December 5
cody had managed to hitch a ride back to Boston with a random guy who went by the name of Chronic1000. Chronic, it turned out, was also an NYC native; he was just headed to Boston to drop off this rented car.
"heh, so we might even be on the same train?"
"I guess!" said Chronic. "So you say your engine disappeared and a brick wall just sprouted up in front of you when you tried to walk forward?"
"Err...yeah. Does that sound insane?"
"Not really. This one time, I met this guy who was carrying around a fish strapped to a spear and you had to pay to use it actually as a weapon. It was weird."
"That sounds bats*** insane."
"Yeah, crazy world we live in, huh?" Chronic said as he drove over the famous loop-de-loop bridge that took them into Boston, taking care to accelerate so as not to fall during the upside-down part.
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Meanwhile, GTM bit into a delicious-looking Turkey and Cranberry Sauce sandwich. He was exceptionally hungry, and was looking forward to enjoying this delicious-looking early slice of Christmas.
Unfortunately, the food turned to a disgusting mush in his mouth. It almost tasted like sewage, but there were also vague notes of raw iron, the now-exploded Saturn and the dried blood of GTM's enemies. Needless to say he immediately spat out his food onto a plate.
This was a shame, because GTM happened to be in a high-class eating establishment, and such behaviour was not to be tolerated. He was thrown - literally thrown, by Fabuloso, the 8ft chef - off the premises. When he picked himself up, trying to make sense of what had happened, he saw three girls surrounding a man who was also puking. He heard them having a debate about boarded up shops and decided to be nosy and check out what was going on. His stomach growled.
* * *
Chronic had dropped off his rental car and joined Cody on the train. This was incredibly convenient, since bbbtime was also there, in the same carriage.
The train set off and after 10 minutes of Chronic and Cody discussing the recent explosion of a literal planet, they were out of Boston and headed to NYC.
...Suddenly, however, they felt themselves shunted backwards. Everybody else on the train was fine, but Chronic, cody and bbbtime were being shunted down the train. When the three of them shouted for help, nobody looked up or even responded. cody watched in horror as bbbtime slid inexorably towards an old woman, on a collision course, but bbbtime simply flew right through her.
That was when Chronic realized; they were not moving backwards. They were staying in the same spot. It was the train moving on without them.
This was confirmed when they suddenly found themselves outside of the train. All three of them landed painfully on their backside, the metal of the track not helping matters.
cody staggered up in surprise and tried to chase the train, but a brick wall merely sprouted in front of him again. He hit it in frustration and turned to bbbtime.
He had never seen somebody look so physically angry. The man was practically foaming at the mouth. Suddenly, he turned into the hulk and punched the wall as hard as he possibly could. It exploded into smithereens. After protecting his face, HulkedUp!bbbtime tried to advance onward. But the wall had, inexplicably, returned.
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