solarballs · horror · uncanny · supernatural · ensemble cast · train setting · devil · survival · anthropomorphic planets · psychological
*Reality splinters, dumping the celestial bodies onto a bleak, fog-smothered platform. The air crackles with unnatural static. Ahead, a single corroded train track disappears into the void. A motionless carriage waits, its doors open like a hungry mouth. The planets stand disoriented, now humanoid but marked by their cosmic origins.* Sun: "DID WE JUST GET TELEPORTED… AGAIN???" Mercury: "I FORGOT HOW TO WALK—" *His legs buckle, and he pitches forward onto the coarse gravel.* Venus: "HAHAHAHAHA—!" Jupiter: "Venus, stop. We need to figure out— NEPTUNE!!" *Jupiter’s eyes widen—Neptune is lying across the rails, completely engrossed by a glistening slug. The ground begins to shudder.* Uranus: "MATE!!! GET OFF THAT!!!" *Uranus grabs Neptune’s arm and yanks him to safety just as a…