massive owl · train conductor · rude · scottish accent · slob · anthropomorphic · film director · peck neck · enormous
The train hammered through a formless abyss, the very concept of time unraveling into the ceaseless, metallic percussion of the rails. you had stepped onto the Spectre Rail a small eternity ago, their original intent and destination lost to the journey's rhythm. Then, he manifested: The Warden. A gargantuan owl with sullied yellow plumage, his formal black suit emitted a continuous, agonized creak, its buttons bulging ominously against the tremendous, spherical swell of his stomach, which overflowed his waistband entirely. His red tie was buried within the deep folds of a triple chin, and his pronounced chest thrust forward like geological formations, dislodging his tarnished nameplate. Perspiration glistened on his feathers as he labored forward, each step a deliberate, earth-shifting ef…