the orient express

Emma said you guys were here! Where are you guys? I need to give hugs.

Filtered to Snow, Charming, Thomas, Cinderella, Belle, Huntsman
I'm sure you've all noticed Claudia has been gone for awhile. Even though I feel this loss and it cuts right through my soul. She won't be able to throw hurtful words at you anymore. I cannot apologise enough for the way she has treated you.

Private to Emma
Though Claudia is gone I will still help you against Regina. I need something to do with my life

[Ella]
I couldn't help but notice...  It seems that two names are now (blissfully) missing from the train.  Claudia and Rumpelstiltskin.
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It's a beautiful day!  Or it appears to be, outside, at least.

[Men (but not Rumpelstiltskin)]
It seems that many people are discussing and making plans for Shanghai.  I have not been on this train long enough to know what happens when we... stop?  I would like to do something for my wife, but all I have with me for currency is the contents of my wallet from my own time.  I don't suppose that would be of any use there, would it?
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[Ella]
Would you care to see the sights with me, once we arrive in Shanghai?
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_{[having hit record without thought, Belle can be heard singing, voice soft and sweet]}

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My love, I had a rather /sexy/ conversation with Miss Donovan, and she /touched/ me quite deeply...

I don't know how much more of this I can take.

Of course the train would take her away when I had gotten to like having her around.

Any of you weenies up at this hour? The ghosts here are horrible conversationalists.

...I saw one floating around, and when I asked his name, he faded away.

Glob this is starting to suck, and I'm hungry

[Private to Cinderella]

I vant to suck your blood!

Does anyone mind looking after a baby, just for a few hours?

[Private to Prince Thomas]

I need...to show you something from last night. Some of the things this Miss Donovan said about us. About you, my love. I do not know what to do. I do not know how to counter her cruelty.

I have a very important meeting in about ten minutes that I can't miss.  Why am I suddenly on a train?

If anyone has a child that they do not know how to care for, I have a daughter of my own who I miss dearly, and I would very much like to help.

[Private to Emma Swan]

I want to thank you for what you did for me in Storybrooke. I know we talked earlier, but I was very distraught and I don't think I told you how grateful I am.

[Private to Snow White]

Snow, dear, do you remember me?

I don't want to cause a train-wide panic or anything - though something tells me I might - but has anyone seen a small, incredibly cute little drummer-baby?

He was asleep in his crib when I went to take a shower, and when I came back he'd vanished. It might be the train taking the babies back, but unless it's leaving the cribs as a really, really major hint to us all then I suspect not.

He goes by the name of Ringo, and he's about seven months old. He really likes banging his rattle. Any ideas, please let a really crappy guardian know!

Thanks all!

[Private to Zack]

My husband would be thrilled if you could teach us both how to swim?

[Private to Thomas]

I found nothing even resembling the swimming suits we have back home. They're all in the style of the ones in Storybrooke. The one I found for myself...well...it's blue...and in two very small pieces.

Zack - the man who was to be my roommate - has offered to teach me to swim, and I would dearly like to learn how. Would you mind if I took lessons from him? He has said that you could come along, if you like.

This is an interesting device, but while all the information is absolutely fascinating, I'm much more curious as to how a self-propelled steam locomotive is travelling upside down, without us all falling to our untimely deaths.

At first, I thought perhaps it could be a series of really strong magnets, but then I don't think the devices would work at all, and all the metal on the train would be stuck to the floor. People wearing jewellery would find it very difficult to get anywhere at all.

The only other explanation is that we are travelling in a very large ellipse and inertia is pushing our bodies into the outside of the loop as the train spins around. But the loop seems to be far too large for us to maintain enough centrifugal force to keep gravity at bay, unless we are going dangerously fast.

If you draw a free body diagram with zero normal force, the only force acting on the passengers is force gravity = m*g. So, if we apply Newton's second law then...

Fg = Fc,
m*g = m*v^2 / r
Solving for v:
v = sqrt(r*g)

Basically, it's going to have to be at least nine mile a second, and I've never travelled nine miles in a second in my life. There are 3600 seconds in an hour, so we are currently travelling at least 32400mph.

That's impossible, or at least extremely improbable.

Either way, I need to go home now.

Dude, what the flying fuck?! Yeah, no, don't answer with, "but the tablet thingies tell you what's going on, and there's a letter which explains everything! tee hee!" Yeah, I know, a train, or the person controlling this train decided to kidnap people for shits and giggles!

Okay, just, this train? No, no, I am not blaming an inanimate object. The person in control of this train? They can shove the train up there ass, and fuck off!

At least I have my stuff, thanks train person, or magical kidnapping train!

ugh, alright, I need to calm down. Is there a pool some place?

What- what is this place?

I was at the cannery a moment ago, then there was purple smoke, and now I'm-

Oh, Gods.  Ashl- Cinderella?  Please, don't let me be taken from her again-

If anyone finds a large and old looking book of fairy tales, could you please let me know?