no take-backsies, of course we're friends!
♪ DOLLY: Yay!
♪ CB: 10-12, up north by the mail office!
♪ ELECTRA: You've found them?
♪ CB: Yep!
♪ RUSTY: What are they doing by the mail office?
♪ GB: Probably lost as fuck, I think this is their first time actually bein' here.
♪ ELECTRA: I'm in through the yard entrance now, I'll approach them first and you come in after.
♪ CB: 10-4!
♪ DOLLY: You got it!
[GALVANIC] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
♪ GALVANIC: Afternoon everyone!
♪ GALVANIC: Is everything alright?
♪ RUSTY: Not, completely?
♪ GALVANIC: Right, yeah, duh, crash incident happened.
♪ GALVANIC: Radial made a request for us to come down here as a group to come see if people needed help, especially since Radial's a medic in her own right, but Ampera, Vapor, and Hardwire went ahead.
♪ GALVANIC: I asked Radial to go look for them, and now none of them have returned, and I've no clue where they've gone.
♪ CB: Riiiiiight.
♪ ELECTRA: Some of the others are looking for them already.
♪ ELECTRA: That's why we came to talk to you, actually.
♪ GALVANIC: Oh?
♪ GALVANIC: What about them?
♪ ELECTRA: Your Components have been going after mine.
♪ ELECTRA: They're the reason that all of them now have gone silent and disconnected from our personal Frequency.
♪ GALVANIC: .. I thought they were sick?
♪ ELECTRA: That's what we thought.
♪ ELECTRA: Until several of the Trainfolks here at AV spotted your missing three going after Purse, Joule, AND Dyne, arguing with them, and then overloading them into exhaustion with electrical energy and magnetism.
♪ ELECTRA: They've also gone after Volta and Zero to do the same, and they've been using my Repair Truck Wrench to do so, by ways of magnetism controlling abilities that I've never seen before.
♪ GALVANIC: Oh yeah, that's something they can do!
♪ GALVANIC: I can as well, though naturally mine's much stronger as an Engine.
♪ CB: .. Just casually confirming some folks have magnetic mind-control now, alright, as if things couldn't get any weirder.
♪ GB: Never heard of an Electric bein' able to do that before.
♪ ELECTRA: None of the Electrics in my branch can, far as I know, and I was raised and trained alongside the other Engines since I was a trainlet.
♪ GALVANIC: Perhaps that's only exclusive to the United States Branch that we came from?
♪ RUSTY: None of you sound remotely American apart from Hardwire slightly, honestly.
♪ GALVANIC: Well according to my documents, I am born from British Electrics, so perhaps there simply wasn't space for us in our original Branch here in the UK, and so we got moved.
♪ CB: What, you guys can just get shoved to a whole different country as baby trainlets away from your parents?
♪ GALVANIC: It's probably not a common thing that happens often, honestly.
♪ GALVANIC: But hey, what can you do?
♪ GALVANIC: Can't make space when there's none to work with, I'm content with that.
♪ GALVANIC: I was trained to be a star regardless of where I was!
♪ GB: Riiiight, and that trainin' also involved you and your Components learning how to control people down to their thoughts.
♪ GALVANIC: I don't see why that's an issue?
♪ GALVANIC: Honestly sometimes you just need someone doing as they're told for once, that's what we were taught to use it for, making sure things went our way so we could continue to shine.
♪ GALVANIC: The Components just follow suit with whatever they're ordered to use theirs on.
♪ DOLLY: So did you tell them to hurt Electra and Elektronic's partners?
♪ GALVANIC: Starlight no! I've got no part in whatever that's about.
♪ GALVANIC: Elektronic's my friend, and while me and Electra are honestly more acquaintances, I wouldn't mess with them either! I have standards.
♪ GALVANIC: My four will be in trouble for going behind my back and acting of their own accord. All over an argument, you said?
♪ ELECTRA: That's what we think.
♪ ELECTRA: From what got overheard by the others, they have reason to think that your Components started the argument due to how different the regulations are between them compared to the other Components in our complex.
♪ ELECTRA: Jealousy, effectively, which isn't abnormal between Electrics of any kind honestly, but this is a whole other ballpark.
♪ GALVANIC: Jealousy?
♪ RUSTY: That's been the best conclusion anyone's thought of so far, at least.
♪ GALVANIC: I don't see why they'd be jealous, they're all the ones actually following regulations set by the R.C and less likely to get into trouble.
♪ GALVANIC: Why be jealous over a bunch of rule-benders and breakers?
♪ ELECTRA: Excuse me?
♪ GB: Hooohhh boy.
♪ GALVANIC: Oh come on you've got to know about this, Electra, you're the top Racer in this country, one of the best 5-Star Engines working for them since you graduated.
♪ GALVANIC: The Physical Uniformity Regulations for Components??
♪ GALVANIC: It's been a thing since I was a child in my training classes, so you'd surely have been raised with it active too and taught about what it means.
♪ ELECTRA: I
♪ ELECTRA: N-No, that's.
♪ ELECTRA: That's new to me, completely.
♪ GALVANIC: Really??
♪ RUSTY: Whuh?
♪ CB: What even is that?
♪ GALVANIC: Oh, right, you guys absolutely wouldn't know, I'll explain!
♪ GALVANIC: So every Electric Racer, so that's every Engine, has a theming we choose or that gets chosen for us if we're indecisive that decides our makeup, clothes for the press and going out, racing uniform and day-to-day uniform, accessories, our race entrances, all that.
♪ GALVANIC: Most of us admittedly are a bit basic and tend to stick to something surrounding electricity as an element and concept, but sometimes we can get creative with it or go a whole new route!
♪ GALVANIC: My theming is Technocore meets Neon Lightning Aesthetic, with a bit of Lady Gaga inspiration thrown in there because she's an icon.
♪ ELECTRA: I know that bit, at least.
♪ ELECTRA: I came up with mine too, my red, white, and blue with stars and lightning bolts.
♪ GALVANIC: Exactly!
♪ GALVANIC: And that's your theme, that's you, that's your flair.
♪ GALVANIC: The Physical Uniformity Regulations are put in place to protect that.
♪ DOLLY: "Protect" a theme?
♪ GALVANIC: Well, not the theme itself, I'm sure I'm not the only Lady Gaga-inspired Technocore or Neon Lightning Racer around.
♪ GALVANIC: Maybe that's not the best word to use, actually, that's just what came to mind first.
♪ GALVANIC: I more so mean that it protects us and keeps us as the stars of the show.
♪ GALVANIC: We are the Racers, after all, the ones practically made to be in front of the paparazzi, the cameras, we're the ones pulling our race partner to victory or even winning it on our own if it's one of those kinds of races.
♪ GALVANIC: We're celebrities, and the Regulations set for the Components makes sure that all the focus is on us Racers, out style, our theme, our success.
♪ GB: And that's why
♪ GB: Your lot all look the way they do?
♪ GALVANIC: Correct!
♪ GALVANIC: Black under-layer, silver upper-layer protective gear, all nicely shaped the same with a few exceptions, I think Hardwire's is slightly larger to be more protective due to his job.
♪ GALVANIC: They get provided sets of gear ornaments dependant on their job, shoulders and lower legs are a MUST, but they get extras to put on their wrists and thighs and even some smaller ones for the backs of their shoes if they fancy, and they also get a new belt with their name initial on the front in a colour that corresponds to their Racer, in my case they get a pretty blue light!
♪ GALVANIC: No hair past the chin, all hairstyles must be bleached if not born blonde and then pulled back or slicked back with hair products, but they can add some personal touches like highlights with black to match their under-layer of clothes.
♪ GALVANIC: And then makeup is black and silver too, though they can also use nude colours too, they can have their fun with that and go for whatever style works for them. I allow my four to have some pretty glitter gloss on their lips, not only does it keep their lipstick lasting longer but it gives a little extra flair without taking away from me!
♪ GALVANIC: And on special occasions we can get a little fancy, like for very important press conferences or events! You got to see some of that at the R.C's Pride Party where I got to dress them all up in those gorgeous silver suits and dresses, and Radial had those beautiful red highlights in her hair to match her lipstick, and Ampera had that tie-dye choker on, and everything.
♪ ELECTRA: I
♪ ELECTRA: What.
♪ RUSTY: Is that why you call the other Components "rule-benders and breakers"?
♪ GALVANIC: I mean, that's what they're doing isn't it?
♪ GALVANIC: They're not following any of the Regulation rules, only two of Electra's seem to have bleached hair-
♪ ELECTRA: They are natural blondes.
♪ GALVANIC: Oh! Well that's convenient for you then!
♪ GALVANIC: Because their uniforms don't match whatsoever and that'd absolutely take a lot of time to readjust.
♪ GALVANIC: I know the red and blue is your thing of course, but that's YOUR thing, not theirs.
♪ ELECTRA: It's theirs as much as it is mine, because they're part of my group.
♪ GALVANIC: Are you not afraid they're going to get taken away from you or scrapped? The paperwork for that is always a hassle I hear.
♪ ELECTRA: .. What.
♪ GB: Fuckin' hell, Lexi, what's goin' on with your Racing Commission that you work for??
♪ DOLLY: Scrapped?!
♪ ELECTRA: I- I've never known it to BE like that!
♪ ELECTRA: Sure, some of the higher-ups can definitely be a bit intimidating at times, but some of them are still incredibly nice!
♪ GALVANIC: Only a bit?
♪ GALVANIC: I mean, you must be used to them by now. But some of them are beyond terrifying..
♪ GALVANIC: Honestly the one who gave me my report after coming second place at the Quarter-Finals held on Wembley Park Yard was a star-sent blessing compared to how some of them back home were like if I got second, I got chewed out hard sometimes during my early screw-ups.
♪ GALVANIC: Humans in general are.. Really, really intimidating, it's honestly impressive you guys here at the trainyard can work for them and with them so casually!
♪ GALVANIC: But we owe our everything to the Racing Commission. They're the reason any of us today are here and living in the luxury we have.
♪ GALVANIC: Hell, they're the reason we have a roof over our heads, get a full education and access to free NHS healthcare, giving us a team of dedicated help to tend to our needs, and a safe place to sleep.
♪ GALVANIC: Where would we be if we didn't have them?..
♪ ELECTRA: .. We do owe them a lot.
♪ CB: How long has the R.C been around for? Like 30 or 40 years?
♪ ELECTRA: Much longer.
♪ ELECTRA: Trainfolks are said to have came into existence in around..
♪ ELECTRA: The 1805 to 1810 range? A bit after the humans themselves made the first vehicle trains.
♪ RUSTY: That's why some folks believe The Starlight Express created us and had something to do with the first vehicle trains.
♪ RUSTY: Because the first vehicle trains were in the very early 1800s, and then our kind showed up not long after.
♪ ELECTRA: Mhm.
♪ ELECTRA: The Racing Commission meanwhile's been around since 1850.
♪ CB: H oly shit.
♪ GB: .. Ah.
♪ DOLLY: It's been around for over 100 years?!
♪ GALVANIC: Mhm!
♪ ELECTRA: It has.
♪ ELECTRA: Some of the current figureheads and high-ranked humans of the R.C are apparently even distant descendants of the ones that created it back then.
♪ ELECTRA: It was made in the times before the whole counterculture movement in the 1960s and the Anti-Scrappers Movement of the 90s, when all the protesting happened to protect all of you today in your yard.
♪ ELECTRA: Before all of that, the Racing Commission was made to give us Electric Trainfolks working in the cities a proper stable job, be respected and protected, and make a name for ourselves in a time when Trainfolks couldn't otherwise.
♪ ELECTRA: They've done so much for us over the years, I can't imagine a life where I didn't race for a living and didn't have everything I do now.
♪ ELECTRA: But.. They can take as much as they give, sometimes.
♪ CB: .. Is
♪ CB: That what you meant when you said your Championship loss was rough?
♪ ELECTRA: .. Yes.
♪ ELECTRA: They- They really didn't like the fact that I as their best 5-Star Racer in the Branch, and the best across multiple UK R.C Branches, only got 2nd place in the World Championships.
♪ ELECTRA: The loss itself hurt, because I had a streak going and a perfect record for the season and everything..
♪ ELECTRA: But it was dealing with them afterwards that hurt the most.
♪ RUSTY: .. I remember this.
♪ DOLLY: You do?
♪ GB: Wait you do??
♪ GB: Since when??
♪ RUSTY: Do you mind if I tell them, Leccy?
♪ ELECTRA: .. Go ahead.
♪ ELECTRA: I'd rather you say than me.
♪ RUSTY: Got it.
♪ RUSTY: So a few days after the Championships ended, Wrench and Krupp came to see me because they needed my help as the new Champ.
♪ RUSTY: The Racing Commission had gotten really angry at Electra over not winning, and because of that, they'd
♪ RUSTY: They'd threatened to remove Charge and potentially Joule too, and either take them away to give to other Racers, or send them to a Warehouse.
♪ CB: .. You don't mean-
♪ ELECTRA: Th-They threatened to scrap them, or send them away to be bought by someone else and disconnected from the R.C, if they weren't given to another Engine in the R.C..
♪ RUSTY: Wrench and Krupp asked for my help as Champion, since that gave me a higher position of authority and everything, and so I went to Control and pled my case, and they said they'd do their best.
♪ RUSTY: And it worked, because during their next business meeting with the Commission they brought up how Electra and their Entourage made Championship numbers skyrocket more than any race held at our yard, and it was enough for them to calm down a bit on their planned punishment.
♪ ELECTRA: I was temporarily deranked until I earnt my way back up to 5-Star, and they took a lot of my prize money income, but I preferred that over losing them.
♪ ELECTRA: I did so many races during that period to get myself back up to 5-Star that I almost had a medical emergency.
♪ GB: Holy fuck Lexi, why didn't you tell us any of this?!
♪ ELECTRA: I didn't.. Didn't think anyone would be able to help, that's all.
♪ ELECTRA: It's in the past now, mostly, anyway.
♪ DOLLY: Oh my Starlight..
♪ ELECTRA: I was terrified we'd lose our home too or something, but I was even more terrified they'd revert their decision..
♪ ELECTRA: I didn't want them to take Charge and Joule.
♪ GALVANIC: You could've just earnt yourself some new ones when you got back to 5-Star.
♪ ELECTRA: .. What
♪ ELECTRA: What do you mean by that.
♪ GALVANIC: They're Components?
♪ GALVANIC: There's hundreds of them being trained and educated by the Racing Commission day in and day out to be assigned to an Engine, or doing other jobs for the R.C like working at the group nursery with the trainlets, while they wait to be assigned to the next Racer that's best fit for them or that needs a replacement after another one's had to go.
♪ GALVANIC: The R.C has them exist for us, so that you and I can be our best selves on the race course and in front of the camera, and that's all they're really here for, to work for us, race with us if we don't have another partner, and look pretty.
♪ GALVANIC: They know that as much as I do, they're taught this in their training classes too during their education, albeit in much more detail since it actively applies to them.
♪ ELECTRA: .. Galvanic, that's not-
♪ GALVANIC: So what if you lost two of them?
♪ GALVANIC: You'd just get some new ones eventually, the paperwork would be a pain to deal with.
♪ GALVANIC: But honestly, it wouldn't be the end of the world.
♪ ELECTRA: .. It would-
♪ GALVANIC: Come on, really?
♪ ELECTRA: YES!
♪ ELECTRA: IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD FOR ME!
♪ ELECTRA: IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD FOR ME, BECAUSE THOSE ARE MY COMPONENTS, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN BY MY SIDE SINCE I GRADUATED FOR STARLIGHT'S SAKE!
♪ ELECTRA: IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD FOR ME, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THEM AS DRESS-UP DOLLS, OR A SIMPLE-MINDED PIT-STOP CREW, OR PEOPLE WHO "SERVE" ME OR STAND AND LOOK PRETTY FOR MY SAKE!
♪ ELECTRA: IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD FOR ME, BECAUSE I LOVE THEM AND TREAT THEM AS REAL TRAINFOLKS DESERVING OF MY APPRECIATION, RESPECT, AND ADORATION!
♪ ELECTRA: THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE, GALVANIC, THEY'RE TRAINFOLKS!
♪ ELECTRA: THEY'RE TRUCKS AND COACHES AND HYBRID AND PURE-BLOODS AND THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THEY ARE STILL TRAINFOLKS THAT ARE FLAWED AND BEAUTIFUL AND ALIVE JUST LIKE WE ARE AND WHO DESERVE TO BE CARED ABOUT LIKE LIVING PEOPLE ARE!
♪ ELECTRA: IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO THINGS FOR US AND HELP US IN OUR RACES AND LIVES, THAT DOESN'T GIVE US THE RIGHT TO SO RIGOROUSLY DICTATE AND CONTROL THEIR BODIES AND MINDS IN THIS WAY!
♪ ELECTRA: THEY'RE MY COMPONENTS, MY ENTOURAGE, AND I LOVE THEM!
♪ ELECTRA: AND I WOULD NEVER, FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE, HURT THEM THIS WAY!
♪ CB: .. Hhhhoooly shit.
♪ DOLLY: A-All of my hair is standing on end from the static electricity, holy shit-
♪ GB: I've never seen 'em this angry before.
♪ GALVANIC: What.. What the hell are you on about..?!
♪ RUSTY: .. I think, Galv, what you've been taught, has been something really toxic.
♪ RUSTY: This isn't a normal way to think, and it's not something normal or healthy to be raised on and taught.
♪ GB: Not just you, honestly, but your lil' group too.
♪ GB: They've been the ones raised to believe they're worth nothin' because there's tons of other Component-whatsits out there they could be replaced with, and that they're all just one and the same apart from really just the makeup they get to decide and the letter on their belt.
♪ GB: Raised to believe that if they ain't followin' these stupid regulations about lookin' alike and lookin' pretty but bland enough so you stand out as the only one that supposedly matters, they'll break the rules and be in dangerous trouble.
♪ GALVANIC: I-
♪ GALVANIC: I DO matter though!
♪ GALVANIC: .. Don't I?..
♪ DOLLY: Of course you do, Galv!
♪ DOLLY: But the others matter too, you should all matter.
♪ DOLLY: Ampera and Vapor and Hardwire and Radial, they..
♪ DOLLY: They shouldn't be scared to ask you if they can have permission to go and do things and to go live their lives.
♪ DOLLY: I- I shouldn't have Radial in my DMs, terrified of forming connections outside of only you, because she feels she has to watch you almost all the time for your safety.
♪ DOLLY: Think of yourself, and how important it is and how much it means for you to be someone special, someone who's treated respectfully and with importance, not as a celebrity but as a PERSON.. And now think about how you would feel if you didn't have any of that, how you would feel if you were treated as just a passing thought, and you were raised and grew up being told that was all you were worth.
♪ DOLLY: That's them. That's how they feel. That's how they've felt for so long that they're acting out like this because they're probably at least half-convinced that it's right and that they're all worth nothing.
♪ GALVANIC: .
♪ GALVANIC: I-I..
♪ GB: Shit.. They're cryin'..
♪ CB: Well duh they're crying, this is Lex and all of us suddenly laying on them that everything they've known and lived by is wrong.♪ CB: And especially after what Dolly just said and they're thinking about how that shit probably feels, it's hit them.
♪ RUSTY: I feel so awful for everyone involved in this mess..
♪ GB: I know you do, lil' guy.
♪ DOLLY: .. Did- Did I overdo it?
♪ CB: No, I think they needed to hear what you said most honestly.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Why
♪ GALVANIC: Why are you even helping after everything we did to you at Wembley Park?
♪ DOLLY: .. While I can't forget what happened, I can forgive.
♪ DOLLY: And
♪ DOLLY: Honestly, while forgiveness has been a slow process even after it being a few months, this whole
♪ DOLLY: Thing
♪ DOLLY: Has given me a lot of context I didn't have before that makes everything make more sense.
♪ CB: Forgive what?
♪ DOLLY: It's something personal, just stuff that happened between us a while back.
♪ DOLLY: I'm not gonna bring up old drama, that's not my style.
♪ CB: That's fair.
♪ GALVANIC: I
♪ GALVANIC: Idontunderstand-
♪ ELECTRA: .. But
♪ ELECTRA: You can learn to understand.
♪ GB: You aight, babe?
♪ ELECTRA: Yeah.. I'm- I'm alright.
♪ ELECTRA: Sorry, I- Don't know where that all came from.
♪ GB: It's alright, Leccy, anger's completely justified over somethin' like this.
♪ GALVANIC: W-What?..
♪ RUSTY: Whatever you all got taught at the US Branch thing is complete shit, pardon my swearing.
♪ RUSTY: You're here now, with us, in a whole different country to live in, with different rules and different lifestyles.
♪ RUSTY: You can be a star, and they can be loved the way they're meant to be, and nobody will get hurt by that.
♪ RUSTY: And we can help you.
♪ CB: Bad shit can be unlearnt, I speak from experience.
♪ CB: Or at the very least, you can be given therapy and help to be able to move past it and realise how bad it actually is.
♪ CB: But as someone who got told this by a good friend of mine..
♪ CB: The fact that you're crying and thinking on it means that you DO care in some way, and you DO realise that something's not right about it even if it's how you've been taught and "how it's supposed to be".
♪ CB: Am I right?
♪ GB: Y'ain't gonna be judged if you say yeah.
♪ GALVANIC: I-
♪ GALVANIC: After some time being with them, everytime I saw Radial and Hardwire bleaching their hair blonde again..
♪ GALVANIC: Th-They always looked so.. Empty, and- and something in my chest would hurt.
♪ GALVANIC: But I didn't want them to break the rules and get into trouble, because they're- They're the one I trust the most with my health and safety, and so I kept things going, because I was..
♪ GALVANIC: I was.. Scared.
♪ GALVANIC: Vapor, he al-always has a cute little cocky show-off smirk, b-but he always looks the most alive when he gets to dance and dress up fancy for special events, and I didn't understand where that energy came from. I just thought he was putting on more of a show to please me, because.. That's what I was told should be happening, my Components serving and pleasing me.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Ampera, she-
♪ GALVANIC: She was held back from graduating for about t-two or three years before being assigned to me.
♪ GALVANIC: I was told th-that it was because she was a troublemaker who struggled to do her job properly, but she arrived to me and- And she did her job just fine, so I never understood-
♪ GB: That was probably their way of sayin' that she wasn't abiding by the rules properly and they refused to let her graduate until she caved.
♪ DOLLY: .. She has always had the slightly longer hair out of those four.
♪ GALVANIC: Just barely in regulation..
♪ GALVANIC: .. That
♪ GALVANIC: Oh my Starlight fucking hell, ev-everything makes sense now..
♪ GB: Her little act of defiance and control that she had.
♪ GB: You see it now, don't you?
♪ GB: Where Vapor's energy comes from when he can express himself through dress-up or dance, why Radial 'n Hardwire are so stone-faced, why Ampera has her hair just scrapin' the allowed length.
♪ GALVANIC: .. What
♪ GALVANIC: What do I even do about any of this?!
♪ GALVANIC: D-Do I lose them? What would I even do on my own?
♪ ELECTRA: What you do..
♪ ELECTRA: Is you ask your Components to free mine from whatever spell they've been put under, and start to make amends with the four of them.
♪ ELECTRA: Because odds are, they've probably been waiting to hear something like that from you for some time.
♪ ELECTRA: You don't have to be alone, because if they hear that from you, then
♪ ELECTRA: Then I think- I think they'll stay.
♪ ELECTRA: .. None of us can handle loneliness.
♪ ELECTRA: I- I know that all too well.
♪ GALVANIC: .. How do I even
♪ GALVANIC: Do that?
♪ GALVANIC: It-It was difficult already even admitting I lost and was wrong about Corry-
♪ DOLLY: But you still were able to do it, weren't you?
♪ DOLLY: .. Why did you?
♪ DOLLY: I never expected you to become more friendly with them.
♪ GALVANIC: .. I don't
♪ GALVANIC: Know?
♪ GALVANIC: I was mad, so so mad that he beat me, but
♪ GALVANIC: I saw the way everyone looked at him, how- How you, Tassita, and Barbara waved flags for him and hugged him and the way Moony and Hydra joined in.
♪ GALVANIC: I s-saw the way his mother looked at him, holding that old dusty helmet she passed down to him and being so proud of him.
♪ GALVANIC: .. I've never seen that kind of thing before.
♪ GALVANIC: And I couldn't
♪ GALVANIC: Couldn't stay mad at that, not fully, even if losing hurt, and I don't really get why or how.
♪ DOLLY: .. You have a good heart in there, G.
♪ DOLLY: I really, really think you do.
♪ DOLLY: Even if you don't understand it yet.
♪ DOLLY: I think this is a chance for you to break that cycle of toxicity and let that good heart show in its entirety.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Is it
♪ GALVANIC: Safe, to even do that?
♪ RUSTY: Yeah, it is.
♪ CB: Mhm!
♪ GB: Sure is.
♪ DOLLY: We're all safe here.
♪ DOLLY: You're all safe here.
♪ ELECTRA: .. I trust AV with my life by this point, Galvanic.
♪ ELECTRA: This place is a good place, and they've got our backs.
♪ ELECTRA: But you've got to do your piece of work to improve too.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Okay.
♪ GALVANIC: I'll-
♪ GALVANIC: I'll try and call them over.
♪ RUSTY: Can you tell if they're nearby?
♪ GALVANIC: .. R-Radial is, I sense her closest.
♪ GALVANIC: The other 3 are here, somewhere, but not as close by.
♪ GALVANIC: Th-They'll come when I call, though, it won't be too long.
♪ GB: Dunno if we'll even see 'em coming with this afternoon gloom that's hangin' over us, they'll blend in with all the grey.
♪ CB: Fuck summer, I guess.
♪ ELECTRA: Swear if it starts raining I'll wind up creating a damn thunderstorm, hoouugghh..
♪ GB: Settle down a lil' more, darlin'.
♪ RUSTY: Please don't create a thunderstorm, some of us can't handle high voltages of electricity like it's a snack-
♪ DOLLY: Can you eat lightning like a snack?
♪ ELECTRA: .. I've never tried.
♪ GALVANIC: Pffhh-
♪ GALVANIC: I-I'm- I'm not sure if, that'd work?
♪ GB: Can ya'll actually just like, manipulate the weather into creatin' thunderstorms and all that?
♪ ELECTRA: We.. We can control electricity to an extent, it's why you've seen me creating sparks from my hands and all that.
♪ ELECTRA: But we're not like we're in The Last Airbender or something.
♪ GALVANIC: .. I think, Pokemon would be a better comparison.
♪ DOLLY: YOU PLAY POKEMON?
♪ GALVANIC: A little.
♪ GALVANIC: I-I think that Ampera, probably likes it more.
♪ GALVANIC: I've seen how excited she gets at the game trailers on TV.
♪ CB: Maybe get her the latest Pokemon game when that drops, I think that's in November of this year?
♪ RUSTY: Oh that'd be a lovely gift, yeah!
♪ CB: Or hell, get them all Pokemon and they can battle and trade with each other, group-bonding.
♪ GALVANIC: .. That's a good idea. I like that.
♪ GALVANIC: Not bad, Caboose.
♪ CB: I've been known to have some actually pretty clever ideas now and then.
♪ CB: Sometimes the Freight's collective braincell is passed to me and I get to do something or say something clever.
♪ GB: The Freightcell.
♪ RUSTY: Pfffhh-
♪ RUSTY: The Freightcell, yes, perfect.
♪ DOLLY: Oh- Guys? I see the others coming this way.
♪ GB: Alright, back to gettin' on track we go.
♪ GALVANIC: Starlight..
♪ GALVANIC: I-
♪ GALVANIC: Is this me being scared of them, or something else?..
♪ CB: Speaking from experience?
♪ CB: It's probably being scared of admitting that you fucked up and made a big mistake.♪ CB: But stick to your guns, yeah?
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♪ RADIAL: You called, Master Galvanic?
♪ GALVANIC: .. I did.
♪ GALVANIC: Are the others with you? Did you find them?
♪ RADIAL: I did.
♪ RADIAL: I ran into Ms Dinah who told me she and some others were looking for them as well, so I took that off their hands and found them myself.
♪ RUSTY: That's handy.
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♪ RADIAL: There they are.
♪ GALVANIC: Good.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Thank you, Radial.
♪ RADIAL: .. I
♪ RADIAL: You're welcome, Master..?
♪ RUSTY: You should text the others to let them know these three have been found, Dolly.
♪ DOLLY: Good idea, I'll do that right now, one sec.
♪ GB: How's it goin', you lot.
♪ AMPERA: ..Shit.
♪ VAPOR: What-
♪ VAPOR: What did you call us for, Master?
♪ VAPOR: Is there something you need?
♪ GALVANIC: I've been told that you four have been stirring up mischief in the background without anyone noticing.
♪ GALVANIC: You've kept a secret from me..
♪ GALVANIC: Haven't you?
♪ VAPOR: Uhm-
♪ AMPERA: .. Li-Listen Master, I- We-
♪ HARDWIRE: .. It was my idea.
♪ GALVANIC: Yours? Really?..
♪ HARDWIRE: Affirmative.
♪ RADIAL; Hardwire, you don't have to-
♪ HARDWIRE: Shh, let me do this for you.
♪ GALVANIC: .. When did this start?
♪ HARDWIRE: Sometime after the Pride Party R.C event, Master Galvanic.
♪ GALVANIC: I see..
♪ GALVANIC: You.. Did all seem a little off after that, now I think about it.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Why did you start this, Hardwire? And
♪ GALVANIC: And please, be truthful with me.
♪ HARDWIRE: .. When we were at the party, we were surrounded by all the new Electrics we didn't completely know yet, or did not know at all.
♪ HARDWIRE: Everyone looked and sounded and acted so
♪ HARDWIRE: So different, so strangely, and it was stressful to be surrounded by other Components who didn't seem to be abiding by the regulations the Racing Commission had set in place for us all.
♪ HARDWIRE: Nobody had any true connection or synergy, everybody was acting out and doing whatever they felt like doing in bright colours that didn't match one another, and it was overwhelming and
♪ HARDWIRE: Overstimulating, I think- I think that is the word.
♪ HARDWIRE: We started to worry about what would happen if the R.C found out so many Components in the branches at the party there were breaking regulations, what punishment they'd have, who was at risk of being- being lost.
♪ HARDWIRE: And so we decided to see what could be done to fix things so everyone was back to regulation again, so nobody would be sent to a Scr-Scrap Warehouse.
♪ VAPOR: Wires..
♪ AMPERA: H?..
♪ HARDWIRE: .. I-I'm fine.
♪ ELECTRA: So you started with my Components.
♪ HARDWIRE: You're a 5-Star Racer.
♪ HARDWIRE: My hope with the initial plan was that we would be able to talk to your Components, have them come to an understanding about how their behaviour was incorrect and out-of-line, and how even if they belong to a 5-Star Racer they still need to abide by the Physical Uniformity Regulations, because it isn't fair on everybody else if they break the rules and get away with doing so by proxy of being in a 5-Star Racer's entourage.
♪ HARDWIRE: I told Radial to talk to Wrench first, and-
♪ HARDWIRE: And if it didn't work, to use our skills, the way the Commission taught us to, connecting them to our Frequency and partially linking them in so they'd see sense.
♪ HARDWIRE: And then if all of a 5-Star Racer's Components were following regulation again, everyone would look to them as an example and follow suit, a-and everything would clean itself up from there.
♪ HARDWIRE: .. We didn't know they would get sick. We've assumed that's some sort of side-effect of what we've done to them, their own systems and everything attempting to combat what we caused.
♪ GALVANIC: .. You wouldn't-
♪ GALVANIC: You wouldn't lie to me, would you guys?
♪ VAPOR: Absolutely not-!
♪ AMPERA: Never!
♪ RADIAL: N-No Master!
♪ HARDWIRE: Never, Master Galvanic.
♪ HARDWIRE: .. You know me, as I know you.
♪ HARDWIRE: You see me for who I am, as I see you for who you are.
♪ HARDWIRE: I'm not lying, am I?
♪ GALVANIC: .
♪ GALVANIC: No, you're not.
♪ GALVANIC: You're just..
♪ GALVANIC: In pain.
♪ GALVANIC: Aren't you?..
♪ RADIAL: Ah-!
♪ HARDWIRE: M-Master?
♪ GB: Here we go..
♪ RUSTY: You've got this, Galv..!
♪ GALVANIC: I
♪ GALVANIC: I've been, awful to you all, haven't I?
♪ GALVANIC: I didn't even fully realise it until now that- that all of this has
♪ GALVANIC: That all of this has been doing any sort of harm to you four.
♪ GALVANIC: I thought everything was being done correctly, that the way you've all been handled by the Commission and- and by myself was just- how it's supposed to be.
♪ GALVANIC: .. I think
♪ GALVANIC: I think I was wrong, to believe that.
♪ HARDWIRE: .. What are you saying?..
♪ GALVANIC: Hardwire..
♪ GALVANIC: You- You didn't have to do any of this, to try and "fix" all this wrong behaviour of other people, none of you had to.
♪ GALVANIC: It was..
♪ GALVANIC: It was our behaviour, that's been wrong.
♪ VAPOR: What?..
♪ RADIAL: Master-?
♪ RADIAL: I-
♪ RADIAL: I don't understand..-
♪ GALVANIC: I-
♪ GALVANIC: The R.C here, in this country, in this branch, they don't have those regulations for your clothes, for your hair, for any of it, you-
♪ GALVANIC: You don't have to do that anymore.
♪ GALVANIC: And I should have realised that as your Racer, I should've figured out that none of what we'd been all taught for the last several years was right when we got over here and got to see a whole new side of things..
♪ GALVANIC: And I- I should've realised sooner that it's all been hurting all of you so much, and- and looking back at everything, and seeing all of these signs that I never thought to properly consider because I was so focused on myself and not focused on you all..
♪ GALVANIC: I'm
♪ GALVANIC: I
♪ GALVANIC: Fuck, I'm s-so sorry I've just left you to sit and hurt for all this time, thinking you're completely unworthy of being loved, and thought that it was fine to even do that to begin with-
♪ GALVANIC: Don't believe that, don't believe that anymore, y-you SHOULD be worth something, y-you ARE worth something, I-
♪ HARDWIRE: .. M-Master Galvanic..-
♪ AMPERA: Galvy!!
