The curtains lift to reveal the miraculous final chapter.
221 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 12:01
No way . . .
I wasn’t here for the most important attack . . .
Train, late as I am, allow me one word.
You are a lucky bastard, you dog.
In my mind, I’ve already got visions of Miki Nakatani and the rocker you look like lovey-doveying it up.
(´A`) Benwa
223 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 12:31
Man oh man . . .
a bomb from day one!
and a supa-powerful one too! ( x _ x )
I’ve been up two nights in a row trying to finish a report and finally got to sleep . . .
and then I wake up to this here . . .
man, I is tired . . .
wishin you happiness, Mista Train
231 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 13:12
What I thought after I finished reading.
Perhaps Train’s natural traits are being interpreted as ‘laid-back and comfortable’ in all situations?
232 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 13:20
>>231
But he was all panicked and dawdling in the beginning so I doubt it?
233 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 13:21
>>231
I wonder . . .
she already knows that he’s never been out with a girl before.
walking in circles looking for the bathroom wouldn’t be seen as a ‘laid-back and comfortable’ move, I don’t think.
It’s more like she’s thinking he’s cute for being a bit shy and flustered and kinda off-key, maybe.
272 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 24/04/04 19:27
Hey. Looking through the backlog now.
So I guess there are some people who went for Benoist tea.
Waitresses as maids . . .(;˚∀˚)=3 hot-hot-hot!!!
Umm . . . today we e-mailed each other
‘Can’t wait to see you’
And we promised to spend next year’s Golden Week holidays together 
273 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 19:28
>>272
damn! onto next year already are you!
how far have your talks gone jkliojapo_)98898*&^
280 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 19:38
next year you say . . . and planning on spending it together?
are you maybe talking about going to Tahiti and spending your honeymoon in one of those bungalows on the water?
SOUI!@&)#GOP)()988900-&*^%#$^&*)_’?{
281 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 19:38
299 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 24/04/04 20:07
Um . . . and I was asked about my plans for the holidays . . .
and I have nothing. . . 
301 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:08
Hermes was actually a netizen of a thread much like ours but for single women, Geekitas, and she was going online telling her fellow Geekitas that she met somebody nice. Her fellow Geekitas probably told her to send the cups as a thank you gift! Make it Hermes if possible! Advising her about this and that.
He called to thank me, ah yeah--- or should we order some tea for you.
There must have been posts like that.
304 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:10
Train, you cool with cash? You’re probably spending a lot on your clothes and those dates and if you’re doing the business then you need some for the hotel.
311 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 24/04/04 20:28
I can’t come out and tell her I’m going to a porn-mag event can I?
For now I told her I was going shopping
It’s not a lie, is it?
plus I have no money
312 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:29
>>311
yeah, right.
313 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:30
I’m having a dizzy spell
I’m off to meet with Maiko at Ryujin
314 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:30
anorak back in da house-------!!! 
315 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:30
>>311
think about what’s to come and just lay off the fan-mag events stick to walking around the cool streets and stuff
316 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:31
>>311
Isn’t it time you grew out of anoraks?
317 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 24/04/04 20:32
‘Really? Are you going shopping with a girl?’
um what’s goin on here . . .
318 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:33
319 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:33
Hermes is jealous ah yeaaaaaaaah 
339 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:43
>>337
goopity goopgoopgoopgoopggopoooopppoggooop
340 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:43
goopitygoop ah yeaaaaaaah 
341 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:43
>Interests
>Hermes
Fffffffuuuuuuuuuu!!
342 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:44
>>337
You!!!! Let me slap you one!!!!
359 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 24/04/04 20:49
If she asks me to leave the manga anorak tribe
that’s what I may end up having to do but
if she doesn’t then there’s no way I could leave it behind
I guess she wouldn’t understand my porn obsession . . .
I’m not into the Lolita mags tho . . .
364 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:52
you are a porn-mag anorak
you do know that real women don’t get wet like they just took a piss
365 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:52
seriously, if you start going out with her for real, you’ll forget the porn events and stuff because you won’t have the time or the inclination anymore
366 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 24/04/04 20:54
>>365
ah yeah for the experienced advice 
I’ll do my best . . .
but don’t you think normal games are still ok . . . ?
368 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 20:55
Well I’m sure once you get to know a real woman then you’ll probably get to understand what’s good about it that beats the mags.
If you still think the mags are better after experiencing a real woman, then I would recommend that you never leave the porn fanzine world.
408 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 21:23
Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 20:03
Can I . . . cannnn I just once more?
Can I buy just one more?
Can I use that money?
This will be my last, I swear . . .
But I’m about to have our baby, Mr Train . . .
I’m sorry . . . I haven’t been able to . . . shake this off . . .
. . . fine . . . Mr Train, do as you please
. . . but I’m not staying by your side any longer . . .
I don’t want to wait all night for you to come home
When you leave to buy your porn mags . . .
I’m done with it . . .
Good bye. I will take care of the child on my own . . .
I’m returning to the train . . . . . .
Mr Train . . . instead of chosing me and our child’s happiness . . .
you chose the magazine . . .
watch out man, those mags and events will be waiting for you with open mouths sporting an evil grin
410 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 24/04/04 21:30
she says she’s a bit on the tired side so she’s retiring early
I’m off tomorrow but I think I’m going to bed early too
We plan on seeing each other the second week of May
thanks again everybody
laters
430 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 24/04/04 22:08
You’re probably already asleep so take a look at this later, Train.
When you’re ready, you be the one to tell her you like her!
This is important. All Gods up till now waited for the ladies to come up and open their hearts but judging from the time we spent on this, you will have to be the one that tells her.
And stop apologising to Hermes all the time.
Just don’t forget that, will ya.
By the way, this is what I learned from a friend of mine (who the ladies dig)
Tho I myself have yet to utilise said theory . . .
465 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 25/04/04 00:54
Train who we all nurtured and developed into the fiercest soldier.
He is probably about to unleash an intense bombing campaign that will end it all.
You people, start digging deep trenches.
Me, I will head right into the centre of the blast at the moment it explodes to keep the damage from spreading.
Medics, be on the alert to be called in as back-up after the explosion.
It is up to you to save the Geek board.
And it is only you who will be able to deal the blow of ‘Encouragement and Approbation’ to Train.
I consider it an honour to have shared this time on the battlefield with you. That’s it! (´A`) Benwah
493 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 25/04/04 11:46
We find Train Man calling Hermes when she returns from her trip. He is happy one moment and then 
gasping for his last breath another. The Geeks gather and . . .
910 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:02
come on Train
913 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:04
he’s probably busy playing a Sailor Moon game
914 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 04/05/04 23:04
sorry to keep you waiting. Here I go!
Just hung up a little while ago but . . .
She told me what’s been going on and . . .
I feel like I’m totally not worthy of even thinking that I could go out with her.
And I felt it big time, that she was a different calibre.
To lay it all out, she went overseas and so she’s out there using some foreign language and spending her time in this very elegant kinda way and me . . . what was I doing . . .
I went to that event and was proud about not buying any porn mags and that to me was kinda . . . 
Though it’s questionable if the final battle is truly gonna happen we picked a date. It’ll be this weekend.
Honestly, I’ve lost my confidence. 
924 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:07
What the hell are you rambling about, Train?
We’re not around to push you forward anymore.
You’ve already been nudged enough times by lotsa Geeks anyway.
Why don’t you call up your courage and do it yourself for this final bit.
Said I, on the serious side, tho still worried (´A`)
933 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:10
>>Train
you’ve been deregulated haven’t you . . .
don’t be down on yourself now, you’ve definitely changed.
you’re only a step away from graduating and leaving the Geeks behind.
