253: Part II; Our Car…
Passenger 1: Mr. Christopher Callahan
Outward appearance:
Tall, thin man in his early
twenties with brown hair cut short, blues jeans, and a blue long sleeve
shirt. He seems to be thinking and could be a college student.
Inside Information:
Chris is getting on the
train from college and is going to see an old friend in
What is he doing or thinking:
He is thinking about how
great it will be see his friend so they can catch up and hopefully live
together once they graduate from college. He has an ipod on and is
listening to Green Day realizing the great times he has had with his great
friend he will be seeing in
Passenger 2: Mr. Steve Berner is not even on the
train…
Outward Appearance:
Average height, early
twenties, has jeans and a t-shirt on with short hair.
Inside Information:
Is waiting in
What is he doing or thinking:
He is thinking about being
done with college and moving on to living in
Passenger 3: #33
Outward Appearance:
He is a tall, muscular man
in his late twenties. He wears a black suit and has short black hair and
a goatee. He has piercing blue eyes that hide behind dark sunglasses.
Inside Information:
He was found by the Russian
mob at a young age, about 15 and taken in. He was brain washed and
desensitized in order to carry out the mobs dirty work. He was never
given a name; he just goes by the number 33 due to the number of people he has
“taken care of”.
What he is doing or
thinking:
Cautiously he scopes out all
the passengers on the train while steadily keeping an eye on his friend he just
picked up to take back to headquarters for an interrogation. His friend
has betrayed the family by being friendly with another family and sharing
information. 33 wonders if his friend has any idea what’s going on, he is
sure he either thinks he is getting a promotion or is going to be interrogated
(see passenger 6).
33 silently thinks about how
to go about the interrogation. What form of torture should be used if he
fails to talk? Slowly removing body parts, starting with the tips of
fingers or should he opt for brass knuckles and a baseball bat. So many ideas
go through 33’s head for this is the only thing 33 has ever known how to do.
Passenger 4: Mr. Paul Thomas
Outward Appearance:
Tall, very
stout man, in his late forties with a resending hair line, wearing his
perfectly pressed royal blue Polo shirt, and like wise khaki pants. A happy go
lucky man who puts much thought in his attire.
Inside Information:
A middle of the road
investment banker from
What he is doing or thinking:
His thoughts are getting
more advanced, on how he can convince his wife to allow him to leave that
dreadful job of his. This is what he
would rather be doing, traveling the world, on her dime in search of young men
that would allow him to take advantage of them and have frivolous one night
stands.
If only his wife knew about
the young file clerk in his office, what would she think? She would just pay the lad off, so she could
avoid the page six gossip page, and the scrutiny from her rich bitch socialite
friends.
Suddenly he notices the
young boy seating two rows up from him.
Oh how his skin is so perfectly smooth and rigid. How can I get closer to this perfect
creature?
As he starts to devise his
plan, he hears the old hag across from him, talking loudly to her companion,
“Sir Elton John, What rubbish, the thought of that pervert is just sickening.”
His thoughts now dart back
to his wife, and he realizes that his stop is the next one up.
Passenger 5: Mrs. Aubrey Monet
Outward Appearance:
Caucasion Female- She has a
tall statue and is very slim in size. She has auburn hair, blue eyes, and
a glow in her face, model like. Dressed in a professional but sexy business
suit. She has a Gucci bag and a laptop by her side that her left hand is
sort of clutching, which is showing off the beautiful diamond ring and band
which is on her wedding finger.
Inside Information:
She works at a high end
fashion magazine. She has worked her way up from a model to a top
executive at the magazine. She is an extremely nice person, but more
often then not that can get her in trouble. She is very soft spoken, but also
demands respect and usually gets it because of her position and
intelligence. She lives in a beautiful house, with her husband, daughter
who is seven and her son, who is five. Her children go to a nice private school
only a few blocks away from their home. Her husband is a lawyer and
partner of a law firm.
