Who are you, onboard the express?
Introduce your passenger. They must have as follows:
A name
Their Pronouns
Their career
One secret nobody else should know
Why they're riding
Posting a character here will provide the description for that character in all future pieces of fiction and roleplay involving them - when referring back to them for appearance and characteristics, this will be the topic you'll use.
A name - Azov Silva
Their Pronouns - He/Him
Their career - Conductor of the Nowhere Express, Master of Clocks, Keeper of the Seven Pronged Key
One secret nobody else should know - This will be revealed after a successful Incentive completion :3
Why they're riding - Discuss this with the character to find out more about this. Current basic information suggests he was kidnapped and raised onboard from a young age.
Name: Seymour Weiss
Pronouns: he/him
career: he keeps trying to dodge this question but something about books and writing
One secret: wouldn’t you like to know lover boy
Why they’re riding: discuss this with Seymour! He keeps saying that he was invited but he can’t remember by who or what they look like
A name: Echo
Their Pronouns: Echo/Echo
Their career: Song Seeker
One secret nobody else should know: Echo cannot perceive people any more, and just interprets their inner songs to interact appropriately.
Why they’re riding: Echo was once a real person, before the song eroded everything. Sleep, peace of mind, down to Echo’s original name and face, everything is gone. Echo is looking for a name, a score, the musician…. any trace of the song that haunts Echo. Did the song come from Nowhere, maybe? Echo can’t remember.
Name: Ochre Polaris
Pronouns: he/him, it/its
Their career: retired solider, current gardener, ask him about what kind
One secret nobody else should know: it yearns for something different, but it can no longer see something new in it's dreams; ever night they choke on molten dirt.
Why they're riding: He found himself here, in a world that seems not quite his own, and found a job to fly under the radar. He's here to help tend to the train's produce & the aquaponics supporting it. He doesn't put words to the idea of this as an opportunity to find something else.
GIVEN NAME: Maria Reynolds
PRONOUNS: she/her (reflexively responds to it/its, to her chagrin)
CAREER: Nothing special. Remote work, part-time grey collar shit. That's it, promise.
THE EVER-IMPORTANT ONE SECRET: She's hiding from her past in a third body. The organics she was born with have long since been cremated, replaced with bleeding-edge militarized chrome - and that too was discarded for a "civilian" body when she was discharged. Lifelike silicone composite flesh, breathing, digestive functions, the works - anything to look like just another civvie and not a former ABATTOIR operator.
WHY THEY'RE RIDING: To get the fuck away from Terminus City, as fast and far as possible. Destination irrelevant.
NAME: Temperance Dupuis
PRONOUNS: She/Her
CAREER: Homicide Detective
A SOLITARY SECRET: The very thing she is trying to hunt is inescapably tied to her. It is affecting her confidence, and may grow to affect her reputation.
WHY THEY'RE RIDING: After multiple disappearances and strange occurrences happening around her, she decided to follow a lead that pulled her towards The Train to Nowhere alone. Worst case scenario, if anyone else goes missing, a train is a pretty difficult place to escape from if caught in the act. Besides, she desperately needs any kind of escape, even if it is foolhardy.
Another has boarded Cabin 5 - Compass Car
Name: Zorrotza Etorkizuna
Their Pronouns: she/her/they/them
Their career: Oracle/Fortune Teller
One secret nobody else should know: who or what is it that they are running from? That remains to be seen
Why they're riding: They are on the run from something, or someone
Something helpful: Southern Cross Token
from Hopedoll, as they do not have an Itch.io but wish to join in:
Name : Isabella La Sancha
Pronouns She/her but also it/its
Profession : Formerly a retainer of the Don of her bloodline.
Secret: Secretly a Blood Fiend, a retainer for an ancient vampire.
Why they're riding: Shes riding to try to become a knight adventurer as of old, and avoid confronting her blood family's past
Name: Avery Happenstance
Their Pronouns: they/them
Their career: receptionist at a community outreach organization
One secret nobody else should know: at certain intervals, they turn from a gnoll into a human woman. They have named this persona "Gwen". When Avery is a gnoll, they are bigger, brasher, and less traditionally attractive. When they are Gwen, they are smaller, thinner, and feel more pressure to act as the gender assigned to them at birth.
Why they're riding: to try to find a way to end their shifting. They ride in the Ash Cabin.