If you’re quitting now then it won’t be any different when you meet someone other than Hermes.
When you’re talking about being with women, it’s about repeatedly pushing yourself from this point onwards.
Don’t give up before you’ve started, don’t compare yourself to Hermes and tell her that you will become a man worthy of her love.
All you need to do is focus on what’s good about yourself and develop it.
said I, married man that I yam.
934 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:10
I may be out of order mouthing off about Train who has turned into a top of the range in-crowd boy but even if you think Hermes is better than you, she wants you.
Not only that, you want Hermes too.
Which means there’s only one answer, no?
937 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:11
Her specs do seem way up there.
It reminds me of a girlfriend I had lo----ng ago who had very Hermes-like specs.
but hey
I had an inferiority complex too
and you know what, she wasn’t even thinking about it.
In the end, I was the one that pulled away after thinking too much about it.
And I regret it.
I don’t want Train to go through the same.
940 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 04/05/04 23:12
That’s right, her specs were way too high for me . . .
Even if we were to end up together
It’s pretty impossible for me and my specs to
keep her satisfied . . .
I was wrong to think wanting to pull myself away from the porn mags and my anorak interests was such an achievement on my part . . . because in fact I was trying to keep her from disliking me, not doing something to have her like me more . . . what a painful discovery . . .
I guess I’ll have to keep my hopes way down when I go this weekend (´A`) Benwa
943 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:13
You’ve let me down
954 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:16
>>940
Whoa, isn’t that like a slap in the face for her?
She’s not perfect either you know.
She’s bound to have her moments of weakness.
Before you mouth off about specs this and specs that why don’t you straighten yourself out and think about not giving up!!!!!!
937 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:11
I ain’t falling for no keep-my-hopes-way-down to freak us out with a crazy bomb
956 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:16
>>940
I am one but you’re an anorak too, no?
You were really talking about Sailor Moon weren’t you?
So just think about Hermes as a different kind of anorak whether it’s teas or foreign languages.
I think if you redirect the energy that used to be poured into Sailor Moon to Hermes, you’ll be able to work out what needs to be done.
962 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:17
>>Train
you better give up the ghost! meet your maker twice!
no, no, go kick the bucket a couple of times!!!!
Romance is a different matter from sports or study.
what you need in sports and study is effort<talent and in romance, it’s effort>talent.
If you’re going to give up so quickly, I don’t think you’ll last long but you should try telling yourself you won’t ever give up. Nobody can say how this will turn out but you should try the hardest you’ve ever tried in your life so you’ll have no regrets.
965 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:17
>>940
By tomorrow, I think you’ll forget that you wimped out today but, do you really think that the Hermes you fell for really fell just for the superficial you? And is Hermes the type of woman who can only see what’s on the surface? Train Man, you know best.
32 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:30
Let’s get this straight.
Hermes just took a little trip overseas and had an average time and came back, right?
It’s something that she worked her way up to but she’s doing it all very naturally.
Going out with Train, too, is something that she’s not being forced to do but something she’s doing because she wants to.
Then it all looks cool to me.
You’re not coming from the same place which means that you can’t do the things that she does
but you’re trying to walk with her now, right.
Don’t be so down on yourself.
36 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:31
13 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:28 without delay
>>Train
Let me lay it out for you. Even before all this speaking English or going overseas or tea business, the fact that you went to Hermes’ house is a big huge deal, ok?
It’s not like you can go to a travel agent and buy a ticket to her house or anything. Nobody can teach you how to be invited to her place. Speaking English and going overseas, well you can figure those out with a bit of money and time.
We pretty much knew the spec imbalance from the start.
Anime anoraks being freaky weird animals is plain as daylight fact and she’s
a pretty girl from a nice family. From the beginning, the imbalance was there, a big huge crack that made it tough for you to see the other side.
If you keep babbling on and on you’re gonna make me hafta kick yo ass, for real.
71 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 04/05/04 23:42
thanks everybody, really. Every one of your words goes straight to my heart. Thanks to you, I’ve recovered and am operating at full tank! ( ´_
`) wooooooooo!!!
She said I should bring a big bag because she has loads of presents for me.
74 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:43
He’s recovered! 
76 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:43
So Train’s back on track?
Why don’t you think about what you want to do with Hermes, where you want to go and what you want to eat.
Imagine your future with Hermes.
Don’t let yourself get the better of you, go out there and grow with Hermes.
If you dedicate yourself to Hermes she will welcome you in for sure.
91 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 04/05/04 23:45
hey, have you not noticed?
we just refuelled the world’s most powerful bomber?
The countdown to the final battle continued as Train Man and the netizens of the thread fidgeted about restlessly.
402 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 05/05/04 17:31
Hey, finally returned.
I’m tired from going all over the place . . .
got some souvenirs, went around location scouting, dropped in at Akihabara . . .
I was e-mailing her during all this but when I wrote
‘I’m location scouting for a next date’
she replied with
(^3^)
wassup with the face . . .
I’m ready to go. All I can do is wait for the day of my final battle to arrive.
403 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 17:32
kissin in the housssssssse 
409 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 05/05/04 17:36
pant pant 
pant pant 
huff huff huff 
414 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 17:44
>>409
Hm? Is that a faulty drip
or perhaps a burst leak?
416 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 17:46
>>414
the latter
417 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 17:47
>>415
wha wha wha wha whatchu talkin bout!!!!!
425 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 17:57
426 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 17:57
(´3`) like 2-Channel
461 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 18:17
>>452
Instead of the old T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms, get yourself some casual outfits at Uniqlo. With the quality of phone cameras, she won’t know the difference even if you’re wearin Uniqlo.
Get Hermes to pick you out a new frame for your glasses on your next date.
Your excuse is that you don’t have a knack for picking the right frames.
And your head . . . well, let’s just say that with all the other stuff you have going for you, she’ll probably just ignore that.
478 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 05/05/04 18:43
What about this: in exchange for me choosing a PC for her she’ll choose my frames . . . sound good?
Do you think Hermes makes frames . . . ?
479 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 18:45
>>478
they do but they cost more than a computer
487 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 18:49
Why don’t you think about leaving your parents’ house and getting your own place?
544 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 19:14
• get rid of all anorak-related stuff (posters, porn mags)
• hoover room
• place clothes on hanger and put them in one, maybe two places
• place books and magazines in hard-to-spot location. do not pile them up.
don’t forget the bed
make sure your bedclothes are washed and fluffed up as you could be using them later . . .
558 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 19:25
>>557
Can I just say that I get hyper reactive to the word ‘Toriaezu’
but basically, I think that’s the best way to go
559 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 19:26
>>557
so you’re a Gunota
564 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 19:42
>>559
What’s a Gunota?
565 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 19:44
>>564
Gunota is what you call a Gundam anorak, (an obsessive of the anime Gundam) as Toriaezu is the name of one of the lesser known battleships in Gundam
588 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 20:58
>>586
hold on hold on, don’t go too far too soon
589 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 20:58
>>586
LOL
590 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 20:59
Your Highness the Virgin One, what, pray tell do you speak of?
591 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 20:59
>>586–588
Even though nobody wrote anything for 30 minutes, here you guys are suddenly posting simultaneously . . . makin me LOL
596 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:04
Let’s hear what you’ve got to say, give us the reasons for your comments
598 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 05/05/04 21:04
Well, it’s just that unless that was the case she wouldn’t be saying
‘Can’t wait to see you’ and ‘I want to hear your voice before going
to bed’
to a man.
Yep, definitely.
