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((SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY I TOOK SO LONG!!! As you might know, the new Pokemon game just came out, and I'm a huge fan of the series (four days in and I've already beaten the Elite Four). That, and I think my senioritis might have set in a few years too soon. Hopefully I'll be able to get back in the swing of posting regularly soon.))

Time seemed to pass very slowly in the cabin, at least for Pierre. Any conversation between the small rooms inhabitants had died down to near nothingness, allowing the faint rattling of the train cars to be heard through the thick cocoon of wood, glass and steel. Stella seemed to have fallen asleep, and Beval had attempted to rescue himself from the awkward situation by leaving the room for some 'fresh air'. Pierre drummed his fingers lightly on the front cover of his book as the viscous silence filled the room and those in it. 'ow long 'as it been? Pierre thought, taking out his pocket watch only to stare blankly at its ornate, ticking hands and whirring complications. We should be arriving at ze next station soon, I think.

Pierre's guess was confirmed as the rasping voice of the train conductor could be heard from the direction of the corridor. "Twenty minutes to Junction City!" Good,[i/] the alchemist thought, sighing slightly as he relaxed into his seat. [i]I just 'ope zat our fellow passengers will be getting off 'ere.