Aha! Ángel spotted!
“I’m here! I have all my belongings! And did not get stabbed! You got the food?”
“What, Am I not enough of a snack?”
He looks relieved. As he tends to when they’re separated in places like these.
Dangerous places. Or so he says.
“Vivi messaged, she’s inside already. And! She says the train part of the station is pretty empty!”
“I accept the challenge.”
Hand in hand, they skilfully evade the incoming traffic. People traffic.
He can’t help but have a little fun.
He always ends up having fun when Ángel is around.
“Here!”
Ángel hugs her and they twirl around, as they usually do when they don’t see eachother for more than a week.
“Vivi! You evil creature, why did it take you so long to confirm the invitation!”
“Hehe, I was busy! I had work! But! I no longer have work. I killed the guy who asked me to do it”
“What”
“Awesome!”
“Hey, no. What”
“Just kidding! The guys I was freelancing for suddenly decided to drop the whole thing. Probably some legal issue or something, but hey! Got paid!”
“Oh, thank god”
“Have you been okay, though? Being an essential worker and all”
“I am the masked vigilante this city needed. I left no crime unseen and no hand unwashed”
A sudden thought enters everyone’s mind
“Hm? Oliver. Why is your phone there. You do know where we are, right?”
“Huh? It’s just in my-
wh- My phone-!”
“In your back pocket? Of your jeans? The easiest place to steal in the world?”
“Give me that! Idiot thief.”
“If the capital is so great then why can’t I walk with my phone in my pockets. That’s what they were made for!”
“Ooh, Someone’s a grumpy bunny”
“He said he could take on the summer. He has been doing nothing other than sitting by the AC”
“Humans aren’t supposed to thrive in temperatures over 28°C!”
“Your max is 28? Oh poor thang”
“Don’t worry, even though it’s supposed to be a recreation of a fancy old train, it comes with AC”
“Thank god”
“Also Also! The more we travel, the colder it’s gonna get! I heard it will be raining when we get there”
Trains are awesome.
“Is everyone else coming soon? What time is it. Did we stall for too long?”
“We are still a bit early, Marigold and Nina must’ve gotten overwhelmed with all the things they need to bring”
“Speaking of belongings!”
“Oliver. Oliver twist. Twisted Oliver. Beebocious”
“That’s me”
“What is that. What mystery are you carrying with you. Is it 72 copies of Murder on the Orient Express. Both book and Movie?”
“Well, now that you say it, I’m regretting not bringing them with me”
“But no, this is…”
