InsaneJournal

Huh
Characters: Alice, Keleiois
When: Monday evening
Location: rear parlor car
Warnings/Rating: None anticipated
Summary: Alice ponders
Status: Complete

Having exhausted every avenue, Alice was stumped. Clearly the train was the trap everyone had insisted it was, but she was sure there had to be something someone had somehow missed. Still, with the things it supposedly could do and the things she knew it could do, she supposed it was likely it would take a greater witch than herself to work it out. After all, if everyone had tried and everyone had failed, why should she be the special star that succeeded? She’d heard there was a stop in China, but apparently no one knew when. Soon some had said. It could be tomorrow or three weeks from then. But people were guessing it was soon. The condition of the place would remain to be seen, however, and Alice simply hoped it was decent. She’d sat in when they were working the translation charm, mostly to see if it was the one she already knew, or if there was one someone else had come up with that worked better. She’d offered assistance as well, feeling it her obligation as one of the older representatives from her world -- and who would have thought that 32 was old? Yesterday, she’d tracked down Lily. She’d noticed the absence of Snape’s name from the door it had been on, and she was curious. Given the stories she’d heard about the man though, she couldn’t be too fussed he was gone -- save for Lily’s sake. Still, the younger witch was tough and Alice had every confidence Lily would conquer this setback as she tackled all things in life. As for herself … she was damnwell out of ideas. She could read, she guessed. Or prowl around and make friends. Or go track down her son. Or … something. She guessed she could go sit outside and watch the darkness for a bit. For the time being though, she parked her rear solidly in a seat in the back parlor car while she considered her options.