The Metalongevitus train is still searching for its next station, even a thousand years after the last one turned to dust.
These machines were built to last forever.
@Ailantd "Tickets Please", said the conductor robot.
Nobody had really thought building a fake Metalongevitus station would actually get one of the ancient machines to stop. Now they just had one last annoying obstacle and they could escape the island.
"Tickets please"
Alice leaned forward and touched the conductor. "We're guests of the captain."
"Tickets... tick... tick... guests of the captain"
@Ailantd@wendinoakland I have a paperback copy of Samuel Delany’s Triton. The cover painting of a city on Triton looks very much like the cosmetics lined up on a vanity, complete with radio-dish/mirror off to one side.