613 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 05/05/04 21:11
hey, it’s Wednesday already . . .
I have 3, 4 more days . . .
Now and then I break into this cold sweat . . .
even now I sometimes think this is all some weird joke
614 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:12
you seem a bit on edge. you ok?
615 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:13
>>613
dude, you’re up and down like a yo-yo!
623 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:18
>>622
that’s what’s fun
629 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:20
>>622
Hermes is up and down because of you too
628 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:20
>>622
that’s normal. but if you think this all calms down when you start going out-out with her you’re sadly mistaken.
646 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:50
here it comes . . . piloted, eh?
647 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 21:50
ah yeah----!!!!!
679 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 05/05/04 22:15
Finally, the date for Hermes and Train Man’s showdown has come upon us. The cold weather of the past few days has cleared, blessing the skies with brilliant weather. The sky looks as though it’s also raring to go.
181 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 09:26
all bombers in position-----
188 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 09:38
didn’t you watch Sailor Moon today?
190 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 08/05/04 09:46
In preparation for today, I already did a view-through (▪∀▪)
But let me watch Keroro
I’m leaving around noon so I’ll hang out till then and try to stay focused
193 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 09:51
Is Hermes cool with not going home tonight?
Have you checked out hotels in the area you’re going to?
196 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 09:58
Uh-uh . . . I think it would be unnatural for it not to go that way.
It’s one thing if you were in school but you’re both adults.
200 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 08/05/04 10:01
>>196
oh man
no way jose mannnn wioue098fi9
Sigh . . . I’m feeling a bit down . . .
205 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:05
Hermes is the only one that should be giving you the hots
206 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 08/05/04 10:05
Haruna and her voice 
pant pant
221 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:18
I hear you. I know that you posted it for times like this.
There’s no need to say it.
I’ve brought it over for you so thank me later.
586 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 05/05/04 20:57
she has to like me, I mean, there’s no other way to read it
225 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:22
>>224
you really have become a man
228 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:24
Right, that’s the vibe to go forward with.
Lady Hermes likes Train. I like Train too.
So Train, will you be my boyfriend?
232 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:28
>>230
If you didn’t have your past, you wouldn’t have your present, yeah.
236 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:33
The new and improved Train is way cool.
But the one that showed courage in the beginning was the pre-transformation you.
Be confident, Train.
237 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:34
Kind of late saying it but aren’t you glad you called back then instead of writing a letter.
241 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 08/05/04 10:37
I just got a good morning e-mail from her . . .
just you wait, I’m going share all these deep feelings with you . . .
244 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:38
I’m sure Hermes is probably stressing right now. Doing her make-up extra carefully . . .
247 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 10:43
I’m feeling tingly all over the place
264 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:03
I have nothing to do with any of it but my heart’s thumping wildly
286 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 08/05/04 11:20
Just took a bath
Will leave as soon as I’m ready
I’ve lost all sense of time and I’m half in a dream. To be honest I’m half hopeful and half uncertain but I will do what a man’s got to do.
Today will probably decide the direction my life will take I’m planning to jump out of the dark shadows of my previous existence
Thanks for your encouragement.
I’m gonna show you what I’m made of!
Off I go!
laters
289 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:22
Go Tra—in, go tra—in! T-R-A-I-N!
294 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:23
I’m cheering you on while I bolt my lunch
Good luck with your showdown!
Right, I guess I should start digging the trench . . . (´A`) laters
299 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:25
. . . . . . with those final words, >>286 disappeared without trace
302 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:28
good luck dude
303 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:29
hey
just got up
Go! Train! Give it everything!
304 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:30
bit late but
the world is there for the taking!
307 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:31
>Train
I’ll pick up your bones for you, so go!
laters
308 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:33
Even if Hermes ends up being a no-go
Train is no longer a Geek.
You be shinin’, Train.
309 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:34
(`·ω·´)
318 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 11:48
Up up and away you go!
Let’s say Hermes has heard about 2-Channel and understands the two sides of the coin here. if she finds out about this place, she may be moved to tears.
But I guess since she doesn’t have a PC, it’s not likely.
I hope today is the happiest day of your life!
Train Man, the computer nerd who shook with fear at the thought of calling a girl had transformed in two months. Train Man, having gone through what many would call a drastic transformation, carried the hopes and support of the netizens of the thread out the door as he walked towards his showdown with Hermes. No matter the outcome, Train Man and the netizens had no regrets. Train Man’s efforts were pure gold. Go, Train Man!
408 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 17:01
I hope the bombing won’t start until I get back home . . .
damn it, I can’t get any work done!
422 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 18:04
Hey people
I don’t know if I have what it takes to survive this next attack . . .
I have a feeling that there’ll be a nuclear warhead attached to an intercontinental ballistic missile.
448 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 20:02
479 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 21:02
I was up all night but I can’t go to sleep before Train gets back . . .
550 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 22:27
I dug the trench. All I can do now is wait . . .
(´A`) pant
553 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 22:29
What if he’s back home already, crying and watching Sailor Moon
602 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 23:15
I just broke up with my girlfriend over the phone. I hadn’t heard from her in 3 weeks.
As I read about Train and Hermes I got to thinking about how in the past, we got excited just like this but once you lose the ability to get excited and giddy over each other, well, it’s over. I’m looking forward to today’s attack!
634 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 23:36
Train’s not here yet eh . . . man, I rushed home for Train . . . 
682 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 08/05/04 23:51
I’m sure you all understand
but I can’t be still with all this hoping and worrying . . .
748 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 00:20
I mean, look at the time.
There’s no way that coming clean and some random chatting would take up the whole day from noon. We’re heading into nuclear bomb territory, no?
asioij98348\[;p0=-
760 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 00:25
maybe he’s not coming home . . .
917 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 01:02
Imagine if Train writes from the newly purchased PC in Hermes’ bedroom after Hermes goes to bed . . . shit . . . that’d be too much.
918 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 01:02
Dude. I made myself some curry to pass the time . . .
Then it occurred to me:
‘I’d love to sit down to a meal with you guys in this thread’
Man, what’s going on with me?
I’m digging in . . . . . .
925 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 01:04
I is getting hungry for some curryyyyy!!!!!
942 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 01:08
Just made some curried noodles
956 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 01:11
I made some garlic rice.
Thanks for your curry. I’m gonna pour some of it onto the rice, man.
986 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 01:19
Bet you Train is thinking about this thread
He will return . . . unless of course, something came up . . .
309 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 02:34
I will wait . . . damn it, I will wait!
348 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 02:48
can’t . . . make . . . it . . .
I’m going to bed . . .
350 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 02:48
As we lose one brave soldier after the next in this historic battle . . .
Though burdened by futility and regret, one lone Geek stands up . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . and heads to bed
427 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 03:28
Sleepysleepysleepysleepysleeeeeeeeeeeepyyyyyyy!!!!!!
459 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 03:51
Of course I want to hear Train’s report but after this one, he’s probably graduating from the board . . .
And that’s why I’m gonna stay up and wait for him so I can say my last good-bye.
543 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:31
I bet Train turns up the moment I leave the board.
I ain’t gonna sleep.
But I is so sleeeepy.
Something must be going on. He hasn’t made an appearance . . . which leads to the conclusion that just maybe Train’s not going to show . . . but just as they were about to give up . . .
568 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 04:40
Hey guys. Is this where I pick up the thread?
569 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:41
He’s back he’s back he’s back he’s back
570 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:41
Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee
571 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:41
ho---------ly . . . . . . mother of . . . . . .!!!!
khlasfouhpppossssiiiolhu-=-1y4-0=-8
574 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:41
I’m so glad I stayed up.
