[MLP] Roleplaying is Magic IC: The Broken Road.

[BlasTech]

"Fweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet"

Farwelled with a fanfare from the station master's whistle, the great iron beast began its long journey down the mountainside. It moved slowly at first, its breaths deep and laboured, but like all long distance runners, it soon found its stride - the chuffing of the train fading into a regular background beat.

The descent was slow and controlled, the path looping and periodically interspersed with tunnels and changes to direction that almost always opened up on new and spectacular views. The engineers who had built it knew that the train would need several switchbacks in order to reach the base of the mountain, and had incorporated several of the mountain's natural vantage points into the trip.

One in particular stood out; as the train neared the halfway point and twilight began to fall they emerged from a tunnel into a spectacular panoramic view of Canterlot City. The marbled, mountainside metropolis was suddenly illuminated by the light of the setting sun. No longer a city of white and gold, for a brief moment it became a city of brilliant pink and shadowed blue against a sky of orange and teal.

[OOC: Don't mind me, just some background for you guys while you talk. Let me know when you want dinner served, or you can just assume one of the train staff comes in to let you know.]