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— ❝ 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝐃𝐀𝐖𝐍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒
𝗈𝖿 𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈
𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝗈𝖿 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 ! ❞
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𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵
𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴
𝘵𝘰 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨.
︶꒷ ࣭ ꒦︶꒷꒦︶ ๋ ࣭ ꒷꒦꒷꒦︶

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( He's finally awake again, never let a man stay up too late playing video games again. Yet he knows damn well he's gonna do it again. )

I'd love to! I'll even drag the others along with me but especially March, she's the one who helped me really listen to your music.

( His smile is threatening to split his face wide open. Her writing is adorable... )

This really means a lot to me but how have you been, Miss Robin? Well, I hope?

I'd hope so but... right now, there's only a handful of us who still ride the Astral Express.

( He'd bring his hand up, showing the ticket that rested on his jacket. Gold in colour and giving a faint shine. )

Gotta have a ticket to board the Express after all. Pom-Pom is very strict about that.

( Nervous laughter. They never really considered themselves to be an alien... but it was a somewhat apt description, wasn't it? )

Aboard the Astral Express, we ride and rebuild the Star Rail to travel the cosmos and, well, blaze a trail across it.

( He can't help but let out a small laugh. )

Cunning Hares?

( His hand is raised, waving it back and forth as if to smack away such silly accusations. )

No, no. My friends and I are actually here on an expedition as Trailblazers! This world is new to us... so I was just curious about what you are. I know a cat-girl but she's different.

( Staring out the window of the express... it's morning somewhere, right? No morning selfies with a certain pink and blue girl. )

Did she sleep in, I wonder?

💭 Whoa... she's strong!

( His bewilderment is short lived as he tossed the used tissue away, blurting out a noise of disgust. )

Uck! Nasty, this isn't how I hoped a first meeting would go...

( Shaking his head slowly, sighing. )

Again, I'm sorry about what happened.

( Bright wide eyes! An even wider smile as he's pulling out a small journal, it's even got the same colour scheme as him! )

It would be such an honour... honestly, I've become such a big fan of your songs since leaving Penacony.

( Holding out the journal with a pen too. How old fashioned he is. )

( There's a small smile being brought up to his lips as he gratefully takes the hand offered... and picks a banana peel off of his head. )

Yeah... I probably should have done that. My name is Caelus and you are, Miss?

Pom-Pom! How's my favourite conductor?

( Dreading he might get yelled at for having his shoes up on the seat again. It's just so comfy... )

It's Miss Robin!!!!! Maybe I can finally get an autograph!

UWAH 𑁋 OW!

( The sudden clearing of throat and voice has resulted in him jumping from surprise and falling over ... right into the pile of trashbags. )

Ughh... s-sorry. I didn't mean to stare so much. I was just curious about what and who you are.

💭 Oh! Maybe I should apologise for staring... yeah, wait she's leaving??

( Approaching where he last saw her ... and she's gone? )

Huh? Where'd she go?

( Scratching his head. )

💭 Am I staring too hard... oh no, she's looking back at me. Uh, think Caelus, think...

💭 A foxian? No. A cat? Maybe she's related to Cipher.

( He keeps blinking, rubbing at his eyes and groaning. Someone didn't get much sleep last night... or any, for that matter. )

Ack — !

( It was mostly surprise that came following the hat being planted on his head. It was still warm from Boothill and he needed to adjust it so he could see. )

I was just looking! You didn't need to ... I mean, thank you. How do I look? Rootin' and tootin'?