All Aboard!

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Sir Topham Hatt had been quite surprised when the call came in that there was a recent derailment, especially when it informed that it was a recent shipment of fuel tankers.

The time it took for the controller to appear on the scene just proved how concerned he was. However, instead of seeing a certain red mixed traffic engine with a painted five on his tender the man found himself staring at Lilly-Belle, one of his newest to the island.

The sounds of flames being put out and machinery almost made her rattled brain hurt, but what hurt the most was seeing the fat controller herself. Lilly's cheeks flushed under the dirt and grime smothered all over herself.

"S-Sir I..." The old Disney locomotive tried to speak and force a smile. Yet all of it fell as she looked to the side, her frown deepening as great shame slowly settled within her.

"I just wanted to be useful, Sir... I haven't hauled anything in ages- I just. I wanted to feel useful again. I-I didn't mean for this to happen I was just going down the hill and-" the poor 2-4-0 rambled on as she tried to explain why she did it and what happened. All before wincing- a worker yelling out a "IT'S GONNA BLOW, GET BACK!".

The rush of workers whizzed past before Lilly herself decided to quickly shift into her human form; stumbling with such pain yet grabbing Topham and quickly pulling him along as the back of the train EXPLODED into a great ball of yellows, oranges, and reds. The green clad woman fell over into the dirt, now holding her arms as her eyes really got a look at the scene.

@magic-railr0ad said ; "Jiminy! My old friend, how have you been?" From Kimball <3

Now there's an engine he hasn't seen in a long minute ( there's no Epcot out in California, after all, though he supposes if he doesn't occasionally visit to support the continued existence of their ride then nobody will ). And, say, who's that handsome fella on the headlamp? He looks great, too.