Post #2366690

2026-04-25 00:00 UTC

You squeeze into the crowded Lounge Car. It seems like every new passenger has gathered there. It's raucous and lively, full of wild laughter. You claim the last empty seat. The person to your left has rainbow hair. The person to your right is clutching a rubber chicken. At the bar, bottles are juggled indiscriminately. Endless colorful handkerchiefs fly about. Balloon animals happen. There is honking. They're not music festival hipsters. No. Clowns. The lounge has become an actual clown car.

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@michelestrider@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 00:00

You squee internally. It's every birthday party of your childhood rolled into one. You giggle like a sugar-coated 5-year-old. You're hanging with clowns! You turn to Rainbow Hair and start to ask, "Can you..." She shuts you down with a snarl. "Off duty," she growls and squirts you in the face with her plastic lapel flower. You turn to Rubber Chicken Guy and smile. "What's his name?" "It's a rubber chicken, pal." He gives you a withering look, then starts doing card tricks. You need a drink.

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@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social 2026-04-25 00:08

@michelestrider@mastodon.social Ask the clowns for financial advice.

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@MostlyDrawing@mastoart.social 2026-04-25 00:20

@michelestrider@mastodon.social Unrealistic. You'd never see our elected officials on a train.

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