What she is doing and thinking:
Last night she had a
wonderful family night. Her and her husband cooked together, while the kids
colored in coloring books. They then ate dinner and all watched a movie
together afterwards. She sometimes feels as though she lets the family
down by not being a good enough wife and mother. She doesn’t realize that
in their eyes she is almost perfect.
She’s looking straight
forward, nervously biting the sides of her nails. With the look of deceit
in her eyes and face, she is continuously thinking about the inappropriate
after work cocktail she just had, while now on the way home to her husband.
Passenger 6: Laura
Thackston
Outward appearance:
Short woman
with dark brown hair in her early twenties. Dressed casually in blue jeans, a pink sweatshirt
from a brand-name clothing store, and black Nike tennis shoes. Reading her Sociology
textbook. Keeps glaring at the passenger to her right and sighs audibly.
Inside Information:
Second
year college student at a local junior college. Majoring in Psychology, with an
emphasis on Marriage & Family counseling (see passenger 4). Planning
on graduating with an Associate's degree in a few months and transferring to
her first choice University. Wants to get a B.S. in Psychology, then a Master's
degree in Marriage & Family counseling. Can't wait to get the heck out of
college.
What she is doing or thinking:
Wishing the man to her right
would quit talking on his cell phone so that she could concentrate on studying.
Doesn't this man know how difficult it is to concentrate with him yelling into
his phone, acting like the person on the other end can't hear a word he's
saying? Or, the fact that not only is she giving him dirty looks, but other
passengers around him as well? Apparently he doesn't realize this, or doesn't
care, because he cheerfully keeps bellowing into his phone like nothing is
going on.
Disheveled looking, sitting
down next to the window, appears to be in his mid 20’s. He looks tired and awake at the same
time. He has spiked up, glittery hair,
accentuated by vibrant baggy clothing. He stares out the window with a vacant
look in his eyes.
An inspiring DJ who practices spinning on
his turn tables daily with no sign of any improvement; he currently lives in
his mom’s basement making what little money he can selling off items on
EBay. He doesn’t get along with his mom
much.
Where am I?
Tom’s thoughts were all a blur, he vaguely remembers fighting with his
mom the night before, storming out of the house screaming, “You’ll never see me
again!” then hoping on his bike and heading to the local pub.
When he arrived at the pub he met some of
his pals, one called out, “Hey tom, you want to go with us to a rave in the
city tonight?” Reluctantly Tom said,
“Sure” and then they were off to the train station. During the rave Tom did
something he usually wouldn’t have, drugs.
He consumed pill after pill until his life started to spiral around him,
he never felt more absent from thought. Friends began to call out “Tom, you
better slow down, your not looking so hot”, that’s
when Tom’s world went black (see passenger 11).
Tom’s next moment of consciousness was
sitting in that train seat, heading back home, or at least that’s what he
thought. Yet, did he know the train wasn’t going anywhere and hadn’t been for
awhile, it was at a complete stand still, and Tom’s mind wandered to one mixed,
murky thought, “how to I get here?”
Passenger
8: Ivan
Outward appearance:
His appearance was scary. He was a tall man with a long black coat
on. His face was pale and his lips slightly purple. He looked of death and
smelled of sewage. His pants were a worn out pair of blue jeans and his shoes
were an old pair of boots.
Inside Information:
Ivan’s parents had adopted him when he was three years old and had
raised him in the occult. Ivan spent his whole life learning about spells and
witchcraft. His parents did not send him to school which is why he was now
homeless and he spent his night riding the train until he figured out his next
move. He hated people, especially happy people. He knew his life was worthless
and that his mind was full of evil. But he wanted to change. He was tired of
hating. He wanted to learn how to talk with people so that he could possibly
one day enjoy the life.
What he is doing or thinking:
He knew that his appearance was the main thing that scared people off,
that and the fact that he always sat at the back of the train. Maybe my destiny
is to die as a hateful young man, who will never be missed, he thought. “Hey
mister, why do you look so mad”? , he turned around and saw a little blonde
girl sitting next to him. He didn’t say anything; the reason was because he
thought that girl was just his imagination. “Would you like some chips”, said
the girl. Everyone looked at him with fear in their eyes, waiting for his next
move. He took some chips just to make sure that she was real. He wanted to say
thanks but he was speechless. “This is my stop, keep the bag” she smiled and
ran away. She gave him hope and for that he would change.