♪ RUSTY: Awwhhh, group-hug time!
♪ DOLLY: There we go, the first baby steps to getting better!
♪ GALVANIC: I-I'm sorry..
♪ GALVANIC: I- You don't have to stick with me, after all of this, if you personally just don't want to, I-
♪ HARDWIRE: A-And leave you all alone?
♪ HARDWIRE: Hah, never.
♪ HARDWIRE: You..
♪ HARDWIRE: You mean a lot to us, g-genuinely.
♪ VAPOR: H-Holy shit, Hardwire is crying, what is this sorcery?
♪ HARDWIRE: Shut up, so are you..!
♪ RADIAL: Do.. Do you mean it? Really?
♪ GALVANIC: I mean it.
♪ GALVANIC: I-I really do.
♪ DOLLY: You all matter!
♪ DOLLY: Even if you don't entirely believe it yourselves inside just yet, that's the truth.
♪ DOLLY: Whatever those nasty people were telling you all back in your old branch is a load of shit.
♪ CB: Oop, Dolly bringing out the swear words!
♪ GALVANIC: Haven't heard that before, hah.
♪ DOLLY: Well it's true, isn't it!
♪ DOLLY: Those people were all talking nonsense about who matters and who doesn't and all of that daft crap.
♪ RADIAL: .. It doesn't feel, real.
♪ RADIAL: Was- Was it really all just..
♪ RADIAL: Worthless rules?
♪ GB: I wouldn't say worthless entirely, more so just worthless to all of ya'll.
♪ HARDWIRE: What do you mean, Greaseball?
♪ GB: I mean, thinkin' about it..
♪ GB: It was the human folks of the US Racing Commission who put those Regulation things in place, weren't it?
♪ GALVANIC: Mhm.
♪ GB: It wasn't worthless, not to them, or they wouldn't be puttin' them in place to begin with.
♪ GB: This was rules set in place to manipulate and control all the Components that're in the Branches over there, that they have authority over from childhood.
♪ GB: It's a power complex thing. They're tryna maintain control and keep their position of power.
♪ GB: Hell, the fact you're all trained to develop these magnetic powers that are capable of causin' the equivalent of mind-control when no other Electrics have that kinda level of magnetism..
♪ GB: That's a whole other ballpark that you're trained into, for some sort of reason on their part, as the ones in charge of ya'll getting trained to begin with.
♪ GB: Given Galv has it too as they said, and the way ya'll acted when you thought the others were breaking rules, maybe that's something that got put into place so Engines could keep their Components under control if they began actin' out, and Components would keep other Components under control too.
♪ GB: Something must be goin' on over in their neck of the woods, and they felt it was necessary at some point in the past to set this training in place and establish these rules to do somethin' about keeping everyone under their authority, even by making others do it for 'em.
♪ RUSTY: Given it all seems to be aimed at the Components in particular, maybe there was like
♪ RUSTY: Some sort of protest, or uprising?
♪ CB: Or even just one of them causing a load of shit in a race or something that made the R.C consider them and others a threat.
♪ VAPOR: It was all
♪ VAPOR: Just to keep us under their control?
♪ HARDWIRE: I don't see why..
♪ HARDWIRE: It.. It isn't like we've had anything outside of the Commission to leave them for.
♪ DOLLY: Maybe they just have REALLY fragile egos.
♪ CB: PFFHHH-
♪ GB: Sounds 'bout right.
♪ AMPERA: I-I absolutely wasn't going anywhere, so..
♪ AMPERA: S-So that's probably it.
♪ VAPOR: None of us were..
♪ GALVANIC: .. Ampera..
♪ GALVANIC: .. I-I should apologise to you the most. Shouldn't I?
♪ GALVANIC: When they told me you were held back for being a troublemaker, I believed them completely.
♪ GALVANIC: It never occurred to me to ask you about that yourself..
♪ AMPERA: It
♪ AMPERA: It's alright, Galv, really.
♪ AMPERA: Honestly, for a while, I- I thought I was a troublemaker.
♪ AMPERA: When they held me back from graduating for 3 whole years, I-I began to think that
♪ AMPERA: That maybe they were right, and that I was the problem and the one to blame for why I
♪ AMPERA: Why I couldn't be a good Component for anybody.
♪ GALVANIC: Oh, Ammy, sweetie..
♪ AMPERA: It wasn't until we were halfway through this whole thing, a-and I was seeing the others and how they were so friendly and open and free, that I-
♪ AMPERA: I had a realisation that, maybe I wasn't at fault.
♪ AMPERA: Maybe
♪ AMPERA: M-Maybe I could matter.
♪ RADIAL: Ams..
♪ ELECTRA: You do matter, and you were never the problem nor troublemaker.
♪ ELECTRA: I swear to the Starlight above, you matter.
♪ ELECTRA: .. I'm-
♪ ELECTRA: I'm going to be looking into figuring this whole ridiculous shitshow out, to get some more answers, and to stop it before it gets out of hand, because I think the others are absolutely right in what's being done to you five, the other Components, and even the Engines, is 100% toxic, controlling, and dangerous.
♪ ELECTRA: .. But before I get to doing any of that, you need to do your half.
♪ GALVANIC: .. We do.
♪ GALVANIC: Ray, Wires, Ammy, Vay..
♪ GALVANIC: Release the Components from your magnetism.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Please, release them from your magnetism, so they can return to Electra.
♪ GALVANIC: They're allowed to be themselves.. Just as you're all allowed to be yourselves.
♪ RADIAL: .. And you'll keep to your word?
♪ ELECTRA: I will.
♪ RADIAL: .. Alright.
♪ HARDWIRE: We'll release them now.
♪ CB: Dolly, have you heard anything from your girlfriend at all?
♪ DOLLY: Nope, else my phone would've buzzed or Cabby would've blared her horn.
♪ GB: .. Oh shit I forgot to turn my phone off silent-
♪ RUSTY: G REASEBALL!!
♪ GB: I'M SORRY, I WAS PANICKING TO GET OUT HERE AND GET THIS SORTED!
♪ CB: You had oNE JOB!
♪ GB: I've been in adrenaline mode for the last few hours, gimme a break for Starlight's sake!
♪ GB: I've gotta assume that Ashley, Buffy, Moony, and Hydra found the others and have had 'em under control, else we would have heard a ruckus from elsewhere in the yard.
♪ DOLLY: Please tell me they haven't texted you any SOS emergencies or something.
♪ GB: .. Thankfully, no, they haven't.
♪ CB: Thank fuck for that.
♪ VAPOR: Pffhh-
♪ HARDWIRE: .. Did-
♪ HARDWIRE: Did you organise whole search parties or something-
♪ GB: Oh yeah, pretty much.
♪ GB: The minute you caught us staring at you from around the corner we all booked it back to our sheds and began to organise a plan.
♪ GB: TC, Dinah, Pearl, and Slick went to hunt for you lot while Ash, Buffy, Moons and Hydra went to keep Purse, Joule, and Dyne from causing an apocalypse.
♪ GALVANIC: .. So when Electra said "several of the Trainfolks here at AV" saw what happened-
♪ GB: Eeeeyup, that was me.
♪ GB: Me, Ashley, Buffy, Hydra, Slick, and Moonstone.
♪ GB: We were headin' to the medical shed, the other five wanted to see some of the injured folks who'd been brought in after the incident earlier today, I was just supervising to make sure everything didn't descend into chaos.
♪ ELECTRA: I-I don't know what Joule, Pursey, and Dyne were even doing here, I didn't know they'd left, nor did Elektronic..
♪ RUSTY: You can probably ask them when they're up and back to normal.
♪ CB: My guess?
♪ CB: Probably came to visit someone themselves.
♪ CB: You lot have became pretty close to some of us after all, like Charge, Carrie, and me.
♪ ELECTRA: That's probably it.
♪ RADIAL: .. Dolly, why did you get involved-?
♪ DOLLY: I was in chat talking to Cabby when the squad came storming in to talk to Electra about what they'd seen.
♪ DOLLY: I was waiting for you to show up!
♪ GALVANIC: You-
♪ GALVANIC: Huh?
♪ RADIAL: Mmph-
♪ DOLLY: You didn't know?
♪ GALVANIC: .. No, I-
♪ GALVANIC: Radial, did you lie about the reason to come down here?
♪ RADIAL: O-Only partially!
♪ RADIAL: I promise I really did want to provide my medical assistance to those in the incident, I just-
♪ RADIAL: .. I also wanted to
♪ RADIAL: Take up Dolly's offer in helping at the diner, to- to start figuring out, how to make some friends..
♪ RADIAL: She said it'd be a good idea.
♪ DOLLY: It was my idea, yeah.
♪ DOLLY: Please don't be mad at her, Galv.
♪ GALVANIC: I'm not mad at all.
♪ GALVANIC: I'm more surprised that Radial's the one able to completely lie to my face and I can't even remotely pick up on it.
♪ GALVANIC: Not sure if that says something about me or her?
♪ RADIAL: If nothing else, I suppose the Commission's teachings have helped me learn how to make a very good pokerface and make it very hard for others to get a read on me.
♪ CB: Always good to find the silver lining of things like these!
♪ CB: And hey, never know when you need to be able to get yourself out of a situation with lying.
♪ GB: Not at all ominous.
♪ RUSTY: No no I get what he means.
♪ RUSTY: Like if someone's flirting with you and you've got no interest but they keep going, you can more easily lie to get out of there.
♪ VAPOR: I didn't take you as someone to know that kind of thing, Champion.
♪ RUSTY: Call me Rusty, V, that's fine!
♪ RUSTY: And I don't know about it personally myself, but as an Engine part of my work's with the Coaches, and since they deal with the customers and passengers we get, they can sometimes deal with some nasty people.
♪ RUSTY: I've learnt a lot from all of them and do my best in turn to help them also get out of any dangerous or difficult situations.
♪ RUSTY: I've also learnt lots from the female passengers too, humans and other Vehiclefolk alike, what they can sometimes deal with and go through, and so I try to help them too when I can.
♪ ELECTRA: Such a respectful little Steamer!
♪ GALVANIC: Very much so.
♪ AMPERA: Is your name actually Rusty?
♪ AMPERA: That seems a little uncomfortable to be named after a skin condition.
♪ HARDWIRE: Ampera you don't just say that-
♪ RUSTY: It's fine!
♪ RUSTY: It's not my actual name, no, my legal name's Rustin, after Bayard Rustin.
♪ GALVANIC: MLK's right-hand man in civil rights activism, yes?
♪ RUSTY: That's the one!
♪ RUSTY: Poppa was around and growing up during all those movements in the 50s and 60s, and he's always been very inspired by those people who fought to make changes for the minorities and for us too.
♪ RUSTY: So when he and Momma had me, they named me after one of those involved in the major rights movements back in his time.
♪ RUSTY: They decided on the name when they knew I'd be born an Engine but not that I would inherit his skin condition, so honestly it just ended up being a coincidence.
♪ DOLLY: Oooohhh.
♪ DOLLY: That's a really sweet name to have! Why do you go by Rusty instead?
♪ RUSTY: It's just a nickname I prefer, like how Lumber's name isn't actually Lumber, but he prefers to be called that.
♪ GALVANIC: Ahhh, I see.
♪ DOLLY: Ooh I get what you mean!
♪ CB: .. Ey, Lexi?
♪ ELECTRA: Hm?
♪ CB: Your eyes have gone all lit up, you doing alright?
♪ ELECTRA: They have!?
♪ ELECTRA: Starlight above let me check in my phone reflection..-
♪ DOLLY: What's that mean?
♪ GALVANIC: You've probably seen our pupils are white naturally?
♪ GALVANIC: When they're glowing, that means our Frequencies are online and have connected between us and our Components.
♪ GALVANIC: Likewise, when they're not glowing, that means our Fequencies are offline or disconnected, or we're out of the range of it.
♪ GB: So that's gotta mean-
♪ RUSTY: At the entrance!
♪ RADIAL: Wh-What should we do?
♪ GALVANIC: Get behind me, you guys, just-
♪ GALVANIC: S-Stay back, let everything sort itself out, give them space.♪ GALVANIC: Let- Let me protect you.
♪ HARDWIRE: Alright..
[KRUPP] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
[WRENCH] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
[VOLTA] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
[ZERO] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
[CHARGE] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
♪ CHARGE: LECCY!!
♪ KRUPP: ELECTRA!!
♪ VOLTA: LEXI!!
♪ ELECTRA: YOU'RE HERE-!!
♪ WRENCH: ELECTRA! Oh thank the Starlight, there you are--!
♪ ELECTRA: S-Steady on your wheels, I've got you!
♪ RUSTY: Careful, don't fall-!
♪ CB: Resisting the urge to make a tripping joke.
♪ GB: Don't you dare say it or I'm gonna smack you over the head.
♪ WRENCH: S-Sorry, my legs are still shaking-
♪ VOLTA: Why are you here at AV!? We woke up and you weren't anywhere to be found at home!
♪ ELECTRA: I-It's a long story- Zero, are you okay too??
♪ ELECTRA: The last time I saw you two was when you were face-down collapsed on the floor..!
♪ ZERO: Mhm! I came along with sis when she realised you weren't home and she was freaking out.
♪ VOLTA: I-I am ABSOLUTELY allowed to have began freaking out after blacking out like that and then waking up to an empty flat!
♪ KRUPP: A-Are you alright??
♪ KRUPP: Are you hurt??
♪ KRUPP: I'm- I'm so sorry, Lex, I've-
♪ ELECTRA: Hey, hey it's okay, I'm fine, I'm not hurt, just a little frazzled from getting angry.
♪ ELECTRA: This- None of this is your fault, at all, don't apologise.
♪ ELECTRA: Are YOU doing alright?
♪ KRUPP: Yes, I'm- Feeling way better now.
♪ KRUPP: Like a ton of weight has just- Completely cleared.
♪ CHARGE: Where's everyone else??
♪ CHARGE: They weren't at home when we came to either, a-and they sounded distant and a bit staticy on the Frequency, and we got so worried because we knew something'd happened to them but we were all totally out of it-
♪ ELECTRA: I-If you're all up then they're gonna be here somewhere, they're on the yard site too.
♪ ELECTRA: They got here earlier to come see folks from the incident and then- then things happened to them too.
♪ RUSTY: The others that are supervising their recovery will probably let them make their way over.
♪ GB: .. Speak of the devils, I think I see a Dynamite Gal sprinting in our direction at mach 5.
♪ DOLLY: Oh she's QUICK--
♪ CB: Don't get bowling-pinned over!
♪ VAPOR: Holy shit- Ampera can you go that fast?
♪ AMPERA: Absolutely n ot a chance, probably.
[JOULE] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
[DYNE[ has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
[PURSE] has been automatically added to [VC 4 - Confrontational Channel] via Proximity Chat
♪ JOULE: LECCCYYYYYYY!!
♪ DYNE: ZERO!!
♪ ZERO: Dyne!?
♪ ZERO: You're here-!?
♪ DYNE: Zero! You bloody idiot getting yourself down and hit with that shit too, are you okay?!
♪ ZERO: Yeah-! Yeah, I'm- I'm okay! I was with Volta!
♪ ZERO: Fuck, you're alright, you're here and you're alright-
♪ PURSE: KRUPP!!
♪ KRUPP: PURSEY!
♪ KRUPP: Purse, thank the Starlight- Are you okay!?
♪ PURSE: Are YOU okay!? I've been- I've been so worried about you all this time you've been unwell a-and then everything happened, and it went dark and I- You were in so much pain and it was so confusing-
♪ KRUPP: I-I'm fine, I'm fine now, I promise I am.
♪ KRUPP: I'm so glad you're safe, my goodness- Come here, Süßer.
♪ JOULE: Volta!?
♪ VOLTA: Here! I'm here!
♪ JOULE: BABE!
♪ JOULE: Holy shit, you- You look so rough, but still so stardamned gorgeous-
♪ VOLTA: Pffhh- I love you too, idiot.
♪ VOLTA: Come here and give me a kiss already.
♪ ELECTRA: Y-You're all-
♪ ELECTRA: I-I've-
♪ WRENCH: Oh, Lexi..-
♪ ELECTRA: I-I've been so scared without all of you..!
♪ ELECTRA: I'm so happy you're okay, fuck-
♪ CHARGE: D-Dammit Lex you're making me fucking cry now too-
♪ WRENCH: Come here, both of you..
♪ WRENCH: It's- It's okay.
♪ WRENCH: We're shaky, but- But we're okay now, I think.
♪ WRENCH: My head's still spinning a bit.
♪ GB: Try and slow down a lil' bit, you lot, you all just recovered from some crazy shit that knocked you out into a daze.
♪ GB: This isn't a race you're in, y'got time to spare, relax, yeah?
♪ JOULE: Sure as shit feels like a race, my heart's pounding like a drum.
♪ RUSTY: Do you remember what happened?
♪ KRUPP: Bits and pieces of it..
♪ KRUPP: Ev-Everything is still sort of, coming back together though, a bit hazy.
♪ CB: Take your time, guys, don't rush recovering.
♪ DOLLY: When you're feeling better and everything's back in one piece, you can tell Electra, and they can tell us.
♪ ELECTRA: Yeah-
♪ ELECTRA: You're- You're back with me now, and it's gonna be okay, that's what matters most right now.
♪ ELECTRA: I-I love you all, so much.
♪ CHARGE: Awwhhh, Leccy..!
♪ PURSE: We love you too-!
♪ DOLLY: .. Doing okay, Galv?
♪ CB: Yeah, you're crying again.
♪ GALVANIC: I-I've.. I've genuinely never seen something like this before.♪ GALVANIC: Every Engine I've spent my life around growing up has never been so warm with their Trucks and Coaches like this, saying they openly love them and were worrying for them, or anything like this..♪ GALVANIC: I've seen Racers back in my previous branch scream at their entourages failures 'til they go red in the face, not- not cry for them when something goes wrong.♪ GALVANIC: This is.. The way it is?
♪ DOLLY: It is.♪ DOLLY: This is what it CAN be like, for you, for your lot.♪ DOLLY: You can have this now, and it'll be okay.
♪ GALVANIC: .. Will it really?
♪ CB: .. You can't change the past actions that you regret.♪ CB: But you can work with new actions to make a better future.
♪ DOLLY: Make up for lost time, and show them the love you've not been able to safely give them before by treating them as the Trainfolks they deserve to be treated as.♪ DOLLY: You've said you're gonna change, and now you need to show you mean it.
♪ GALVANIC: .. R-Right.
♪ GALVANIC: Change.
♪ GALVANIC: Yeah, I can- I can do that.
♪ GALVANIC: I want to do that, for them.
♪ DOLLY: And I bet you're gonna do great at it.
♪ CB: Do your best as you all heal. That's all anyone can ask for.
Notes:
Rough Translations:
Süßer - "Sweet One"Was this a bit cheesy in some areas? Absolutely yes. But it's Starlight Express for goodness sake, I think we can have some cheesy good vibes! Galvanic isn't a cruel or evil person after all, at least not in this AU. They're just like the other Racers; Overly dramatic and theatrical with a taste for stardom and a desire to be loved.. And unlike the others, has had a tight string from the R.C puppeting them all this time.
Was this also secretly a commentary on humanity and the way upper-class people would corporatise and exploit a whole other species like Trainfolks if they were given the chance to, much like how minorities can and are treated by those same upper-class people irl? Also yes. With the 2024 Revival being a commentary itself on fuels and the environment, it felt right to be able to finally incorporate this element of my AU into TPSC in a way that makes sense to do so. Would people enjoy a bit more world-building going into the Trainfolks and their history?
The Physical Uniformity Regulations are heavily inspired and borrowed from the amazing Phopollo on Tumblr who's making that StEx Cartoon AU and who does wonderful art. Please don't be mad Pho you just perfectly laid out like everything I was going for when I was writing my chapter plans several months ago and trying to put into words. 🙏
https://www.tumblr.com/phopollo/764509693328621568/been-a-hot-second-since-i-posted-anything-about-myTwo more chapters are left after this! They should be considerably less hectic resolution chapters as the characters decide what to do with everyone.
I genuinely hope, from the bottom of my heart, that you've all enjoyed this chapter and this arc, and will enjoy seeing how it concludes. This chapter alone is roughly 20k words (no kidding, the word count went from 109,053 to 127,017), and I put so much love into it, because seeing the amount of love you've all given it and given TPSC as a whole has motivated me to bring you the best I can possible write and offer. Every kudos and comment telling me how hooked you've all been and how you've felt towards the characters has honestly made me SO happy.
Chapter 29: Just Know That if You Hide (It Doesn't Go Away)
Summary:
Though Electra and Elektronic's Components have been recovered, the ugly truth of Electric Racing culture has been revealed to the Apollo Victoria and Wembley Park Yard crews. Now comes the moral dilemma of deciding on what they should do with Galvanic, Radial, Hardwire, Vapor, and Ampera after they caused the harm they did under painful circumstances.
Title Lyrics are a reference to Little Dark Age by MGMT.
Notes:
This chapter takes place on the same day as Chapter 27 and 28, a few hours later (around like 8pm in the evening)!
Note that some of the subject matter does stray *very* very slightly into irl politics at the time of 2016. Trainfolks would be affected too after all, they live alongside human people!
Chapter Text
CARRIE: wait wait wait
CARRIE: so what the fucks the TL;DR of all this?
TASSITA: ^
TASSITA: i'm, also very lost.
CB: can we even make a tl;dr out of this whole thing
DINAH: Worth a try.
DUVAY: We get into one workplace accident..
DUVAY: And miss an entire soap opera.
BARBARA: You guys had one job-
CORRY: IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS OUR FAULT IT HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY??? 😭
MOONSTONE: Awhhh Corry-
BUFFY: Y eah this was all a lot of bad timing tbh
PORTER: We're involved in none of this, aight?
PORTER: We've been at work until Control called us back. :')
HYDRA: We were getting McDonalds.
SLICK: i wanted to have my fuckin nuggies
TASSITA: y ou were getting mcdonalds while were in the middle of a bloody train tipover-
TASSITA: you all owe us some takeaway.
CORRY: We'll get you something, promise!
HYDRA: ^
TASSITA: acceptable.
CARRIE: YIPPEE
PORTER: Should all of you even be up and in chat actually?
LUMBER: ^ you really should be getting some sleep, you gotta recover.
PEARL: Yeah I think takeaway food isn't exactly the priority right now. ^^;
CARRIE: i slept in the transport a bit and then when Geebs and Socket helped me onto a bed in the med-shed i just passed out for like a few hours then 'til my checkup
CARRIE: it'll be fiiiiinnee
DUVAY: I also passed out when my head hit the pillow
DUVAY: Got my work gear off, out like a light 'til checkup.
BARBARA: Dinah just came in to give us dinner anyway.
BARBARA: And it would be a little hard to nap in the med-shed when our phones are exploding with notifications.
DINAH: （＾ｖ＾）
TASSITA: Do Not Disturb is a wonderful thing, Barbie.
DOLLY: Or put it on silent!
CB: yeah thats a thing too
BARBARA: Do you think I was in a position to put my phone on Don't Disturb or silent during any of this???
THUNDERCAB: Dont you normally put that on when working though
BARBARA: Only when the Sleeping Cars of the train are actually IN use.
BARBARA: I don't want to miss any important work notifs via message do I?
BARBARA: Not unlike Tass who I usually have to go nudge.
MOONSTONE: To be fair it's kind of his job to keep people off their devices.
DUVAY: .. True.
GB: r usty you've been typin' for the last 5 minutes, you good?
RUSTY: I'm good!
RUSTY: I'm just trying to figure out a good way to summarise the core stuff that happened as best I can.
PEARL: You got this babe. :D
RUSTY: Thanks Pearlie! :)
RUSTY: Okay, so to give a TL;DR on everything;
RUSTY: Galvanic's Components were caught by a handful of people - GB, Ashley, Buffy, Moonstone, Hydra, and Slick - doing shady things to Purse, Joule, and Dyne, over by the Medical Shed.
RUSTY: Everyone thought at first that they were fighting amongst each other, and Galv's lot were using electricity to win the fight by overloading the others.
ASHLEY: But that wasn't what they were doing?
BUFFY: I mean, we did only get to that conclusion by just guessing and theorising off the random bits we had
CARRIE: oh starlight my sister was using her braincells
BUFFY: HEY
BUFFY: AT LEAST I USE MINE MORE OFTEN THAN YOU
BELLE: PFFHH
SLICK: LMFAO
RUSTY: It was partially what you guys had came to the conclusion over.
RUSTY: We found out when we confronted Galv that they'd all grown up being trained in a special sort of magnetic ability that allowed them to do something similar to mind control.
RUSTY: Turns out that's what they've been doing this for the last two weeks(ish) since they got added to chat, it started between Radial and Wrench.
RUSTY: What they were doing is that first they were overloaded with electricity to bring down their defences (which is what you guys saw them do), and then controlled.
RUSTY: And that's why the Electrics were getting sick, because they were being controlled into acting and thinking a certain way, but their own Electric systems and willpower were trying to fight back.
ASHLEY: Ahhh, I see.
CB: Electra's eyes lost their glow when the others werent in his frequency thing anymore
CB: & Hardwire said that their magnetic-control-whatsit involves basically bringing them into their own frequency and linking them in to influence their thoughts and get them to do as they want
MOONSTONE: That's why we heard them mumbling that weird stuff while they were unconscious..
ASHLEY: Yeah, that must've been the whole mind-screw-frequency thing taking effect.
BELLE: Ahh.
CORRY: Gosh..
CARRIE: oooo okay i think i'm following now
DUVAY: So, less of full-on movie levels mind control and more of
DUVAY: A computer virus, or something?
HYDRA: I guess that'd be the best way to put it??
TASSITA: i feel like that makes it more confusing, Vay-Vay.
DUVAY: ^^; Sorry.
SLICK: i mean im following just fine tbh
BELLE: I kind of get it?
BUFFY: I'm following just fine.
BARBARA: They've always been kind of off-putting with their staring, honestly, can't say I'm too surprised they got up to this.
BARBARA: But you guys talked to them instead of booting them off the yard?
GB: yeah??
LUMBER: to be fair, that'd probably have just made things worse.
DINAH: Yeah, kickin' em out might have made them do something more drastic.
BUFFY: Guys they
BUFFY: They literally just spent the last week or two hurting our friends???
BUFFY: Why tf did you even let them have the time of day to explain themselves after that??
RUSTY: B ecause that's the polite thing to do???
THUNDERCAB: Who tf cares about being polite
THUNDERCAB: They literally MIND CONTROLLED like 8 of your friends and gave Electra a fuckin panic attack
TASSITA: yeah, i don't think politeness really applies here considering they struck first to do damage.
PORTER: Aye, I kinda agree?
PORTER: Maybe not like KICK kick them all off, but they're clearly more dangerous than even any of us really knew.
DOLLY: It's not completely their fault!
DUVAY: Yeah, I
DUVAY: I don't know about this..
DUVAY: This feels like something we should've maybe reported?
PEARL: Who would we even report it to, though?
SLICK: ^ galv isnt under yard authority
SLICK: it wouldnt do fuckin anything
TASSITA: Control would've alerted the authorities though, i'd have to guess.
TASSITA: maybe that would have been a good idea?
HYDRA: What, and gotten all 5 of them arrested??
HYDRA: That seems way too far tbh.
CORRY: That's a little much, I agree..
CORRY: Gosh, but what DO we do about them, though?
RUSTY: Well, Galvanic didn't know what was going on, they genuinely had no clue until we told them and their Components came clean.
THUNDERCAB: You sure they meant it?
THUNDERCAB: They have a frequency thing too after all
GB: given they were surprised Radial successfully lied to 'em about something, I genuinely don't think they knew
ASHLEY: I'm not sure it's best we have the other four around then, at least for now.
ASHLEY: Even if you talked them down, they're still dangerous to the others.
BELLE: Hang on, sis, let's not get hasty.
BELLE: Elektronic invited them in here to make friends, they're already socially exiled as it is by the sounds of it.
BARBARA: Not like doing this really helped their case.
PORTER: I dunno if it's aight for us to keep them in chat when we trusted 'em, and they effectively betrayed us.
DINAH: I think everyone's jumpin' to conclusions a bit quickly? o_o
PEARL: Just a bit-
PEARL: But also I can kind of understand why, this is a big and messy situation.
THUNDERCAB: Theyll be fuckin dangerous to us too, thats not jumping to conclusions bc I know that for a fact
THUNDERCAB: That shit can affect non-Electrics as well
BUFFY: For real??
GB: it can??
LUMBER: ?
SLICK: eh??
MOONSTONE: What do you mean?
HYDRA: You know a lot about this, Cabs.
HYDRA: More than I do as an Electric-Freight.
CARRIE: yeah is there something you're not telling us either girlie?
THUNDERCAB: I'll tell you then bc I'm actually trustworthy
THUNDERCAB: I didnt wanna bring this up initially because I was hoping theyd changed their ways
THUNDERCAB: Its been a couple months after all
THUNDERCAB: But nah, they had their chance, Im bringing this up
THUNDERCAB: Cheetah and their little group thingie did the damn same controlling-magnetism thing to my girl back at the races in Wembley Park to make her race with them when Moonstone chose to race with me
THUNDERCAB: Thats how I know about it
CORRY: What?!
HYDRA: H uh
SLICK: wait tf
BELLE: ?????
CARRIE: fr??
DOLLY: THUNDERCAB!
THUNDERCAB: WHAT!?
THUNDERCAB: THEY DESERVE TO KNOW!
DOLLY: YEAH, THEY DO
DOLLY: BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR INFORMATION TO TELL!
DOLLY: It was something I went through, so it's mine to bring up to people when I feel ready to do so!
DOLLY: That's not something you have a right to put out there to all my friends without my permission..
CORRY: Ohmygosh
MOONSTONE: Are you okay, Dolly??
HYDRA: You're not hurt, are you?
DOLLY: I'm fine, it wasn't pleasant, but I wasn't hurt by them or anything.
PORTER: Y'sure?
SLICK: we can fuck em up for you if youd like
DOLLY: No no, really, you don't have to do anything.
DOLLY: I'm fine, I've been fine for the last few months since the Quarter-Finals back at homeyard.
DOLLY: Had some issues I won't go into, but I dealt with them.
CB: is this the thing you mentioned earlier about not forgetting, but slowly forgiving?
DOLLY: Yeah.
TASSITA: so that's what they did when we were talking to you after TC uncoupled to go with Moony and we got pushed away..
BARBARA: And you ignored us when we told you "don't waste your time going with them"..
DOLLY: Y eah.
DOLLY: Again, I'd
DOLLY: I didn't want this to be brought up yet, because bringing up old drama isn't my style, and I've not been ready to really discuss it yet.
DOLLY: Plus I was ALSO hoping that with them being added into here, and you all being nice folks yourselves, that they'd settle down and have sorted themselves out a bit.
ASHLEY: Gave them the benefit of the doubt.
DOLLY: Mhm.
DOLLY: .. Thundercab, you and I are gonna have a word about this once things are sorted out here, okay?
DOLLY: Because this really wasn't cool of you.
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: Okay.
DOLLY: Good.
DOLLY: I still love you, but this is something we should talk about personally.
THUNDERCAB: Got it.
SLICK: pussywhipped
THUNDERCAB: Shut your ass up oil-can
SLICK: >:P
CB: not the time, little yellow
SLICK: mmh
DUVAY: How is Electra and Elektronic doing, after all of that?
DINAH: ^? Are they okay?
DINAH: Hearin' Lexi in that call on their own hurt my heart to hear..
GB: they're both shaken, 'course, but they're alright
GB: Leccy called E.K to come pick up Zero, Dyne, and Socket from medical after you lot in med-shed were sorted out and settled down for the yard medics to handle
DINAH: Thank Starlight.
CARRIE: what about Pursey and Charge and all them?
CARRIE: they're okay too yeah?
RUSTY: They're all back to normal! :)
CARRIE: thank fuck
ASHLEY: That's a relief.
CORRY: ^ Very good to know, they're all really nice!
MOONSTONE: They arrreee, I feel so bad for all of them..
BELLE: Are they physically hurt at all?
BELLE: Being overloaded with electricity and then falling sick due to hijacking frequencies and all that stuff sounds really draining and nasty..
RUSTY: I don't think they're HURT hurt?
RUSTY: I expect Socket'll probably check them over when she can since she didn't get afflicted.
LUMBER: that poor repair truck's probably having one hell of a story-time on their end too.
LUMBER: assuming she's not just passed out already from all the work and chaos today.
PEARL: So will Killerwatt, since he wasn't involved in any of this either.
GB: the engines took 'em all back home to look after each of 'em
GB: but yeah, aside from some brain-fog and bein' a bit weak-wheeled they're all alive and back to reality
GB: Galvanic's also gone back to their apartment in the complex with their troublemakers
GB: they got a lot of healin' to do
THUNDERCAB: And a lot of thinking about what the fuck their deal even is
TASSITA: i'd certainly hope they spend some time thinking on what they've done..
CB: hey, back off guys, alright?
CB: if everyone wants to boot them off then by proxy i shouldnt be here either, because ive done some bad shit myself in the past too that im not proud of.
DINAH: Ceebs-!
CB: im speaking the truth, DeeDee
CB: we're not treating people with double standards, im not gonna let us walk that path
CB: if theyre being held accountable for bad things, then i should be too
CB: hell, i'd argue that i've done way worse, on some of my mania highs i got trainfolks into the hospital, and i regret a LOT of that shit now i'm clearer in the head.
BUFFY: That's different
BUFFY: You held yourself accountable and have been doing so for almost 2-3 years now since the Championships
BUFFY: Even if you don't share the full details on everything, we all still know at least that you crashed people out of a mix of mania and lots of trauma that fucked up your decison-making.
BUFFY: What's their excuse?
RUSTY: Also acting on trauma.
GB: definitely actin' on trauma
BARBARA: Really? Are you sure?
GB: it's all in the transcription text-log connected to #[VC 4 - Confrontational Channel]
MOONSTONE: I forgot this is a thing.
