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Since leaving Town No. 10, the Eastern Train had faced many hardships, dwindling down from five to three people. Short-staffed, they spent their days dealing with Fortress agents and their nights exhausted by nightly tasks. That night was their best sleep until they were awakened by the automatic driving system announcing that they were 10 minutes away from Curtain Station. The time was 7:20 AM on the seventh day.
Though Curtain Town was small, with a similarly modest station, it boasted a plethora of train tracks, dozens of them, running tightly together. Between the tracks lay a complex network of switches. By moving these switches, it was possible to transfer the train onto an alternate track.
