Edit: apparently this is a very common form of Japanese storytelling called an isekai. There are 8 billion people in this world, no idea can be original. And sometimes you miss out on things many other people know. I’m clearly one of today’s lucky 10000.
simple ( @simple@lemm.ee ) 20•2 months agoDie, probably.
FaceDeer ( @FaceDeer@fedia.io ) 9•2 months agoProbably quite quickly, if the train was traveling at any significant speed when all of a sudden it had no tracks under it.
NigelFrobisher ( @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 18•2 months agoGo on Slack and say I’m going to miss the daily stand-up.
xavier666 ( @xavier666@lemm.ee ) English7•2 months agoThis is a person who has been isekai’ed into work
You wouldn’t have internet access. To be clear.
AngryishHumanoid ( @AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com ) 13•2 months agoSee how much insulin I have left in my pump and start preparing myself mentally for death.
polonius-rex ( @polonius-rex@kbin.run ) 13•2 months agowhat are you talking about that’s literally already how underground trains already work
What trains are you going on, lol
Spacehooks ( @Spacehooks@reddthat.com ) English1•2 months agoTrains are load screens.
SteevyT ( @SteevyT@beehaw.org ) 13•2 months agoHey you, you’re finally awake.
muse ( @muse@fedia.io ) 10•2 months agobefore Isekai, it was called getting Narnia’d. Last book happens with a similar situation
Mothra ( @Mothra@mander.xyz ) 5•2 months agoThis. Of course isekai is a thing, but it’s not like the concept is exclusive to Japanese culture
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ( @sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ) 8•2 months agoWake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and… smell the ashes.
Teknikal ( @Teknikal@lemm.ee ) English7•2 months agoCheck for my super cheat powers and pick the first woman for my isekai harem.
I’m thinking odds are it’s either a busty elf or a cat girl 😜
FaceDeer ( @FaceDeer@fedia.io ) 5•2 months agoIsekai harems are “all of the above.”
bizarroland ( @bizarroland@fedia.io ) 4•2 months agoHey sometimes they are flat chested autistic girls or 7,000-year-old dragons who happen to look like a 9-year-old.
Personally I’m interested in neither but I’ve read a lot of manga
apotheotic (she/her) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) English2•2 months agoFlat chested autistic girl here. Can confirm I’m in 3 harems with brave travellers from another world.
muse ( @muse@fedia.io ) 5•2 months agobitch about SEPTA with other riders
HubertManne ( @HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com ) 5•2 months agoWell I mean first off if everyone on the train was there you would want to discuss how to procede given the unknown part. I think the one person has it right in that I can’t think of something like it before narnia.
Mothra ( @Mothra@mander.xyz ) 5•2 months agoI would be shocked for sure but how would I know how to react if I don’t know what this new world is like? Does it look like a barren wasteland? Does it look like Dinotopia? Does it look like a different planet altogether? When you say ‘unknown’, is it unknown to me only or do you mean it’s completely devoid of any civilized/intelligent species?
You look outside the train window and see what looks almost exactly like a forest on Earth, maybe something like redwoods, except the trees are much bigger than redwoods. A horse-sized dragonfly flits by. The front of the train carriage is crumpled, but there is a gash in the metal big enough to allow you to leave, if you desire, and to let the atmosphere in. You don’t feel any ill effects.
Mothra ( @Mothra@mander.xyz ) 2•2 months agoOkay, so I’m shocked and after a while I’m definitely hopping out of the train, presuming no emergency services show up. I don’t think I’ll last long if dragonflies are that large but I sure will die looking for them
MrFunnyMoustache ( @MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml ) English5•2 months agoI’d seriously worry about not having immunity to whatever diseases exist in that world, and the people of that new world not having immunity to whatever I might be carrying from my world.
Probably try and figure what the skills of the other survivors on the train to assemble a team with the goal of survival and information gathering.
WatDabney ( @WatDabney@sopuli.xyz ) 3•2 months agoFight the urge to immediately get off the train.
Even with as many episodes of Star Trek as I’ve seen, I’m sure I’d want to rush right out and start exploring.
FaceDeer ( @FaceDeer@fedia.io ) 5•2 months agoWe should split up to explore more efficiently!
Ohh, this small creature in the underbrush looks adorable! I’m going to pick it up.
Spacehooks ( @Spacehooks@reddthat.com ) English1•2 months agoWell you have to aquire local workforce.
tiredofsametab ( @tiredofsametab@kbin.run ) 3•2 months agoProbably just sit and wait for what happens next and hope all the people around me don’t freak out.
I lived in Japan for years without knowing about the whole isekai thing; I’ve just never really been into anime/manga.
ClassifiedPancake ( @ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•2 months agoI would be quite surprised