BARBARA: I
BARBARA: Didn't even know it WAS a thing.
PEARL: It's clever stuff. ^^
DOLLY: I can back them up on this, I was there for the whole thing too.
DOLLY: It was me, Greaseball, Rusty, and CB.
DOLLY: Please, please trust us on this.
DOLLY: They've been through a lot, and if everyone's been fine giving Caboose and Slick chances to prove they can overcome their problems to become better people after doing bad things, the LEAST we could do is offer the same to Radial, HW, Ampera, and Vapor.
CARRIE; yeah, sis i
CARRIE: i eally think you need to roll it back a little and cool off a bit
BUFFY: I
BUFFY: I know
BUFFY: Todays just been a lot, and hearing that scream from Joule was
HYDRA; It was lowkey kind of scary wasn't it?
BUFFY: ..Yeah.
CARRIE: i get that
CARRIE: but we should try to be open to them, especially if theyre running off of trauma
CORRY: Are you okay, Hydra? Moony?
HYDRA: I'm fine now, it was spooky at the time.
MOONSTONE: Yeah, definitely a bit frightening when we had no idea what was going on, but it's alright now, sweetie. ^^
CORRY: Phew, that's a relief.
PORTER: What's so traumatic for a buncha fancy superstar celebrities??
CB: being manipulated by the company that handles and practically owns their lives since childhood that only the engines matter and the rest of them are worthless unless they're serving their Racer
PORTER: .
PORTER: Huh
LUMBER: ???
TASSITA: what?
ASHLEY: Really?
ASHLEY: The same company Electra and Elektronic work for??
PEARL: They've both been fine, though??
BUFFY: ^
BUFFY: Sure Lexi was a bit hoity-toity initially, but still.
GB: i'll remind ya'll that Galv and their lot are from a separate part of the R.C
GB: they were born in the UK, chucked over to the US, and then transferred back to the UK in the last half a year
GB: whoevers been in charge of 'em for most of their lives has been a different set of humans compared to the ones in charge of Leccy and E.K
CB: and theyre fucking asshole humans
GB: they are absolutely asshole humans
THUNDERCAB: Oooohh
DUVAY: Oh dear..
RUSTY: I would've gone on to explain this if everyone hadn't instantly jumped to panic mode ^^;
DINAH: Go easy on them, Rusty.
DINAH: This has been stressful for everybody, and it's been a long day.
BELLE: Understatement of the century
HYDRA: You can still explain anyways.
HYDRA: Bit of clarification never hurt anyone.
LUMBER: ^ think that'd be good.
RUSTY: Can everyone slow down with what they're typing first?
SLICK: SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE TYPING
PEARL: The chat is QUAKING.
ASHLEY: Alright, I'll hear you guys out on it.
RUSTY: Thaaaank you. :D
RUSTY: To elaborate a bit more on what Ceebs said, while trying to not expose too much on personal details for the sake of Galvanic, Radial, Hardwire, Vapor, and Ampera
RUSTY: The branch of the Racing Commission they've been in has been really rough and cruel to them, and have been extremely manipulative in their power over them as their bosses.
GB: the R.C is kinda sorta a bunch of assholes overall as we've learnt from Leccy, they can be real harsh to all of 'em if/when they lose
GB: and yet somehow the US branch is even worse.
RUSTY: ^ Mhm.
RUSTY: From what we got told about their pasts, Galvanic and the other Electric Engines are taught and trained that they're a BIG big deal, majorly important, the best of the best.
BUFFY: That's how the others are too
BUFFY: Or at least WERE until they simmered down.
RUSTY: And meanwhile, all of the Components over there under that different
RUSTY: Leadership, for lack of a better word tbh
RUSTY: That they all mean nothing, and don't matter compared to their Engine.
MOONSTONE: What?..
SLICK: oh
SLICK: oh shit.
BUFFY: ???
BUFFY: What the fuck
PORTER: S tarlight-
HYDRA: Fucking hell, what??
PEARL: You all swear too much, but
PEARL: Yeah, this is a fair instance to swear, what the shit?
TASSITA: what the fuck-?
TASSITA: you're not kidding?
GB: s tarlight I wish we were, Tass
THUNDERCAB: Thats
THUNDERCAB: The fuck?
BARBARA: .
BARBARA: o h.
RUSTY: They're even held under what Galv called "Physical Uniformity Regulations" I think it was.
DOLLY: Yeah that's correct.
RUSTY: Which are insanely strict rules that determine how the Components from their neck of the woods should and have to look in their work uniform.
PORTER: And out of their work uniform??
CB: werent told, but given the rules apply to their makeup and hair i imagine out-of-work clothes probably were affected too??
CARRIE: .. i mean
CARRIE: technically speaking the components are never really off work are they
DUVAY: I guess that depedns on what being "on duty"/"working" means for them.
DUVAY: *depends
BELLE: Well work for them is when they're racing, that's how they make money.
PEARL: But given Electric Racers are celebrities, technically they're also "working" whenever they're out in the public doing publicity things.
PEARL: Or even just out shopping.
CB: so work for them technically can be all the time
DINAH: That would make sense, considerin' we've virtually always seen the other Components in their work uniform and/or part of their work gear whenever they're out of their penthouse.
DOLLY: Meaning they're always held to and following these stupid rules.
ASHLEY: Oh, that's fucked up.
DUVAY: Sweet Starlight..
CORRY: We got to see Radial, Ampera, Hardwire, and Vapor outside of the races, briefly anyways during the intervals and cooldown periods held at the yard, and they were always in their uniforms and work clothes then too.
CORRY: I felt uncomfortable looking at their belt to see their initials to figure out who was who, so I mostly went off of their different voices.
MOONSTONE: I figured them out quickly from each other based on their little uniform ornaments on their legs and shoulders.
MOONSTONE: B ut I also spent more time with them, so I picked up on some of their natural behavioural ticks too.
CARRIE: so theyre basically being treated as second-rate citizens
GB: eeeyup.
ASHLEY: S tarlight's sake, I thought we were PAST this.
ASHLEY: Trainfolk rights have been going so smoothly since the 90s and early 2000s!
ASHLEY: Even when Smoking Coaches were put under fire in 2005, everyone was still able to come to some agreements and compromises on what to do with us all.
CB: n ot in america apparently
BARBARA: And nobody's stopped them doing any of that??
GB: doesn't seem like it, no.
GB: but that's why they were actin' out.
GB: because they've dealt with that for pretty much their whole lives, bein' treated like shit and told to deal with it, and then they got transferred over here
GB: and genuinely thought that everyone was breaking the rules 'cuz of how different it is.
GB: they thought folks were in danger if they didn't try to fix it.
LUMBER: well
LUMBER: shit.
BARBARA: .. That
BARBARA: Shit, that changes things then, doesn't it..
SLICK: so wtf do we do with them then
DOLLY: We need to help get them on the right track.
DOLLY: Galvanic needs to be brought down a bit more to reality, which you AV guys already did with Electra and Elektronic
DOLLY: And Radial, Hardwire, Ampera, and Vapor need to be supported in
DOLLY: Figuring out how to exist as themselves, I guess?? :p
TASSITA: but how do we know they won't do this again?
TASSITA: i guess i'm not completely against the idea of letting them stay and helping them have some sort of normalcy, but
TASSITA: they did still do something pretty harmful and dangerous, even if it was with good intentions.
BUFFY: I don't know if there's anything exactly we can DO
BUFFY: This feels more like a therapist's job.
CB: therapy'll definitely help them yeah
CB: but honestly?
CB: do what you guys have done for me n Slick
CB: that being d ont be obnoxious assholes and actually give them a shot
GB: if it helps any, I really don't think they're gonna be doin' this sorta thing again.
RUSTY: ^
RUSTY: Galvanic's been hit with a realisation the size of a truck that nothing they were raised on was good, healthy, or okay
RUSTY: And they're gonna be working on their end to try and make amends.
RUSTY: The more they and us help them all, the less likely this is to happen again to anyone, because Hardwire, or Radial, or Vapor and Ampera, none of them will think anyone's in danger anymore for not following those strict fucking rules, excuse the swearing.
BELLE: I t hink you're more than allowed to swear, Rusty. 😅
THUNDERCAB: Yeah pop the fuck off honestly, champ-man, think this is a valid reason to say fuck
MOONSTONE: .. I feel kinda guilty about this all.
CORRY: What makes you say that, Moony?
LUMBER: yeah, not like any of this was remotely your fault.
ASHLEY: It's nobody's fault but their own and their R.C management.
MOONSTONE: I know that, but
MOONSTONE: I mean I spent some time with all of them back at Wembley Park, when Galvanic asked me to race with them during Heat 1 for the Quarter-Finals being hosted.
MOONSTONE: When I went to go give Galvanic my answer, and up until Heat 2's partner swap, I spent time with them all, getting to know Galvanic, doing a few practice laps at one of the unused courses to get a handle on how Galv races and how to keep up with them, and all the while without hesitation, Radial, Hardwire, Ampera, and Vapor were always there, never daring to leave their side for very long if ever.
MOONSTONE: And
MOONSTONE: A lot of the time, they had very cold pokerfaces to them, like Barbara said earlier, they stare a lot.
MOONSTONE: But sometimes, I saw the way their faces would light up at some stuff. Topics of discussion that interested them, the way some of them asked questions about things I did like photography and scrapbooking and working with human passengers.
MOONSTONE: I just thought they were being polite and showing interest since I was a guest and stuff but
MOONSTONE: I feel like I should've put two-and-two together and realised something wasn't right? I guess??
HYDRA: Hey, you didn't know at the time babe.
HYDRA: Don't feel bad about something that you had no clue was going on.
BARBARA: Or not enough of a clue to know.
HYDRA: That too
DINAH: You didn't know back then, and that's alright.
DINAH: Now you know the full picture, and you're in a position where you can help too!
GB: yeah, doubt the middle of a big race was really the right time to chuck a truth bomb at 'em all.
MOONSTONE: That's true..
MOONSTONE: I think this is just me being too empathetic for my own good again. ^^;
CORRY: Well there's nothing wrong with being empathetic, love!
CARRIE: tbh if anything having lots of empathy in this kinda situation might actually be better
THUNDERCAB: We still cant just ignore the bad shit theyve all done though
BUFFY: ^ We can be empathetic to their reasons but we can't let this all just slide past
GB: guess that's fair, yeah
GB: Ceebs was off the tracks for several weeks after the Champs as a repercussion
CB: yeah i was off work until a few weeks after i started my therapy sessions & got put on my meds
CB: but obviously we cant really
CB: use that as a measurement metric for what to do with any of them
PORTER: Aye, that was the same for us too.
ASHLEY: You went to therapy?
PORTER: Still do, just don't have AS many sessions.
PORTER: Just some personal stuff Lumber and I had to go through that our old Control thought was important for us to get help with and organised for us.
LUMBER: yeee
LUMBER: we're doing pretty aight by now though!
SLICK: i
SLICK: still go to my sessions
SLICK; theyre a bit more often than Ps and Ls
HYDRA: I'm glad you're still going, sis. :)
SLICK: .
SLICK: :)
TASSITA: how do we get them therapy though?
DUVAY: Yeah, that's the tricky bit, Control's usually the one that organises it for us if they think we need it.
RUSTY: But we CAN still get it ourselves without Control's authorisation!
RUSTY: We just need to inform Control we HAVE therapy sessions so our work schedules don't interrupt any sessions.
RUSTY: So they can probably just do the same, right?
BARBARA: Would their Racing Commission let them go to therapy sessions?
PEARL: They can't be THAT awful, surely.
DOLLY: I hope they aren't.
DOLLY: Galvanic said that the Commission humans in this branch are much nicer compared to the ones they dealt with prior, even if they're still a little assholeish, so there's a shot.
DOLLY: I really hope they can get therapy, they can be so much more than what the R.C's built them to be.
DOLLY: Radial outright lied to Galvanic so she could come bake with me today, for Starlight's sake!
THUNDERCAB: She did?
DOLLY: She really wanted to help.
DOLLY: She wanted to make friends.
DOLLY: Even
DOLLY: Even when I was under their spell back during the Heat 2 races and everything, everything was mostly hazy and I felt strange, but
DOLLY: She was the most gentle to me, who helped me get about and tended to me, I remember that.
CORRY: It doesn't sound like she's bad Trainfolk, not at heart, that's not what's behind that empty obedient pokerface she's been forced to have.
CORRY: Even if she did technically start it?
RUSTY: According to them it was Hardwire who actually started the plan, he's the one who admitted to it at least.
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: Hm
SLICK: amps isnt a bad girl either
SLICK: she was pretty playful when it was just us 2 fuckin about before race 3
SLICK: lowkey kinda hot when she wasnt acting like a robot
HYDRA: Incredible, Slick might actually get laid.
LUMBER: HAHAHAH
LUMBER: about damn time
SLICK: STFU
SLICK: idk if either of us would be ready for a relationship
CB: one thing at a time, lil' yellow, alright?
SLICK: also stfu lumber youve not been getting anywhere either
DINAH: Show her your support!
DINAH: Give her the courage and strength to find herself and get help. ^-^
BELLE: At the end of the day, even if they hurt our friends
BELLE: I don't think it's our place to try to punish them.
BELLE: They did it thinking it was saving them instead of hurting them..
TASSITA: is that the right thing to do?
MOONSTONE: I think so.
MOONSTONE: I think they already got their punishment in some way from these experiences.
GB: Lexi yelled at Galv somethin' fierce to snap them to their senses and give 'em a crippling realisation was probably enough of a punishment tbh
TASSITA: .
TASSITA: i guess so.
ASHLEY: That's true..
PORTER: Aye, fair point.
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RUSTY: Electra! :D
BUFFY: Leccy!
PEARL; Lexiiii! ^^
DINAH: Lexi! Hiya, hun! ٩(＾◡＾)۶
MOONSTONE: Hiii Electra, are you doing okay? :o
CARRIE: hey hey hey!
THUNDERCAB: Hows it going Racer-man
CB: hi zappy
BELLE: You're around!
ELECTRA: Hi everyone. 😊
ELECTRA: Yes, I'm stll around online, it's going alright.
ELECTRA: Going better, at least.
ELECTRA: What are some of you doing up though, go rest from your injuries!
PORTER: That's what we said to 'em!
CARRIE: lol no
DUVAY: In a bit, probably, since it's late.
BARBARA: We saw chaos unfolding in chat and had to see what was going on, we've gotten some rest anyway.
ELECTRA: D id you guys have to drag everyone else into this? 😅
CB: tbf they were gonna find out one way or another
PEARL: This is something group-discussion worthy, I think, to be fair.
GB: yeah, this is a pretty important topic that's worth havin' a group discussion over
GB: how's the others doin', babe?
HYDRA: Is E.K and their crew hanging in there?
ELECTRA: Elektronic is doing fine.
ELECTRA: Everyone's settled down for now, we've decided to pile up in the living room area for the evening (and probably whole night).
ELECTRA: We're getting back into the swing of things, Joule and Charge have already gotten back to Mario Kart. 🤭
CORRY: Oh my S tarlight-
DINAH: After all that??
SLICK: the mario kart waits for noone
ASHLEY: Doofuses.
ELECTRA: I did try and tell them to take it easy!!
CARRIE: dont think they know what that means LOL
PORTER: Mario Kart is pretty fun tbf, may as well take their minds off the bullshit.
BUFFY: Anything from Galvanic?
DOLLY: Are they okay?
ELECTRA: Not heard anything from them since we left the yard, so I don't know.
ELECTRA: But I plan to talk to them in probably private messages.
ELECTRA: I need to get the full details of their former-branch and everything if I'm to properly start an investigation.
MOONSTONE: Are you angry at them?
CORRY: Love, you can't just ask them that the second they get here-
MOONSTONE: OH! SORRY!!
HYDRA: LMAO
ELECTRA: Pffhh, it's fine. 😊
ELECTRA: I'm not going to lie, I am still angry at them of course.
ELECTRA: I don't take kindly to threats against my entourage
ELECTRA: Even if I'm not really able to do as much fighting back as I'd like to do. 😅
ELECTRA: But I'm more angry at who hurt them, who made them genuinely think hurting their Components that way was okay, who made the Components think this way.
BARBARA: You've got more restraint than some of us do.
DUVAY: Ashley probably would've decked them like usual.
ASHLEY: I
ASHLEY: Can't really deny that, yeah, I probably would've if I had been in the hunt-them-down squad.
THUNDERCAB: Theyre damn lucky I didnt find them or else i probably wouldve
ELECTRA: I didn't punch them, but I did lose my cool admittedly. 😅
TASSITA: justified tbh.
LUMBER: think it's best to put the anger towards the real assholes doing things for asshole reasons instead.
LUMBER: better than putting it towards a bunch of traumatised folks, even if they did a jerk thing.
ELECTRA: Exactly.
ELECTRA: Elektronic is going to help me with filing the necessary paperwork to enact a meeting with some of the higher-ups, and then we're going to gather evidence from Galvanic and their entourage to take to TR.
CARRIE: "TR"?
ELECTRA: Trainfolk Resources.
ELECTRA: Human and Trainfolk Staff whose specialty thing is handling employee-related concerns (aka any concerns coming from us Racers and Components).
CARRIE: oooo
DINAH: I think if we have any complaints or issues, we drop them off to Control via the box outside their office and then organise a meeting from there.
RUSTY: Yeah that's how we do it. ^^
GB: so you're goin' to commit to getting an investigation underway.
ELECTRA: I am, yes.
ELECTRA: I know in the past I've not been one for fighting injustice, infact I've done my share of cheating and sneaky tactics to succeed in races.
ELECTRA: But I'm
ELECTRA: I'm trying to be better myself.
ELECTRA: And while Galvanic, Radial, Ampera, Hardwire, and Vapor can all heal over here, there's probably HUNDREDS of Trainfolks over THERE who CAN'T heal because they're still being mistreated and manipulated by humans who are doing this for Starlight knows what reason.
ELECTRA: And I'm not going to stand for that.
ELECTRA: My heart can't handle the idea of just knowingly letting all that continue, and E.K's in agreement with me that this is the right step forward.
RUSTY: It's great to hear you're sticking to it!
RUSTY: We're here to back you up every step of the way!
DOLLY: Mhm!
DOLLY: If you need me to testify to confirm what we heard from them at this meeting when you get it, then let me know and I'll come.
RUSTY: Same here! :D
GB; so will i
CB: 10-4!
CB: dunno if theyll wanna listen to what ive got to say lol
CB: but yeah, you can count on me too!
HYDRA: We can try and vouch too.
MOONSTONE: Yeah!! Obviously we weren't there to directly hear what they said to you guys, but I've directly interacted with them back at our homeyard, and I can always lie a little and say I overheard what Purse, Joule, and Dyne were saying and say I actually overheard Ampera, Vapor, and Radial saying it while I was being prepped for the race or something.
CORRY: Moony, my sweet nightlight, you suck at lying.
MOONSTONE: I'M NOT THAT BAD!!
CARRIE: LMFAO
SLICK: HWDWBKLE
CB: CALLED OUT
TASSITA: damn corry going there.
BARBARA: He's not wrong.
MOONSTONE: You're meant to all be on my side! D: /silly
HYDRA: LMAO
HYDRA: I can back her up on it to make it sound more convincing.
DOLLY: I can too!
THUNDERCAB; You sure you wanna be meddling in all this, Dolls?
DOLLY: Yes, I'm absolutely sure.
DOLLY: Please, respect my choice, Cabby.
THUNDERCAB: Course I respect it
THUNDERCAB: Just wanna be sure youre safe during all this
SLICK: i can come too ig
SLICK: if you need me anyway idk
DUVAY: We can't really vouch since we were all
DUVAY: Occupied.
CARRIE: one way to put it lmfao
DUVAY: But we're here to support you all from the sidelines on this if you're taking it that seriously and everything. :)
ELECTRA: Thank you, all of you! ✨✨✨✨
ELECTRA: I'll keep this in mind and we can organise something once we get to the evidence phase.
BELLE: Do you think you'll be able to make good progress with this?
PORTER: Yeah considering this shite's got to do with the American branch and all
GB: ey, hell's that s'pposed to mean?
PORTER; It means, half-boss, that the US hasn't looked the hottest lately.
BUFFY: Ohh right, their election's coming up later this year isn't it?
BUFFY: That could cause a screwdriver to get chucked into the works
LUMBER: the old reality-show businessman dude isn't gonna win, no way in hell people'd vote for a reality-show guy over an actual politician.
LUMBER: so it'll probably be fine.
PEARL: I've seen on the news that the Vehiclefolk Representative Party is doing well in the polls over there, and they got the backing of that blue party I forget the name of.
THUNDERCAB: Democrats I think
PEARL: Yeah that's the one. :D
ASHLEY: Independents never really make it that far though in US elections.
ASHLEY: Not when compared to the UK at least.
CB: you never know tbh
CB: you think whatever happens over there could cause shit to slow down tho?
PORTER: I mean, maybe.
PORTER: Government laws decide how everyone gets treated, after all.
DINAH: Ahhh.
DINAH: Scummy person goes into power over there, and they might just let behaviour like this slide by and say it's fine.
BARBARA: And then the investigation goes nowhere or gets stopped.
RUSTY: They won't do that!
RUSTY: Trainfolks AND humans fought for our rights decades ago, they won't just undo all of that and allow Trainfolks to be treated like garbage again.
ELECTRA: If any stupid humans in politics, or even trainfolks and other vehiclefolks in politics, stop the investigation for some ridiculous reason, I'll find a loophole and get it started again.
ELECTRA: I'm not allowing this to keep happening over there.
ELECTRA: They all deserve better than to be taught this manipulative bullshit and be treated like second-rate people.
PEARL: That's really brave and good of you to do, Leccy. ^^
ASHLEY: Do you want us to do anything?
ELECTRA: That's what you were all talking about, I assume?
TASSITA: yeah.
DUVAY: Trying to decide what to do with Galv and co.
BUFFY: ^
ELECTRA: I'm going to try and convince them to seek therapy.
ELECTRA: Even if it's online, something's better than nothing.
HYDRA: Good idea.
CORRY: I think that's the best thing to do.
CORRY: We can help with convincing them if you need to take some weight off.
DOLLY: I can talk to Radial, I think she trusts me the most.
SLICK: ill see if ammy can be convinced?
SLICK: not sure about vape-man tho
HYDRA: V ape-man
TASSITA: i suppose i could talk to Vapor about therapy if needed.
DOLLY: Radial said to me in DMs that Vapor and Ampera DO respect you, since you both were in the same races they were, so that's definitely worth a try.
TASSITA: respect me??
TASSITA: i
TASSITA: i never knew that, huh.
CORRY: I think me and Galvanic are friends?? Maybe?? So I can talk to them.
CORRY: And I'm not sure about Hardwire, but I could probably try.
THUNDERCAB: You should be fuckin resting, lil man, you were in a stardamned crash today
CORRY: I wasn't hurt by it!!
CORRY: Just really shaken up.
DINAH: Honestly it's a real good thing none of ya'll got seriously injured.
PORTER: Really? Everyone's aight?
GB: everyone made it back to the yard, so none of our lot got sent to hospital, yeah
GB: did a head-count when I was helpin get them off the transport and into the med-shed
GB: obviously that doesnt count for any other trainfolks from other yards that were on the line alongside ya'll when it tipped
TASSITA: its okay, GB.
BARBARA: Yeah, we're all okay.
BARBARA: Bit shaken, bit bruised here and there, but we'll probably be out of medical in the next day or two after they can make sure we're not properly hurt.
CARRIE: yeah!!
MOONSTONE: D idn't you have a limp during the incident according to Corry?
CORRY: She did!
CORRY: I saw it!
CARRIE: i didnt twist anything or break anything tho!
CARRIE: my leg got a bit crushed by some falling suitcases while i was getting it for the passengers as we tilted
CARRIE: its bruised, but its not gonna need a cast
CARRIE: i might just be off work for a week as the bruises heal
TASSITA: same here, i got hit over the head by a falling object from a head compartment, lol.
CARRIE; bruise buddies!!
SLICK: LMAO
RUSTY: So the concensus on our Electrics Incident?
ELECTRA: Honestly, that's up to you guys.
ELECTRA: You've got every right to be pissed at them.
ELECTRA: But if you can, and if you want, then help them.
ELECTRA: I think they have a right to stay - If they screw up a second time intentionally, then that's cause for kicking them out.
BELLE: I agree with this.
DOLLY: I do too!!
DINAH: Same here. (´◡`)
LUMBER: Also here.
PEARL; Me too. :D
CORRY: Good idea!
GB: works for me, babe
CB: lets give it a go
SLICK: aight
SLICK: why not
DUVAY: We can try.
MOONSTONE: I'll do what I can!!
HYDRA: Same here. (─‿─)
RUSTY: This is looking like a majority agreement so far.
RUSTY: Everyone else?
ASHLEY: I'm willing to give them a second chance, now we know the full story.
BUFFY: I
BUFFY: I guess we can keep them about and try to see how things go
BARBARA: Worth a shot, at least?
PORTER: Only if we agree to boot the lot if they do any funny business like this again.
TASSITA: i think its fair to apply that to everyone here if they do anything dangerous/harmful to another purposefully for harms sake.
CARRIE: that seems reasonable tbh
CARRIE: hold everyone accountable if they fuck up intentionally, help them if they fuck up unintentionally
THUNDERCAB: .. Yeah, aight
THUNDERCAB: I guess I can try to give Cheetah and their squad a shot
THUNDERCAB: Theyre on thin fucking ice though
RUSTY: Take your time approaching them as you feel most comfortable to do so, TC. ^^
DINAH: I agree, that'd be the best way to go about it.
DINAH: Don't feel like you're forced to interact or anything.
GB: yeah, this is one hell of a tricky situation to handle 'n balance
CORRY: But we'll figure it out!
CORRY: Or, I guess we already HAVE figured it out?
DUVAY: Something like that, yeah.
ELECTRA: I'm glad everyone can at least somewhat agree. 🎵
ELECTRA: I'd put on a video-stream for everyone to settle down and watch some Mario Kart, but
HYDRA: T ake some damn time for yourself, mate!
CARRIE: yeah mario kart can wait for another time lol
SLICK: GO BE GAY WITH YOUR PARTNERS OR SOMETHIN IDK!!!!
ASHLEY: Most of your partners anyway.
GB: ey don't count me totally out!
GB: i'll come over if they want me to be there
ELECTRA: I'd like you here, personally.
ELECTRA: I can ask the others though and see what they say.
GB: no rush or requirement to have me there or anything, darlin'
GB: ya'll have been through shit lately.
GB: spend time with one another the way you should :)
ELECTRA: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
GB; ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
RUSTY: Yeah, we can look after ourselves just fine, Lexi, it's okay. :D
RUSTY: It is pretty late, anyway.
PEARL: ^ Everyone should try and start settling down for the night.
PEARL: And that includes everyone in the medshed, regardless of if you've slept at all so far today!!
CARRIE; damn okay mum >:PPP
BELLE: Tbh I think that sounds like a good idea for us all.
BELLE: Today's been chaos.
ASHLEY: Pearl is taking the Mum Friend position from me in the group.
ASHLEY: How dare you! I've been betrayed!!
PEARL: NOOO I'M NOT MEANING TOOOOOO!!
ASHLEY: I'M JOKING PEARLIE IT'S OKAY!!
ASHLEY: Dinah's also a Mum Friend in the group anyway.
TASSITA: i'm fine with multiple mum friends tbh.
DINAH: I'm fine being one of the Mum Friends for others when they need me! （＾ｖ＾）
SLICK: hell yeeeeee
SLICK: dee's best mum friend she makes us snaccs
BUFFY: I told you DeeDee and Ceebs have psuedo-adopted her
MOONSTONE: You're not wrong!!
CB: our gremlin
DINAH: Hehehe!!
LUMBER: yaaayy more psuedo-adopted family!
PORTER: Does that mean we get snacks too
DINAH: Everyone's welcome to snacks, ya goof.
BARBARA: Hooray!
HYDRA: WWOOOOO!
PORTER:
Chapter 30: Somewhere Only We Know
Summary:
A decision has been made, and they plan to stick to it - Now it's just a matter of integrating these somewhat socially struggling Electrics into the group without sparks flying in the wrong way. Takes place roughly a day after Chapter 29.
Title Lyrics are a reference to Somewhere Only We Know by Keane & Lily Allen.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
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MOONSTONE: @EVERYONE Good afternoon guys!!
MOONSTONE: I know everyone's taking today off too to unwind after recent things, buuuuut
MOONSTONE: I've decided that since I'm in charge of the next group movie night, I'm gonna move up a couple days and hold it tonight!
MOONSTONE: I think it'll help with the whole unwinding thing. ^-^
MOONSTONE: So let me know any movie recommendations for tonight!
MOONSTONE: And then I might need those links to help me with making the poll things. ^^;
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THUNDERCAB: OH FUCK YEAH
THUNDERCAB: I remember you guys mentioning this couple days ago
CARRIE: WWWOOOOO!
CARRIE: movie night sounds great now we're all out of medshed
DINAH: I'm glad ya'll got cleared so quickly! (＾▽＾)
BARBARA: Yeah, we're all good, just on some rest orders to take it easy for a bit as expected.
CORRY: I have something to suggest this time for the poll!
DINAH: Do ya need some help with figurin' out the strawpoll website, Moonstone?
MOONSTONE: Maybe?
MOONSTONE: I need the link first, maybe I can figure it out on my own?
PEARL: I'll send that to you! ^^
MOONSTONE: Thaaaaank yooouuu!!
BARBARA: I'm suggesting Descendants again, it was close on the poll last time.
THUNDERCAB: What movie did you guys watch last?
CORRY: Finding Dory!
CORRY: That was Rusty's movie suggestion I think.
DINAH: It was!
DINAH: I really liked that movie. (´◡`)
BARBARA: It was a good watch, I agree. :)
THUNDERCAB: Can we recommend any kinds of movies or
PEARL: It's got to be one that's actually released.
THUNDERCAB: W ell no shit Pastel
THUNDERCAB: I gathered that much
CARRIE: LMFAO
PEARL: That's really the only stipulation.
THUNDERCAB: O shit really
PEARL: Pretty much!
PEARL: The only other rule is just to let people know what the rating for the movie is and any content warnings, but the night-host can also do that too.
DINAH: Can be any genre, so long as it's been released and somebody can get ahold of it for everyone to actually watch.
DINAH: So it can be available online digitally, or a DVD, or hell, I still got VHS tapes and a VHS player!
THUNDERCAB: Oh my Starlight
THUNDERCAB: Ive not seen a VHS tape since I was like 6 years old
CORRY: I still have some!!
CORRY: Mum got me a lot when I was a kid.
CORRY: I think they still work?
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ZERO: vhs tapes are ANCIENT
PEARL: Zero!
DINAH: Heya hun!
MOONSTONE: Hiii Zero!
ZERO: heeeyyyy xxx
ZERO: saw i got pinged, whats up?
CARRIE: movie night!!
ZERO: YAAASSS
ZERO: i literally saw a movie trailer the other day on an ad and made a mental note to bring it up whenever next movie night was gonna be
ZERO: you hosting it moon?
MOONSTONE: Mhm! ^^
PEARL: Everyone new to our yard who wants to be in charge of movie night hosting has already been added to the online schedule thing we set up.
PEARL: Actually
PEARL: TC, do you want to be added to that too?
THUNDERCAB: Hell yeah sign me up!
ZERO: niiiiice
BARBARA: How are you doing, Zero?
CORRY: Yeah, are you okay after
CORRY: You know.
ZERO: relax guys, im fiiiiine
ZERO: i was out for like
ZERO: what, maybe a few hours??
ZERO: it was trippy tbh, but nothing some proper beauty sleep couldnt fix xx
PEARL: Are you sure you're fine?
PEARL: How's Dyne doing?
ZERO: girl's aight too
ZERO: shes been a little bit more ruffled than i am so ive been looking after her since we got home the other day
ZERO: right now shes using my lap as a pillow
CARRIE: does this count as gay or
PEARL: Zero's a demiboy, Carrie -w-
THUNDERCAB: Theyre Electrics it counts anyway tbh
ZERO: LOL yah basically
ZERO: dyne asks that you put Cabaret from 1972 on the poll list btw
ZERO: and also says hi xx
DINAH: HIIII DYNE!
CARRIE: HEEYYY :D
THUNDERCAB: Sup girl
THUNDERCAB: Also bloody hell 1972???
BARBARA: I'm surprised you guys know about movies that old.
ZERO: WHATS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
CORRY: HEHEHEHE
BARBARA: I DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE ELECTRICS!
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PURSE: THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T ENJOY CLASSICS!
ZERO: EXACTLY!
BARBARA: YOU JUST CALLED VHS TAPES ANCIENT LITERALLY 2 MINUTES AGO??
ZERO: ANCIENT CLASSICS
CARRIE: PURSEY!
PURSE: CARRIIIEE!
PEARL: HIII PURSE!
MOONSTONE: Hi Mr Purse!
CORRY: Hello! :)
PURSE: What a welcome!
PURSE: Good afternoon everyone! ^^
DINAH: How're you doin', doll?
PURSE: I'm alright.
PURSE: Doing infinitely better now Krupp's back to himself, though he's still got a little bit of a headache.
CARRIE: gay
THUNDERCAB: Homosexual
PURSE: 😘
PURSE: Anyway, put Dance-Off on the poll list, would you please Moonstone? ^^
PURSE: I got reminded that film exists while scrolling through Netflix and remembered that I wanted to watch it back in 2014 but didn't get around to it.
MOONSTONE: Okay!!
MOONSTONE: Does that mean you'll be coming over? :O
BARBARA: Shouldn't you guys be taking it easy?
ZERO: shouldnt you guys from the crash squad be taking it easy?
CARRIE: W E GOT MEDICAL CLEARANCE
CARRIE: A MOVIE NIGHT WONT KILL US WE JUST CANT WORK FOR A BIT
PURSE: I'd definitely like to be there, we've not ditched on a movie night so far have we?
PURSE: I'd need to see how the others are doing, but I think it would be some nice relaxation, depending on how things go.