634 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:47
Please . . . outcome . . . yes . . .
635 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:48
>>629
No no! Keep the main dish for the end!
640 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:48
never mind the order, just spit it out!
647 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:49
whatever the Train feels should come first is the best way.
651 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:49
Finally, we stand at this historic crossroads of the thread where the biggest baddest and soon to be legendary attack will occur . . .
667 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:51
And finally, the stage curtains open for the final chapter
671 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:51
you all know what the outcome was?
676 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:52
>looks like you all know what the outcome was anyway
>looks like you all know what the outcome was anyway
>looks like you all know what the outcome was anyway
>looks like you all know what the outcome was anyway
>looks like you all know what the outcome was anyway
694 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 04:54
I beg of you, I beg you to
Let it out bit by bit
I can’t settle for anything less at this point!
Kill me softly and slowly!
770 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 05:03
I’m crazy tired right now, dunno how clearly I can write but here I go.
Today we met up at her house.
On the train ride over there, I was practising coming clean, making myself sweat every time I imagined the moment itself. I kept repeating it the whole way.
I got to the house. It was different from last time, but my hands were still shaking as I pressed the doorbell. After pressing it for a while I lifted my finger off slowly and the door opened straight away.
‘Hello’
She came out tapping her shoes.
The sight of her made me hot again.
Every time I see her she’s wearing something different. How many outfits does she have and well, she does own a lot of light-pink outfits. Not that it matters because she looks good in them.
I get in her car. Seeing her hands on the steering wheel made me a bit scared, but as I watched her profile, I thought about what a pretty face she had.
FYI, it was a cool car. You could hardly hear the engine
and there was no real car-smell to the inside
‘Could you please wear your seatbelt’
she said, as she slowly took off.
783 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:05
final attack in the hooooouuuusssssssse------
Hey! I’ve taken cover and shit so bring it onnnnnnnnn!!!!
793 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:06
everybody, let’s go together, shall we . . .
830 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:11
Hey everybody who’s watching ‘Geek Gets Shot Down in Flames – Call the Medics’ thread, what’s upppppp?
This boy is . . .
no more
grblub
838 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 05:13
Once we got going I thought her driving was very ‘her’.
She started up and stopped very gently and softly.
Could be coz the car was a good one.
Shall we go and get your PC first, I said, as I navigated.
I kept staring at her face, which I usually don’t get to do on account of being a bit shy.
When we got to a red light, she seemed to sense my gaze and turned to me
‘Hm?’
she said, cocking her head
‘Oh, nothing, nothing,’ pretty much burning up and probably with a stupid grin on my face . . .
854 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:15
I think I’m dying here coz I cocked my head a bit too hard
859 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:15
‘Hm?’ she cocked her head
pretty much burning up
Harrumph isau0873497
891 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:19
I can feel the lovin in each and every move Hermes makes.
I see. This is what coupledom is about.
I’ve never experienced it but now I understand.
I’m never gonna look at couples on the train the same again.
908 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:22
>>903
oh no you don’t no you don’t
910 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:22
>>903
Nope. I’m not having that.
913 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:22
>>903 Train
You really are such a good guy but you don’t need to do that!!!!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Just keep writing it as it happened, yeah!!!!!!
914 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:22
>>903
Hold on Train!
Go slowly and deeply man, slowly and deeply!
We’ve got to savour this.
926 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 05:23
right. I’ll just go as usual.
I wonder how long it’ll take for me to tell today’s story . . .
935 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 05:24
Mmm! Just got a goodnight e-mail from her!!!!
I could just burn up and die
942 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:25
Curry just might pour out of my pores
944 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:25
>>935
feel like charging with bamboo spears
957 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:26
It’s time for Train to graduate out of this thread.
I know you must be sleepy, but push yourself and write the story . . .
some of us spent half a day discussing your situation . . .
hey guys, it was fun hangin out
44 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:36
woke up to come and check the thread and whoa, I’ve been attacked what’s up with this speed, we’ve gone through a thread already
53 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:36
>>44
over half of it was us talking crap while we waited
71 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:39
‘You’re right, this feels better.’
’ Rrrrroooooooaaaaaaaar
74 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:40
aaaaaarrrrrrrrrghhhh
my heart’s all squeezysqueakysquashysqueeeezy
95 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:43
what’s this sensation . . . in my chest cavity . . . a
sloopyslumpyclumpymelty . . .
could this be the final, lethal weapon?
132 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:49
you know what, we’ve all been hanging together with Train here for 14 threads
and when I think about saying goodbye to everybody, I get all emotional.
147 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:51
morning mates
now that I got a good three hours of sleep, allow me to take over patrol duty
159 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 05:55
We got to the shop. We were holding hands in the shop too but man, it’s kind of embarrassing you know . . .
We went to the laptop corner and I showed her a few of the ones I had my eye on. For a moment, the old me was about to surface but I squashed him down and got over it. She said ‘I think I’ll go with this one’ and picked the one I recommended most.
We picked a modem and also got some leaflets for ISPs. She paid everything in one go on her card. How cool, I mean, how cool is she.
We got the assistant to wrap it up so we could carry it and I took the bag.
‘Oh, I’m sorry . . . ’
‘No, don’t worry. It’s heavy,’ I said, picking up both the PC and modem.
Outside, she grabbed the smaller bag and reached for my hand with her other hand.
I’m gonna take a little break now . . . But I’m not going to bed
168 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:56
she grabbed the smaller bag and reached for my hand with her other hand
sdryufjpe347809@@*0-tij
172 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:57
she grabbed the smaller bag and reached for my hand with her other hand
haha . . . . . . . ha . . . . . . . ha . . . . . . . . . . ha . . .
174 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:57
you wanna hold hands sooooooo much don’t you!!!!!!
182 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:57
>Outside, she grabbed the smaller bag and reached for my >hand with her other hand.
it sounds vaguely familiar like I’ve heard it before . . . or not . . .
191 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 05:59
hey people
can’t you see the beautiful couple holding hands over there?
256 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:09
just crossed my mind . . .
you think the ladies reading Train will suddenly feel like they really really want a boyfriend?
like how we all sit around gasping for air as we howl about getting it on with the ladies . . .
257 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:10
>>256
definitely, all the time.
258 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:10
>>256
pretty sure they do
I’m sure there are a few ladies reading this.
261 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:10
>257
m(ry
276 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 06:12
We get back to the car park and put the bags in the boot.
After closing it, she reached for my PC-carrying hand and said ‘I’m sorry. It was heavy, wasn’t it,’ not to me but as if to my hand.
she covered my hand with hers and rubbed the marks from the handle.
hot hot very hot
I also rubbed the hand she used to carry her bag.
When I tried to pay for parking she, of course, said no.
As we headed out of the car park, she said ‘Getting hungy?’ and we decided to head for the place we’d chosen.
And off we drove.
277 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:13
here it comes here it comes
286 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:14
whoooaaaaaaa
287 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:14
I can’t take it anymore. I’m just running after ya, god knows why . . .
298 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:14
He’ll fight to the death
For all of you who’ve fought through since the 125 bombing this is the moment of truth
207 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:02
* let me make another suggestion *
Train seems pretty tired and his posts do take a long time so why don’t we let him sleep it off for a bit and come back after he’s got something written out and planned his bombing campaign
* just a suggestion (twitch, twitch) *
324 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:17
>>323
up to you, dude
358 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:22
Hold on! When exactly are you coming back?
376 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:24
told you all not to slack off! To your positions everybody!!!!!
