Train chapter

Abdullah exclaimed "We are certainly on an orbital ring now!"

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I looked out the window and saw other trains on different parts of the ring. Some were going faster than us, and some were going slower. But all of them were moving at incredible speeds.

I saw one train that was going so fast that it was almost a blur. It was followed by a second train that was going even faster. Then I saw a third train that was going even faster than the second train.

It was like watching a race. The faster trains were overtaking the slower ones. But eventually, all the trains started slowing down and converging towards the center of the ring.

As we continued on our journey, I saw other trains on different parts of the ring. Some were going faster than us and some were going slower. I even saw a few trains that were stopped at stations.

I looked out the window and saw the different environments that the ring passed through. There were forests, deserts, mountains, and even oceans. I even saw a section that was entirely artificial with bright lights and cityscapes.

I was amazed at how diverse and beautiful the world was. I had never seen anything like it before.

I looked through the sun window and saw the planet better above me

As we watched the outsides of the train we entered a strange looking tunnel

Then we looked up and saw we were corkscrewing around a smaller habitable zone. Circling and circling around.

I saw deer and houses and even towns zooming by

I thought I should feel sick but didn’t.

So I asked Abdullah “do you feel motion sick?”

He said “no, but I really should”

I left our cabin to look around the train.

I ran into Emrah.

She seemed a bit zoned out.

I asked her “are you alright?”

She immediately shifted her demeanour and responded “I’m fine, I’m just having a bit of synchronization issues in this tunnel, should be resolved in no time.”

I responded “synchronization issues?”

She said “Yes, my brain is back on the moon, this avatar is merely a communication conduit.”

I was confused and asked “What are you?”

She responded “I am a galaxybrain”.

I asked Emrah “Why am I not motion sick” and she responded “Because we edited that out of you. Nobody gets motion sick anymore since we upgraded the visual cortex with patch 2345.13.5, it helped a lot with zero g environments.

I looked out the windows closer and saw we were spiraling around what looked like massive countrysides

And then it came out of view. We seemed to move in a forking cylinder.

So I asked Emrah what happened

And she responded “we're moving to a further orbital. Our destination is at L5 of Moon 3, we just left the orbit of Moon 2. It won't be long until we reach the destination

We began to slow down in our corkscrew around the land. I took that as evidence we were slowing down to reach our destination.

Then we went into zero g for a second and went free from the tube.

I then looked down and saw we were in freefall, suspended from a rotating cylinder, slowly moving. Then we moved up and into a lush green landscape.

Soon after we slowed down and stopped in a station.

The station was small. Nice and clean. No building, just a platform in the middle of plains.

As we got up we saw vast expanses of nature. I asked Emrah “Is this what a 22nd century city looked like?”

She responded “Yes, this is a 22nd century city, almost unchanged from its original form.”

Abdullah said “was it moved here?”

Emrah responded “Yes, I lived here for a long time and wanted this town with me here, so I took it with me”.

Emrah continued “many people who lived in the 22nd century wanted to live here. So this is where many people frozen in the 22nd century get to live as they adjust to the 41st century.”

A year rolled down Emrah’s cheek

“They get to live the lives they wanted to live here. We really managed to do it.”

She paused …

“No matter how well established it is that this is the reality it always fills me with joy. The further I ascend the more I feel this way. I remember so strongly how this was nothing more than a dream.”

Hope said “I completely see your perspective, things are way better than I could've ever dreamed of in my first life”.-->