CORRY: Who else will be invited?
ZERO: im totally coming along with dyne, idk about socket, KW, and elkie but theyll probably come with too
DINAH: E lkie-
CARRIE: we gonna invite galv at all oooorr
THUNDERCAB: Is that uh
THUNDERCAB: Going to be a good idea??
MOONSTONE: I mean
MOONSTONE: I would like to.
MOONSTONE: I think it would be a good start to help with getting them on the right track to having a remotely normal lifestyle and mental health.
MOONSTONE: And I still would like them to be my friends, personally. :<
PURSE: Right
PURSE: Electra said how we are keeping them around.
DINAH: How much do you know, hun?
PURSE: Electra told us all everything when we had breakfast together this morning.
PURSE: They ordered us a nice breakfast, we sat together, and he filled us in on what happened between everyone, what got said, what everyone decided on, all of that, and had a talk on the matter ourselves.
PEARL: And how do you feel about all of it?
CARRIE: yeah, your opinion on this matters
CARRIE: matters the most if anything tbh
BARBARA: ^
PURSE: I'm
PURSE: Conflicted.
PURSE: What they did was bad and painful.
PURSE: It hurt feeling that amount of electricity shocking my mechanical and biological systems, it hurt seeing Krupp reduced to that half-sick, half-mindless, half-still-him state in the days before that.
PURSE: But
PURSE: It also hurts knowing they were trying to help us. It hurts knowing they thought we were going to die if they didn't take drastic measures because that's what they were told would happen.
PURSE: It's a very.. Messy situation.
THUNDERCAB: Yeah, it is
THUNDERCAB: We were all arguing about it last night in here
BARBARA: But we've all generally agreed to give them another chance.
PEARL: If you're okay with that, of course.
PURSE: I think I am.
PURSE: When Vapor grabbed me, he said something.
PURSE: I remembered it this morning.
PURSE: About how they "the sooner you learn, the safer you'll be from them" or something of that caliber.
PURSE: That's stuck with me.
CORRY: So they really did think they were trying to save you guys..
PURSE: Mhm.
PURSE: They seemed
PURSE: Confused, in a sense, when me, Dyne, and Joule said we were on your yard to come see our friends.
DINAH: Oohhh so that's what ya'll were doing here!
PURSE: Yeah, we came to see Carrie.
PURSE: I was worried, and I honestly would've backed out if Joule didn't agree to sneak out and come with me, and then Dyne came with too.
CARRIE: awwwhhh purse,,
ZERO; oh so thats why she was there with you
PURSE: Yeah.
PURSE: How are you doing by the way, Zero?
ZERO: like i said earlier im fiiiiiinee
ZERO: you guys are worrying about the wrong people here i was only out for like a couple hours :p
MOONSTONE: You were still caught up in everything! Doesn't hurt to make sure, silly.
CORRY: How's Miss Wrench doing? And Krupp?
CARRIE: charge got knocked out early too, is songbird aight?
PURSE: Your chaos buddy is doing alright. 🙂
PURSE: Lexi has told all of us to take it steady for a while to make sure we get completely back to normal, not that Charge really gets what slowing down means, but she's with Joule and Volta right now.
PURSE: Krupp is fine, he's with me right now in my room.
PURSE: And Wrench I think is watching some NCIS in her room, she's the one who needs to take it easy the most.
MOONSTONE: Is tonight a bad night for movies then? :<
PURSE: Like I said earlier Moons, I'd like to be there, I just need to ask the others if they're feeling good enough for it.
PURSE: I'll shoot them a message over the Frequency now we're all reconnected to ours.
MOONSTONE: Got it!!
MOONSTONE: So that's Descendants from Barbie, Cabaret from Dyne, Dance-Off from Purse
PEARL: Zero you said you had a movie recommendation for the poll?
ZERO: OH YEAH I DID
ZERO: I FORGOT LMFAO
PURSE: Idiot.
ZERO: stfu only my sister can call me that
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VOLTA: He's right though.
ZERO: HEEYYY
CARRIE: LMFAO
DINAH: Hi Vee!
VOLTA: Good afternoon. ^^
THUNDERCAB: Hows it going Frosty?
VOLTA: Pffhh
VOLTA: It's going better now things are settling down.
VOLTA: I'm sat with Electra, Joule, and Charge in the living room watching whatever takes our interest on TV.
VOLTA: Right now it's Cake Boss.
DINAH: OH THAT'S SO VALID
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DOLLY: IVE BEEN SUMMONED BY CAKE BOSS
BARBARA: Oh Starlight you materialised her into existence. /joking
PEARL: No wonder you and Dinah have became besties
CARRIE: she also gets summoned by cake boss lmfao
DINAH: It's a good show!
DOLLY: IT IS!!
THUNDERCAB: Hey babe
DOLLY: :>>>>
VOLTA: We're watching it right now.
VOLTA: It's pretty insightful, even though realistically I'm the only good cook/baker amongst us four actually watching it.
PURSE: Krupp and I aren't that bad!
VOLTA: Well come watch Cake Boss with us then.
PURSE: But I'm comfyyyyy.
VOLTA: Sigh
MOONSTONE: Hi Dolly, hi Volta!
MOONSTONE: Any movie suggestions? If you're coming to it anyway.
DOLLY: Of course I'll come along! 'Specially if you're hosting it this time. :)
DOLLY: Give me a minute to think of something good to recommend, I don't think I want to recommend Zootopia again.
VOLTA: Movie night again?
VOLTA: Those are always fun.
PURSE: I'd like to go to it too, already gave my recommendation.
CORRY: Dyne's made a suggestion for the poll too!
VOLTA: Put in Howl's Moving Castle.
VOLTA: I love a good Studio Ghibli movie.
DINAH: Oooohhh, that's a good pick!
THUNDERCAB: Whats a Studio Ghibli
CARRIE: its like a japanese animation company
CARRIE: theyve made lots of really well-drawn high quality movies that dont suck ass storywise either
VOLTA: ^ They're very good movies.
VOLTA: I've seen Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky, and The Wind Rises.
VOLTA: Next on my watch list is Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo.
PEARL: OH, PONYO IS SUCH A CUTE MOVIE!
PEARL: Moony add that to the list as my suggestion if you please. :3
MOONSTONE: Will do!
CORRY: Have you figured out how the site works?
MOONSTONE: Yep!
ZERO: my suggestion's Full Out
DOLLY: Not heard of that one before.
PEARL: ^
ZERO: its a semi-recent release?? 2015
ZERO: its based on a real life gymnast and her story, idk, i like the look of it
ZERO: i love doing gymnastics personally
BARBARA: Really?
CARRIE: oh yeah you guys havent seen what zero does during our annual ice-skating gather-up
CARRIE: they and volta are pros at skating and gymnastic tricks and all that fancy stuff
PEARL: They taught me some things last year!
VOLTA: I enjoyed that. ^^
ZERO: you did great girlie!!
ZERO: ...carrie on the other hand
CARRIE: y eah im not an agile gymnastics lady lmfao
CARRIE: i'm fast on my wheels to do my job and i can dance a bit, but thats about it
THUNDERCAB: Honestly mood
THUNDERCAB: Think Id be too heavy-footed for gymnastics
THUNDERCAB: Ice-skating sounds dope though
THUNDERCAB: You guys do a lot of fancy stuff together each year huh.
DINAH: Sure do! (⁀ᗢ⁀)
DINAH: We love to spend time together.
MOONSTONE: After almost mauling one another in the Championships. :p /silly
PEARL: That's the best part of the friendship. /silly
VOLTA: Exactly.
VOLTA: Dinah and I, and I think Pearlie too, had a fun brawl during Heat 1.
DINAH: Y ou made my fingers SO numb by the end of that. (─‿─)
VOLTA: Xxxx
CORRY: You say that my nightlight but there was some fighting in our races too.
MOONSTONE: Not NEARLY as much!!
BARBARA: There wasn't much fighting in Heat 1 that we raced in, no, it was mostly accidents.
PURSE: That bad, huh?
BARBARA: Oh yeah.
BARBARA: @AMPERA @VAPOR You two were in Heat 2 with Tass, back me up here.
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VAPOR: Barbara?
VAPOR: Good afternoon.
BARBARA: Afternoon.
DOLLY: Hi guys! :D
PEARL: Good afternoon you two! ^^
AMPERA: Good afternoon. :)
AMPERA: What'd we get called for?
BARBARA: Back me up here.
BARBARA: Wasn't Heat 2 back at Wembley Park absolute carnage?
AMPERA: Oh my Starlight, wasn't it just
VAPOR: I still have some faded bruises, thank Starlight for makeup.
DINAH: What happened?
VOLTA: Well you can't simply leave it there.
CARRIE: yeah now you gotta tell us wtf went down
BARBARA: Well first, Tassita and Orange Flash had an incident and crashed.
BARBARA: And then the two Engines that Vapor and Ampera had coupled to got into a whole brawl while Tass and Flash got taken off the race course by the yard's medical team.
BARBARA: Who was it again?
VAPOR: I was with Green Arrow, Ampera was with Golden Eagle.
CORRY: OHHH I REMEMBER THIS NOW!
CORRY: Green Arrow took a shortcut, didn't he?
VAPOR: Yep.
VAPOR: And Golden Eagle did NOT like that.
AMPERA: He was an ass, honestly, he kept almost leaving me behind
AMPERA: Felt like I was holding onto his couplers for dear life half the time
AMPERA: Not that I can't handle high speeds, I race with Galvanic sometimes for Starlights sake, but like
AMPERA: Eagle was s omething else
VAPOR: He hits hard too.
PURSE: You got punched by him!?
VAPOR: Yeah.
VAPOR: Golden Eagle went after me and Green Arrow, sent me careening off to the side and got Arrow to the ground, cue the ensuing scuffle between the two.
PEARL: What was his deal?!
VAPOR: I D ON'T KNOW? HE JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT WE TOOK A SHORTCUT I GUESS?
ZERO: girlie if you kept coupled to him during that-
AMPERA: Oh hell no
AMPERA: The moment he began gunning for V and Arrow, I let go immediately to go make sure V was okay.
AMPERA: Then we had to have a brawl with Eagle alongside the marshalls, because he wouldn't leave Arrow or V be
CARRIE: f uckin yikes
BARBARA: He got a red card at least?
VAPOR: SO DID ARROW.
VAPOR: ME AND HIM GOT DISQUALIFIED FOR FIGHTING BACK. 😭
MOONSTONE: Yeeahhh that was
MOONSTONE: A questionable decision on our Control's part, honestly. :v
VOLTA: Not the first time I've heard about a yard's Control making a questionable choice.
VOLTA: See also the Championships Heat 3 rerun.
PEARL: In their defence, they let their kid pick the downhill course for the rerun.
CARRIE: said downhill course n ot being very good for racing on as everyone then learned lmfao
AMPERA: Why did you ping us for this and not Tassita?
BARBARA: Because you two were in the thick of the brawl. Tassi got wiped out before it began, Cab wasn't watching, and Corry WAS watching but only what his mum was doing in the race.
VAPOR: W hy wasn't T.C watching, I thought you were buddies with the other Engines?
THUNDERCAB: I'll give you like 2 guesses and a hint
THUNDERCAB: The hint is Im a lesbian
VAPOR: .. That explains a lot.
BARBARA: Also because we need more movie night suggestions and not many people have came online to give them yet, so you two can give us some more suggestions.
DINAH: It's a slow day, Control's gave everyone some much lighter schedules and a day or two off to take it easy after the crash incident scare on the rails.
DINAH: So everyone's currently just kinda off doing their own things, resting, that kinda thing!
VAPOR: A movie night?
VAPOR: What's that?
CORRY: Gosh, you've not watched movies together?
AMPERA: Well, we have, but
AMPERA: Honestly our instances of doing that together so far are probably different to your movie night things, so maybe explain to us anyway.
CARRIE: its a regular thing we do every couple weeks or so depending on our schedules
CARRIE: we give suggestions to whoever's hosting, they make a poll, and then everyone votes on what suggested movie they wanna watch the most, most popular movie is the movie we all watch together at the host's place at the time we decide on (which is normally around like 9-10pm give or take)
MOONSTONE: Mhm! I'm hosting it this time, which is why I group pinged! ^^
VOLTA: Electrics get invited too, we just gave our suggestions for the poll earlier.
AMPERA: We can
AMPERA: Go to it?
PEARL: Of course you can!
BARBARA: I mean if we're asking for your suggestions for movies, then I'd hope that'd mean you're allowed.
MOONSTONE: And I'm the one hosting it, and I say you can come to it! So there. :D
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SLICK: FUCK YEEAAAHHH ANOTHER MOVIE NIGHT
SLICK: AMMY YOU AND VAPE GOTTA COME TO THIS
SLICK: THEY HAVE THE BEST SNACKS!!
LUMBER: YYEEAAAHHH MOVIE NIGHT!!
VAPOR: I don't know if we
VAPOR: Have anything to recommend though.
DINAH: You can still come if you ain't got any movies to recommend, hun! ^^
ZERO: yah no harm in that
ZERO: half the group doesnt give movies for the poll sometimes but they still roll up
DOLLY: And you're obviously allowed to have the snacks there too. :D
DOLLY: You're allowed to have all the popcorn and cookies you feel like having.
DINAH: I might make some cupcakes for this movie night too!
DOLLY: OOH CAN I JOIN YOU?
DINAH: Of course!
DOLLY: YYYAAAYYY!!
THUNDERCAB: FUCK YEAAAHH DOLLY CUPCAKES
THUNDERCAB: And Dinah cupcakes too those are almost as good
DINAH: ALMOST?
THUNDERCAB: MY GIRLFRIEND'S BAKING IS BETTER BY DEFAULT IM SORRY
DINAH: The audacity of this Diesel (¬､¬) /joking
PURSE: Play nice, ladies, otherwise the cupcakes won't survive to the actual movie.
PEARL: LOL
SLICK: CUPCAKES LETS FUCKIN GO
ZERO: YAAASSSS we respect our bakers in this household
LUMBER: double cupcakes!!!
LUMBER: we're gonna eat good tonight lads
MOONSTONE: Yaaaayyyy cupcakes!!
MOONSTONE: What ones are you going to make this time Dolly?
DOLLY: Maybe red velvet with some chocolate icing?
DOLLY: That's always a classic isn't it
VOLTA: Oohh, that sounds lovely.
THUNDERCAB: Hell yeah!!
AMPERA: I
AMPERA: Have a movie suggestion
CORRY: You do? :D
AMPERA: If thats okay?
SLICK; obvs it is ammy
SLICK: stop worrying about whether its okay
SLICK: youre not gonna be murdered for it
MOONSTONE; What's your suggestion Ampera? ^-^
AMPERA: I'd
AMPERA: Like to maybe watch Star Trek Beyond
AMPERA: The movie just came out earlier this month, and I asked Master
AMPERA: .
AMPERA: Galvanic, I asked Galvanic, if we could maybe go watch it as a cinema trip, like a reward.
AMPERA: But it coincided with an important event, so we couldn't do that
AMPERA: And I'd like to see it, if thats not too much to ask?
MOONSTONE: :DDDDD
MOONSTONE: That's not too much to ask at all!!
CORRY: Absolutely not too much to ask.
PEARL: If anything it's great to see from you!
AMPERA: :)
DINAH: Ooooo, Star Trek!!
VOLTA: Star Trek is a good franchise.
VOLTA: Not my cup of tea, but Krupp likes it.
PURSE: Yeah, sometimes I watch it with him.
AMPERA: Who's his favourite character?
PURSE: Geordi and Data.
PURSE: What's yours?
ZERO: better not be a basic ass bitch choice like spock or something
BARBARA: What kind of name even is Spock?
DINAH: A Star Trek one, evidently.
AMPERA: Nah, its Kathryn Janeway
AMPERA: I've been able to see some of Voyager and she's pretty
CARRIE: honestly im looking at a picture of her on google and you are so valid for that choice
VAPOR: Absolute gay ass.
AMPERA: S AYS YOU!
AMPERA: Like we're not all gay as hell in some way.
LUMBER: more gays to the yard squad
DOLLY: More gays is unsurprising but welcome anyway.
AMPERA: Is it really unsurprising?
THUNDERCAB: L ady have you SEEN the relationship chart
THUNDERCAB: Deadass everyone in this chat server is gay
AMPERA: .
AMPERA: F air point, Diesel
PURSE: I need to update that.
PURSE: Maybe I'll try to find a website that'll streamline everything rather than a mess of lines, I was admittedly rushing a bit with that initial chart since we were all getting excited and ready for the Pride Party.
VAPOR: I could
VAPOR: Maybe help with that?
VAPOR: Finding a good website to organise it all I mean.
PURSE: .
PURSE: Yeah, I'd appreciate some help.
VAPOR: Cool. I'll have a look then.
LUMBER: if you come up with nothing then i can have a look too and see what could work
CORRY: Oh! Moony!
CORRY: I've got a movie recommendation for the list!
PEARL: Corry jumpscare!
CORRY: LOL
MOONSTONE: Go for it sweetie :D
CORRY: They made a 2014 movie-musical adaptation of Annie!
CORRY: I'd like to see that, since I loved the old movie.
ZERO: oh yeah that was a thing that happened
ZERO: i saw lots of advertising for it but then people were pretty quiet over it on release
CORRY: Most of the fuss has been about how Annie's portrayed by a POC actress.
CORRY: Which like, yeah her ginger hair is a part of the character's design, but if the girl portraying her is doing THAT good of a job then I say why not?
CORRY: I appreciate some good POC rep for obvious reasons.
BARBARA: Of course.
CARRIE: SMH
CARRIE: GINGER ERASURE
CORRY: Y OU WILL LIVE
SLICK: where tf does your ginger hair even come from
LUMBER: yeah, buffy has like the blondest hair on the yard outside of probably dinah
MOONSTONE: What about mine?
SLICK: your hair isnt fully blonde its like 50% purple
CARRIE: its from our dad's side lol
CARRIE: buffy looks more like our mumma with the blonde
DOLLY: "Ginger erasure" yeah well at least your hair colour is actually still a common thing humans have in movies and TV shows.
DOLLY: How do you think it is with hair colour like mine, or Cabby's, or Tassita's or even Barbara's? 😭
VOLTA: I join that club with my dark blue hair.
PURSE: Half of us join that club, mine is silver, Charge's is light blue, and Lexi's multicoloured.
CORRY: All of you need more normal hair colours, shaking my head. (I'm kidding, you've all got really pretty hair and I'm honestly jealous)
THUNDERCAB: I mean my hair is
THUNDERCAB: Clllooose enough to blonde/black to work??
THUNDERCAB: Do Not Disturb and Sleepytime though y eah theyre not gonna have much luck
DINAH: PFFFHHH
AMPERA: D O NOT DISTURB AND SLEEPYTIME?
THUNDERCAB: THATS TWO OF MY NICKNAMES FOR THEM!
ZERO: honey your hair is not even remotely close to blonde
VAPOR: Yeah, that's
VAPOR: Not blonde, Miss Cab.
THUNDERCAB: Ssssssshhhhh lemme have this one
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GALVANIC: You pinged, Moony?
MOONSTONE: Galv!! Good to see you online before chat descends into chaos.
MOONSTONE: Also hi E.K!
GALVANIC: El and I were chatting in a voice call so I didn't notice you'd pinged until just now.
GALVANIC: Sorry about that darling.
MOONSTONE: It's okay!
ELEKTRONIC: I heard movie night~!
PEARL: Moonstone's in charge of it today, suggestions are welcome like always!
MOONSTONE: Yep, suggestions are until like 7-8pm like last time when Pearlie was in charge :)
ELEKTRONIC: Maleficent!!
VOLTA: Oohh, that could be good.
DOLLY: DID WE N OT HAVE A DISCUSSION LAST MOVIE NIGHT ABOUT THE DISSERVICE OF THE LIVE ACTION DISNEY REMAKES?
ELEKTRONIC: MALEFICENT IS ICONIC THOUGH!
ELEKTRONIC: Plus Angelina Jolie looks utterly ✨ iconic ✨ as Maleficent.
PURSE: She DOES!
CARRIE: theyre gonna just butcher the story thougghhhh
MOONSTONE: ^^; I'll add it to the poll anyway.
DINAH: If they butcher the story then we can all complain about it together.
SLICK: sometimes a bad movie can be so bad its good
SLICK: like you can laugh at how shit it is
LUMBER: yeah true
LUMBER: bad movies are much better with company
DOLLY: Is Panda going to be okay without you looking after them?
LUMBER: i mean to be honest i was thinking of bringing them along
LUMBER: but if theres going to be snacks then they might get fur everywhere? or eat something they shouldn't?
GALVANIC: That's a fair concern, I don't imagine anybody would want cat hair on a cupcake.
ELEKTRONIC: I would like to see Panda the cat though.
MOONSTONE: We can make Panda a little area away from the food tables/trays!
DINAH: Or I can hunt about for some spare cake platter covers, I'm pretty certain we've got some lyin' about in one of the storage rooms or cupboards here in the yard diner. (´◡`)
DINAH: Then we can just cover the cupcakes on their lil' plate when nobody's grabbing one to eat!
ZERO: either that or the cat will just go to sleep in someones lap for the full night and wont be an issue
VOLTA: Bet you £20 that Panda will go to sleep on Joule.
ZERO: sis im not even gonna initiate that bet bc we all know youre right
CARRIE: i mean she IS warm
DINAH: So are Dyne and Ampera too though!
AMPERA: Panda will p robably not want to come lay on me, but
AMPERA: I won't be against it if she does
AMPERA: .. I'm assuming its a she??
THUNDERCAB: Yeah did you guys ever tell us what the gender of that cat is
LUMBER: yeah Panda's a girl
DOLLY: Little baby girl :(
DOLLY: At least I'm guessing they're younger since they're not fully grown size
LUMBER: the vet said they're about 10 months old roughly
LUMBER: so not an adult yet, only like 2 months away from that
GALVANIC: I didn't know you did group movie nights.
PEARL: We've held them for the last 2-ish years since the Championships.
PEARL: They're a great way for everyone to bond over something and spend time together! ^^
THUNDERCAB: Whats the movies on the list for tonight so far
MOONSTONE: Aside from the just-added Maleficent suggestion, there's Descendants (from Barbara), Cabaret (from Dyne), Dance-Off (from Purse), 2014 Annie (from Corry), Full Out (from Zero), Howl's Moving Castle (from Volta), and Star Trek Beyond (from Ampera)!
GALVANIC: You suggested a movie, Am?
AMPERA: They said that it's okay.
AMPERA: I can rescind it if you want?
GALVANIC: Not at all!
GALVANIC: We never got to watch the cinema release of that movie, and
GALVANIC: Honestly I've felt bad about having to turn that down in favour of a race.
GALVANIC: I'd like to watch that with you and the others, if you still want to see it at least, even if it doesn't win the vote.
AMPERA: I'd like that.
GALVANIC: ｡^‿^｡ ❤️❤️❤️
AMPERA: !! ❤️
BARBARA: Galvanic did you see the Heat 2 carnage as well?
GALVANIC: Ooohh you guys are talking about that?
VAPOR: Yyyyeep.
ELEKTRONIC: Let me take a wild guess; Fighting on the track?
THUNDERCAB: Yyyyeeepp.
THUNDERCAB: [Link To -> BARBARA: Well first, Tassita and Orange Flash had...]
ELEKTRONIC: Ahh, a classic race staple.
ZERO: they really should be putting more rules or smth in place to stop races devolving into WWE matches
VOLTA: It's probably because it makes it more entertaining.
VOLTA: Which I suppose isn't wrong, I enjoy giving someone a little bit of a chill, but sometimes it goes too far.
DINAH: D efinitely can go too far.
DINAH: Think our Championships races made half the Repair Trucks cry.
GALVANIC: Of course I saw it, Vapor and Ampera were in it and I was watching them!
GALVANIC: EVERYONE got eliminated except for Corry's mother and Hydra!
CORRY: In Mum's defence she was pulling ahead anyway before Golden Eagle started whatever fight happened later on with Green Arrow.
GALVANIC: No need to come to her defence, copper-clad.
THUNDERCAB: Yeah
THUNDERCAB: Everyone else in our heat got wiped out except for us two as well lmao
BARBARA: Y eah, me and Silver Bullet took one of the last turns too tight.
BARBARA: I was mostly fine though, my work uniform is more padded than most, especially around my neck.
ELEKTRONIC: I'll bet the Repair Trucks were thanking the Starlight Express for that, saves them any serious injuries to handle.
SLICK: lumber was in heat 1 too
SLICK: port n i went to go check on him like ASAP after he and his engine went flying
AMPERA: Right, he was racing with Blue Lightning
LUMBER: that i was.
LUMBER: she's pretty cool, we're still friends.
SLICK: even after you two went careening on the downhill and she didnt pump the brakes in time???
LUMBER: shit happens, i was mad at the time during the race because i wanted to win
LUMBER: but i stopped holding it against Blue when i saw the damage she had and how upset she was about losing.
LUMBER: we're blue buddies now. :)
MOONSTONE: That's so cute!
ELEKTRONIC: Blue Lightning sounds like an Electric Engine name I've heard before. :o
GALVANIC: I think some of the others at that race in Wembley WERE Electrics, or at least Electric-Hybrids.
GALVANIC: Blue Lightning, Orange Flash, Silver Bullet, those sound like Racer titles.
ELEKTRONIC: They really do!
ELEKTRONIC: Maybe I'll give the database a check to see if they're registered under any of the UK branches of the R.C.
LUMBER: could always text her to ask, i'm pretty certain she's an Electric but i don't know about her being an RC one.
BARBARA: I have Orange Flash's number too, actually, so I could ask her as well.
GALVANIC: You do?
VAPOR: Ooooooo?
SLICK: OOOOOOOOOOO??
DINAH: OoOoOoOoOoO???
CARRIE: (¬‿¬)
PURSE: (¬‿¬)
BARBARA: G ET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER!!
BARBARA: She was Tassita's Engine for the race and they became good friends despite the accident they had, and so she and I became friends too.
BARBARA: Tassita's my ride-or-die.
MOONSTONE: Okay that's fair.
DOLLY: Still though. (¬‿¬)
BARBARA: Dolly I swear to Starlight--
DOLLY: Heheheheh!!
AMPERA: Girl, it's over
AMPERA: You're never living these accusations down until something happens
ELEKTRONIC: (¬‿¬)
BARBARA: W hy are you this way.
SLICK: bc we are and you deal with us
PURSE: Love you too Barbie. xxx
ELEKTRONIC: It's friend-bullying. Xxx
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - GALVANIC]
THUNDERCAB: Cheetah, dude
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: Can I use dude or is that too masc
GALVANIC: I
GALVANIC: I'm fine with it personally?? I guess??
THUNDERCAB: Cheetah, mate
GALVANIC: Well now you just sound kind of like a chav.
THUNDERCAB: Nah thats just how we Cockney folks sound
THUNDERCAB: ANYWAY.
THUNDERCAB: Get your other chrome component gays into the main chat
THUNDERCAB: Moons not hosting this movie night for nothing she's holding it specifically to get you guys involved
GALVANIC: Is she really??
THUNDERCAB: She moved it up a couple days from the original date for the movie night
THUNDERCAB: So yeah, she is
THUNDERCAB: Cmon G this is like the best shot those lot have got from one of your biggest allies rn
GALVANIC: I don't know.
GALVANIC: They already feel awful enough and are dealing with so much internally.
GALVANIC: .. Hell, I'm dealing with so much internally.
GALVANIC: It took Elektronic convincing me to go into main chat.
THUNDERCAB; You two still friends?
GALVANIC: Yes, we are.
GALVANIC: They're less angry than Electra was the other day, probably because only two of theirs were really afflicted by what my Components were doing, and only for a few hours.
THUNDERCAB: And you really didnt know ANYTHING about it
GALVANIC: Thundercab, I say this as respectfully as I can to you, what the fuck do you want me to say to make you believe me on any of this??
GALVANIC: I swear to the Starlight Express above that I genuinely did not know what my Components were doing.
GALVANIC: Nor did I know WHY they were doing it until Electra spelled it out to me, because I was brainwashed and stupid and didn't think to question what was in front of me until the wall got hit with a sledgehammer.
THUNDERCAB: Right
THUNDERCAB: Look I know weve not really gotten along and shit
THUNDERCAB: But I want to believe you on this, especially with how much everyones been vouching for you
THUNDERCAB: Specially with how much DOLLY has been vouching for you
THUNDERCAB: You fucked her up at the race
THUNDERCAB: And while shes on about forgiving and moving on from that and wanting you all to be let back in and be your friends, Im still not over it entirely, nor do I trust you all yet.
GALVANIC: I
GALVANIC: I know.
GALVANIC: And you have every right to not be over it.
GALVANIC: I was stupid. Since so few other race partners qualified, I snatched her up at when Race Control told everyone who qualified to swap race partner.
GALVANIC: You performed so well with her in Heat 1 to the point you tied in 1st place with me. I figured she would help me do well too.
THUNDERCAB: I did well with her in heat 1 because shes my bloody girlfriend, you numpty
THUNDERCAB: I wanted to do well and win not just for my sake
THUNDERCAB: But for HERS too.
THUNDERCAB: Shes my girl, she has been for a long ass time, and I wanted to make her proud
GALVANIC: .
GALVANIC: I never considered that at the time.
GALVANIC: I've not seen many Engines love their race partners the way everyone here does.
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: Right
THUNDERCAB: Its way more cut-throat where you got raised
GALVANIC: Mhm.
GALVANIC: But to answer your initial statement, I don't know if I can get Radial and Hardwire into chat.
GALVANIC: Ampera and Vapor seem to be able to integrate themselves back in on their own, they're younger, there's more of.. Them, still in there behind all the rules and restrictions they were taught to deal with.
GALVANIC: H and R are a different story.
GALVANIC: That and it feels kind of backwards to be giving them more freedom only to order them to get involved with the group if they're not comfortable doing so.
THUNDERCAB: Yknow what, fair, I get where youre coming from there
THUNDERCAB: But I dont think its ordering them in this situation mate
THUNDERCAB: You just politely ask them if theyd like to come join and hell maybe come to the movie night too
THUNDERCAB: Say youre worried about their wellbeing if they shut themselves down and hide away all the time, because thats not gonna be healthy for them tbh
GALVANIC: .. You're right, it's not.
GALVANIC: Maybe if I word it that way it won't do any harm.
THUNDERCAB: .
THUNDERCAB: Question for you, Cheetah
GALVANIC: Go for it.
THUNDERCAB: Do you love your Components?
THUNDERCAB: Radial, Hardwire, Ampera, Vapor
THUNDERCAB: You love them, yeah?
GALVANIC: ...
GALVANIC: I do.
GALVANIC: And I want to love them more.
GALVANIC: Electra made me realise that in some way I've always loved them, just not properly, not fully.
GALVANIC: I know I said "So what if you lost two of them? It wouldn't be the end of the world", but
GALVANIC: If anything that and his subsequent blow-up made me realise that it
GALVANIC: It would be the end of the world for me, too.
GALVANIC: I always worried about them breaking the rules and getting caught and getting hurt for it. I saw the way Radial and Hardwire would look when they'd bleach their hair to fit the requirements and how my chest would hurt only for me to push past it because I thought this was how it was meant to be for them to stay around. When I "rewarded" them with affection, with praise and hugs and kisses and touches, it
GALVANIC: It felt right. It felt right to make them happy that way just as they made me happy that way.
THUNDERCAB: Y ou really need some therapy.
GALVANIC: Harsh much, Wasp??
THUNDERCAB: Harsh, but not wrong, am I?
GALVANIC: .
GALVANIC: No, you're not wrong.
THUNDERCAB: If youre worried about their mental health with them shutting themselves off like this from the world out of regret n shit, go talk to them
THUNDERCAB: Tell them how you feel
GALVANIC: Easier said than done.
THUNDERCAB: Idk man, you put it into words pretty good to me
GALVANIC: .
GALVANIC: W hy do you have to be right in this instance.
THUNDERCAB: ;P
THUNDERCAB: At least talk to Hardwire minimum
THUNDERCAB: Even I can see that security truck fuckin adores you to the ends of the earth
GALVANIC: I
GALVANIC: He does?? You think so?? Like genuinely, it's not just a "he's my Security Truck and needs to look out for me" thing??
THUNDERCAB: Galvanic oh my Starlight you emotionally stunted egg of an engine--
THUNDERCAB: Ive seen the way he looks at you
THUNDERCAB: Dude wouldnt stop staring like you were the Starlight Express itself back at homeyard during the race
THUNDERCAB: I know that doofus lovestruck look, and honestly your whole merry band has that look, but Hardwire especially
THUNDERCAB: Go talk to him, honest to stardust, it wont go as bad as you think
THUNDERCAB: Start a proper relationship bond with him and make progress with the others as you go
GALVANIC: ....
GALVANIC: Alright. I'll try.
GALVANIC: Not too bad at this whole relationship and emotions thing for a Diesel, Thundercab.
THUNDERCAB: Eh
THUNDERCAB: I just dont wanna see you all with your tails between your legs
THUNDERCAB: You wanna fix shit? You gotta work towards fixing shit
THUNDERCAB: Plain and simple
ESTABLISHING PERSONALISED FREQUENCY CONNECTION GVC-2024. . .
CONNECTION SUCCESSFUL.