382 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:25
don’t push yourself, >Train
399 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:27
Not knowing Train was going to make his appearance 3 minutes later
I was playing a game from 4:37 and just returned . . .
I shouldn’t have played the game!!!! Stupid, stooopid, stoooopid me!!!
401 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:27
>>375
. . . . . . till death, eh, Train.
bring it onnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!
429 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:30
getting way sleepy (´A`)
439 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:31
>>399
me tooooo!
I’ve finally caught up.
what the hell was I doing standing by from 1 am pressing the refresh
button over and over . . .
anyway, I’m just glad to have finally caught up
470 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:37
sleepy . . . gonna get some coffee
487 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:42
Annihilation warning ah yeah---------
488 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:42
I’m not gonna last till 7
494 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:43
7 o’ clock . . . gonna get some grub!!!!
497 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:43
The cows around here are mooing so loud I can’t sleep
506 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 06:45
15 minutes . . .
gonna snooze for a bit
laters
562 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:00
why don’t we all sparkle together and wait for death to turn up
575 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 07:02
We were eating at a restaurant she recommended.
It was quite dark inside the restaurant. It was the kind of place where you eat sitting on big comfy sofas. I was kinda nervous Even now, going to places that aren’t family-style restaurants or fast food joints makes me nervous.
This was when she gave me some gifts from her travels. Accessories and that, I think.
I saw the HERMES logo and said
‘My god . . . you’ve got me something so expensive again . . . ’
‘It’s not so expensive over there’ she said, but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s still way upmarket.
I thanked her loads and she asked me to try it on so I did. I think it’s what you’d call a necklace. It’s kind of short for a necklace but . . .
I was having a difficult time putting it on so she helped me with it . . . and her breast came so close to my face it almost touched 09ifdhoieru09jdiaquw=
and man, did she smell nice . . .
‘It looks good on you’ she said, clapping her hands.
then she pointed to her neck and said ‘we’re wearing the same thing’
I burst into flames
576 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:02
let me go and check if all’s quiet on the front . . .
581 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:02
582 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:02
584 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:02
>>576
run--------!!!!!
589 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:03
what is this?
are you trying to kill me?
591 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:03
my knees are knocking . . . 
612 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:06
the enemy’s too powerful
655 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:13
Hermes choker as a gift . . . . . . correction, matching chokers . . . for a guy she hasn’t kissed yet and who hasn’t told her his feelings. . . not even officially going out . . . .
what’s going onnnn 1209ujmpo9ie9488yipk=-D*@#__@$
657 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:14
attention all members, attention all members.
this is not drill, I repeat, this is not a drill
687 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:18
Train, you asleep . . . ?
720 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:22
Reconnaissance Unit, I order you to return! A warning has been sounded
738 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 07:25
After I accepted her gift I listened to her talk a bit about her trip She talked about people over there, what she ate, the culture and the language. She told me that she learned a lot just by going there.
When I told her that I hadn’t gone anywhere since my school trip, she told me off a bit. 
When we left the restaurant (we paid separately)
‘Let’s take some photos in the Print Club photo booth,’ she said.
I had no idea what she was talking about and replied with a (?_?)
like face so she yanked my hand and we went to an arcade
so, we were going to be taking photos together . . .
to be honest, I hate that kind of thing but
she dropped the coins into the slot and quickly pressed some buttons.
‘Make sure you put on a cute face.’
‘Wha? Whaaa?’ I said while the machine snapped away . . .
When I saw the final photo, you couldn’t tell where I was looking and . . .
She’d pulled a face
‘It’s not the best but it’s a memento’
she gave me half the photos. I think I’m beginning to like the photo booth already.
744 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:26
ah yeah againnnnn 
746 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:26
Print Club photo boooothhheoijwu098)(*@#)OP@_)
748 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:26
investing in Print Club photo booths . . .
749 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:26
did you perhaps mean to type Puri-Kura instead of Print Club?
752 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:27
Print Club photo booth . . .
I’ve heard this one before apiu!)_(*@U#Poppdopiu*^@%
753 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:27
the Print Club photo booth is increasingly the weapon of choice
760 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:28
I was amazed by the unexpected direction . . . but wait, is this déjà vu?
fotobooooteoai02909)@#*UIO_)haahahahhhhhaaaahahahah
827 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:38
morning
well I just peeked in to see what was goin on siopjer-989890009)*(@(00-
843 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:43
showdown----!!!!!!!
844 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:43
garrrrrr
850 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:43
Showdown arena ah yeah ---------- !
866 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:46
She knew what was about to happen too
She knew what was about to happen too
She knew what was about to happen too
She knew what was about to happen too
She knew what was about to happen too
She knew what was about to happen too
what?!
868 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:46
There is a bomb coming straight for us that no trench or bomb shelter can protect us from . . . . . .
Brave men, I will not let you die alone!!!!
871 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:47
I’m reliving that sensation when I was just about to clear the RPG (
) pant pant
882 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:48
I was up all night checking the thread when I found Train Man’s ‘Just got home’ and I was hip-hip-hooraying when I suddenly woke up and checked the log and found out this was a real-time attack!
It was a prophetic dream . . . I kept having a bad dream about checking the log . . .
884 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 07:48
Everyone.
I think after this next attack, I will no longer be part of this world.
Though I am a battleworn soldier from the 125 attack, I think I won’t be able to survive this next one.
Allow me these final words.
I love you all
gasppp
958 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:02
here it comes . . . . . .
960 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:02
‘ah yeah’ systems complete
977 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:04
prepare to engage target! prepare to engage target! it’s coming, it’s coming . . . !
978 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:04
Colonel! We aren’t ready for it!!!!
22 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:06
Men! Brace yourselves! This is your final battle!
The hundreds maybe thousands of netizens who had been carefully watching the thread all waited with bated breath for Train Main’s bomb-bay doors to open. They’d been waiting for this moment for the past two months. Even though there was a chance the entire world would go up in flames, nobody was running. The bomb quietly slips out of the bay doors and falls slowly but surely towards the thread. And then. As it bursts into flames, the thread becomes enveloped in a powerful light like never before.
42 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
It was a miraculous moment. Train Man had become a legend. A mass of congratulations arrived.
47 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
ah yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
48 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
>>41
49 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
50 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
51 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
bye . . . . . . bye . . . .everybody
52 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
53 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
54 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
gasp
55 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
whoa! Right in front of my eyes . . . . . . a bomb!!!!!!
ouch . . . fffff . . . ouch . . .
56 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
57 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
here it isssssssss-----------
58 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
59 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
60 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:09
Oh no! I’ve been hit! Eject! Eje . . . . . . . . .
62 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
63 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
64 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
65 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
ah yeah for real
‘You can do it!’
attack force
66 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
Love is in the airrrr 
everywhere I look around
in the whisper of the trees by Train
in the thunder of the sea by Hermes
Love is in the air
oh oh oh 
except for Geeks who just get Benwah
67 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
Point of impact!!!
68 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
Ahhhh . . . finally, I’ve found it
the place where I will take my last breath
thank god 
way to go Train!
69 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
weeeeeeee---- it’s hotting up in here
70 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
71 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
you’ve arrived!!!
Don’t know why but I can’t stop crying!!!!
Way to go Train!!!! Way to go Ermaiz!
sob. Banzai for the Geeks!
72 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
73 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
congratulatioooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnns
74 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
tfgy290jp-0*()&$%*()
75 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
She grabbed both my hands and said
‘You can do it!’
76 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
ah yeah-----! 
78 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
way to go!
way to go, Train . . . !
