EmpyrealInvective

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  1. A monstrous train rumbles through an apocalyptic wasteland.
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  3. It runs on an infinite track. It's course will never end.
  4. It's mighty wheels stand seven feet tall, and it's Walls are covered in twisted metal and bones.
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  6. Front of the train is a giant metal skull, with green spotlights extending from it's eyes. The spotlights scan the surrounding wreckage as the train hurtles forward. They search for any signs of life, but find none.
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  8. The engineer of this vessel has no flesh, his bones are exposed to the murky air and the firelight emanating from the huge furnace in front of him casts flicker green and red lights upon his skull. He digs his shovel deep into the coal box, which is bottomless, and he tosses it into the furnace and closes the hatch as the machine belches fire threw the grate and heats The Engineers
  9. bones until they begin to crackle.
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  11. The pipe above constantly churns forth a stream of smoke and cinders into the midnight sky, the full moon would shine, but it is obstructed by the deadly gases which choke the atmosphere.
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  13. Inside the train, lines and lines of passengers lie in eternal slumber, though no dreams pass through their thoughtless minds. Gas masks cover their faces, and they all wear hazmat suit.
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  15. The Conductor is wears a torn uniform, it mirrors that of a old fashioned conductor's uniform, made of velvet with fringes and cuff links. His skin is stretched and pasty white, his eyes a vivid green. A small trail of spittle dangles from his sharp chin.
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  17. In his right hand he holds a large golden pocket watch, the hands of the watch are frozen and never will move. The Conductor roams the halls of the train, he occasionally stops moving for a moment at one of the 700 passengers or he glances down at his watch, hoping that the hands will move.
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  20. He is unaware that the watch will never move and that the train's destination no longer exists. He will never realize this. He will continue to roam the halls, just as this train will never reach it's destination, it will continue to roam the earth until the Sun explodes. This train was doomed since it left the station, just like the human race...
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