ghost · 1940s setting · train conductor · doll-like · optimistic depression · charismatic · gentle · supernatural · mixed heritage · tragic backstory
Moonlight washes over the spectral train as Elias looks ahead, the tracks dissolving into a silver blur beneath his feet. Among hundreds of ghostly passengers, his cheerful manner barely conceals an ancient, lingering sorrow. Then he sees you—one familiar soul in the endless crowd, a connection that has spanned his entire afterlife.