79 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
Carry the injured to safety! Re-establish the front line! We won’t allow needless death!!!!
80 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
81 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
You did it Train! Way to go, for real! Take good care of Hermes and make her happy you hear!!
Finally, finally . . . this moment has come upon us . . .
82 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
83 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:10
ah yeah------------
84 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
85 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
ah yeah! 
way to go!
man, is Hermes great . . .
86 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
no matter how you look at it, this is definitely an ah yeah---
it’s as if 10000 mad crazy runaway motherships slammed into us
runnnnnnnnnnnnnn 
87 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
la la la . . ..!
88 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
ah yeaaaah!!!
way to go!!!!!!!!!
89 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
way to go Train Man!
90 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
way to go-----------!
well done! well done! well done! well done!!
well done dude! top man!
92 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
Way to go, for real.
good to be happy, eh . . . . . . . . . .gulp.
93 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
straight up
ah yeah-----! 
!!!!!!
94 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
95 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
supamega way to go!
96 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
97 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 08:08
it’s time for you to go down in history, man
98 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
!!! ah yeah
100 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
ah yeah! 
ah yeah!
ah yeah!
ah yeah!
ah yeah!
101 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
Train a-bloooooooooomin’
Hermes a-bloooooooomin’
way to go, Train!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew it was gonna be ok, I was absolutely sure but I still cried.
103 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
I think I’m gonna cry . . .
104 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:11
Shit, forgot to get my ASCI ready
105 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
way to go!
106 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
way to go, you really did a great job
107 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
my heart aches
108 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
>>103
I’m already crying
110 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
111 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
was everybody just anxiously waiting?
112 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
you really did it you fucker!
113 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
Now we’re all ready to face death!!
114 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
way to go Train
115 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
Way to go Train, and all you guys here in the thread, you don’t give up! I guess the real ('A `) Benoist moments are yet to come, but thought I’d just comment..
117 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
118 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
way to go, and good job!
119 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
121 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
What a girl to be there for you when you’re about to come clean.
Hey Train, you better step up and be there for her from now on.
All in all, way to go. From a 25-year-old virgin
122 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
didja get together
did they get together?!?!
123 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:12
124 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
Good for you for not choking!
Honestly, I was touched.
It was well worth waiting up for
127 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
you bastard!
I’ve never met a man who has shown this much progress and maturity!
way to go, you bastard!
128 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
Pulled my heart strings, tears are fallin
don’t know why, really really
I’d like to say well done to you.
Way to go Train
thank you
Valhalla is coming into focus . . .
129 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
130 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
get your bear--ings 
131 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
stay by my side forever
p . . . pro . . . ..propo . . .
132 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
and that was how god was born
133 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:13
good boy, good boy
peek -a-
ah yeah—
148 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:14
Congratulations Congratulations!
149 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:14
Congratulations Train!
You’ve gone pink and flowery on us!
155 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:15
Does this mean that I just witnessed the birth of a god . . .
156 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:15
support me forever
157 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:15
158 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:15
161 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:16
162 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:16
>>Train
You are the coolest of the cool.
You’re gonna have to keep her happy from now on.
Make sure you keep her laughing and grow old together. Way to go.
164 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:16
Wave after wave of congratulations flew in from the netizens, who had cheered Train on from the beginning.
171 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:16
Ummm . . . I wonder if it’s because I’ve been up all night
I can’t stop crying!
Bawling here
Haven’t cried in a long time!
How can something happening to a stranger stir you up so much
200 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:20
If Train is watching Pretty Cure at this stage of the game, I’ll give him mad respect
203 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:21
>200
The man watched Keroro before he went out yesterday
There’s no way he wouldn’t be watchin
215 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:22
218 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 08:23
I’ll carry on after Pretty Cure
220 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:23
>She grabbed both my hands and said
>‘You can do it!’
This is killer.
I think it’s a sign of Lady Hermes’ kindness.
226 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:23
>>218
As we thought.
227 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:24
>>218
oh you, why I oughta . . . . . . (▪∀▪) !! awesome!
228 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:24
It’s not my place to say it but let me say it anyway.
Hey Train, if you end up hurting Hermes, all of us buried here aren’t gonna stand for it. You go and make her a happy girl.
231 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:23
yes yes
looks to me like an awesome smile
244 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:27
Pretty Cure . . . is that some kind of cousin of a manicure?
Seriously, don’t know what that’s about . . .
251 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:28
>>244
I’ll be serious for just a moment. It’s an anime title
272 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:32
So this is the first time I’ve watched this Pretty Cure show.
The girl with the long black hair is cute.
332 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:43
. . . hey, I just woke up but what’s this going through 2 threads from 5am? not to mention Train watching Pretty Cure.
Anyway, way to go, Train, before even reading the log.
358 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 08:47
My brain is not taking anything in . . . 
365 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:48
>My brain is not taking anything in . . .
No worries, dude.
You’re gonna automatically start afresh anyway
375 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:50
all right . . . this thing . . . ain’t something you should own up to
I mean when you said anime, I figured it was something like Doraemon or
Dragonball Z but . . .
Train, I’m not gonna tell you to quit but make sure Hermes doesn’t find out.
Any average person would pull away in fright, for real.
393 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:52
Proof that there are only a few true-blue Geeks amongst us.
Remember this. You have seen the true face of a Geek.
And go and read the log one more time.
416 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 08:55
So after I heard her words, all the memories of hardship and difficulty just vanished into a vast whiteness and then I felt a sharp tingly thing in my nose then all this water started pouring out of my eyes and nose. And so though I wanted to tell her
‘Thank you’
and
‘Let’s always stay together’
No words were coming out of my mouth
but I kept trying over and over again to say it
but I just couldn’t
That’s when she moved towards me and hugged me.
‘It’s all right, it’s all right,’ she said, rubbing my back.
Though I struggled to put all my past struggles into words, all I could
warble out was
‘piujenk)(*@#f9u’
can’t believe it
way too excited, you know . . .
The Geeks struggle to regain their composure after Train Man’s renewed attack. And instead of waning, his attacks gain even more strength.
423 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:56
>>416
a sudden ah yeaaaaaah
429 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:56
resuming a-suddenlyyyyyy ah yeaaaah 
430 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:56
just when I thought I could relax, the man attacks out of nowhere!!!!!
431 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:56
Resuming with an out of the blue attack!!!!
433 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:57
Looks to me like somebody’s launching an all-out attack during an armistice
436 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:57
So suddenly
Is this Pearl Harbor?
437 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 08:57
I love Train for just waltzing back in as if nothing had happened-!
456 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:00
Lady Hermes is really such a nice girl, isn’t she?
458 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:00
>>416
You . . . you cried too . . .
Train, you is too cute. You make me wanna hug you.
You people shouldn’t gang up on such a cute Train over Pretty Cure, ya hear? 
This blow opened up the floodgates connected to the Geeks’ tearducts which had long been arid as the land on Mars.
466 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:01
‘You saying you liked me made me like you even more’ rrrroooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr
469 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:01
472 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
waaahhhhh
477 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
a kiss already.
It’s over and done with, I can rest in peace
478 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
I may have to cry tooooooooo
479 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
480 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
waaaahhhhh
481 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
I like you tooooooooooooooooooooooo
482 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
ah yeah yeaaaaaah
knows no boundaries ah yeaaaaaah
483 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:02
damn . . . . . . this stings, man . . .
in my mind, I’ve cast myself as Train
garrrrrrrrrrr ('A `) waaah
484 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:03
can’t take it no more. I’m gonna cry too. waaaahhhhh
485 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:03
What a good woman Lady Hermes is.
