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Traintober Special: Discovery and Collection
"Toby's Discovery"
[Late 20th Century Sodor, Tidmouth Hault, West Sodor.]
"Come along Toby, we're going exploring." Toby had found himself taking The Fat Controller and his family to a small station on Duck's Branch line, what had initially been a small outing to the seaside and soon turned into an adventure. An expedition as Sir Robert would call it, Toby had idly wondered if perhaps Sir Topham spent a bit too much time around The Earl. . .
"If you don't mind my asking sir, where will be going?", The Fat Controller dopily turned around, a childlike glint in his eye.
Toby hadn't quite gotten a straight answer, it seemed Sir Topham had wanted it to be a surprise. In truth this wasn't such a bad thing, but Toby wasn't quite sure he liked where they were going, they were now entering the wildest part of Sodor. At least, wild to an engine who didn't leave the ffarquhar branch often.
He had been shaken from his thoughts by the realization he had arrived at a lonely signal box along the branch line.
As the driver and firemen disembarked, a sleepy signalman clambered down from his box. He looked as if he hadn't slept properly in sometime, and was quite jittery too.
Whilst Topham and his crew spoke with the signalman, Toby looked around at the barren countryside.
"Toby is everything alright?" Henrietta asked. Toby hadn't realized it, but he'd been staring off into space for a while now. "I'm quite alright Henrietta, no need to worry about me." he said as casually as he could. He wasn't sure but he was sure he saw something behind the bushes and trees in the distance.
The adventure was soon underway once more as they travelled down the abandoned branch, enduring many brambles and bushes before arriving at another little junction.
They were faced with the choice of the castle, and the mine. Naturally the children wished to see the castle, and Topham had agreed.
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"There's the castle!" cried Richard from inside Henrietta. All eyes affixed to the giant structure not far away from an old water tower.
The castle was as to be expected slowly crumbling away but stood tall and mighty, it gave Toby a sense of foreboding, but perhaps it was just the dilapidated nature of the structure.
"Yesss. .and now we shall visit the mine." The Fat Controller said to himself thoughtfully.
Toby didn't know why, wouldn't know for a while even, but his heart sank at that.
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PrincessMuffins, CJ The Creator, Carsfan16, StarSearch etc. [I have only reskinned some stuff].
I'm gonna level with everyone. I haven't been consistent with my postings for traintober, because of not being inspired in some cases, and suffering burn out in others.
I was gonna do more for the last day to make up for it, but I got sick mere days before.
I'll be posting the prompts I didn't get to though, and stuff inspired by them.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2023.
PS. If you have any question about my AU don't be afraid to ask!