ENGINE ACTIVE: #8084 [GALVANIC]
COMPONENTS ACTIVE: #8132 [HARDWIRE], #2004 [RADIAL], #0516 [VAPOR], #7993 [AMPERA]
ACCESSING THOUGHT-STREAM OF: #8132 [HARDWIRE]
[ 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞? 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? ]
[ Master Galvanic! Do you need me for something? ]
[ 𝐍𝐨, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝. ]
[ Oh- I'm sorry for worrying you then, Master. ]
[ I've just been in my room, you've not called for me or anything, so I've been taking it easy as you suggested. ]
[ 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞.. ]
[ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 "𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫" 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. ]
[ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭- 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. ]
[ Are you sure? ]
[ I, wouldn't want to upset you or anything-- ]
[ 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞. ]
[ 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞? 𝐌𝐞, 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. ]
[ . . . ]
[ Undetermined. ]
[ ... ]
[ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐇. 𝐈𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲? ]
[ 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮? ]
[ Of course I'm on edge. ]
[ I just- ]
[ .. I don't know how to talk about it. ]
[ I- Don't know if I should- ]
[ .. 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐇? 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑.𝐂 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮? ]
[ You would never hurt me. I trust you wholeheartedly. ]
[ I.. ]
[ I just don't want to fail you again, by saying or doing something I'll come to regret. ]
[ 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐦𝐞?.. ]
[ I've already messed up so much. ]
[ ..𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨? ]
[ I let you down at the race held on Wembley Park by failing to keep control over Dolly. ]
[ And then letting Slick race with you. ]
[ And then I've let you down again by staining your name with your new friends by doing all of this that I thought was helping to stop anyone getting hurt, when we were- we were causing the hurt all this time, and now nobody trusts us and nobody trusts YOU and it's- ]
[ It's all my fault- And I'm so worried I'm going to fail you again because you mean so much to me and I don't want to be replaced- ]
[ 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞! ]
[ 𝐈𝐭'𝐬- 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑.𝐂 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨-𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬. ]
[ 𝐈- ]
[ 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬. ]
[ 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. ]
[ 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡. ]
[ 𝐁𝐮𝐭- ]
[ 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. ]
[ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞, 𝐇, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭" 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞.. ]
[ .. You- You don't have to change, you know. ]
[ We love you as you are. ]
[ 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐁𝐮𝐭.. ]
[ 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞. ]
[ 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐦𝐞. ]
[ 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭. ]
[ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈, 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐛, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓.𝐂 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐠𝐨-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞. ]
[ 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞- ]
[ 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐔𝐒 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫. ]
[ 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨. ]
[ . . . ]
[ I guess we've all fucked up a bit here in this situation, haven't we? ]
[ 𝐇𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐡.. 𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨. ]
[ .. Don't- Don't solely blame yourself, Galvanic, please. ]
[ You don't deserve to carry that kind of weight alone. ]
[ 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ]
[ 𝐈- 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. ]
[ 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ]
[ 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭-- ]
[ 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐈𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. ]
[ Galv..- ]
[ I- ]
[ We love you too. I love you too. ]
[ I- Maybe we should be saying this face-to-face. ]
[ 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? ]
[ .. I think so. ]
[ 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧. ]
[ My room is a mess, I've not gotten around to tidying it in the last day or two. ]
[ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐨! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥. ]
[ .. You are, but you colour coordinate when you organise, and I prefer things in alphabetical order. ]
[ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐠𝐡𝐡~! ]
[ Pfffhh-- And I can't find my Catching Fire Hunger Games book when you put it with the other red cover books near the front of the shelf! ]
[ 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤!? ]
[ Have YOU still not finished the Wicked novel? ]
[ .. 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. ]
[ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ]
[ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ]
[HARDWIRE] entered chatroom [incomprehensible chaos.jpeg]
GALVANIC: There you are!~
CORRY: Hi guys! ^^
BELLE: Hiya Hardwire.
DOLLY: Hiiii HW!
HARDWIRE: Hello everyone.
DOLLY: How're you doing?
HARDWIRE: I'm. Alright?
HYDRA: Better to be doing alright then be doing bad, ey?
BELLE: ^ Exactly.
ELEKTRONIC: W hen did you two get online.
HYDRA: Oh I've been lurking for the last hour or somthing since before Moony's ping.
HYDRA: Just been trying to decide on a good movie for tonight.
VOLTA: Y ou do NOT need a full hour to think on a halfway decent movie to put into the poll list.
HYDRA: YES I DO!
SLICK: he totally does
SLICK: for a hydrogen tanker folk his brains slower than a steamer
HYDRA: OI!
CORRY: E XCUSE YOU OILCAN
SLICK: HEHEHEHEH
DOLLY: It's okay Hydra, I'm still thinking of something too.
BARBARA: You got this girl.
BELLE: I popped online just now, saw I had a ping on my phone for the movie night.
MOONSTONE: 👋
BELLE: 👋
ELEKTRONIC: I
ELEKTRONIC: I looked away for like, 2 minutes to drink some water.
PEARL: Belle Speedrun Any %
ZERO: LMAO
BELLE: Nyyyyooooom.
LUMBER: is drinking water safe for you guys??
AMPERA: Y.
AMPERA: Y eah, it is?
AMPERA: Were you not in chat when I talked about the time I made a smoothie?
LUMBER: .
LUMBER: ooohhhh yeah
CORRY: PFFFHH-
CORRY: L umber oh my Starlight
CARRIE: LMFAO
SLICK: loghead
LUMBER: sssshut up i was busy with rescuing Panda the cat that day.
THUNDERCAB: Oh good the ghost trains are infact alive
HARDWIRE: 👋 ?
BARBARA: G host trains-
VOLTA: I mean, we're all very pale for the most part.
AMPERA: Yeah it isn't wrong
AMPERA: We're literally as white as a ghost lol
GALVANIC: You say that like V and A haven't been here in the discussion for the last several minutes, Wasp. ಠ_ಠ
GALVANIC: ALSO, they won't be "ghost trains" for much longer!
GALVANIC: We're going to be preparing for a full shopping trip for some new things to spruce up wardrobes sometime soon, aren't we Wires?
HARDWIRE: :)
HARDWIRE: Yes, we will be.
VAPOR: !!!
DINAH: Oh that'll be so much fun!
ZERO: YAAASSS that sounds like a great idea
ELEKTRONIC: Ooooooo!! Love some fresh seasonal clothes shopping! Good choice, you two!
AMPERA: Oooo!!
AMPERA: Where are we gonna go shopping?
GALVANIC: Well we'll be deciding that together.
GALVANIC: Maybe after movie night?
VAPOR: That would be good!
VAPOR: We can talk about it while coming back from the yard.
HARDWIRE: That sounds like a smart use of time.
HARDWIRE: Just make sure you don't lose focus on where you're going so Radial's not dealing with either of you faceplanting into a streetlight.
VAPOR: H ey-!
BELLE: That's oddly specific.
SLICK: tbf porters tripped on streetlights before
SLICK: and hydra on our last work shift tripped over fuckin nothing and got a nosebleed
HARDWIRE: You d id what.
THUNDERCAB: Oh yeah the same workshift where you wouldnt stop sending memes into main chat and Lumber knocked over your water bottle
THUNDERCAB: How the fuck we werent late to our destination is beyond me
SLICK: LO
HYDRA: IT WASN'T MY FAULT I FELL OVER!
MOONSTONE: Hydra, sweetie, our beloved fuel of the future partner
MOONSTONE: It kind of was your fault, because you were looking at your phone when you were meant to be focusing on where you were going.
MOONSTONE: I would know, I was in chat at the time! -w-
PEARL: Can confirm as eyewitness.
HYDRA: ಠ⌣ಠ
AMPERA: We'll watch where we're going!
AMPERA: I'm not that accident-prone.
HARDWIRE: The blender you broke because of a spider begs to differ.
AMPERA: 😭
PURSE: Can't go wrong with an Electric group shopping trip!
PURSE: Most of the time anyway.
VOLTA: Unless you're like us and despite having a plan, proceed to go on about 4 different detours, like that time we were going to the beach with AV.
PURSE: T HAT WAS NOT EVEN AN INTENDED SHOPPING TRIP, YOU, CHARGE, LEXI, AND ABOUT 2 OTHERS ALL GOT DISTRACTED!
VOLTA: In my defence me and Zero needed the slushies to help keep out temperatures low.
ZERO: those slushies were so good
DOLLY; I could make some slushies for the movie night too if you want?
DOLLY: I didn't consider how those would be actually good for Freezer Trucks, and if there's going to be three of you there then may as well
VAPOR: That could be nice, actually.
VAPOR: I haven't had a slushy in a long time.
HARDWIRE: Last time we had some was at that Hialeah Yard Race in Miami, because the temperature was absolutely ridiculous that day.
GALVANIC: S tarlight that one was AWFUL.
GALVANIC: I won but I couldn't stop sweating even with Vapor racing with me to keep me cooled.
HARDWIRE: Those slushies and iced coffees they provided were delicious though.
DOLLY: I'll try to make enough for everybody to have a slushy then! :D
BELLE: I could help if you'd like. :)
DOLLY: That'd be great!
DINAH: GIRL SQUAD MAKIN' SOME DELICIOUS TREATS FOR TONIGHT!! (＾▽＾)
MOONSTONE:
MOONSTONE: (I like this little thing Porter showed us)
ELEKTRONIC: Silly confetti creature.
PEARL: I love going out to the shopping centres with everyone and then hitting up the food court after.
DINAH: Oh I remember our last Christmas shopping, when you, me, Ashley and Duvay stopped by the food court
DINAH: And you gave Ceebie a heart attack by telling him it was already December. ( ᗒᗨᗕ )
PEARL: I d on't know how he forgot what time of the year it was.
HARDWIRE: ??? How.
BELLE: Caboose is an enigma honestly.
DINAH: But I love him for it. <3
PURSE: Charge forgot it was December back then too.
VOLTA: Half of us just suck at recognising what time of the year it is.
GALVANIC: Time is an illusion humanity created to have some semblance of stability.
CORRY: Galv it is t oo late in the day to give me a crisis-
MOONSTONE: I love going on group shopping trips with the others too!!
HYDRA: You lot are fun to tag along with.
HYDRA: Tassita knows some good shopping spots, they've saved my ass on Christmas shopping multiple times.
CARRIE: i'm surprised you and tass are friends considering they hate too much noise
CARRIE: and youre the epitome of "doesn't know his volume"
HYDRA: I'm not that bad! Slick's worse!
SLICK: throw me under the bus again why dont you
ZERO: ugh, freights 🙄🙄 (joking)
BELLE: So noisy and messy compared to the Components and us Coaches. /silly
HYDRA: H ey we try our best! ╥﹏╥
HYDRA: I'm pretty clean and spiffy at least.
LUMBER: wood doesn't make much of a mess so i'd say i'm pretty well-kept.
SLICK: .
SLICK: yeah ok guilty as charged on that one
THUNDERCAB: Shoppings fine
THUNDERCAB: Sometimes I go with Dolly but we have completely different styles so we just end up in separate shops for like 2 hours
THUNDERCAB: She gets some gorgeous stuff sometimes though
DOLLY: <3
DINAH: You've gotta show me some of your favourite casual out-of-uniform outfits sometimes, Dolls.
DOLLY: Yeah sure! I'd be up for that! :D
GALVANIC: I'm shocked you go shopping at all and don't just wear the same 5 sets of clothes.
THUNDERCAB: How mcfucking dare you-
VAPOR: "Mcfucking"??
CORRY: Mcfucking.
SLICK: mcfuckin
BARBARA: Mcfuckin.
HARDWIRE: That's
HARDWIRE: That's not an actual word.
THUNDERCAB: It is to me
DOLLY: Cab-Language.™️
ELEKTRONIC: We should make our own group dictionary at some point.
PEARL: That could actually unironically be fun to do.
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - RADIAL]
WRENCH: I've been seeing you trying to type something in the main chat for the last 20 minutes and sending absolutely nothing.
WRENCH: You should say whatever it is you want to say there, the others want you and your group in there after all.
RADIAL: Why are you here.
WRENCH: To tell you to stop hiding away like this.
WRENCH: If the others aren't going to call you out for lurking the way you are but not getting involved, then I will.
WRENCH: Come on, Galvanic is there, so is Hardwire, Vapor, and Ampera, you won't be alone.
RADIAL: I'm surprised Hardwire can even poke his head in there without being mauled.
WRENCH: Right, because he's the one who took the fall for you, didn't he?
WRENCH: He's said it's his fault this all happened so you don't get hurt.
RADIAL: .
WRENCH: Am I wrong?
RADIAL: .
RADIAL: Only slightly.
RADIAL: How the heck did you even clock that?
WRENCH: Electra said that during the whole scuffle, Hardwire was the one who came forward and took the blame as the ringleader.
WRENCH: That didn't align with your behaviour.
WRENCH: Hardwire's a protector, but he's not the leader.
WRENCH: That'd be you.
RADIAL: .
RADIAL: It wasn't entirely his fault, and it wasn't entirely mine.
RADIAL: He suggested we do something about it, and I helped handle things.
RADIAL: We planned it together, and Vapor and Ampera just agreed along because they trusted us and believed we were doing the right thing.
RADIAL: And we thought we were.
RADIAL: .
RADIAL: Are you going to tell your friends then that I'm just as much to blame as HW is?
WRENCH: No.
WRENCH: I won't do that.
WRENCH: That was his choice to make to protect you, and I'm not going to take away something that was his first sense of actual agency for who knows how long.
WRENCH: It would only throw more heat onto you, too, and I think Dolly might murder me for chucking you under the bus like that.
WRENCH: She wants you all there the most, you know. Electra told me and the others how she's not stopped advocating for you and the rest of Galvanic's group.
RADIAL: Don't bring her into this.
RADIAL: She can vouch for me however many times she wants but I'm not
RADIAL: I'm not going to do bad by her again.
RADIAL: I can't risk hurting or letting her down for a third time, she's been far too good to me than I have ever deserved in my whole lifeline.
RADIAL: I don't deserve her kindness. I don't deserve anyone's kindness.
RADIAL: I'm just some faulty Rail Ambulance Truck.
WRENCH: That's not true.
WRENCH: You know that's not true.
WRENCH: You know the only reason you think you might be "faulty" is because your old Commission branch drilled it into all of you that you were if you weren't abiding by their ridiculous regulations.
RADIAL: And why do you care, after everything I did to you???
RADIAL: After I tricked you to come visit me under the guise of needing your help, starting an argument with you, and then shocked you into oblivion and force-connected you to our Frequency to control you?
RADIAL: Why do you care about whatever happens to me, good or bad?
RADIAL: You should hate me. Dolly should hate me. I know Thundercab more than likely does.
RADIAL: I don't understand.
WRENCH: I can't forgive you and the others the same way Dolly has, not yet, not this soon.
WRENCH: You hurt me, and then you and the other three went on to hurt folks I care about greatly. Your control coerced me into hurting two people I love the most when they came to help me at one of my worst moments.
WRENCH: But after thinking everything over for the last several hours.. I don't hate you.
WRENCH: I can't bring myself to be a hateful person. I was never hateful towards Greaseball and Caboose, the two folks who played a role in the crash that could have almost taken Electra's life.
WRENCH: I wasn't hateful towards Rusty for winning either, even if his win almost took two more people I care about away from us.
WRENCH: Greaseball was trying to defend his title and was ultimately just one Engine out of SEVERAL who were playing filthy in the Championships.
WRENCH: Caboose was screwed up mentally by his big brother and developed Hypomania which gave him a kick he grew to crave to feel better when he hurt someone.
WRENCH: Rusty was 21 at the time of the Championships and was taking the place of his father to prevent him from dying if he over-exerted himself a second time.
WRENCH: And you? You, and Hardwire, and Ampera, and Vapor, and even your Engine Galvanic?
WRENCH: You're all traumatised by humans in some form, four of you trained to think you exist to be lesser servants to the Engine above you who was trained to think only of themselves and to not ask questions, trained on an ancient classism mindset that only bigots still want to stand by and try to enforce these days for the sake of a power trip.
WRENCH: If you four had attacked us out of hatred, or genuine jealousy that we were being treated better, or literally anything stupid or superficial like that, then maybe I would have more reason to properly hate you.
WRENCH: But you were all doing this to, in a slightly twisted but genuine way, save us from what you legitimately believed was a danger that would hurt us.
RADIAL: .
RADIAL: I really thought
RADIAL: Maybe, I'd be able to fix things.
RADIAL: Maybe I'd be able to save someone.
RADIAL: I've seen things. Hardwire's seen things.
RADIAL: .. Ampera would've gone too if
RADIAL: If Master- If Galvanic didn't care as much as they do.
WRENCH: Dynamite Trucks and some of their associated sibling-stock like the Pyrotechnics Trucks and Firework Trucks are
WRENCH: V ery free-spirited.
WRENCH: I speak from experience, I try to stop one from doing stupid things routinely.
RADIAL: .. Pffhh
RADIAL: Free spirit is definitely what I'd call Ammy.
RADIAL: She's always tried to bend the rules as much as she could without breaking them, and it stressed me to no end.
RADIAL: I didn't want to lose her. I care about her.
WRENCH: I know you do.
WRENCH: That's the clearest thing I've remembered from my time being under your control.
WRENCH: You aren't a liar.
WRENCH: You're just hurting. You've always been hurting. You and Hardwire clearly have been hurting the most.
WRENCH: But the only thing you've lied about was lying to Galvanic to be able to go to AV Trainyard.. Because you wanted to go see Dolly and take her up on her offer of helping the others out and begin to make friends.
WRENCH: This entire time you've been trying to reach out of a prisoner's shackle.
WRENCH And now you're free. You're free from that shackle the R.C put you in, but you're holding yourself in your own now by not going out there and talking to everyone after they vouched and argued so much as to whether you should have a second chance.
WRENCH: So now you need to learn to let yourself be free now that you can.
RADIAL: .
RADIAL: I
RADIAL; I don't deserve to be free.
RADIAL: I want it, but I don't deserve it.
WRENCH: You do deserve it.
WRENCH: I think that you do.
WRENCH: Even after everything you've done, nobody deserves the treatment you've dealt with in your life.
WRENCH: You deserve the freedom they never gave you.
RADIAL: I
RADIAL: Can I even do what I want with that freedom?
RADIAL: Can I even be friends with anyone after what I've done?
WRENCH: .. The past can't be changed.
WRENCH: But you can prove that you're a changed trainfolk.
WRENCH: They accepted us, after the Championships, despite all of our bravado and admittedly initially snobby behaviour about the capabilities of electricity and Electric Trainfolk. They accepted Greaseball after his own antics of grandeur which led to him breaking Dinah's heart. They accepted CB when he was able to change his ways and heal despite the fact he's gotten people physically hurt. They're growing to accept Slick for doing the same thing. They're beginning to accept Galvanic, Hardwire, Ampera, and Vapor as we speak by treating them all as normal folks.
WRENCH: They'll come to accept you, only if you let them.
WRENCH: So let them see the Radial that's been repressed all this time.
WRENCH: Let them accept the Radial who is free.
RADIAL: ...
RADIAL: You are
RADIAL: Way too nice for your own good.
WRENCH: Maybe I am.
WRENCH: But I like to think that compassion for others is something important that comes with being a Repair Truck.
WRENCH: Healing and repairing and mending is hard work, on multiple levels.
WRENCH: You can break something, or someone, in all but a few seconds, but it can take a long time and a lot of patience to repair the damage done.
WRENCH: It's never easy, but it's possible.
WRENCH: It becomes easier when you have someone beside you to help, and you've got the beginnings of a support system in front of you.
RADIAL: And they
RADIAL: Won't turn me away?
WRENCH: They won't. I don't expect them to.
WRENCH: I can't speak for the Wembley Park newcomers, but the resident A.V crew?
WRENCH: They're good folks. They're my friends. OUR friends.
MOONSTONE: So double-checking to make sure I didn't miss anyone, the movies on the poll so far are:
MOONSTONE: Descendants (from Barbara), Cabaret (from Dyne), Dance-Off (from Purse), 2014 Annie (from Corry), Howl's Moving Castle (from Volta), Full Out (from Zero), Star Trek Beyond (from Ampera), Maleficent (from Elektronic), Monster High: Friday Night Frights (from Carrie), Rise of the Guardians (from Hydra), Wreck-It Ralph from Dolly, The Hunger Games from Hardwire
MOONSTONE: And since Ceebs and Tassi just got here, that's also How to Train Your Dragon and Legend of the Guardians respectively that I'm adding right now!
GALVANIC: At what point do you stop the movie suggestions for the poll?
GALVANIC: This already seems quite packed. (^^;)
PEARL: 14 movie suggestions is a fair bit, but there IS more of us now that are going to be there so there's going to be more movies suggested naturally.
PURSE: Rise of the Guardians and Legend of the Guardians.
PURSE: Good job, you two.
HYDRA: LOL
TASSITA: lol :p
DYNE: I like how we have some modern live action films and modern animated films
DYNE: Then there's me with a film from fuckin 1972 that I asked Zero to send for me earlier before I got my phone lmao
CB: ngl its gonna be hard to vote this time because these all sound like good movies i wanna watch
AMPERA: I'm assuming we don't vote for our own movies?
DINAH: You only can vote for your own movie if the other suggestions genuinely don't appeal to you at all.
HARDWIRE: That makes sense.
HARDWIRE: I hope you don't mind me putting a movie in for the vote, Am.
AMPERA: I don't mind!
AMPERA: I've waited to see it already, if my movie doesn't get picked then I can just wait some more.
VAPOR: You and your Hunger Games.
HARDWIRE: I like the books!
GALVANIC: We can tell from the fact you've reread them all about 10 times. (¬‿¬)
HARDWIRE: And I want to see if the movies are worthwhile, especially since Part 2 of Mockingjay is coming at the end of this year.
DOLLY: I didn't take you for the type to like Hunger Games, Wires!
THUNDERCAB: You like collecting books little guard?
HARDWIRE: It's been a hobby of mine, I suppose.
HARDWIRE: Also "little"?? I'm taller than you??
THUNDERCAB: NOT BY THAT MUCH!
GALVANIC: It still counts!
CORRY: You're taller than Ampera, at least Cab!
BARBARA: And you're around the same height as Vapor and Radial I think.
VAPOR: She is, yeah, heeled boots excluded.
DYNE: Short explodey squad?
AMPERA: Short explodey squad
MOONSTONE: It's okay Thunder, at least you're always going to be taller than I am. :')
VOLTA: Do you just have naturally short genes?
MOONSTONE: Yeah I get it from my dad. ^^;
SLICK: tiny space-rock
GALVANIC: T INY SPACE ROCK--
GALVANIC: Oh that's almost as cute as Corry and Hydra calling you Nightlight. (◕‿◕)
ZERO: nightlight cant be topped thats such a cute nickname
BELLE: Dinah's nickname of Bluebell is also super cute!
DINAH: uwu
THUNDERCAB: Bluebells a pretty cute one
THUNDERCAB: I was mad I didnt think of that first so since then Ive been trying to think of something new
DINAH: Whatcha thought of?
THUNDERCAB: Candyfloss
LUMBER: isnt that pink
CB: no no it can be blue too
PEARL: Candyfloss can be all sorts of colours I think actually, pink is just the most common colour.
ELEKTRONIC: Do you have nicknames for everyone, Thundercab?
THUNDERCAB: Im working on that, yeah
THUNDERCAB: Its just fun, idk
PURSE: That's fair enough, Charge and Joule like doing the same over on our end too.
PURSE: Think they have like a whole notepad of them for specific racing pair-ups and the like.
THUNDERCAB: Hell yeeee they get whats up!!
THUNDERCAB: I gotta compare notes with them at the movie night tonight
THUNDERCAB: Assuming theyre coming to it anyway
VOLTA: If I'm coming then Joule will come with me, and if she does so will Charge most likely.
ZERO: s is did you think that through or
VOLTA: Of course I did.~
ZERO: noted
TASSITA: i-
CARRIE: C RYING
ELEKTRONIC: HEHEHEHEH!!
CORRY: Hydra I can hear you snickering from the other room-
HYDRA: I'M SORRY BABE BUT LIKE
SLICK: HEHEWGEHEJ
DINAH: (>▽<) !!
PURSE: Joule would be coming before you or Charge in both scenarios. xx
MOONSTONE: WHEJABSISDBH
DOLLY: Ohmy
THUNDERCAB: PFFFHHH
PEARL: T OO MUCH INFORMATION GUYS
SLICK: NO KEEP GOING ITS FUNNY
LUMBER: two types of people.
VAPOR: O h my Starlight-
HARDWIRE: Dh
HARDWIRE: Is this just
HARDWIRE: A thing you all do here-
ZERO: this is just standard electric culture for you all to learn, babes x
ZERO: we are exceptionally gay and active and will make many jokes about it
DYNE: Yeah this is what you newcomer sparklers are missing out on ;3
BARBARA: Pfffhh
BARBARA: Starlight above you really are all just a bunch of gay asses, huh?
CB: 10-4
CB: we all are tbh
CB: but theyre the gayest, especially with each other
ELEKTRONIC: Yes we are~!
CARRIE: good to see the wind didnt get knocked out your sails
PURSE: Not like it got knocked out of any of yours either, crushed legs and bruised heads aside.
CORRY: We got pretty lucky honestly. ^^;
GALVANIC: We
GALVANIC: H ave a lot to learn then.
TASSITA: if I see any of you doing anything inappropriate during movie night i'm throwing every pillow in arms reach at you.
PEARL: D on't give them a challenge or they will try to take you up on that, LOL
VOLTA: xxx
VOLTA: To be serious Charge might or might not join the movie night?
VOLTA: She likes joining me and Joule for anything, but she's also Wrench's more intimate partner, so if Wrench doesn't come along our songbird may not either.
DINAH: What 'bout Leccy? They comin' to the movie night?
PURSE: They've since said they'd like to, so yes, he'll be attending.
PURSE: He's just not got a movie to suggest so he's waiting for the vote time to start.
PEARL: Yeah Rusty's not hopped on for that reason too.
PEARL: .. That and he's spent half the day resting.
BELLE: Eepy Engine.
CARRIE: the eepers
CARRIE: sleepy little champ-man
THUNDERCAB: Sleepy Stock
LUMBER: s leepy stock lmfao
DYNE: Sleepy Stock!!
ELEKTRONIC: I'm borrowing that from now on.
CB: tbf to rusty he was rolling around the last few days like his wheels were on fire
GALVANIC: He's a smart and responsible young man, he deserves some rest before coming to the movie night tonight.
SLICK: yeah or else he might just deadass pass out during the film instead LMAO
MOONSTONE: Yeet a cupcake at him to wake him up. /silly
DOLLY: NOOO DON'T DO THAT, OUR CUPCAKES 😭
DINAH: ╥﹏╥
[WRENCH] entered chatroom [incomprehensible chaos.jpeg]
WRENCH: Please d on't throw any cupcakes, speaking from experience those take more effort then you might think they do to get right.
PEARL: WRENCH!!
DINAH: Hi Wrench!! :DDD
CARRIE: WRENCHIIIIE
ZERO: heeeeyyyy!!
DYNE: HIIII WRENCH!!
ELEKTRONIC: Good afternoon Wrench!~ ^^
VOLTA: Good to see you up and awake, W. xxx
PURSE: I thought you'd fallen asleep watching NCIS by now.
WRENCH: I s topped watching NCIS about an hour ago.
WRENCH: Changed it over to Garden Rescue on BBC One.
HYDRA: BBC One, a classic staple of British TV.
TASSITA: oh i've seen that, it started just this month didn't it?
TASSITA: it looks good, i like seeing those big rennovation type shows that make people's homes better.
SLICK: yall act so old oms
TASSITA: i am 25, meanwhile you're still a gremlin.
WRENCH: I'm 28, but I suppose I'm already well beyond my age mentally given I'm one of the resident Mum Friends making sure nobody here dies.
BELLE: I'm 22 and I like those kinds of home rennovation shows too, I think you're both fine honestly.
GALVANIC: Miss Wrench.
GALVANIC: Are you doing alright?
WRENCH: Yes, thank you. I'm doing better after a full night's sleep and some rest/recovery time.
WRENCH: Something some of you lot should be doing too given you were in an accident the other day.
CORRY: We're okay Miss Wrench I swear!
BARBARA: We've gotten medical clearance I promise you.
BARBARA: We're taking it easy too.
CARRIE: yeah ive been chilling on the sofa couch at home with my laptop
CARRIE: belle and duvay have been making sure i dont do anything stupid
PURSE: G ood for them, you better not do anything ridiculous while your bruises heal over.
BELLE: Can confirm, the most she's done is get up for basics like food and everything.
BELLE: And we'll be coming with her to Moon's shed for the movie night like always. :)
WRENCH: Alright, that's good.
PEARL: Don't worry Mum, they're not dying. -w-
AMPERA: Wasn't Duvay also in the accident
AMPERA: ?
BELLE: She was but she didn't get her leg crushed by suitcases like Carrie did, so she can help me keep an eye on our friend of anarchy to make sure she doesn't crash.
CARRIE: :3
AMPERA: Makes sense.
HARDWIRE: Lucky it wasn't an incredibly heavy suitcase.
DYNE: TRUE that sounds like it would've been hell
CARRIE: oh absolutely
CARRIE: or multiple heavy suitcases, wouldve been WAY more fucked then
CARRIE: but it was just some smaller ones in that storage compartment, thank starlight
CARRIE: not the big heavy-duty shit for those on their way to the airports n stuff, those were in another one
WRENCH: Barbara, Tassita, are you two okay as well?
TASSITA: we're alright, yeah.
BARBARA: Yes ma'am. Just a couple bruises here and there that'll go away eventually.
THUNDERCAB: Idk how you managed to get hit clean on the head and be fine
CB: yeah that sounds like thatd seriously hurt your skull
TASSITA: coaches are tougher than they look.
TASSITA: ;)
DINAH: You said it hun!!
DOLLY: Very true!
DOLLY: .. B ut even then I think if I got smacked over the head by a falling object in a compartment I'd be out like a light.
MOONSTONE: H onestly probably same.
HYDRA: Nightlight I think a big enough suitcase would knock you over like a bowling pin.
CORRY: PFF
[RADIAL] entered chatroom [incomprehensible chaos.jpeg]
RADIAL: Please don't get hit over the head?
RADIAL: That COULD legitimately cause harm depending on the object and impact, and that would be bad for you.
RADIAL: And don't bowl Moonstone.
DOLLY: RAY!!
MOONSTONE: Hiya Radial! :D
BARBARA: Good afternoon, R. ^^
RADIAL: Good afternoon, you three.
RADIAL: :)
SLICK: the singular awkward smiley face omfs
LUMBER: slick play nice for a second would you?
SLICK: >:P
VAPOR: Hi Radial. ^^ ❤️
HARDWIRE: Hello. :) ❤️
AMPERA: Hiiii R :D ❤️
RADIAL: ❤️❤️❤️
GALVANIC: Radial!!
GALVANIC: I was just about to come talk to you actually!
RADIAL: Did I do something?
GALVANIC: No, not at all.
GALVANIC: How do you feel about a movie night?
RADIAL: Movies?
ZERO: girl please tell me youve actually watched a movie in your lifetime
RADIAL: We have, just not often.
RADIAL: Races and social or otherwise important events have usually taken priority.
GALVANIC: Well there's nothing happening tonight! I've checked my calenders and all of that to make certain of it.
RADIAL: You actually checked your calender?
RADIAL: Incredible, usually me or Hardwire have had to remind you. (¬‿¬)
GALVANIC: Heeeeyyy I've checked it before!
GALVANIC: Sometimes at least.
ELEKTRONIC: LOL
ELEKTRONIC: Relatable, honestly.
DYNE: You remember better than most honestly, El
ZERO: ^
CORRY: HEHEHE
CARRIE: m ood tbh gally
WRENCH: That's also relatable for us, too.
PURSE: True, usually it's you and I reminding Electra to check their calender.
VOLTA: B ecause half the time he just entirely forgets to, as does Joule.
BARBARA: LOL
MOONSTONE: I'm hosting the movie night at our shed, it'll be fun I promise!
VAPOR: [Link To -> MOONSTONE: So double-checking to make sure..]
VAPOR: Here's the movie list so far from earlier, it's films everyone's suggested that we'll vote on later.
THUNDERCAB: Assuming you wanna come to watch at all obviously
THUNDERCAB: Your call
HYDRA: We're pretty much all going to be there unless someone dips last minute, so you'll have some familiar faces. :)
TASSITA: i will be throwing pillows at people probably.
WRENCH: Pillows are better to throw than cupcakes.
LUMBER: just mind Panda if/when you start yeeting shit, Tass.
TASSITA: obviously??
TASSITA: i'm not throwing a cushion at the barely-a-year-old kitten, dummy.
RADIAL: .. This is
RADIAL: A lot of options.
BELLE: Yeah, we have a lot to pick from this time.
BELLE: Wondering if we should save this poll for next movie night too, tbh.
DINAH: That might be a smart move actually.
HARDWIRE: Will you come along with us?
AMPERA: You don't have to, but
RADIAL: No no, I want to.
RADIAL: I'm just not sure what I'll vote for when that time comes. Some of these sound like good films.
PEARL: We're spoilt for choice this time.
THUNDERCAB: This is a solid line-up tbh
ZERO: i think i know what i'm going to vote for outside of my own choice (and dyne's bc that also feels like cheating even if i love cabaret and wouldn't mind rewatching it)
ELEKTRONIC: I'm still unsure myself, personally.
CB: yeah i'm not sure either juuuuust yet
MOONSTONE; OH WAIT
MOONSTONE: I TOTALLY FORGOT TO ASK
MOONSTONE: Do I get a vote as well??
CARRIE: host gets a vote too yeah
CARRIE: would probably be unfair otherwise
PEARL: Yeah you get to have one vote yourself Moony. :)
MOONSTONE: YAY!!
DINAH: I reckon this'll be a tough call on which movie'll get the most votes for tonight.
DINAH: If we hit a tie then we'll ask some of the Freight to be our tie-breakers, at least if they don't join us to begin with.
LUMBER: there was only dustin there last time.
VOLTA: He's a regular for movie nights most of the time, yes.
VOLTA: Very rarely Flat-Top with attend with him.
DOLLY: That's the Brick Truck right? The one that broke Dinah and Buffy's blender a year back?
PEARL: Y ep, that's the one.
VAPOR: Not a big movie fan I take it?
PURSE: Not a big group-the-size-of-a-house fan.
PURSE: He prefers his alone time more often than not as we've learnt.
CB: yeah ive known FT for a long ass time, and hes like family
CB: he likes OUR company, and he likes group company but only under specific conditions basically
DYNE: Like when we do the annual spraypaint mural for pride!!
CB: exactly
RADIAL: That
RADIAL: Does sound like fun, to be fair to him.
WRENCH: It is very fun, we participate too.