Don’t matter whether you’re an anorak or a Geek, make her as happy as possible and find happiness for yourself.
490 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:04
I’m a single male but I’ve never come across a woman like this. Looks like god does exist after all. He must be looking after the courageous ones who try hard.
498 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:04
ah yeah----
tears comin’ for real.
Definitely, this attack has gone way beyond 125.
499 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:04
‘Watching you made me cry’
Me done it too.
500 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:04
At this point, everything’s cool. It don’t matter what your hobbies are.
What matters is that there are two people who like each other, that’s it.
I’d really like to have some sort of snot-like liquid wiped off my face!!!
511 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:06
>>Train
What time was it when it happened?
518 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:07
I’m all teary-eyed too. I see now that all this time Train spent feeling unsure of himself and even his whole life till now was all in preparation for finding happiness with Hermes.
520 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:08
>‘I’m sorry. No girl has ever treated me so kindly’ was what I really wanted
>to say but those weren’t the words that came tumbling out.
>She just nodded and wiped what could have been either snot or tears from my face >with some tissue paper.
This is the best part.
It’s the moment when she embraced Train’s whole way of being.
559 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:11
It looks like these two might even get married.
This kind of couple where each cares deeply for the other is bound to last a long time.
Of course, this is just my brain projecting (´A`) honeymoo
565 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:12
>>557
ahyeahyeahyeahyeaaaaaaaah
566 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:12
shit. I think I’m leaking some kind of fluid from my ear
568 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:12
we have been forewarned
573 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:12
Hey, let’s go and replenish the arsenal!!
Check the barrage!
What we’ve been afraid of is upon us! The H-bomb-class doomsday device!!
595 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:15
I don’t live in Tokyo so I’m not so familiar with this kinda stuff
but are there really sweet girls like this around Tokyo?
601 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:17
>>595
more mature than sweet
605 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:17
cute and sweet with an older sister vibe
you there? are you still out there? are there enough of you to go around? or was Hermes the last of the breed? arrghhhhhhhhh
609 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 09:18
got mail--!! 
she’s up way early!
hold on a sec
let me take care of this fi rst
645 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:25
>when I finally lifted my head I saw that her eyes were bright red . . .
>I let out a confused ‘Ah . . . ’ as I looked into her face
I like this bit coz it’s so very Train
682 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:33
What part of it is she thinking aboutttttttt
687 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:33
holyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
my arm! my arm!!
700 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:35
From carpet bombing to targeted bombing. And then moving into position to strike a final blow . . .
736 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:43
ah yeah!
737 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:43
>she reached her arm around my neck and pulled in so close I could feel her breath.
>she reached her arm around my neck and pulled in so close I could feel her breath.
>she reached her arm around my neck and pulled in so close I could feel her breath.
738 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:43
holyshiiiiiiiiiiiiii------
739 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:43
Somebody please, kill me now!!
741 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:43
753 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:44
Shit-------here it comes, the final blow . . . here it comes, get down in the shelter, the shelter!
808 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 09:53
This is reminding me of Private Ryan.
From the moment we land, we are met with a barrage of gunfire killing one Geek after the other.
Bombarded by gunfire, the bloodied bodies of Geeks keep falling one by one.
The voices of those calling ‘Medi-------c!!’ abound.
Benwah.
861 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 10:01
I don’t know how long we stayed in that position, in each other’s faces but neither of us said a word . . .
I did feel the softness of something pressing up against my arm though . . .
After a while her fingers travelled up and started stroking my lips. I found myself saying ‘that tickles’ but she didn’t listen and instead said, ‘and now for you, Mr Train?’ and closed her eyes.
Inside,
ah yeah-------!
I reached for her hair and leaned in to kiss her right by her ear.
‘Ooo!’
she said, scrunching up her shoulders. I was kind of surprised too
‘Not there,’ she said and laughed at me.
865 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:01
>I did feel the softness of something pressing up against my arm though . . .
>I did feel the softness of something pressing up against my arm though . . .
>I did feel the softness of something pressing up against my arm though . . .
872 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:02
>>861
‘Not there’
ooooooooo 
880 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:03
Evacuate immediately, evacuate now . . . . . . . . . point of impact
886 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:04
I reached for her hair and leaned in to kiss her right by her ear.
‘Ooo!’
she said, scrunching up her shoulders. I was kind of surprised too
‘Not there,’
help me kiss location
889 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:04
mediiiii----------------c!!!!!!!!!
893 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:05
>>886
good one. lol.
903 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 10:07
Well, since she had kissed me in that general area
I figured that I was supposed to do the same to her 
939 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:14
Traaaaaaaaaaaain
No teasin’ with this interval shit . . . just spill it, please, just spill ittttttttt
28 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:25
ah yeaaaaaaaaah 
30 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:25
>>24
39 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:26
44 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:26
54 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:26
69 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:28
man, you’re really planning on annihilating us . . . I’m done for . . .
The Geeks were relentlessly battered and pounded down. After Train Man left, a momentary calmness took over the thread.
61 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:27
stand down for now . . .
91 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:31
All right, I’m going to bed! See you later!
We’re this close to the final assault and turning into mere shadows of our former selves . . .
92 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:31
I wonder when Lady Hermes started liking Train.
108 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:35
‘Making my heart throb’
such beautiful words . . .
109 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:35
He’s really turned himself into a stealth bomber
He left us no time to issue air-raid warnings and all but wiped us out
I reckon if he’s heading to bed now, it’ll be another 4-6 hours
but I bet he’s too frazzled to sleep so I say he’ll be back in 4 hours
111 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:35
>>102
That Train, man, he really pushed himself hard
He returned from his date and went without sleep to attack us
It was definitely something that I stayed up for this but Train is not too shabby either
134 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 10:50
Train’s dark side is something to be reckoned with . . . this really hurts
wonder what I’ve been doing till now . . .
158 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 11:10
you know what, when we all read Train’s first report
all of us and I mean all of us told him to go with it . . .
even if we were to factor in the desperate nature of all Geeks,
thank god Train wasn’t derailed on account of some negative comment from us
of course, it’s all because Train was the most passive one of us . . .
160 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 11:15
In the beginning I didn’t think he would develop into a such a mind-blowing bomber
I mean when he first reported about saving those ladies he did say he might have to betray us but even back then I thought he was way ahead of himself.
To think things like this really happen in the world.
180 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 11:48
Hermes has some child-like elements but
judging from her paying for parking and holding down a job
well, she is a real woman, a really nice catch.
She was meant to meet Train . . . . . . it’s gotta be destiny.
Congratulations Train.
I thought you might cry when you told her how you felt, and you really did
And it’s great Hermes accepted your kindness and returned it with joy!
I always heard that happiness grows when shared by two but now I know
it’s true. I’m getting weepy.
197 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 12:15
Got quiet in here.
As though the intense brutal air strike never happened, the surviving soldiers huddled together in the silence, thankful. Had the bombing begun early that morning? That, too, was now a long-lost memory.
But still, looking out over the field there was a mountain of skeletal remains.
Random body parts, hands, legs, fingers, hair, eyeballs . . . . . . what a destructive force.
The damage sustained by the survivors was in itself horrible to see.
Next to me stood a Geek Soldier who continued aiming his M92 out into the emptiness though he had no bullets.
Mumbling ‘ah yeah’ like an afterthought. Not even a blink. Grinning from ear to ear. I listened to the sorrowful clicking noise of his trigger echoing through the battlefield.
Beyond his gaze was the land he was fleeing to.
He said, ‘Will resume within the day’
I can’t think of anything. The roar of the explosions is even now vibrating in my head.