Passenger
9: Missy Anna Perks
Outward appearance:
Chocolate lab,
paws covered by tiny pink tennis shoes, collar is covered in priceless jewels,
but the jewels look to be fake because they are covered in city dirt and mud.
She set herself in a seat and stuck her face to a window licking of the
fingerprints of the previous passengers before. Her nametag only has her name. MISSY written on it. Nothing else.
Inside information:
Missy is the dog of a rich family. She was traveling with her
humans in a taxi. Once the door opened she quickly ran out before the owners
had a chance to catch her leash. They are grieving her loss right now. She has
been wandering around the city ever since.
What she is doing or
thinking:
She feels her ears being
scrubbed and a young man says to her, “How'd you get here?” he asks.
She turns her head sideways not understanding this foreign language and stands
on the seat that she had now soiled with mud and dirt. She stretches her neck
and licks the man on the face. She can tell that he smells like candy and his
lips taste like he had had some candy as well. The man steps back and starts to
make spitting sounds, wiping his mouth. “What the…” He continues wiping his
mouth. She wags her tail in excitement.
The man takes her by the collar
and she moves away from him backing her doggie behind to the window. “Calm
down,” she didn’t understand. “I’m checking your name tag.” He sighed. “Sit!”
he said. Missy sat. The young man pets her. She sniffed him wanting a doggie
treat. He notices that her nametag is blank save for the name. He sighs, pats
her, and decides to keep her until the owner is found. Lord knows what anyone
else would do with her (see passenger 10).
Passenger 10: Klue of Stormwind
Outward Apearance:
Klue is starved skinny, tall
man around the age of 30. He hides his pale skin under a sweat-shirt that says
“fuck the horde” across the front of it in big red bold lettering. His long
black stringy hair is held in a ponytail. He is starring at a laptop, seemingly
oblivious to pause of motion that his car has taken.
Inside Information:
Klue of Stormwind is a very devoted
online gamer. In fact, Klue of Stormwind is but his alias that gives all of his
fellow gamers something to identify him by amongst the deindividualizing world
of warcraft. His mother given name is Lamar Greenewich, and he is a clerk at a
video store that he was on is way to this very moment. Although all of his
friends live hundreds to thousands of miles away he still find joy in the
everyday questing, looting, and horde killing that any player of world of
warcraft can appreciate.
What he is doing or thinking:
At the moment his car came
to a complete stop so did his world. For at that moment the signal to his
wireless laptop spiked. Causing a lag in is virtual reality experience. His
character, that his eyes are held to, is frozen in time. This of course bothers
Lamar at the highest degree. His life is paused, he is unsure where is
character will be put once the lag in the server ends and he is again able to
return to normal life. So for the moment Lamar is forced to sit in his misery,
occasionally pounding the side of his screen hoping to “bump” his server back
on track, as if it has become derailed.
Passenger 11: Miss Utopia
Abbott
Outward Appearance:
About seventeen, some locks
of her reddish blonde hair cover her left eye which is lazy. She has on a faded Spice Girls shirt with jeans that have patches
covering holes and a pair of dingy white Vans.
Inside Information:
She is a runaway. The train
is her lifeline so to speak. Without the train her life would be mundane just
hanging out in the alley with the other refugees (that’s what she and friends
call themselves.) She loves to ride the train because she gets to meet new
people everyday. On the train she meets the man who would change her life.
What she is thinking or doing:
She is thinking, damn why
did I get off the train with that man three weeks ago? Yes, he was sexy, he
reminds me of Orlando Bloom, with his dark curly hair and sparkling eyes.
Something told me not to follow him home but I could not help myself. Now here
I am three weeks pregnant. I am stuck carrying a man’s child and I don’t know
even know his real name. What the hell am I going to do? Why can’t someone
blow-up the train today, that would save me a lot of time and headache. I have
only 4 pounds to my name. I don’t even know where to go to have an abortion. OH
MY GOODNESS!!!!!!! ITS HIM!!!!! (see
passenger 7).