VOLTA: It's messy, but a good messy honestly.
PEARL: It makes for some beautiful photos! :D
HARDWIRE: Interesting..
CARRIE: the hoppers and rockies meanwhile usually have their own movie nights together in their big sibling piles
ELEKTRONIC: Which is fair, we enjoy our own smaller-scale movie nights together after all too.
ZERO: sometimes its less "movie nights" and more "bingeing an entire tv series online"
DYNE: Ehhh still close enough tbh
DINAH: But sometimes they'll still join us anyway!
DINAH: Especially if there's a movie on the poll they really want to watch.
DINAH: Do you have any movie suggestions actually, Radial?
RADIAL: Are you sure you need anymore considering there's about 14 of them on the poll already-
DOLLY: One more wouldn't hurt!
SLICK: fuck it we ball
SLICK: chaos votes!!!
CORRY: There's going to be lots of us voting, so I think we'll be fine.
MOONSTONE: We should probably be cleaning up the shed a little bit actually with this many people and probably the cat coming.
HYDRA: O shit
CORRY: .
CORRY: I f orgot about that.
THUNDERCAB: I can come help you lot organise your furniture and shit if you need a hand
HYDRA: That'd be helpful, cheers Cab!
RADIAL: If it's alright then
RADIAL: Could you put The Giver on the poll, Moonstone, please?
RADIAL: It's a 2014 film.
MOONSTONE: Oooooo
MOONSTONE: You got it!
MOONSTONE: That's 15 movies suggested!
BELLE: NOW I think that's probably enough films.
AMPERA: P robably a good idea to slow down the suggestions, yeah.
DOLLY: Ray, do you still wanna come bake with me?
RADIAL: Like tonight??
DOLLY: Yeah!
DOLLY: We're planning to make some cupcakes and slushies and snacks for the movie night, Dinah, me, and Belle.
DOLLY: And anyone else who wants to come help obviously.
DOLLY: AND NO HYDRA, TASTE-TESTING EVERY SINGLE SNACK ISN'T HELPING!
HYDRA: I'VE GOT FURNITURE TO MOVE AROUND IN PREPARATION FOR ABOUT 20-ODD PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR LIVING ROOM ANYWAY!!
THUNDERCAB: LMFAO
THUNDERCAB: I'll be over to help with that in a sec kay guys
CORRY: Yeah no worries! Take your time TC!
DINAH: We could do with some extra hands in the diner preparing all the stuff, so you're welcome to come join.
CB: can i come help deedee?
DINAH: Sure you can, love!
DINAH: You've proven you can actually make cupcakes without setting the kitchen on fire.
WRENCH: Incredible.
CB: >:P
CB: i'll be over in 5 minutes then
BARBARA: When's the vote going to start?
BARBARA: I might take a nap of my own before then so I'm rested and good to go.
MOONSTONE: 7pm I think sounds good! So you have a few hours still!
BARBARA: Perfect nap opportunity.
TASSITA: i might have a bath and freshen up a bit in that time too tbh.
ZERO: ooo thats a good idea
ZERO: might do the same actually
DYNE: Don't take 10 years in the bathroom Z!!
ZERO: USE THE OTHER BATHROOM!!
DYNE: ITS ONLY GOT A SHOWER AND I WANT A BATH TOO!
VOLTA: Just go bathe together, it'd save time.
ELEKTRONIC: Exactly!
ELEKTRONIC: I'll use the shower for a freshen-up meanwhile, I think.
CARRIE: i'd come help Belle and co with the slushies but alas
CARRIE: if i get up unattended i fear wrench will teleport to my location and smack me over the head for not resting /silly
PURSE: LMFAO
PEARL: HEHEHEHSHA
HARDWIRE: Average Repair Truck behaviour.
AMPERA: Can confirm, Radial does that when I do stupid things too (joking)
RADIAL: :p
WRENCH: It's a well-known fact Repair Trucks can indeed teleport to someone's area if they detect The Stupid Decision™️ being made. (this is a joke, though it would be very helpful to have that ability)
GALVANIC: S tarlight, could you imagine?
SLICK: id be summoning half a yards worth of repair trucks with my stupor
LUMBER: you absolutely would but that would be fucking funny to see.
BELLE: You can still come with me if you want Carrie!
BELLE: I'll just make sure you sit down and take it easy while we're there.
CARRIE: nah you're fine beebee i'm probably gonna play some minecraft til voting time
HYDRA: You play MC?
CARRIE: hell yeah i do, its a fun game
CB: yeah we have a multiplayer minecraft world we've been slowly working on
CORRY: Hydra if you abandon us to play Minecraft I'm dragging you back to help with furniture by your hood.
HYDRA: UUGGGHHH
HYDRA: THE TEMPTATION OF CUPCAKES AND MINECRAFT THOOOUUGGHH
VAPOR: Local Hydrogen Tanker gets pulled across the floor away from cupcakes, more at 11.
SLICK: LMFAO
RADIAL: [Link To -> DOLLY: We're planning to make some cupcakes..]
RADIAL: I'd like to take you up on that actually.
RADIAL: We
RADIAL: Didn't get to actually bake like we said we would last time, did we?
RADIAL: I'd like to do that today.
RADIAL: :)
DOLLY: !!!
DOLLY: YAAAYYY MORE KITCHEN HELP!
DOLLY: Come over whenever you're ready, I'll meet you at the diner!
GALVANIC: We'll take the pre-vote time to get ourselves ready for heading out, meanwhile.
GALVANIC: You ladies have fun baking cupcakes and making slushies though! ❤️❤️
RADIAL: ❤️❤️❤️❤️
DINAH: We will!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
BELLE: I'll be over to the diner to prep the slushie machines in a couple minutes, DeeDee!
BELLE: I've just got to fix my hair again because it's gotten a bit messy.
DINAH: Take your time hun!
CB: i'll be on my way in a minute too bluebell <3
DINAH: <3
MOONSTONE: EEEE I'M SO EXCITED!!
PURSE: I hope you three have enough space in your shed for all of us.
VOLTA: We m ight have to dogpile a little bit, hah.
WRENCH: We've done that before with less people anyway.
THUNDERCAB: Itll be fiiiiiine I'll help them make enough space in some way or another
GALVANIC: D on't break any of their furniture to do so.
THUNDERCAB: WHAT DO YOU THINK IM GONNA KARATE CHOP A TABLE OR SOMETHING??
TASSITA: that'd be funny to see honestly.
LUMBER: ^
CORRY: P lease don't break our tables. 😭
RADIAL: I don't know if I'd be able to repair that.
CARRIE: break another table sometime instead lol
PEARL: In what instance would there be a random spare table to try and karate chop??
SLICK: idk but i wanna see that now
WRENCH: Y ou will hurt your hand and regret it Diesel, don't do it.
HARDWIRE: ^ For the love of Starlight, don't karate chop a table.
VAPOR: She will try to anyway probably.
THUNDERCAB: Worth it LOL
Notes:
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"Chav" - British slang for a usually younger person, generally a young man like a teenager, who dresses in flashy/branded sportswear and tries to act like they're tough and intimidating, also sometimes associated with younger people from lower-class areas in England. Depending on who you ask some people consider it an insult and some consider it a compliment. As a Brit myself I'm used to using it as a normal term because while I've not lived in lower-class areas, I've had plenty of british classmates (especially teenage boys) who have TRIED to be chavs because they're considered "cool".
And so brings the Electric Storm Arc to its conclusion! The 2024 Cast has officially been completely added, and I hope this conclusion to the arc is satisfactory enough for everyone who's read along so far. I'm completely elated and beyond words to begin explaining how much people reading this fanfic and loving it for this long has meant to me, so from the bottom of my heart; Thank you, genuinely. Enjoy this 13k chapter, and enjoy this little surprise extra edit for TPSC that I posted to my Tumblr if you don't follow chapter updates/posts through that. https://www.tumblr.com/junglefurytrash/778084043428413440/httpsarchiveofourownorgworks38738421chapters?source=share
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Chapter 31: here's your shipping fodder and tomfoolery after several chapters of angst
Summary:
Apologies for the 2-month delay on this chapter - I got AO3 Author Cursed, and a ton of life stuff happened. Moved out of where I was renting, moved back in with my mum, had my birthday on May 2nd, now here we are! Back to the more casual chapters with significantly more tame shenanigans. :) This one is a bit more saucy but in like a fun way.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
SLICK: well todays work was slow as shit
HARRY: ugggghhh that was so ass
HARRY: why did they need so much shit being carried that far?
JOULE: starlight fuck you guys came back LATE late
CHARGE: lmfao long day?
LUMBER: y e a h.
CB: we had a LOT of stuff to transport today
CB: fuels, building supplies, crates, the whole thing
HARRY: THERE WAS SO MUCH SHIT
DOLLY: Dang, that much?
DUVAY: I saw briefly when I was heading out to the yard station for my own shift this morning.
DUVAY: There was PILES of the stuff in crates and containers.
DOLLY: Yyyyyikes.
KILLERWATT: What did they even need all of that for?
CB: oh hi KW didnt see you were online
KILLERWATT: Good evening.
KILLERWATT: :)
HYDRA: Like 85% of it was for an airport doing a massive renovation of part of their buildings.
HYDRA: The rest was for the usual, fuel restocks for the railside petrol stations and some factories.
PORTER: Aye, and it was an airport that was a thousand miles away
PORTER: So we got on staff duty instead.
SLICK: WHICH SUUUCCKKED
SLICK: i like seeing the outside n shit when on work but when we gotta staff the transport they barely put any big windows and its LAME
DUVAY: Ohh right, I forget sometimes that you guys get put on staffing duty for the longer travels.
CHARGE: whys that happen again
HARRY: think its to make sure we don't break a wheel or something
CB: ^
CB: we can move stuff ourselves for a long ass distance but sometimes its too far away and theres just too much stuff to where it starts to get iffy with workplace rules and laws
CB: so it gets put onto a normal vehicle and everyones in charge of their own shit to make sure nothing falls over or blows up
CHARGE: oooohhh
JOULE: sounds boring af
SLICK: IT IS
LUMBER: we're not used to that as much, since we can carry our fuel in our uniform packs just fine.
LUMBER: unless someone's shipment order is a crap ton of coal or oil or something.
SLICK: yah and it sucked then too
HYDRA: At least this time we had more company.
HARRY: hiiii you're welcome btw
CB: ^
CB: i'm the best company obviously
SLICK: fuck yeah you are
KILLERWATT: I'm impressed your transport didn't blow up.
CB: heeyyyy i'm on my path of redemption thank you very much!!
SLICK: SAME
SLICK: kinda anyway idk therapys still a WIP thing
DOLLY: Need me to whip something up for you guys?
DOLLY: The diner's still open for another hour or two.
SLICK: oms p lease
SLICK: i could go for a cheeseburger rn
BUFFY: I'll get that cooking for you kid
HYDRA: It's okay Dolly, Corry's already got dinner for me now I'm back.
BUFFY: Ohh right he borrowed a lasagne recipe from me earlier today
BUFFY: How'd that go?
HYDRA: Y'know what considering I don't think he's ever made this before?
HYDRA: Pretty good!
PORTER: Can we hop by for dinner too Doll?
DOLLY: Yep!
DOLLY: Get your wheels on over here you lot!!
HARRY: WWWOOOO
HARRY: i'll ask my siblings what they want, might grab two takeaway meals from you for em
BUFFY: You can bring them with you if you want.
BUFFY: I'm here with Dolly too, so we can handle it
BUFFY: Though its pretty dead right now anyway since its like 8pm
KILLERWATT: It's surprising you keep your yard diner open so late sometimes.
BUFFY: For this exact reason.
BUFFY: Some of us equally get back hella late from work shifts and cant be assed to cook a meal
JOULE: honestly valid tbh
JOULE: we just get takeout food if leccy has a late race
CHARGE: either that or we eat out at a restaurant if theres one close by
JOULE: OOO YEAH those are always fun
KILLERWATT: We do the same with Elektronic, though we tend to spend longer deciding on a restaurant because Zero and Dyne are indecisive.
CHARGE: we arent much better honestly mate
VAPOR: We're probably all going to be very indecisive when we first go to a restaurant of our own choosing.
SLICK: AA FREEZER JUMPSCARE
VAPOR: Sorry.
HYDRA: You're fine mate, she's fucking around.
HYDRA: You doing okay?
VAPOR: Mhm.
BUFFY: Have you not gone to a restaurant by choice before???
VAPOR: No, we usually only eat out when Galvanic gets invited to do so.
VAPOR: But I'm excited for when we organise going out to somewhere ourselves.
VAPOR: Maybe after we watch Star Trek Beyond in cinema we'll choose! :)
DUVAY: Awwhh you guys are going to go see that after it didn't win the movie night vote?
VAPOR: Galv promised Ammy we would
VAPOR: She's pretty excited and so I'm really excited too, even if I'm not a Trekky.
CB: nice
CB: good on them!
JOULE: OH YEAH SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THAT
JOULE: she came in my dms asking about hair extensions bc she wanted to look good for heading out to the movies
LUMBER: you have hair extensions?
JOULE: yeeeee
JOULE: yknow how dyne has her long ass mohawk-style hair?
JOULE: thats her natural hair, i used to have longer curly hair myself but i restyled it and had it cut short years back
JOULE: i have hair extensions to give myself the same hairstyle if i feel like having longer hair, tho
JOULE: i dont wanna like fully commit to the hairstyle bc i like my short hair i have now yknow?
PORTER; Makes sense to me.
SLICK: ayyy good for her
SLICK: glad youre like
SLICK: actually approachable for her
JOULE: i'm not a total idiot :p
JOULE: girl is the same age as me and dyne and been through way more shit than either of us combined
JOULE: was it scary being zapped and conked out for like 2 hours, yeah obvs
JOULE: but like
JOULE: idk she's been quick to embrace her freedom now she's got it and i'm not gonna tell her to fuck off when she needs the support for that
CHARGE: ^
CHARGE: she came to me about my sunglasses in dms too
CHARGE: wanted the brand for em so i sent it to her
HYDRA: I can see Ampera with shades, fair enough.
CB: protects her eyes from pyrotechnics too
VAPOR: I think they'll suit her, yeah.
DOLLY: Any ideas of what you wanna do V?
VAPOR: Me?
VAPOR: I've been thinking of going for an ice blue colour, dip-dye my hair a little.
HARRY: wow what a shocker /j
VAPOR: OKAY LOOK
VAPOR: I KNOW IT'S A BASIC BITCH CHOICE BUT HEAR ME OUT
VAPOR: Volta and Zero both have a blue colour palette going on, but not only is their blue a way darker blue, they also wear mostly black anyway, so it matches.
VAPOR: I wear mostly chromatic silver by comparison
VAPOR: And while we are going to change up our uniforms we still want to stick with the silvery chrome.
VAPOR: So I think that a light icy blue would be a better match for me.
BUFFY: Ooooo
BUFFY: Yknow what yeah, you make a valid point that both Vovo and Zero wear more black than anything else
JOULE; yeah its like a black uniform with a bit of silver and dark blue
CHARGE: you gonna go for like my shade of blue instead or
VAPOR: Probably lighter than yours
VAPOR: Like a LIGHT light blue
LUMBER: sky blue basically
PORTER: Thats just grey half the time tbh.
SLICK: LMFAO
DUVAY: He's so true.
DUVAY: The weather was better today though at least.
DOLLY: Thank Starlight for that, we don't need any grey rainy days!
DOLLY: It's summertime now, save the crummy weather for winter time.
CHARGE: nooooo if its saved all for winter we cant have our yearly ice-skating!!
BUFFY: Oh shit you're right
KILLERWATT: This year's winter meet-up is going to be more hectic than ever with all the new Trainfolks who've come over.
JOULE: carrie was inviting old yardmates from wemb anyway so we'll live
DOLLY: She never invited me to these skating trips. 😔
DOLLY: Shaking my head. /j
CHARGE: well you guys will definitely get to come to it this year bc you're AT the AV yard now!
JOULE: yeah!! you guysll love it promise :D
HARRY: OH YEAH ITS SO MUCH FUN
HYDRA: HELL YEAH!
DOLLY: WOOOO!!
DOLLY: I will probably fall over at least 10 times!
KILLERWATT: You probably won't be the only one to do so, don't worry.
CB: the weather was way better today yeah
CB: not that we got to see much of it transporting everything today
SLICK: LIKE I SAID
SLICK: BARELY ANY BIG WINDOWS
SLICK: W H Y
VAPOR: That sounds like poor design on their part
PORTER: At least we got to enjoy the good weather while we were loading and unloading all of the materials?
LUMBER: would've been nice to see the route we were taking though to get there.
CHARGE: damn thats rough bro
CHARGE: what did you do to pass the time? we didnt see you guys online here
DUVAY: Yeah, usually when we're all bored at work we just pop online to chat.
CB: i mean i was gonna do that but then the wemb freights suggested something else
SLICK: n it was an amazing suggestion tbh
HYDRA: We resorted to playing Fuck, Marry, Kill with celebrities and stuff.
BUFFY: LMAO
DUVAY: Didn't have like any card games or anything-
SLICK: maam do you think we just carry cards with us
PORTER: I mean I could bring UNO next time?
LUMBER: YEEAAAHH UNO
HARRY: fuck marry kill was fun anyway at least tho
PORTER: You guys have some unhinged takes lmao
HARRY: look two of us are pan and my sister is omni we give zero fucks
CB: except if its someone you want to actively fuck
HARRY: EYYYY
JOULE: LMFAO
KILLERWATT: Ahh, yes. A classic.
BUFFY: Y ou know what Fuck, Marry, Kill is??
KILLERWATT: It's popular in Electric Culture.
CHARGE: YEAH
CHARGE: we like playing it when we go to races and have a gander at the competitors lol
KILLERWATT: ^
KILLERWATT: Zero, Dyne, and Elektronic do the same.
DOLLY: Y OU DO IT WITH COMPETITORS?
JOULE: WHY TF NOT ITS NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA TELL THEM THE RESULTS OF IT
VAPOR: I uh
VAPOR: I'm out of the loop
VAPOR: What's Fuck, Marry, Kill??
DUVAY: Oh sweet winter child.
CB: winter child??
DUVAY: He's an Insulation Freezer Truck.
DUVAY: He's not a sweet summer child if he's perpetually cold.
CB: .. fair point
LUMBER: its a pretty simple game.
LUMBER: someone picks out 3 random people, folks you know and celebrities usually
LUMBER: and everyone else in the game decides who of those 3 they'd take to bed, marry and have a long-term relationship with, or kill because they don't like them/like them the least/whatever reason.
VAPOR: Is there a win/lose condition?
KILLERWATT: Not really?
VAPOR: S. So when does the game end?
PORTER; It doesn't really have an official way to end it?
HYDRA: It ends when people feel like its over tbh.
DOLLY: Yeah the game just sort of ends when people run out of people to pick from or get bored, there's not a way to really win or lose
VAPOR: Huh.
VAPOR: I see.
BUFFY: Example:
BUFFY: Hey chat, Fuck, Marry, Kill. Chris Pratt, Scarlett Johansson, and Emma Watson.
JOULE: OH FUCK YOU THIS IS A HARD CHOICE
SLICK: fuck scarlett, marry emma, kill chris, next
KILLERWATT: .
KILLERWATT: N ot even a little hesitation?
DUVAY: Absolutely no hesitation at all.
SLICK: I LIKE THE AVENGERS MOVIE
SLICK: shes the prettiest mfer in that film
HARRY: honestly based
BUFFY: Okay she does have a point there, Natasha Romanoff is gorgeous
CHARGE: yk what im agreeing with tricky slicky, fuck scarlett, marry emma, kill chris
CHARGE: not to say chris pratt isnt a snack but like of the three hes the one i'm least into
LUMBER: t ricky slicky.
JOULE: marry scarlett, i want that shit long-time
JOULE: emma watson's pretty though
CB: okay, but consider the following
CB: chris pratt in GOTG
PORTER: Ooohhh that's a fair point.
VAPOR; GOTG?
HYDRA: Guardians of the Galaxy.
HYDRA: .. Actually maybe using actors/actresses is unfair on you since you know less of them.
BUFFY: Shit, you're right
HARRY: FUCK MARRY KILL, ELECTRA, ELEKTRONIC, GALVANIC
DOLLY: EHWHWEHAHAH??
CB: H ARRY???
PORTER: HHEHAHAH
BUFFY: LMFAO??
DUVAY: IS IT A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO USE THE FRIEND GROUP FOR THIS GAME??
HARRY: i mean why the fuck not, i doubt anyone's gonna get offended or anything so long as nobody's an asshole about it
JOULE: do i even need to like
JOULE: give my answer for this one
KILLERWATT: ^
HARRY: okay everyone who ISN'T an Electric can answer this one
HARRY: except for vapor theyre the exception
VAPOR: Ah?
DOLLY: Uuuhhh
DOLLY: G ive me a minute to think.
LUMBER: you're a lesbian??
DOLLY: That's why I need a minute to think on it.
CHARGE: if it helps you imagine any better leccy and e.k are genderfluid
CHARGE: theyve both gone by femme pronouns and dressed feminine before even for races so you could totally google and find a pic
DOLLY: Ooooo you know what, good idea, that'll help.
SLICK: gay ass
BUFFY: That'll help me too since I'm also a lesbian lol
VAPOR: I mean
VAPOR: Can I say Fuck and Marry to Galvanic?
VAPOR: If not, then Fuck Elektronic, Marry Galvanic, sorry to Electra that's just how the draw goes.
PORTER: Y'like them that way??
VAPOR: I do.
VAPOR: After everything, I do. I love the others in the group, and I love them.
CB: homosexual
VAPOR: Hush, Bisexual Boose.
BUFFY: B ISEXUAL BOOSE
CB: .. you win this round frosty
CHARGE: LMAO
SLICK: ok genuine question do all components date their engine or
KILLERWATT: Not all, but most tend to gravitate to one another in a relationship.
KILLERWATT: When you're connected to one another the way we all are, through our Frequency that allows us to talk mentally to each other and even share thoughts, feelings, and memories, you understandably form a very intimiate and strong bond.
HYDRA: Makes sense.
HYDRA: Anyway for me personally?
HYDRA: Fuck Electra, Marry Galvanic, Kill Elektronic.
HYDRA: No offence to E.K, just that Electra and Galv are more to my tastes.
LUMBER: i'm in the opposite party; fuck elektronic, marry electra, kill galv.
PORTER: Also there's no rules really so yeah you can say Fuck and Marry to Galv.
VAPOR: Nice. :)
PORTER: For me uuuuhhhhh
PORTER: Shit they're all kinda good picks I'm not gonna lie.
HARRY: fuck galv, marry electra, kill galv
HARRY: i just don't really know em well enough?
JOULE: that's fair yeah
DUVAY: Marry Electra, Fuck Galvanic and Elektronic.
DUVAY: Electra's a sweetie when he's not being a show-off peacock, Galv seems like fun for a hypothetical one-night, same goes for E.K.
DOLLY: Okay okay, as a lesbian
DOLLY: So this is all mostly platonic
DOLLY: Fuck Elektronic, Marry Galvanic and/or Electra, not going to Bonk any of them.
DOLLY: Me and Lexi have matching colour palettes! :D
VAPOR: Bonk?
HYDRA: It's an alternative instead of saying Kill in the game
DOLLY: I refuse to say I'd kill anyone >:(
DOLLY: So anyone there gets like a light head tap with a rolled up newspaper.
DUVAY: Maybe we should go with that option instead
DUVAY: Fuck, Marry, Bonk.
SLICK: thats boooriiinnggg tho
KILLRWATT: I think it might be a better idea to spare everyone's feelings a bit more, even though everyone here would know it's not serious.
PORTER: Fuck Galv, Marry Leccy, Bonk E.K, just cuz I know them the least.
PORTER: Also I like Electra's red colour palette.
HYDRA: Technically it's red, white, and blue, not just red.
PORTER; Mostly red.
LUMBER: and mostly blue.
CHARGE: lexi's gonna be happy so many folks wanna either fuck or marry them lmao
CB: he's gonna get an ego again from this
SLICK: all of em are
SLICK: theyre electric engines lmfao
BUFFY: Also as a platonic lesbian, and I've seen El and EK when they're femme-leaning, Fuck Electra, Marry Elektronic, Bonk Galvanic.
PORTER: Sis c'mon you've not said yet.
SLICK: uuuuuhhh
SLICK: fuck and bonk galv, idk which of them id marry tbh??
SLICK: maybe e.k, disco ball looks like they could be fun for some longterm shenanigans, idk about electra
LUMBER: lame
HARRY: booooooo
SLICK: STFU
KILLERWATT: Play nice, children-
CHARGE: okay okay lemme propose one
CHARGE: fuck, marry, bonk; pearl, carrie, purse
KILLERWATT: .
KILLERWATT: I think Krupp's going to kill us, Charge.
CHARGE: lol worth
HARRY: ayoooo thats a way better trio than mine
HYDRA: Interesting trio...
DUVAY; What's your choices first Charge?
CHARGE: fuck pursey and carrie, marry pearl, boom
JOULE: ^
CB: i mean you already fuck purse so thats nothing new
CHARGE; EXACTLY
VAPOR: Imsorrywhat
JOULE: polycule sex is a wonderful thing xx
CHARGE: xxxx
CHARGE: carrie's a bestie so while i love her thats just a one-night-stand thing, which i think she'd be fine with
CHARGE: pearlie meanwhile is more wifey material
CHARGE: rusty can confirm that one given how head over heels he is for her
DOLLY: Y'know what, fair enough, I can see it
DOLLY: I think I'd say Fuck Pearl, Marry Carrie, Bonk Purse.
KILLERWATT: Makes sense, you're friends with Carrie already aren't you?
DOLLY: Yup! :D
BUFFY: Yeah we come from Wembley Park Yard ourselves
BUFFY: Moved over fully to A.V, but Carrie still does part-time work for Wemb's rail-lines and mail deliveries.
BUFFY: Also platonically Fuck Purse, Marry Pearl, Bonk my sister because I smack her over the head anyway regularly lmao
HARRY: fuck purse, marry carrie, bonk pearl
HARRY: RUSTY DONT HATE ME FOR THIS IF YOU SEE THIS LATER SHES JUST N OT MY TYPE
SLICK: fuck purse, marry carrie, bonk pearl
SLICK: purse would be a killer one nighter n hes stacked with cash
LUMBER: okay, but if you married Purse you'd get that money regularly.
SLICK: .
SLICK: shiiittt you have a point
JOULE: LMAO
HYDRA: Yeah but you've got to marry someone for MORE than just their cash.
HYDRA: That being said though we've not had many interactions he seems like a fun guy, so Fuck Pearl and Carrie, Marry Purse.
HYDRA: Probs wouldn't be his type at all as a Freight but hey y'never know.
SLICK: youre electric freight youll be fiiiinnee
PORTER: Fuck Pearl and Purse, Marry Carrie
PORTER: Carrie's a fun lass, I liked goin' to school with her back when we were all kids
VAPOR: You all went to school together too?
PORTER: Well, I joined them in the later half.
PORTER: Moved down from Paisley Gilmour Yard up in Scotland 'n we were in secondary school together!
BUFFY: You were a riot in class before we all went into training lol
DOLLY: The science teacher h ated you so much for being a smartass -w-
PORTER: He hated Slick's sarcasm more!!
SLICK: TROL
CHARGE: sarcasm squad
SLICK: ayyyy
KILLERWATT: I was in education with Krupp since Security Trucks and Armaments Trucks go through effectively the same classes.
KILLERWATT: He just got more firearms training than I did for his license and everything.
CB: how'd that go
HYDRA: ^ Sounds like it'd be pretty strict and military-like.
KILLERWATT: It was mostly, but we still had our fun.
KILLERWATT: One night for someone's birthday we played Spin the Bottle.
KILLERWATT: Went about as well as you'd expect.
DUVAY: Oooooh, did you two end up kissing??
KILLERWATT: No, we didn't.
KILLERWATT: I did get a kiss from a lovely female Bouncer-Guard Truck, Streak her name is.
KILLERWATT: Still friends with her too actually.
SLICK: ew straightness
KILLERWATT: I'm a Demisexual Biromantic t hank you very much.
SLICK: wait legit
SLICK: damn okay
HYDRA: LOOK AT THE DAMN CHART
VAPOR: Actually the chart only shows Killerwatt being Demi, not Biromantic.
VAPOR: .. We're working on updating that chart, actually, I found something good to work with. :)
LUMBER: oh yeah! me, purse, and vapes are working on it together.
JOULE: OH YAY!!
HARRY: hell yeeee!!
DOLLY: Oooooo! :D
BUFFY: Is it chaos
VAPOR: It is :')
VAPOR: it's very spider-weby.
LUMBER: we're working on trying to make it presentable but that's not really my strong suit?
VAPOR: It's mine and Purse's strong suit though!
DOLLY: It's great to see you guys being able to find something to do together!
DOLLY: I bet the chart'll look great.
PORTER: Ooh, I got one for Fuck, Marry, Bonk.
CHARGE: whatchu got for us scotsman
PORTER: Champion Trio - Rusty, GB, Electra.
CHARGE: oooooo
CHARGE: k are we still allowed to answer this one
PORTER: Go for it.
CHARGE: yes to all 3
JOULE: ^
HYDRA: LMAO??
SLICK: HWHEGAHAJH
VAPOR: Pfffhh-
KILLERWATT: W ell.
DUVAY: OKAY, HONESTLY?
DUVAY: F AIR ENOUGH.
BUFFY: Fuck Electra, Marry Rusty, Bonk GB
CB: girl weren't you hanging off his arm for a while trying to convince yourself you weren't a lesbian??
BUFFY: I was and that's why I'd bonk him because I have many regrets
JOULE: LMFAO
HARRY: uuuugghhh fuck okay this ones tricky
HARRY: ik i have some whack tastes but i might have to pass on this one purely because rustys kinda like fam to us and geebs is kinda like our boss so
HARRY: feels squicky
SLICK: s quicky
DOLLY: Squicky.
BUFFY: Squicky.
VAPOR: Squicky.
PORTER: Aye that's fair mate.
SLICK: idgaf so
SLICK: fuck gb, marry lexi, bonk rusty
LUMBER: slick you would be crushed by both those guys.
SLICK: yeah so??
JOULE: honestly mood
KILLERWATT: Fuck Electra, Marry Rusty, Bonk GB.
KILLERWATT: GB is considerable for the Fuck category though, perhaps it would be interesting.
CB: lots of people marrying rusty huh
DUVAY: To be fair, he's the most husband material in my opinion.
DUVAY: He's a sweetheart and we've seen how well he's treated Pearl.
CHARGE: i mean geebie and leccy are sweethearts too
HARRY: gb's cleared his act up at least
BUFFY: Yeah, getting fucked up at the Championships took him and Lexi down a few rungs.
LUMBER: okay 'nother one.
LUMBER: Thundercab, Wrench, Dinah.
JOULE: OH FUCK YOOOUUUUU THATS SO DIFFICULT
JOULE: THEYRE ALL PRETTY WOMENNNN AAAAAAUUU
HARRY: HEHAHAHA
CHARGE: wrench
CHARGE: next
DOLLY: Cabby
DOLLY: Next!
CB: FOR WHICH ANSWER???
CHARGE: YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHICH ONE
CHARGE: wrenchie's my top girlie in several ways xxx
HYDRA: Y ou know what, fair enough, she's pretty attractive.
HYDRA: I've gotta say Fuck Wrench, Marry Dinah, Bonk Cab.
VAPOR: I think the Diesel might murder you for that.
HYDRA: L ook in the same vein as Harry not being able to say anything about GB, TC is technically our boss too.
HYDRA: Also I think Dolly might kill anyone who says they'd be interested hypothetically and I'd like to not explode-
VAPOR; Fair.
HARRY: LMAO
DOLLY: Nahh, it's just a game you goober.
DOLLY: And honestly? If Thundercab wanted to open the relationship because she was interested in someone else too, I wouldn't be against it so long as we set boundaries.
JOULE: once again, polycules are a wonderful thing
JOULE: totally not biased at all mhm nope
SLICK: fuck wrench, marry dinah, bonk but also maybe fuck cab??
SLICK: but like after the whole incident we had i think id need to have a few drinks for me to bed cab
SLICK: same for galv tbh
SLICK: dont think either of them would be interested LMAO
BUFFY: Starlight this one's a good trio for a lesbian like me.
BUFFY: But I think I'll say Fuck Dinah, Marry Wrench, Bonk Thundercab?
BUFFY: Order subject to change
KILLERWATT: Fuck/Marry either Wrench or Dinah, both are lovely women.
KILLERWATT: Inconclusive on Thundercab, I'm not sure just yet, we haven't really had much time to talk.
JOULE: maybe if you were in the group chat more you'd actually get to talk to her
JOULE: for the record i'm up to saying fuck for all 3 of them, but i'd only marry wrench xx
VAPOR: Fuck Thundercab and Wrench, Marry Dinah.
VAPOR: Dinah seems like a nice lady who would be good to settle down with from our limited interactions?
PORTER: Do you lot not hate Cab's ass for her involvement in what happened to Galvanic in the race at our yard??
VAPOR: Eh?
VAPOR: We were upset, but the time's passed honestly.
VAPOR: And also I'm not gonna lie, I wouldn't be against getting bench-pressed by the lady, she is strong and it's kind of hot.
DOLLY: SEE YOU GET IT
DOLLY: Cab can pick up like several people at once if she wanted to and that's just
DOLLY: All of the yes?? Absolutely??
CB; yeah gb is pretty strong himself and deedee liked that about him too
CB: then she picked my scrawny ass lol
LUMBER: hey come on man, you're not that bad.
