(︶) Rules were mutual!
Maybe it was because Annie had proved through her actions that she was not to be messed with, or because the mass of "black energy" in her hand had served as a deterrent?
Or perhaps it was because she had obediently waited for the train with her ticket, and hadn't violated any of the subway station's bizarre rules along the way?
Whatever the reason!
With the warning from the Guide to the Strange in mind, no other foolhardy ghost dared bother her before the eerie train quietly pulled into the station and opened its doors.
After that, there was nothing more to it. She quickly boarded the train and found an empty seat in the carriage—one with neither people nor ghosts in it.
Before long!
Not long after Annie sat down, the train slowly started moving. It soon left the platform and accelerated into the endless darkness ahead.
"..."
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Just then, Annie caught a whiff of the carriage's stale, rotten smell. It was much like the odor inside the shabby coffin that some suicidal thing had stuffed her into back at the amusement park, and she couldn't help wrinkling her nose.
Fortunately, she held back and didn't do anything about it.
The eerie train hadn't been moving for long when the dim yellow lights in the carriage suddenly began to flicker, as if they might go out at any moment. Who knew what kind of mischief they were up to now?
"..."
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Annie didn't bother with it. She simply sat in her seat and looked around, her eyes filled with curiosity.
After all, this was her first time riding this strange "Netherworld Subway." Naturally, she was curious and excited about the novel experience, and kept examining the oddly shaped "passengers" in the carriage and