Part 1

#???

This may just be my imagination… Can I post it anyway?

#2ch

Go ahead.

#2ch

What’s going on?

#???

I’ve been riding a certain train for a while, but something seems off.

#2ch

Hmm…

#???

I always take this train to work. But it hasn’t stopped at any stations for the past twenty minutes or so. It usually only takes five minutes, seven or eight at worst. Oh, and there’s five other passengers, but they’re all sleeping.

#2ch

Did you take the express train by mistake?

#2ch

Is it a high-speed train?

#???

Well, it’s possible I may have just missed my stop. I’ll wait a little longer. If anything else strange occurs, I might bring it up here.

#2ch

Try going to the car on the end to see the conductor, maybe?

#2ch

It would be really bad if the driver had an epileptic fit or something. You should check on the conductor!

#???

Still not sign of stopping, so all right, I’ll take a look.

#???

There were blinds or something covering the window, so I couldn’t see the conductor or the driver. The route is a private railway in Shizuoka.

#2ch

Knock on the window?

Hasumi

I tried that, but nobody answered.

#2ch

Can you see out the window?

Names of stations you’re passing, etc.

Hasumi

We came out a tunnel, so we’re dropping speed slightly. There usually aren’t any tunnels, though… It’s a train from Shin-Hamamatsu.

Hasumi

Looks like we’re finally stopping at a station.

#2ch

You aren’t going to get off there… are you?

Hasumi

We’re stopped at Kisaragi Station. I wonder if I should get off. I’ve never heard of this place before.

#2ch

Definitely check it out.

#2ch

No, stay on until the last stop.

#2ch

Oh, but it’s probably already departing now…

#2ch

When did you get on the train?

Hasumi

I’ve gotten off the train. The station’s unmanned. I believe I got on the train at 11:40.

#2ch

I’m not finding any information on Kisaragi Station…

And Hasumi, your train was going for over an hour?

Well, that’s really strange.

#2ch

Yeah, I’m not getting any results for Kisaragi Station…

Hasumi

I’m looking for a schedule so I can get back, but I can’t find one. The train is still stopped, so it’d probably be safest to get back on… Well, it left while I was writing that.

#2ch

Is there anyone nearby, or any buildings?

It’s cold out, so be careful.

Hasumi

I’ll look for a taxi from the station. Thank you very much.

#2ch

Sounds good.

Take care.

#2ch

Way past the last train, at an unmanned station…

Really questionable if you’ll have any luck finding a taxi there.

#2ch

And so Hasumi became an inhabitant of the two-dimensional world…

Hasumi

There don’t seem to be any taxis anywhere. Hmm…

#2ch

Call 110? [Number for police.]

#2ch

Call the taxi company?

#2ch

If there’s a telephone booth nearby, look up the taxi company in the phonebook and call.

Hasumi

I called home and asked to be picked up, but neither of my parents seem to know where Kisaragi Station is. They’ll look for it on the maps so they can come get me, but I’m getting a little scared now.

#2ch

What about the others?

Are you the only one who got off the train?

#2ch

I checked online too, and the name Kisaragi Station isn’t coming up.

Am I wrong in assuming it’s around Shin-Hamamatsu?

I’ll check Yahoo.

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