HYDRA: ^
HARRY: YEAH WHAT HE SAID
HARRY: youve been the one to brake our asses if we wind up going too fast on regular deliveries where we're moving workloads, and even when we arent moving them and we're staffing the huge ass cars instead youre the one whos gotta yank the brakes at the back still to help the engine car at the front with stopping
PORTER: Aye that shit needs muscle and fast reactions, don't be harsh on yourself mate. :)
CB: okay you're right, but
CB: i AM a scrawny guy compared to either of the diesels
CB: also for obvious reasons, fuck and marry dinah, bonk the other two
CB: but like gently bonk wrench because shes one of the mum friends of the group
SLICK: yah shes pretty alright
SLICK: she helped me figure out how to get my repreat prescription for my ADHD meds sent to the yard so i dont have to go like 8 streets down to the closest roadside pharmacy
LUMBER: she's nice, i'd say fuck Dinah, marry Wrench, bonk TC
LUMBER: same thing as Hydra said, feels weird to screw about with our leader who has a girlfriend.
DUVAY: Okay, I have one now.
HARRY: go for it
DUVAY: Fuck, Marry, Bonk - Radial, Belle, Barbara.
KILLERWATT: All ladies line-up, interesting.
DUVAY: We can do an all-guys line-up next.
CHARGE: mmmmm
CHARGE: kay this ones trickier cuz we're not like besties with any of these 3
JOULE: might just have to wing it on looks
PORTER: I mean that's usually what you've gotta do in F/M/B so
JOULE: ssssssshush
BUFFY: Another lesbian-friendly choice selection, I vibe with it.
DOLLY: Yaaayy! :D
JOULE: fuck radial, marry belle, bonk barbara
JOULE: she's pretty and sweet but like i'm too high energy for the poor woman i'd give sleeping coaches a heart attack
CHARGE: ^ second that, would give barbara so much exhaustion lmfao
CHARGE: tbh the only one i'd consider for fuck or marry is belle
CHARGE: barbara isnt my type and idk about radial just yet personally
DUVAY: H onestly both of you are fair on that.
DUVAY: Though I'm friends with Carrie and she's carnage so who knows, maybe Barbara would be fine with it.
CB: CHAOS SQUAD!!
CHARGE: CHAOS SQUAD!!
HYDRA: Barbie's a bit more noise-sensitive, she's made that v ery known with us lot lmao
SLICK: yeah she and tass cant stand our shit lol
SLICK: fuck radial, marry belle, bonk barbara for the same reasons
SLICK: radial probs wouldnt be able to put up with me for more than a night lmao
HARRY: girl you gotta view yourself in a better light for once
CB: ^
CB: i'm sure some of them like you little yellow
SLICK: idk electrics dont tend to be into freight
VAPOR: Ammy likes you.
VAPOR: And I think you're fine.
SLICK: wait what
CB: SEE?
LUMBER: OOOOOOOO
KILLERWATT: Pyrotechnics Truck and an Oil Tanker Freight.
KILLERWATT: Yeah that checks out.
DOLLY: D on't set more things on fire if you two actually get together I think the Wembley race was enough.
SLICK: woah woah woah woah slow your rolling stock, cookie cutter
SLICK: lets give it time to settle
SLICK: shes my mate but shes also enjoying her new freedom and shit im not rushing her yet
PORTER: Aye that's fair.
PORTER: Back onto the game real quick, I'd have to say Fuck Belle, Marry Radial, Bonk Barbara.
KILLERWATT: Elaborate??
PORTER: S he's a Trainfolk whose job is in repair, medicine, mechanics, and health??
PORTER: Why WOULDN'T you want that?
CHARGE: valid argument tbh
KILLERWATT: Ahh, I forget that's something you guys aren't used to.
HYDRA: You'd get free drinks and drinking facts from Belle so I'd say Marry her, maybe Fuck Barbara? And then Bonk Radial by process of elimination.
BUFFY: Fuck Radial, Marry Barbara, Bonk Belle because she's my girlfriend's little sister and that'd be weird if I said literally anything else
CB: yeah wait thats your little sister, vay
DUVAY: .. I may or may not be trying to gauge interest for future matchmaking.
HARRY: oooooo
VAPOR: I could be misremembering but didn't she show interest in one of the bartenders at the Electric Pride Party?
DUVAY: She did but I don't know if she's interested in them that way?
DUVAY: I've not asked tbh, I don't like to pry into business.
BUFFY: Unless its train car customers during our work shifts
DUVAY: Unless it's them
DUVAY: That's fun gossip. ;p
JOULE: thats so valid
VAPOR: We love fun gossip around here.
CHARGE: hell yeah we do
SLICK: whats life without some fucking about
HARRY: i think i'm gonna go with fuck barbara, marry belle, bonk radial?
HARRY: def too loud for anything more than a one-nighter with barbie, pretty as she is
HARRY: i'd probably also drive radial insane
HARRY: belle i know the best and she puts up with all our freight BS when we go to the diner for drinks and food
DOLLY: She's probably used to the noise even if she's autistic.
DOLLY: Remember we work with people!
DOLLY: And the people can be just as loud, especially when they come to us for food and drink services.
DUVAY: Same isn't the case for us since our cars we work in are for people to shut off phones and sleep.
DUVAY: Well
DUVAY: Usually anyway.
LUMBER: how often does that actually happen?
DUVAY: Actually more often than you'd think, despite how much we complain or joke about morons.
BUFFY: Yeah realistically the jerkasses and karens don't make up like 90% of our customers
BUFFY: We just like to complain about them when we get them lol
DOLLY: There's always more calmer customers, and some of them are also just SO sweet!
DOLLY: On one of my shifts a week or two ago with Tassita and Corry had a kid that was going to a theme park for his birthday, so when his family ordered their food for the journey I made him some cupcakes based on some of the rides I knew from that theme park
DOLLY: The way his face just LIT up made me almost cry,, 😭
PORTER: Awwww :D
HARRY: thats cute as fuck i agree
CB: dawwhh
CB: i think deedee would've almost cried from that too
BUFFY: She totally would've bawled her eyes out
KILLERWATT: That's so sweet. :)
KILLERWATT: It's nice to see you Coaches don't deal with hell all of the time while on work.
KILLERWATT: Also, for me personally, I would honestly consider marrying all three (Radial, Belle, and Barbara) since they're all calm, quiet ladies
KILLERWATT: And frankly I could use more of that given I put up with Dyne and Zero.
JOULE: you love them both anyway though
KILLERWATT: I do.
KILLERWATT: But I'd enjoy having more than just Socket on a calmer wavelength (and sometimes Elektronic, depends on the day).
LUMBER: fair enough tbh
LUMBER: i'd saaaayy
LUMBER: fuck radial, marry belle or barbara?
LUMBER: they're both nice ladies tbh.
DOLLY: Okay this is less platonic since it's all women, so Cabs I love you so much when I say this
DOLLY: But Fuck Barbara, Fuck and Marry Radial, Bonk Belle.
HYDRA: Ooooo? 👀
SLICK: 👀
BUFFY: 👀
JOULE: interesting choice
JOULE: tho you do seem closest to her?
DOLLY: I'd say we're closest, yeah.
DOLLY: She trusted me enough to come into my DMs to talk privately on stuff during the whole
DOLLY: Crashing situation and stuff
DOLLY: And like that's before she realised she gets to have her own freedoms now so clearly that means I'm in her good books?? I think?? I'd like to think so.
VAPOR: Interesting.
DOLLY: D on't you snitch to her about this, V.
VAPOR: I make no promises.
VAPOR: ;)
CHARGE: he's learning
KILLERWATT: Ma'am this is in the main public channel-
DOLLY: She might not see it!
SLICK: fuck AND marry
SLICK: damn girl ok
PORTER: Ya gonna make Cabby jealous as fuck LOL.
DOLLY: SHE'LL BE FINE!
DOLLY: This is hypothetical anyway
CHARGE: once again i bring up the wonders of the polycule
DUVAY: Now look whose playing matchmaker.
DUVAY: .
DUVAY: Whose? Who's?
KILLERWATT: I think it'd be who's in this instance? "Now look who is playing matchmaker".
BUFFY: Yeah that seems about right??
VAPOR: Good enough tbh.
PORTER: Englush is a myth
PORTER: .
PORTER: C ase in point.
LUMBER; englush
LUMBER: yeeessss porter
HARRY: englush
DUVAY: Englush.
CB: englush
PORTER: Shut ya wee mouths, I'm a Scot not an Englishman. >:P
SLICK: my brother in starlight autocorrect exists
PORTER: YOU MISSPELL SHIT ALL THE TIME EVEN WITH AUTOCORRECT TOO??
SLICK: I DO IT IRONICALLY
SLICK: also bc i'm lazy sometimes
CHARGE: LMAO
CHARGE: respect the honesty
CHARGE: K WHO NEXT??
DUVAY: We said to do an all-male lineup this time.
HARRY: try to think of a trio we've not listed anyone for yet
HYDRA: K, how about
HYDRA: Fuck, Marry, Bonk - Rusty, Krupp, and Tassita.
JOULE: STOP PICKING MEMBERS OF OUR POLYCULE
DOLLY: PFFHH
HYDRA: NO REPEATS ALLOWED MEANS WE HAVE LIMITATIONS HERE
HYDRA: IT WAS EITHER KRUPP OR CORRY AND THATS BIAS ON MY END
VAPOR: LMAO
VAPOR: You're all too interconnected for your own good with this game
CHARGE: k well excluding our obvious (love you K xxx)
CHARGE: honestly marry rusty, like pearl hes husband material
CHARGE: tass is nice but
CHARGE: imma be real we dont get along in the same space for long bc i'm always too loud for him apparently??
JOULE: yeah i'd be way too much too lmao
LUMBER: i'm pretty sure Tass it more sensitive to sound than the sleeping coaches are.
LUMBER: so he's probably able to hear your music way more clearer and louder than anyone else can, Charge.
SLICK: bros gotta chill a bit ngl
HYDRA: It's not Tassita's fault if they have more sensitive hearing than the rest of us.
KILLERWATT: He's a Quiet Coach, I'm not sure what you'd expect honestly.
KILLERWATT: For me personally it'd be Fuck Rusty, Marry Krupp, Bonk Tassita.
JOULE: AYO?
KILLERWATT: PLATONICALLY.
KILLERWATT: I don't know Tassita well enough yet, but they seem like a nice guy - I just know and have more of a bond with Rusty and especially Krupp as we have more history together.
KILLERWATT: But realistically me and Krupp are just close friends.
JOULE: ahh
DUVAY: Fuck Rusty, Marry Tassita, Bonk Krupp.
PORTER: Can't say I'm too surprised at that tbh.
LUMBER: sleeping coach & quiet coach? yeah that checks out 100%.
CB: fuck krupp, marry tassita, bonk rusty
CB: but like a gentle bonk, i've already sent the dude careening off a race track he d on't need more damage from me
CB: tassita might find me to be too much but idk maybe i could make it work in some alternate timeline where i'm not with DeeDee
HARRY: fuck tass, marry krupp, bonk rusty
HARRY: rusty's like fam in a sense so i'm not saying his name for either the other options
HARRY: and like krupp is fucking BUILT, you dig?
HARRY: but tass is also lowkey handsome himself so while i'm definitely too energetic for the guy i'd be up for it
SLICK: tbh the only one im interested in with this lot is the armaments truck
SLICK: he looks tough as nails but like
SLICK: imagine getting carried to bed while youre napping by the guy
DOLLY: Oh my Starlight you're so right.
DOLLY: Cabby does that with me and it's so cosy to wake up magically in bed.
BUFFY: Our mum and dad did that when me and Carrie were kids sometimes.
CB: man i wanna be carried to bed after dozing off on a sofa couch or something like that
VAPOR: I'd also like that, that sounds very warm and comfy
DUVAY: It is, 10/10 would recommend the experience (our parents did the same when we were kids).
LUMBER: based on what i've read in chat i'm sure that Dinah could do that for you with no issues honestly, CB.
CB: .. t hats true
BUFFY: Yeah she probs could
BUFFY: Girl is stronger than she looks.
BUFFY: Also this is another platonic one obviously, but I'm saying Fuck Tass and Krupp, Marry Rusty
BUFFY: Rusty's just an absolute sweetheart.
LUMBER: fuck krupp, marry tass, bonk rusty.
HYDRA: I would say Fuck Krupp, Marry Tassita, Bonk Rusty.
HYDRA: Me and Tassita get along oddly alright as well.
PORTER: Yeah I can see it, Tassita puts up with you two the most.
LUMBER: because we both remember to not scream every 5 seconds with him around you egg.
HYDRA: ^
PORTER: Once again it ain't my fault, I'm just Scottish.
CHARGE: thought it was the irish that were known for being loud as fuck??
KILLERWATT: I've heard the same stereotype for Scots too.
PORTER: Aye and it's true lol
PORTER: Most tha time anyway, my fam's always been a bit rowdy but that's just how we are.
PORTER: Anyways for me this one's tricky so I don't know if I can give a straight answer.
VAPOR: There is no straight answer, we're a walking Pride Parade playing a game where we discuss who we'd fuck, marry, and smack over the head with a rolled-up newspaper.
VAPOR: Any semblance of being straight left the chat decades before it even got created.
CB: HEHWHAHA
HARRY: KWEJLNWGWJA
SLICK: WHEHAGAJAHAH
BUFFY: PFFFHHH?
DOLLY: LOL
DOLLY: That's a good one V, very clever!
KILLERWATT: I m ean
KILLERWATT: Yeah, he's right.
JOULE: CRYIN BRB
PORTER: P oint taken!
CHARGE: i fucking love this group so much
Notes:
In the middle of writing this, I found out that apparently AO3 got scraped about a week or two ago by AI tech bros to train their stupid AI softwares to write stuff for them, and that all the fics with IDs (the little number at the end of the link) between 1 and 63,200,000 have been scraped. That includes *all* my fics, counting this one. Now while the data that got scraped HAS since been removed/deleted/permanently disabled from people using it, that's not to say people won't do it in the future.
Now presently, I DO plan to continue Totally Professional Starlight Chatroom, I refuse to let those idiots scare me into not writing anymore. But I also don't want other AI morons to scrape my content, especially TPSC which I've put so much work and love into, so they can have robots writing for them. So I MIGHT consider privatising my work so only people with an AO3 account can view it and read it? But I equally don't want to put a barrier on my work so only a specific group of StEx fans can see it - plus for all I know, the AI bros could already have accounts/apply to get accounts and bypass the protection that way.
So what happens next is something I'll need to think about and gather some opinions on. But I figured I should give a heads up to everyone who enjoys TPSC. :)
Chapter 32: do the stabby stabby (or don't)
Summary:
Apologies for ANOTHER longer break! In my attempt to avoid burnout and take it slowly I had several events to go to since the last chapter, and yet also at the same time my brain got an idea for an Escape the Night Fanfic so THAT'S in the WIP stage, AND my laptop's keyboard is being funky with some of the keys (I think I've gotten AO3 Author'd again). But we're back with our gay trains, this time as they try to navigate social deduction games. This is a longer fun chapter to compensate the bigger gap in time between this and the last chapter!
This chapter also includes a StEx OC, Chess, who belongs to a friend JellyBeanJunkie. Since I have my own OC Charge in here, feels only fair that others are included or mentioned as cameos. ;)
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WRENCH: @STREAMSQUAD Good evening, everyone who's still up.
WRENCH: Ready for us to go live in 30?
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SLICK: TIME FOR SOME GAYMING
BUFFY: You picked that up from Charge didn't you
SLICK: yeeee lmao
HYDRA: Gayming!!
THUNDERCAB: FUCK YEEAAHH
THUNDERCAB: Its still Mafia today right, thats not changed?
WRENCH: It hasn't, no. ^^
WRENCH: Mafia first, and then some online Cluedo.
BELLE: I'm going to be bad at b oth of these because my tone tends to give me away without me even realising.
BELLE: But at the same time I like deduction games.
ASHLEY: You are good at picking up on little things that can be a big hint or clue. ^^
DUVAY: Is this everyone who said they'd be joining for this session?
CORRY: Don't think so? :o
THUNDERCAB: Slow ya rolling stock we only just got the ping
WRENCH: Oh, that's because Purse, Charge, Zero, and Elektronic are setting things up. :)
WRENCH: Not sure about Galvanic, Elektronic said they'll be coming though because they want to experience one of our gaming livestreams.
CORRY: Probably being fashionably late.
HYDRA: Honestly that checks out.
TASSITA: ^
TASSITA: just hope they're not too fashionably late.
THUNDERCAB: If it starts getting close to stream-time and theyve not shown up i'll annoy them in DMs to get their ass into the VC
BARBARA: It's VC with the cameras on, right?
WRENCH: Correct.
WRENCH: Everyone in the call will have their cameras and voices on, at least until the Night sections of the game, I'll explain that bit on the stream later though when everyone's here.
BARBARA: Good thing my hair's still presentable after work today then.
TASSITA: i've got to touch up my makeup
DUVAY: Honestly same, but we've still got half an hour so we should be fine.
ASHLEY: Make sure you've all got something to keep hydrated with and some snacks so you don't miss anything during the game itself.
SLICK: yeeeeees mum we knowwwwww
HYDRA: Thanks for the reminder!
HYDRA: I've already got my fuel for the stream.
ASHLEY: Figurative or literal fuel?
HYDRA: Yes to both.
BUFFY: Fair lmao
DUVAY: Me, Tass, and Barbara just got some takeout ordered after work today so we'll be probably eating that.
WRENCH: Ooohh, what did you get?
TASSITA: indian takeout, ampera recommended a spot nearby she found so we went to check it out
TASSITA: it's REALLY nice.
BARBARA: ^ Can confirm.
CORRY: Ooohh, could you send me the info for it in DMs?
CORRY: That'd be nice to get for me, Moony, and Hydra sometime.
HYDRA: YESSSSS
SLICK: can i steal some
HYDRA: GET YOUR OWN TAKEOUT!!
SLICK: >:((((
TASSITA: i'll forward the place info to you too Slick.
TASSITA: didn't know you liked indian takeout.
SLICK: ngl i just kinda eat anything and everything
SLICK: kfc, burger king, indian, chinese, mcdonalds, nandos, greggs, kebab, idgaf
BELLE: Kebab takeout food is usually really nice!
THUNDERCAB: Kebab takeout is fuckin amazing
THUNDERCAB: You guys have a good local spot around here ??
WRENCH: We do, we get ours from the same place that AV does since we're close by. ^^
THUNDERCAB: Fuck yeeeaaaahhh
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GALVANIC: So sorry for being a little behind!
THUNDERCAB: Youre fine Cheetah
THUNDERCAB: We havent started yet, youve got plenty of time
GALVANIC: How much time?
CORRY: About 25 minutes by now. ^^
DUVAY: Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it. :)
GALVANIC: Ah, that's a relief.
GALVANIC: I was talking to a new friend and saw the ping, and I thought I was missing the beginning of the stream and panicked.
SLICK: holy shit you made a friend???
THUNDERCAB: Absolutely incredible
GALVANIC: Sssssssshut the fuck up-
BUFFY: LMFAO
TASSITA: and i oop-
WRENCH: Have you been able to get along a little better with the other Electrics in the apartment complex?
GALVANIC: Actually, yeah, I have. We all have, which has been nice.
GALVANIC: But this isn't a friend in the complex, though she's an Electric.
WRENCH: An Off-The-Grid?
HYDRA: Like my mum, awesome!
DUVAY: I forget you're Electric/Freight sometimes-
BELLE: Honestly, same, if that'd never been brought up I would have never guessed you had Electric heritage.
HYDRA: It's probably cuz I lack the eye-glow, I've never been connected to a Frequency so I've never had it.
HYDRA: My eyes only ever glow when I'm reeeeaally focusing on something, either that or something's made me hella mad.
TASSITA: hella?
HYDRA: Hella.
GALVANIC: She's an off-the-grid, yes!
GALVANIC: I've told her we're playing Mafia today on the livestream and she said she'll drop by to watch since it sounds fun.
BUFFY: Mafia in a voice call is gonna be fun but also carnage
ASHLEY: Try to not scream over each other during the game, remember guys.
SLICK: i promise nothing
TASSITA: no you're promising to not scream because otherwise i'm going to have a meltdown.
BARBARA: Tass I will try to not be too loud, but if someone starts accusing me wrongfully in the games you should know that I will start a riot.
CORRY: RIOT FOR THE CAUSE!!
TASSITA: please don't riot for the cause too loudly or i won't be able to enjoy the games.
BARBARA: Don't worry bestie we'll keep it down. xxx
TASSITA: xxx
WRENCH: Does your new friend want to join, Galvanic?
GALVANIC: Is
GALVANIC: That allowed?
WRENCH: I'd have to ask the other Electrics admittedly but it's our stream, so if they're fine with it then I don't see why not.
HYDRA: I'm down for new friends!
DUVAY: They'd have to be invited to the server chat though.
BELLE: Not necessarily, you can invite people as Guests into VCs even if they're not in the server.
BELLE: So if she doesn't want to join the group officially she can just be invited as a Guest to the call and participate.
CORRY: I'd be fine with that!
THUNDERCAB: Cant say Ive met many Off Grids so
THUNDERCAB: Yeah why not
BUFFY: I'd be down
ASHLEY: ^
SLICK: more people means more chaos fuck yeeeeaa
GALVANIC: I'll
GALVANIC: Go back to her private messages quickly then and see how she feels about that??
BARBARA: How do you do the inviting as a guest thing?
WRENCH: One of us can handle it, don't worry. ^^
WRENCH: But we can teach you guys at some point, if you want to invite somebody.
BARBARA: I mean it'll depend on if they only want to drop by temporarily or join the server long-term?
TASSITA: were you thinking of inviting Silver and Orange?
BARBARA: I mean, don't see why not, it'd make it easier for them to talk to us and the others
BARBARA: Which is the whole point of this server chat thing.
DUVAY: Yep, it is.
DUVAY: You should be fine inviting them?
ASHLEY: It'll be best to gather opinions so people know and are okay with it, we did the same with Galvanic and their Components.
BUFFY: But tbh it's more of a formality thing, they're friends with you two and I'm guessing your other yardmates know about them
THUNDERCAB: YEEEEEE
THUNDERCAB: Bullet and Flashy are fun, I vibe with em
HYDRA: Lumber would probably be able to see if Blue Lightning wants to drop in long-term too, I can ask him later.
HYDRA: Think the only one we have to properly ask about and consider is Golden Eagle. ( •_•)
GALVANIC: Oh, don't invite him.
GALVANIC: Absolutely n ot.
THUNDERCAB: Nooooo invite him hes a friend
GALVANIC: He attacked one of my Components! ಠ_ಠ
CORRY: Has he apologised for that whole incident?
GALVANIC: Not to my knowledge.
GALVANIC: No apology, no entry, I'm sticking firmly to that for the sake of Vapor.
TASSITA: i second that.
TASSITA: if i hadn't been wiped out in an accident with Flash, i would've gotten involved to beat his ass honestly, and i'm not even that much of a confrontational coach.
SLICK: he seemed kinda cool
SLICK: til he began gettin rough with v and ammy
CORRY: We can try to give him a second chance, though. It's been some time, he'd had the time to think things through.
BELLE: Maybe he's just not came to apologise out of pride or something.
SLICK: guess so
GALVANIC: Mmm.
GALVANIC: Only if Vapor and Ampera get an apology.
GALVANIC: Then he can be invited, if Wasp wants him to be here.
HYDRA: I think that's fair.
BUFFY: Yeah that seems reasonable
THUNDERCAB: I'll talk to him about it then
WRENCH: Good idea.
WRENCH: Also, things are basically done being set up on our end.
WRENCH: Will you be coming to the penthouse to be with Elektronic?
GALVANIC: I'll be there in a minute, yes. ^-^
GALVANIC: Chess said she'd like to join so I'm telling her how it'll work and that you'll add her as a Guest to the VC.
WRENCH: Lovely. ^^
DUVAY: Chess is your friend's name?
GALVANIC: Correct!
GALVANIC: Or at least the name she prefers.
BELLE: That's a cool name. :o
SLICK: thats a dope ass name wtf
TASSITA: true.
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♪ SLICK: Hoooooly shit this is a lot of us
♪ BARBARA: Is the stream going to be fine handling all of us?
♪ CHARGE: It'll be fiiiiiine we've had way more people on a stream before
♪ BUFFY: We've still got to get Galv's friend in right?
♪ GALVANIC: Mhm! She's not in yet.
♪ WRENCH: Working with that, bare with me.
♪ PURSE: Take your time, dear Wrench.~
♪ DUVAY: No Electra today?
♪ CHARGE: Not today!
♪ CHARGE: Not his day on the stream schedule.
♪ ZERO: He's having a spa evening with my sister, Joule, Krupp, Killerwatt, and Socket.
♪ ZERO: But also Watty and Socket have volunteered to keep an eye on the stream and be backup lurking moderators.
♪ DUVAY: Ooooooh, that sounds really relaxing, fair enough.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Killerwatt and Krupp having a spa day???
♪ THUNDERCAB: Dont seem like the type to enjoy that sort of thing.
♪ ASHLEY: Never underestimate an Electric's desire for a spa day, no matter who or what they are.
♪ PURSE: We ALL love a good spa treatment.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: You'd be surprised how helpful it is for joint relief after the amount of racing most of us get up to!
♪ TASSITA: That makes sense.
♪ THUNDERCAB: .. Well shit.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Note to self, after a busy race week, consider goin' to the spa.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Take Dolly with me and it'd be a nice date.
♪ BELLE: Good thinking!
♪ BUFFY: She'd like that for a date absolutely.
♪ GALVANIC: Huh! I'll need to take that into consideration for us.
♪ GALVANIC: Though I'm worried that a hot tub and the usual spa treatments will wash out the hair dyes for Vapor and Ammy.
♪ BARBARA: Their hair is dyed?
♪ GALVANIC: Radial and Hardwire's hair used to be routinely bleached due to the old restrictions, but now we're free from that they're letting their hair grow out to restore their natural hair colour and dye the bleached stuff to match if they want to.
♪ GALVANIC: Vapor and Ammy have natural blonde hair! But they've been getting experimental with some blue and red hair dyes.
♪ SLICK: OH YEAH!
♪ SLICK: V mentioned in chat earlier in the week they were thinking of going dipdyed ice blue.
♪ TASSITA: Oooohh, that'll look nice on him.
♪ CORRY: And red for Ampera?
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Ahh, a classic!
♪ HYDRA: Someone give these trucks some different colours.
♪ HYDRA: Wonder if I can convince Vapor to change their idea to go to a teal green.
♪ BELLE: Something tells me you won't have much luck.
♪ ZERO: Yyyeeaaahhh Hydra, sweetie, all due respect but you might find a struggle there.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Not to say it's impossible though! I've seen some teal dip-dyed Electrics, especially if it matches their uniform and aesthetic they're going with.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Strange and vibrant hair colours and dye colours are quite common with the Electric Coaches.
♪ CHARGE: Like mine!!
♪ CORRY: Your hair colour is a nice colour, Charge.
♪ CHARGE: Awwhh, thanks Cors!
♪ CHARGE: Honestly yours is pretty too, it's got such a rich colour.
♪ CHARGE: You should let Volta style it someday she'll go nuts.
♪ CORRY: Really?
♪ ZERO: Oh absolutely!
♪ ZERO: Sis loves to style other Trainfolks, she's the main makeup stylist for Electra and his entourage for a reason.
♪ ZERO: And Joule makes a surprisingly good hair stylist!
♪ CORRY: Maybe I'll ask them for a favour if I have anything fancy or important come up, then.
♪ ZERO: If they wind up being busy, you can always come to me or Purse!
♪ PURSE: That goes for everybody, we're all more than happy to do makeup and hair for others, or try something with your markings you're born with to make them pop the way you like.
♪ PURSE: It lets us experiment!
♪ HYDRA: I'm down for some experimenting honestly, could be nice to make my cheek markings look a bit cooler.
♪ SLICK: I'm not much of a makeup person but not gonna lie I'm curious.
♪ BELLE: Do you even put any makeup on?
♪ SLICK: Black eyeshadow 'n that's it.
♪ ASHLEY: That's fair, cheek blush and lipstick and the whole 9 miles like that isn't for everyone.
♪ WRENCH: Alright, everybody, heads up now.
♪ WRENCH: I'm going to invite Galvanic's guest friend now, so please behave.
♪ WRENCH: No rude questions, no being nosy if they don't want to talk about something, don't act like an ass to them, you know the usual drill.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Especially since this is going to be on a stream!
♪ SLICK: Yeeeessss mum we'll behave.
♪ HYDRA: Says you!
♪ WRENCH: Children please-
[CHESS] has been added to voice channel [STREAM SQUAD] as a GUEST
♪ CHESS: G?
♪ GALVANIC: Heeere!
♪ GALVANIC: Your cam's still turned off.
♪ CHESS: Yeah give me a minute ya dumbo, I'm trying to set this up still.
♪ GALVANIC: I thought you said you got it sorted?
♪ CHESS: I thought I did but apparently not.
♪ CHARGE: Mood honestly.
♪ CHESS: Gah voices-
♪ GALVANIC: Yeessss that's what a voice call entails, Chess.
♪ CHESS: Ssssssshut the fuck up, Sparky.
♪ GALVANIC: Pffheheh-
♪ THUNDERCAB: Wassup stranger.
♪ CORRY: Hi there!
♪ ASHLEY: Nice to meet you, Chess!
♪ CHESS: Same? I guess?
♪ CHESS: Would be nicer to meet people if this fucking laptop would work with me.
♪ WRENCH: Take your time, we still have 15 minutes.
♪ CHESS: MA'AM THAT IS NOT MUCH TIME??
♪ WRENCH: It's plenty of time.
♪ CHESS: Yeah, well not for me.
♪ SLICK: Oh this chick seems like fun already.
♪ PURSE: We can always push back a little, wouldn't be the first time we've been late on a stream.
♪ PURSE: There's no rush.
♪ TASSITA: Take your time.
♪ CHESS: Yeah okay, I hear you.
♪ CHESS: Don't need to be told 5 different times.
♪ TASSITA: .. Okay. Jeez.
♪ GALVANIC: Don't get stressed, C.
♪ CHESS: .. Sorry.
♪ CHESS: I'm just getting pissed that this isn't cooperating with me.
♪ CORRY: That's okay!
♪ CHARGE: Yeah no that's a mood, just chill out a bit yeah?
♪ CHESS: Mm.
♪ ZERO: Do you need some help with your camera and everything?
♪ CHESS: Think I almost have it.
♪ CHESS: I swear I'm not tech illiterate I've just never done this before with people.
♪ CHESS: I'm not much of a people person in general, G just invited me suddenly and-
♪ CHESS: I dunno, wanted to spend time with them.
♪ HYDRA: Honestly fair mate, take your time.
♪ BELLE: Are you guys all just really clever with technology even if you're an Off-The-Grid Electric?
♪ WRENCH: The majority of us are.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: To my knowledge, yes!
♪ GALVANIC: Probably so we can understand our own mechanisms without shocking ourselves.
♪ CHESS: Yeah that'd be it.
♪ CHESS: Galv's already told me who everyone is so I'm not COMPLETELY in the unknown, but also honestly I recognise some of you from being on TV for the Championships 'n shit.
♪ GALVANIC: Do you want to introduce yourself properly? I haven't told them everything, just that you're an Off-The-Grid.
♪ CHESS: I guess.
♪ CHESS: I'm Chess, I'm an Electric who works at a Trainyard but has a side-gig of racing, I like getting into dumb spots people can't get to otherwise for the fun of it and finding shortcuts in races to surprise the others.
♪ CHESS: I'll be honest I'm
♪ CHESS: Not the best with people?? Like I said earlier I'm a Trainfolk who's not really much of a people kinda person.
♪ CHESS: That's kind of why me and Galv became buddies though, because it turns out we both suck at learning how to be remotely normal with others and have some baggage behind us to work through.
♪ CHESS: So, best work through it together, I guess??
♪ BUFFY: Better to have some support than to work through things alone, honestly.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Yeah, sometimes it's hard to admit that you need someone to help you through shit.
♪ THUNDERCAB: As Galv's found out not that long ago.
♪ GALVANIC: And that's why I'm working on things too.
♪ GALVANIC: And I'm working on things with you guys, and with Chess, because she's dealt with her own problems and realisations, and it's better to heal together like that.
♪ CHESS: G's fun company.
♪ CHESS: Though they've almost poked my fuckin' eye out 10 separate times, my sibling in Starlight get some less pointy shoulderpads-
♪ GALVANIC: I'm working on it, I promise!
♪ SLICK: Yeah that checks out.
♪ GALVANIC: I'll poke you with my shoulderpads next time I see you.
♪ SLICK: Good luck with that you're as tall as a street lamp.
♪ CHESS: T ALL AS A STREET LAMP-
♪ TASSITA: I mean, she isn't wrong.
♪ BARBARA: And yet they're still shorter than Elektronic and Electra.
♪ PURSE: It's probably just because they're both a little older and had more time to grow!
♪ ZERO: That wouldn't explain why I'm taller than my older sister though.
♪ PURSE: .. Point.
♪ CHESS: Clearly Zero's dad is just an actual giraffe.
♪ BUFFY: AN ACTUAL GIRAFFE GEHAHAHA-
♪ CHARGE: PFFFHHH-
♪ TASSITA: Oh my Starlight-
♪ HYDRA: HAHAHAH-!
♪ CHESS: I didn't think that was that funny but glad I got some laughs out of people.
♪ DUVAY: We like a good laugh over anything.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Y'know what Cheetah? You've made a good choice on this one.
♪ GALVANIC: Good to know I've apparently earnt your approval on that front.
♪ CHARGE: IIIIITS GAME TIME!!
♪ CHARGE: Chat we'll read your messages and donations in a bit, we're gonna be here all night otherwise and not actually get to anything.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: I did not spend half an hour trying to figure out a method to get this all working for nothing!
♪ ZERO: Obviously!
♪ HYDRA: Aight enough yapping.
♪ SLICK: MAFIIIAAAAAA
♪ SLICK: The game where you get to metaphorically kill people and try to get away with it
♪ ASHLEY: I could be wrong but isn't that applicable to several other games too?
♪ SLICK: .
♪ SLICK: Okay yeah but shhhh.
♪ CHESS: Can't argue with that logic I guess.
♪ CHESS: How'd we play?
♪ CHARGE: Well we could've just booted up Town of Salem for this really, but we didn't think that'd be very fun for stream.
♪ CHARGE: SO!