Passenger 12: Jessica Cole
Outward Appearance:
Scholarly
looking, black slacks and a pink blouse with high heels. Her hair is a light brown pulled back by a pink
ribbon.
Inward Appearance:
Extremely
stressed by being a full-time student, who is trying to graduate this semester,
and by having a full-time job, which is demanding as well. She is determined and focused on her goals. She also
doesn’t appreciate the horse-play that is going on in the seat behind her.
What He or She is Doing or Thinking:
Jessica is completely
disturbed because of the two small children in the seat behind her. They are
playing leap-frog and, consequently, keep kicking the back of her seat. She is
just about ready to slap the children’s parents because they see that she is
angry and refuse to do anything about their out-of-control kids. In fact, their
father (who is sitting in the seat across the isle from Jessica) is hitting on
her, giving her compliments and asking her on a date. At one point, he gets the
balls to try and hold her hand, but she snatched back so fast that his eyes are
probably still spinning. At this point, she notices a handsome young man seated
a few rows in front of her (see passenger 8). She decides to introduce herself
and also to get away from her stalker and his annoying children.
Passenger 13: Identity
Withheld by Order of MI5
Outward Appearance:
A heavy set woman, middle
aged, but looks younger. She has no wrinkles on her face and very smooth skin.
She is a very pretty woman. She is wearing a stylish brown skirt with a stylish
pink blouse and brown boots. She seems anxious to get where she is going.
Inside Information:
She is going to see her
husband of 22 years, who she has not seen in 2 months. He was shipped off to do
a job for the electric company he works for, forced to leave behind the woman
he loves and his four wonderful children. She is excited and anxious to see the
love of her life, her prince charming.
What she is doing or
thinking:
Having four children, a
house to keep up with, and her job as a second grade teacher is exhausting and
she is relieved to be able to leave her children with her parents and get away
for a little while. Also she is very anxious to see her husband… to kiss him…
touch him….feel him.... She has not felt his touch in so long… and the longing
to be with her husband is almost unbearable… But she does miss her children
and hopes they are okay.
As she sits and looks at the
pictures of her children in her wallet and visits all the wonderful memories
her and her husband have made, the wonderful life they have, how they are just
as much in love now as they were 22 years ago. They have been faithful to each
other all of these years… She quickly realizes she is in a daze and she must
snap out of it, her stop is approaching quickly. She rises to head toward the
door to get off the train and see her husband!
Passenger 14: J.J.
Outward Appearance:
Inside Information:
J.J. is a
What he is doing or
thinking:
JJ is considering
His also thinking how good
looking he is?
Can anyone in the world be
as fast as him?
How many kids does his wife
want?
Is the dog OK with is 96
year old mom and dad?
If the Earth is truing as
fast as everyone says, why doesn't any one fall off?
What if he was a girl?
How old will he live to be?
What will the year 3000 look
like?
Passenger 15: Mr.
Joe Newman
Outward Appearance:
Stubby,
over the hill man, with sideburns and a beard. Rough face, slightly bald with grey hair cut
in a bowl cut. He has on khaki pants with a blue button up shirt.
Inside Information:
He is on his way to visit
this woman who he is having an affair with, behind his lover’s back, who is a
man. This is his third time taking this trip in 2 months. He is
about fed up with hiding this from Stan whom he is cheating on. After
this visit he is going to tell Stan and possibly end his relationship with him.
What he is Doing or Thinking:
He is not satisfied with his
career life. He is a used car salesman barely making ends meet. He
is headed toward a mid-life crises.
He is very confused as well
he wants to be with both Stan and the woman but he doesn’t think that it will
work out that way. He is finding out that he is not only gay but he is
bisexual instead. This is putting a lot of stress on him making him
balder and greyer then he ever could imagine.
He expects the trip to take
about 2hrs as usual but there seems to be a change in schedule. The
change is he is aboard his final destination.