♪ CHARGE: Wrenchie figured something out for us, smart as she always is.
♪ CHESS: Gay.
♪ CHARGE: We gay keep scrolling.
♪ BELLE: Pfffhh-
♪ WRENCH: I will be the game's "Mayor" as it's called, the one who's in charge of the game, so I can keep you all on track.
♪ CORRY: Heheh, on track.
♪ PURSE: Boooooo.
♪ CHESS: Pfhahaha-!
♪ BARBARA: Sssssssssshush I'm listening.
♪ TASSITA: P lease.
♪ CHARGE: Heheheh-
♪ WRENCH: As Mayor, I'll also be the one who chooses who gets what role.
♪ WRENCH: Available roles are Mafia, Sheriff, Medic, and Bodyguard, of which there is three Mafia, two Sheriffs, two Medics, and one Bodyguard, alongside the eight Civilians.
♪ BUFFY: Is three Mafia gonna be enough for a group of SIXTEEN of us?
♪ WRENCH: That's why Sheriff and Medic are two-person roles, so that way there's eight Civilians and eight active roles.
♪ BUFFY: Ahhhh.
♪ DUVAY: We can always add one more Mafia after the first game if we think it needs balancing.
♪ CHESS: She's true.
♪ BARBARA: That's probably the best idea, we've got time to trial and error a game.
♪ BARBARA: I think, anyway.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: We'll be fine time-wise, don't worry.
♪ WRENCH: At the start of the game, I'll be DMing everybody their roles that I've already determined based off some wheel spins I was doing while everyone was introducing themselves and we were all saying hi and talking to chat, and I'll tell you all to look at your DMs at the same time.
♪ WRENCH: After that we'll properly begin, with everybody closing their eyes for the "Night" and being muted in the call until I call on their role to open them and do their Night Actions, one role at a time.
♪ WRENCH: Mafia will silently choose ONE person together to kill during that night round, don't get trigger-happy. Sheriffs will choose one person to investigate to determine what their Role could be, Medics will choose one person to heal at night if they get attacked, and the Bodyguard will pick one person to protect at night if they get attacked.
♪ THUNDERCAB: QUESTION!!
♪ BELLE: A-
♪ PURSE: YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL!
♪ HYDRA: It's Cab, she'll yell.
♪ WRENCH: Question is?
♪ THUNDERCAB: What's the difference between the Medic and Bodyguard roles, those sound like they'd do the same thing.
♪ WRENCH: In the event that someone is attacked while the Bodyguard is guarding them, the Bodyguard will be killed and the guarded person will live.
♪ WRENCH: But the Bodyguard will also successfully take down the Mafia attacker with them, which will be determined by whoever voted to attack that person FIRST.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Ooooohhh.
♪ DUVAY: And the Medics meanwhile don't get attacked?
♪ WRENCH: No they don't, if the person they choose to heal gets attacked by the Mafia members, then the Medics will come after they got attacked and heal them.
♪ WRENCH: Additionally if the Bodyguard gets targeted themselves, they'll still take down the Mafia member who voted to attack them first.
♪ ASHLEY: That makes sense, alrighty.
♪ WRENCH: Once the "Night" is over, I'll tell everybody to open their eyes and unmute everyone, at which point I'll then say who got attacked and killed or attacked and saved, and I'll also announce whether the Sheriff has uncovered a Mafia member or not that night, though I won't be disclosing who the Mafia is or who the Sheriff is, that's up to the Sheriff to remember who they checked and whether they decide to reveal themselves or not.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Ooohhh, very risk-vs-reward!
♪ ZERO: I like that, it means we all have to be clever.
♪ SLICK: Can't promise much cleverness on my end but I'll sure as shit try.
♪ GALVANIC: I think you're cleverer than you realise considering some of your past antics, but that's besides the point.
♪ TASSITA: Freight being clever, someone save me now.
♪ HYDRA: OI!
♪ TASSITA: Hehehe-
♪ CHESS: Pffhh-
♪ WRENCH: Once the "Day" happens and I've said if anyone's been killed or protected or saved, it'll be up to everyone to vote somebody out that they suspect is a Mafia.
♪ WRENCH: Don't worry if get voted out or killed during the game, you can still talk as everyone plays, just don't snitch.
♪ WRENCH: Stream chat, if you see ANYONE open their eyes to cheat during the "Night" time, you're free to spam and call them out.
♪ WRENCH: Name and shame them so I can give them some sort of penalty.
♪ PURSE: Chat will descend upon any cheating players like a swarm of bees.
♪ BELLE: I could be wrong but isn't the phrase "swarm of locusts"?
♪ PURSE: I like bees more.
♪ DUVAY: Agreed.
♪ GALVANIC: I don't expect anyone to cheat at something like this?
♪ CORRY: No harm in setting the boundaries anyway to be sure.
♪ CHESS: Cheating would ruin the fun.
♪ CHESS: I take race shortcuts not bully people at party-games.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Yeah what's the point in ruining something like this?
♪ CHARGE: Chat still has permission to yell like idiots if someone opens their eyes anyway.
♪ ASHLEY: Fair.
♪ WRENCH: Any other questions?
♪ HYDRA: I'm guessing the goals overall of the game is to either get rid of all the civilians or get rid of all the Mafia depending on what team you're on, yeah?
♪ WRENCH: Correct!
♪ ZERO: Sometimes there's other roles who aim to win on their own and everything but it might get too complicated.
♪ WRENCH: Yeah, that's what we decided on, best to keep it relatively simple or half of us will get confused.
♪ BARBARA: That's a fair decision.
♪ TASSITA: No complaints here.
♪ WRENCH: Alright, if everyone's ready to begin then I'm going to start sending out the DMs telling people their roles.
♪ WRENCH: No looking until I say to!
♪ CHARGE: Yeeesss muuuumm.
♪ DUVAY: The other Electrics don't know the result of those wheel spins earlier right?
♪ ELECKTRONIC: None of us know anything, promise!
♪ GALVANIC: I was too busy saying hello to the stream chat to even notice when she was doing anything honestly.
♪ CHARGE: She's shut off her Frequency thought-stream so yeah we deadass can't tell either.
♪ PURSE: We've not got a clue!
♪ BUFFY: I still forget you guys have that whole mind-connection thing but fair enough.
♪ PURSE: Cream Scone you have known us for this long and yet you forgot that??
♪ BUFFY: IT'S ONLY BEEN LIKE TWO YEARS.
♪ ZERO: Still a long time to know someone!
♪ CORRY: I don't know, I'd probably say that 2 years is a fair bit of time to know someone.
♪ SLICK: Cream Scone???
♪ PURSE: Her clothes and uniform are predominantly cream-colours and she's a Buffet Coach.
♪ HYDRA: Checks out to me.
♪ BUFFY: It's a unique nickname, I like it.
♪ BUFFY: Purse gets special nickname permissions anyway since he's friends with my sister.
♪ PURSE: Meme Team for the win!
♪ CHARGE: MEME TEAM FOR THE WIN!!
♪ CHESS: Meme supremacy.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Didn't take you guys to all be big shitposters and meme fans.
♪ WRENCH: You've yet to see what it's like when it's a late night and half of the server can't sleep.
♪ WRENCH: That is pure meme anarchy.
♪ WRENCH: Anyway, everything's been sent, so if everyone could please check their DMs.. Now!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: The audacity of the Bodyguard or Medics to not save me last night.
♪ ASHLEY: It's okay Els, we can vibe in the Dead Corner together and snark on everybody else.
♪ GALVANIC: Do the voted out DIE in this game per say?
♪ CHESS: I assumed it was exile.
♪ ASHLEY:
♪ ZERO: I think it depends on the game version.
♪ CORRY: Sorry Elektronic, I couldn't share my Night 1 luck with you!
♪ TASSITA: True, that was a very lucky save from the Medics.
♪ TASSITA: Who tried to kill you and DID kill Elektronic is now the question again though.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: It's okay Corry, I'm fine with being in the Snark Corner.
♪ ASHLEY: Snark Corner it is!
♪ BUFFY: Another alternative could be the Gay Corner.
♪ CHESS: The Fruity Corner.
♪ CHESS: But yeah we should get back on track and figure this out.
♪ SLICK: We've had no Sheriff reveals so far, right?
♪ HYDRA: Nobody's said they're Sheriff, no.
♪ HYDRA: And we haven't had any Sheriffs FIND the Mafia either yet.
♪ WRENCH: Weeeeell.
♪ CHESS: Oh shit they found someone?
♪ CHARGE: Oooooohhh the plot thickens!
♪ WRENCH: Though Elektronic got successfully killed by the Mafia, the Sheriffs HAVE successfully been able to find one member of the Mafia within Night 2.
♪ BELLE: We don't find out who the Mafia is though do we?
♪ DUVAY: No, that's for Sheriffs to expose of their own choosing.
♪ CORRY: Honestly I don't think the Sheriffs should reveal themselves yet anyway.
♪ PURSE: What makes you say that?
♪ CORRY: D ON'T USE THE ACCUSING TONE ON ME!
♪ CORRY: ITS ONLY DAY 3 IF THE SHERIFFS REVEAL NOW THEY'RE DEFINITELY DEAD!
♪ BARBARA: He's got a point, it'd be super dangerous even if they have found somebody.
♪ ZERO: They better remember who they checked then for later on, assuming they live that long.
♪ GALVANIC: Yeah, that's the thing, because you don't know if you're going to wind up not being able to share the info before you're naturally eliminated anyway.
♪ THUNDERCAB: ANOTHER QUESTION!
♪ TASSITA: STOP YELLING WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION P LEASE-
♪ THUNDERCAB: Do we all HAVE to vote every Day or if we genuinely can't decide then we don't vote?
♪ WRENCH: I'll allow that rule.
♪ WRENCH: If you genuinely can't decide on anything as a group to vote on, then nobody gets voted out.
♪ ASHLEY: Oh thanks for asking that NOW, Cab.
♪ ASHLEY: Could've saved me on the Day 2 vote.
♪ THUNDERCAB: I forgot to ask, the stream chat was occupying me with talking about an Almighty Cow.
♪ BUFFY: THAT MEME IS STILL GOING??
♪ PURSE: CHAT, THAT STREAM WAS MONTHS AGO, YOU CAN PICK ANOTHER MEME NOW.
♪ CHARGE: But Purse.
♪ CHARGE: THE ALMIGHTY COW!!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Pffhhh Starlight I'm gonna start crying-
♪ CHESS: Insanity.
♪ SLICK: I wanna know about the Almighty Cow.
♪ CHESS: I also want to know what that's about.
♪ DUVAY: It's funnier if we don't explain it.
♪ ASHLEY: Okay well Cab conveniently forgetting to ask a question during the first vote makes more sense now.
♪ THUNDERCAB: In my defence I did like genuinely forget to ask until literally that moment.
♪ THUNDERCAB: And THEN I decided to keep it quiet to get a civilian removed right out the gate.
♪ ASHLEY: Sneaky little shit.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Geheheh-
♪ GALVANIC: The audacity of you, Diesel.
♪ THUNDERCAB: LOOK I DIDN'T CHOOSE THE MAFIA LIFE, THE MAFIA LIFE CHOSE ME.
♪ SLICK: Pffheheheh-
♪ WRENCH: She's true, I'm the one that chose it for her technically.
♪ HYDRA: Other Medic thank you for avenging me being voted out on Day 3 by immediately saving someone on Night 4.
♪ BUFFY: I HAVE BEEN SPARED.
♪ BUFFY: FOR NOW ANYWAY.
♪ ASHLEY: YAY FOR MY GIRLFRIEND!
♪ ASHLEY: Chat is cheering for you too.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: They're all trying to guess themselves who's got what role, it's very fun to read.
♪ WRENCH: We do have a very fun and chaotic chat.
♪ CHARGE: Fits us perfectly lol.
♪ TASSITA; So that's one Mafia member down, and we still have 2 left to find out of us 11 remaining people.
♪ PURSE: The Sheriffs found one Mafia, do we get to know if that Mafia member that was found was Thundercab?
♪ WRENCH: It was not Thundercab.
♪ SLICK: Ooooooo suspenseful!
♪ BARBARA: Interesting, so they still have that information in their back pocket.
♪ CHESS: Least that's one Medic still alive that's keeping people afloat.
♪ CHARGE: Bodyguard keep doing whatever you're doing too, I guess?
♪ CHARGE: Do we tell the Bodyguard to be careful or-
♪ ZERO: Well, their whole thing is taking a hit for someone isn't it?
♪ CORRY: Be careful anyway??
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Ideally the best thing for them to do is to keep protecting the Medic, assuming they can figure out naturally who it is.
♪ ASHLEY: Or protecting a Sheriff, that'd be a good idea too.
♪ DUVAY: Too bad literally nobody knows who is who because nobody's made a reveal.
♪ CHESS: I think that's the point.
♪ CHESS: I'd say probably hold off on saying anyones' special roles until there's only 1 Mafia left?
♪ BUFFY: Yeah that'd be safer odds.
♪ CORRY: Still risky!
♪ SLICK: That's the pooooooint!!
♪ SLICK: It's fun to have a little risk!
♪ GALVANIC: Speaking from experience I'm sure.
♪ SLICK: 'Course I am.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Risks are always exciting!
♪ CORRY: I always prefer playing it safe, really.
♪ CORRY: Or at least I try to until Hydra does something dangerous and goofy.
♪ HYDRA: RISKS ARE FUN!!
♪ CHESS: Wouldn't have taken you for a risk-taker, I figured you were a take-it-easy kind of dude given your whole green-energy fuel thing.
♪ HYDRA: Nawhh, I love to have some fun!
♪ HYDRA: You can save the environment and promote the usage of safer fuel sources without being a stick-in-the-mud.
♪ HYDRA: Usually Corry and Moons are the two reining me back in.
♪ CHESS: It's always fun to fuck about and get up to a little mischief.
♪ CHESS: I don't got nobody to rein me in, I just do what I do.
♪ GALVANIC: CORRECTION, you have me now!
♪ CHESS: You don't rein in shit, G, you let me keep giving other Engines a jumpscare whenever we have races together.
♪ GALVANIC: Because you scaring THEM specifically benefits me too.
♪ BARBARA: Does every race between Engines ever always resort to chaos and in-fighting??
♪ THUNDERCAB: YEP!
♪ CHESS: Mhm, and it's some good fun.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Most of the time, yes.
♪ GALVANIC: It puts on a show for everybody!
♪ CORRY: It gets everyone injured and sends the Repair Trucks and human Doctors into cardiac arrest dealing with everybody.
♪ WRENCH: As one of those Repair Trucks, I can confirm that while our jobs are stressful, some of the shenanigans Engines and their racing partners get up to in races give my heart the equivalent of a marathon.
♪ CHARGE: Whhhhooopsie doodles!
♪ ZERO: BUT IT PUTS ON A SHOW, CORRY!
♪ BUFFY: It was fun to put on a bit of a show during the Championships.
♪ TASSITA: I'd like to get through a race preferrably without at least 3 other Engines trying to throw me into a ditch next time.
♪ BELLE: Man we kinda suck at this whole detective thing.
♪ CHESS: You don't say.
♪ CHARGE: FUUCCKK I DON'T KNOW WHO IT COULD BE, I THOUGHT SLICK WAS A MAFIA.
♪ SLICK: WOW.
♪ SLICK: WWWOOOOWWW.
♪ SLICK: HOW DARE YOU.
♪ HYDRA: You'd enjoy being Mafia to be fair.
♪ SLICK: .. Okay true.
♪ BARBARA: Medic's missing the mark a bit.
♪ CORRY: In their defence they've managed to make 2 saves out of 6 total deaths!
♪ CORRY: The Bodyguard hasn't successfully saved anyone yet either.
♪ CHESS: Don't be too hard on them, I imagine some people play this game and don't get to save shit.
♪ THUNDERCAB: The Bodyguard dies when they save someone too remember!
♪ CHESS: That's true too, we need them alive.
♪ CORRY: Oooohhh, right, I forgot about that.
♪ HYDRA: How did you forget one of the rules for a core role?
♪ CORRY: I've been getting really focused and thinking about everything else!
♪ BUFFY: Mood honestly, this requires so much brainpower.
♪ TASSITA: We need to be more tactical with our votes, we should've thought more before voting Purse out on Day 5.
♪ PURSE: Oh so NOW we're deciding to be tactical, hm?
♪ ASHLEY: I feel you on that Purse.
♪ BARBARA: The last time someone decided too late on something, they did it intentionally to vote out a civilian.
♪ TASSITA: Accusing me, Barbie?
♪ BARBARA: Maybe.
♪ SLICK: Oooooohh, trouble in paradise between the besties.
♪ WRENCH: We should've made some popcorn for this.
♪ ZERO: I can go run to make some when this game's over.
♪ CHARGE: Lowkey I'd be down for some salted popcorn.
♪ CHESS: Can you send some popcorn to me Galv?
♪ GALVANIC: Chessboard I can't just teleport to you with some popcorn, get some yourself.
♪ DUVAY: Chessboard?
♪ GALVANIC: Chessboard.
♪ GALVANIC: Cab is rubbing off on me with her 50 different whacky nicknames for everyone.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Hey it's my rule for living, get creative with whatever you can be creative with!
♪ CORRY: Tassita's done nothing wrong so far, he's making a perfectly fair point.
♪ CORRY: We were tactical but not tactical ENOUGH when we voted on Purse.
♪ CORRY: So we need to be MORE tactical.
♪ HYDRA: Look at my smart boyfriend everyone!!
♪ SLICK: Show-off.
♪ HYDRA: I'm being a PROUD PARTNER!!
♪ BARBARA: I've done nothing wrong so far and made a fair point too.
♪ CHARGE: That's true too..
♪ BELLE: But Tassita's been more involved, Barbara's mostly been keeping in the background during accusations and letting the discussion ride on its own.
♪ BARBARA: If you've got nothing to say, don't say anything.
♪ CHESS: If you've got say nothing, you also slide under the radar.
♪ TASSITA: Immediately jumping to accusing me Barbie, I'm wounded.
♪ BARBARA: You'll live!
♪ BUFFY: Tassi might, but you're not.
♪ BUFFY: This is going nowhere so I'm just getting this done.
♪ BUFFY: I'm the last Sheriff who found a Mafia member during Night 2 with Duvay, it wasn't Thundercab we checked, it was Barbara.
♪ BARBARA: WH-
♪ ZERO: OHHHHH SNAP!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Ooooohhhh, here we go!
♪ PURSE: How bold!
♪ ASHLEY: MY GIRL!!!
♪ ASHLEY: Now it's my turn to be a proud partner.
♪ GALVANIC: Who else have you been checking?
♪ BUFFY: It's been mostly duds so far, half the people I check to confirm keep dying so it gets made redundant, but I guess that's also kinda the nature of the game.
♪ CHARGE: Well we know what we gotta do now.
♪ CHESS: Definitely.
♪ BARBARA: You're just gonna believe it?
♪ GALVANIC: Yes, yes we are.
♪ BUFFY: I can give a full list of who we checked off the top of my head if you need the extra proof.
♪ BELLE: I believe you Buffy!
♪ WRENCH: Well, all citizens in favour of voting out Barbara?
♪ WRENCH: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. Okay, that's just everyone except Barbara themselves.
♪ BARBARA: Fuck.
♪ BARBARA: Dammit, I was really hoping that gambit would work.
♪ BUFFY: Sorry Lavender, 'tis how the cookie crumbles.
♪ WRENCH: Your vote was against Barbara..
♪ WRENCH: Who was the 2nd member of the Mafia.
♪ CORRY: Only 1 left to go!!
♪ DUVAY: Nice play, Buffy!
♪ BUFFY: I had to make one eventually, I know it was kind of agreed on earlier to hold tight and wait a bit longer, but honestly I got impatient.
♪ CHARGE: Honestly that's fair I'd probably have done the same.
♪ CHARGE: Like I'd be itching to reveal as soon as I found someone out.
♪ WRENCH: You'd be an awful Sheriff, love.
♪ CHARGE: Yep and that's why I'm terrified your wheel-spins will make me be one and I'll be killed immediately.
♪ WRENCH: When day comes, the town is met with a surprising sight.
♪ WRENCH: At the door of Sheriff Buffy's house lay two dead bodies.
♪ BELLE: OOOO??
♪ CHARGE: WAIT DOES THAT MEAN-
♪ WRENCH: As the surviving citizens exit their homes and dare to approach, they can recognise that the bodies are that of Chess and Tassita.
♪ WRENCH: Though Tassita has wounds from a fight, their damaged protective vest tells everyone all that they needed to know.
♪ WRENCH: Tassita was the Town Bodyguard, who died to protect Buffy from the last member of the Mafia.
♪ WRENCH: Chess.
♪ CORRY: HOOOOOLY MOLY.
♪ BUFFY: WELL WAKING UP TO TWO DEAD BODIES IS A GREAT START TO THE DAY.
♪ BUFFY: BUT THAT MEANS WE WON RIGHT?
♪ PURSE: Girl that was CLOSE, you almost got completely mauled.
♪ CHESS: FFFUUUCCKK.
♪ CHESS: I ALMOST HAD HER, THAT'S BULLSHIT!
♪ THUNDERCAB: NOOOOO CHESS!
♪ THUNDERCAB: YOU HAD SUCH A GOOD IDEA BUT YOU SHOULD'VE KNOWN THE SHERIFF WOULD BE PROTECTED!!
♪ CHESS: HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT??
♪ CHESS: IT COULD'VE BEEN THE MEDIC PROTECTING THEM AGAIN, THEY DID THAT ON NIGHT 4 AND 7, BUT NOOOOOO IT HAD TO BE THE BODYGUARD THIS TIME.
♪ BARBARA: Awhh, we almost had that one.
♪ TASSITA: Sorry babes, I couldn't let you take our last Sheriff like that.
♪ TASSITA: I figured Buffy was going to be hard-targeted as soon as she got attacked the night after revealing.
♪ CHESS: Man, that's so bull.
♪ HYDRA: Don't be too upset about it, Chess, you still did good!
♪ HYDRA: You only had the Sheriff, Bodyguard, Medic, and 3 Civilians left!
♪ HYDRA: Plus you had Cab on your team and she got voted out on Day 4 for being too obvious.
♪ THUNDERCAB: OI!
♪ CHESS: .. Yeah I
♪ CHESS: I guess I did okay.
♪ CHESS: Ugghh, that was so fucking close too.
♪ BARBARA: Don't get mad over a game, you're the one who got cocky.
♪ PURSE: Losing is part of the game, this isn't like racing!
♪ ASHLEY: Play nice, ladies!
♪ ZERO: That was still really fun! I enjoyed it anyway.
♪ ASHLEY: I was sitting here for half the game drinking a coffee because ya'll voted me out on DAY 1!
♪ THUNDERCAB: HEHEHEHE-
♪ DUVAY: WE'RE SORRYYYY!!
♪ PURSE: How about a 5-10 minute break for everybody, and then we start another game?
♪ SLICK: Oh my Starlight yeah please I really gotta go bathroom.
♪ GALVANIC: You could've gone at any point after you died.
♪ SLICK: BUT THEN I WOULD'VE MISSED EVERYTHING!!
♪ BUFFY; I need a drink refill, so I'm up for a break.
♪ CHESS: Yeah. Sure.
♪ BELLE: Oh, I need a drink refill too!
♪ BELLE: Sis do you want me to get you anything?
♪ DUVAY: My water bottle's still halfway full so I should be fine, but I could do with something to munch.
♪ BELLE: You want your Malteasers packet?
♪ DUVAY: That'd be good, thanks Bells!
♪ THUNDERCAB: Water's so basic.
♪ DUVAY: That's why I mix some summer fruits juice in with it.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Thaaaaaats more like it!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Extra fruitiness to the fruity group.
♪ CHARGE: SOMEONE IN CHAT JUST CALLED US A FRUITCAKE.
♪ WRENCH: Pfffhh- I mean that's accurate.
♪ TASSITA: Why specifically a fruitcake and not a fruit salad?
♪ BARBARA: Honestly both work.
♪ CORRY: Fruit salads are more colourful though!
♪ CORRY: Fruitcakes are usually just brown, and I like brown, but fruit is meant to be all bright.
♪ BUFFY: I mean you can make fruitcakes that AREN'T just extremely dark brown in colour and lets the pretty fruit shine through a bit more.
♪ GALVANIC: Fruitcakes are those things people have at Christmas, right?
♪ GALVANIC: The thing you pour the wine onto and it sets on fire briefly?
♪ HYDRA: Nahh that's a Christmas Pudding.
♪ GALVANIC: There's a difference?
♪ ZERO: I think they have different baking processes but I could be wrong.
♪ ZERO: Rusty's Poppa makes Christmas Pudding for us when we have our annual ice-skating gettogether and it's totes delicious!
♪ BUFFY: He does make a really damn good Christmas Pudding, but me and Dinah can make it too!
♪ HYDRA: Dolly makes it as well.
♪ CORRY: So does Mum!
♪ SLICK: I like choccy cake instead.
♪ SLICK: The X-Mas Pudding tastes too funky.
♪ CHARGE: Choccy cake is fucking awesome.
[PRIVATE MESSAGING - CHESS]
GALVANIC: You've had your cam and mic off since we called for a break.
GALVANIC: Are you okay?
CHESS: What the fuck do you think
GALVANIC: .. Sorry.
GALVANIC: Did you get overwhelmed by too many people?
CHESS: Yes, yes I fucking did, and then just as I was starting to get more comfy with it and actually have some fun I got too cocky AGAIN just like I fuckin used to, and screwed up the game by losing
CHESS: And then they began to get mad at me for that, cuz I got angry at losing AGAIN just like I used to too
CHESS: And now I feel like Ive just fucked everything up AGAIN when Im
CHESS: Im meant to not be
CHESS: Ive already made a shit first impression in the span of like 30 minutes and Im mad at them and Im mad at MYSELF for being mad at them
CHESS: So no, Im not okay Galv
GALVANIC: Hey, calm down.
GALVANIC: Get yourself some water to drink and a battery to chew on.
GALVANIC: Let me just get some clarification: You're overwhelmed and upset because you got mad at losing and made some people get upset at you, and you didn't want to do that.
CHESS: Mhm
CHESS: Theyre all gonna hate me now G
GALVANIC: No they won't.
GALVANIC: Trust me, they won't.
CHESS: What makes you say that?
GALVANIC: Because plenty of us in there have already had mess-ups too, MUCH bigger mess-ups than you just getting upset at losing.
GALVANIC: Hell you said so yourself that you saw the Championships and how chaotic those were for the AV Folks.
GALVANIC: But we're all still in there, and we're not hated.
GALVANIC: Have a bit more faith.
CHESS: Easy for you to say
CHESS: Youve not messed up in life as much as I have
CHESS: And theyve all known each other for a long ass time while Im just some stranger, its different to the Champs
GALVANIC: But I have messed up a lot though, and that's why I wanted to be your friend when we met.
GALVANIC: We may not have made the exact same mistakes, but we've both done a lot of bad things in the past that we've only recently came to recognise and regret.
GALVANIC: Hell, you've not even heard the full story of what happened between half of them, myself, and my Components.
GALVANIC: But they gave us all another chance and we're all still there and being slowly welcomed in.
GALVANIC: And now we're slowly starting to be proper friends, and my Components are slowly starting to be happier in a relationship with me that's much healthier for them.
GALVANIC: A small misstep in temper isn't going to be the end for you.
CHESS: I just
CHESS: I hoped Id be able to make some more friends
CHESS: Not that many
CHESS: Just a few more
CHESS: .. It kinda sucks to be an Electric thats not very used to lots of people unless Im winning 1st place medals
CHESS: Im used to having my own space and being an independant and so thats just how i like it to be sometimes
CHESS: But I still want company and someone to just
CHESS: Have.
GALVANIC: And you have me, which I hope's an acceptable starting point.
GALVANIC: And I'm sure you're going to get some more friends from these guys over time.
GALVANIC: Slick and Hydra seem to like you already, Hydra was very chill about your little temper explosion.
CHESS: Yeah he
CHESS: He seems alright
GALVANIC: Just breathe.
GALVANIC: I understand why you're stressed, but if you go into more games feeling stressed and worrying whether everyone's going to like you, you're not going to be able to enjoy yourself.
GALVANIC: You said you wanted to work through your issues and be a bit more approachable?
GALVANIC: This is a good start. Acknowledging you have issues and wanting to change.
CHESS: Mhm
CHESS: .. Youre good at this talking-to-people stuff for someone who said theyre a bit socially stunted lol
GALVANIC: That's me also acknowledging my issues, and wanting to change.
GALVANIC: I've been fortunate to have some of our new friends help me in that regard and direct me onto the right path.
GALVANIC: So I want to be the same for you, if you'll allow it, because you ARE a nice person to hang out with and good company at races.
CHESS: .. Thanks, Galv
GALVANIC: Anytime. 〔´∇｀〕
CHESS: What the fuck is that
GALVANIC: Have I never shown you these emoticons before??
CHESS: No????
GALVANIC: I'll show you more of them.
GALVANIC: Have you gotten some water first though?
CHESS: No
CHESS: I'll get that now
♪ WRENCH: Alright, everyone back from break?
♪ BELLE: Yep!
♪ CORRY: Yes ma'am!
♪ ELEKTRONIC: All set and ready to get going.
♪ CHARGE: Once everyone's back we can properly unmute the stream and return to the gayming!
♪ TASSITA: Guess who's back.
♪ TASSITA: Back again.
♪ PURSE: Pffhahah-
♪ SLICK: LETS DO MORE MAFIA STUFF!
♪ CHESS: More stabby time.
♪ HYDRA: Wait hang on-
♪ HYDRA: Chess, your cam's still off.
♪ CHESS: Oh shit-
♪ CHARGE: Is it being fucky again-?
♪ CHESS: Nah I just forgot to turn it back on when I sat back down.
♪ CHESS: Okay there we go.
♪ GALVANIC: There's our Chessboard!
♪ THUNDERCAB: You doing aight, mate?
♪ CHESS: Yeah, I'm-
♪ CHESS: I'm alright now, had some chill-down time.
♪ CHESS: Drank some water.
♪ CHESS: Sorry for earlier.
♪ BUFFY: It's fine!
♪ HYDRA: Stay hydrated!!
♪ WRENCH: If you're feeling a bit overstimulated, you're free to sit out on a game or two.
♪ WRENCH: Same for you, Belle, I know you enjoy our group games but it can still be a bit much sometimes.
♪ BELLE: I'm doing okay! But thanks for the heads up.
♪ GALVANIC: Are you alright Belle?
♪ BELLE: I'm fine! I'm just autistic, so I tend to get more overstimulated easier.
♪ GALVANIC: Aaahhh.
♪ CHESS: I'm fine, I wanna play cuz this game is actually really fun.
♪ CHESS: The games are great and I'm enjoying myself, I'm just
♪ CHESS: Not used to losing and everything, and it makes my temper kinda flare up.
♪ CHESS: It's a long story.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Hah, we've been there too, I feel you.
♪ ELEKTRONIC: I was and still can be a COMPLETE diva if I lose a race.
♪ THUNDERCAB: Emphasis on that "if", ey?
♪ ELEKTRONIC: Naturally~!
♪ DUVAY: Oh yeah Electra would also VERY much relate to that if he was online.
♪ DUVAY: You're okay, don't worry about it.
♪ ZERO: You wanna talk about it?
♪ CHESS: Uhhhhh..
♪ CHESS: Another time.
♪ CHESS: I just wanna enjoy the games for now and TRY to not worry about my personal shit.
♪ CHESS: I don't wanna bother everybody with something like that in the middle of a fun time, y'know?
♪ ZERO: It wouldn't be bothering us hun.
♪ CORRY: But that's still completely fine if you want to talk about stuff at another time!
♪ WRENCH: We may not be therapists, but everybody is here to talk about things on their mind and seek support.
♪ ASHLEY: Honestly we've all been a little salty before when losing too at the Championships and everything.
♪ ASHLEY: I might've roasted Espresso a bit when we failed to place during our race together.
♪ DUVAY: That was funny to watch.
♪ ASHLEY: He took it surprisingly well which is how we're even still friends.
♪ ASHLEY: Turns out he likes a girl who has bite to her.
♪ GALVANIC: Did he know you were a lesbian?
♪ ASHLEY: Oh he clicked on that I was a lesbian before I even said a word on it.
♪ ASHLEY: But he's gay anyway so it wasn't like FLIRTING flirting, we were just playing around.
♪ CHARGE: Gay besties are good besties.
♪ BARBARA: At least you didn't threaten to beat anybody up like some of the Engines were doing at the Quarter-Finals we raced in.
♪ TASSITA: Starlight don't even get me STARTED on that AGAIN or I'll get a headache.
♪ CHESS: Oooohh, spill that tea later would you?
♪ CHESS: Public drama like that's fun to hear about.
♪ SLICK: Hell yeah it is.
♪ SLICK: Don't stress too much about shit Cheesegrater I have a temper too and nobody's yeeted me for that yet.
♪ GALVANIC: CHEESEGRATER??
♪ CORRY: WHAHAHAH??
♪ CHARGE: PFFFHHHHH-
♪ THUNDERCAB: IS THAT THE BEST YOU COULD THINK OF FOR A NICKNAME??
♪ SLICK: IT'S WHAT CAME TO MIND FIRST OKAY, FUCK OFF!
♪ ZERO: S OBBING.
♪ HYDRA: Slick I swear to Starlight yOU DON'T CALL SOMEONE CHEESEGRATER??
♪ WRENCH: Pffhh-
♪ ASHLEY: Oh my Starlight even Wrench is laughing at it.
♪ CHESS: .. You know what.
♪ CHESS: That's actually so funny I can't even be mad in any capacity at it.
♪ SLICK: SEE SHE LIKES IT!
♪ SLICK: SO IT'S FINE!
♪ PURSE: C heesegrater-
♪ PURSE: Starlight have mercy, my lungs-
♪ TASSITA: No dying before the game starts!
♪ GALVANIC: The only dying that's meant to happen is DURING the game!
♪ SLICK: I DEFY THE GAMES RULES FOR THE LOVE OF THE MEME!!
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