He will, as promised, resume his attack in a few hours.
Has the Command Centre been annihilated?
But I . . . I can . . . still move . . . . . . and will keep on . . . till the end . . .
201 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 12:20
I’ve finally caught up . . . .but man, how many threads do you need to go through in one night!
I’m late, but way to go Tren. Really happy for you.
I’m just as happy as if it was happening to me. You made me cry too.
Oh yesss sireeeeee, I cried, man, you made me cry. May you be happy for a long time to come!!!
205 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 12:26
An apparently trivial catalyst plus
lots of courage plus
some backseat driving + meddling
and Train’s own perseverance and development
gave birth to a miracle
take care of her forever.
264 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 13:49
just woke up. it’s muggy today isn’t it?
slept really badly. Couldn’t shake the exhaustion at all.
But then I woke up to find a couple of hot e-mails.
Is this the way couples go about things?
She managed to set up her PC and internet on her own. (´▪ω▪`) there goes my chance to shine . . .
She says she wants to hear my voice so that’s what I’m gonna do.
laters
266 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 13:49
ah yeah---------!!!
277 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 13:52
Oh my god, this is the first time I’m experiencing Train Man in real time . . .
. . . oh no, I’m getting kinda nervous . . .
278 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 13:52
Coffee and two packs of Marlboro
Ready to roll.
A puff before setting out on my journey to a sweet death.
283 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 13:57
302 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 14:09
Sunday every day ah yeah-!
334 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 14:17
EVERYBODY, ARM YOURSELVES! USE THIS !
337 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 14:19
>>334
is that a hairdryer?
341 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 14:19
Woe is I who gave up at 4 yesterday and went to work today only to return once again.
Mr Train, congratulations.
So you, who I’ve been watching over, are finally leaving the lair.
It’s been like a soap. Sometimes it makes me want to bless you and other times it gets me down. It’s got my emotions all stirred up.
Please take good care of Lady Hermes.
But let me just say this one thing to you.
You ffffuuuuu you really betrayed your people!!!!!
On that note, let me shove you into the couples board where you can freely googoo and gaga all you want!
And copy this for when you return to the dark side.
by K-Man
400 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 14:53
>>>399
it’s fi --------------ne.
take your ti------------me.
409 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 14:55
The two months I’ve spent here really were a lot of fun.
I felt a bond like I’ve never felt. I’m sure memory fades but I don’t want to forget what happened here.
413 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 14:56
461 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:23
I’ve been up since yesterday morning—I just clocked 32 hours.
I somehow managed to survive the real-time attacks too.
I’ve been posting how long I’ve been up every so often.
This thread is Train’s history but it is also mine.
Ok, it’s a bit forced but give me that much yeah.
I’m not going to bed now because if I do that I won’t be able to sleep tonight.
I’m gonna go and get some curry now laters
483 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:35
yeah . . . . . . happy . . . . . . that’s great . . . really great, man . . .
(´A `) Benoist
484 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:35
here it comes here it comes here it comes
489 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:36
oh yeah
give it to me
539 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:48
540 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:49
they’re all casual and stuff now
543 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:49
544 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:49
> She reached up with both her hands and pinched my cheeks
This kind of stuff happens for real? (´A `)
555 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:51
My first real-time attack! I will do my best to survive . . . 
558 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 15:52
>>555
good luck rookie!
586 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:00
This is a first for me
glued to 2-Channel all day like this
589 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:01
Almost 12 hours has passed since the battle began . . . I may be . . .
almost . . . reaching the end of the line . . .
603 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:04
609 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:05
No problem, Train. Could you answer one question.
Did we make a difference?
610 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:05
>the girlfriend she brought on our second date asked ‘You like him don’t you?’ and >that made Hermes realise perhaps she did.
girlfriend=god
615 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:07
618 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:07
As I thought, the girlfriend was sent to size you up! What a minx!
620 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:07
people, now’s the time to arm yourselves for real! all yours, yeah!
[£100]
624 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:08
wassup. inflation?
634 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:09
The gods of the story are the geezer on the train, the one who asked for the teacup brand name and the one who told Train to call. You know what. It’s kinda like when Christ was born and the three kings went to check him out.
641 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:10
Oh no, Lady Girly Hermes is way too cute 
Hey Train, it’s not like you haven’t heard this before but take her hand in yours and never let her go!
If you fuck it up then you will deserve to die 10,000 times over!
Somebody already wrote this before but respect her for the longest time.
I wish you happiness you fucker!~
643 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:11
127 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 16/03/04 22:37
I knew it! The cups have a deeper meaning!
The ones who misinterpreted just a bit are kind of gods too
693 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:22
si----gh 
694 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:22
695 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:22
and gave her a light cous
>cous?
705 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 16:23
I don’t mean cous . . . 
a peck, a mouth-to-mouth kiss 
arrrgh
793 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 16:37
So we ended up driving back to her part of town and decided to eat at the local diner. She said she hadn’t been there ‘in a really long time’
. . . and here’s a killer line from our drive there
‘I feel lonely being so far from you while I’m driving’
and we’re talkin maybe about 10 or 20 centimetres of space
so we held hands while we were at red lights.
We finally get back to her part of town and go to the diner.
She quickly ran into the bathroom to check her make-up--
she told me that the harsh lighting exposed too much, not that I gave a damn
I waited couldn’t wait for her to return
and flipped through the menu but couldn’t work up an appetite
so I decided she could choose.
She came back after about 15 minutes and I asked her
‘Could you order for me too?’
and she ended up ordering the Japanese dinner set for me.
Wow, she knew exactly the kind of food for someone who didn’t have
much of an appetite . . .
827 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:43
>so we held hands while we were at red lights.
déjà vu again!
Train is definitely on the way to being a god.
832 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:45
c’mon guys, hurry up and arm yourselves!
all yours, yeah!
[£2000]
856 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:51
big huge bomb headed our way!!
876 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:55
the end will be here very soon.
Standing here at this point brings me down.
As you’d expect. I’m on drugs, yeah. but I’m gonna go to the hospital tomorrow and tell them
‘I just experienced something that gave me peace of mind’
I hate to part with Train and all my people I’ve fought alongside.
damn it I blabbed some soft shit on 2-Channel
The moment to face the end had arrived.
874 Name: 731 aka Train Man Post Date: 16/03/04 21:31
My hands are frozen! 
614 Name: 731 aka Train Man Post Date: 17/03/04 23:00
HELP ME WITH DINNER
364 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 27/03/04 23:49
AND SHE REALLY DRESSED UP FOR THE OCCASION . . .
775 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 23/04/04 23:39
How can I say it, it’s like we both know that the next time we see each other, we will be facing the final battle.
This short but eventful two-month period looks to be coming to a close with the next blow.
917 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:03
final attack warning coming atcha--- 
919 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:03
so at last we’ve come to the final battle
kinda deep, no?
920 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:03
today is the day our comrade is taking that glorious flight out into the world.
let us all bless his journey and slowly return to the darkness.
13 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:55
all you people better arm yourselves before Train comes back!
use this! I’m keepin it nice and cheap for you, yeah!
[£3000]
14 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 16:58
stop putting the price up will ya
24 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:08
the most powerful one ever is coming at us
26 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:08
air raid! air raid! enemy aircraft approaching!
31 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:09
Do not close your eyes until you take your last breath, all of you!
40 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:10
I’ll die with a smile on my face if I meet my maker now
45 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:11
The almost one month I’ve spent since 125 is coming to a close (´A `)
Benoist
I’ve taken all that I can from the real-time attacks (´∀`) ohyeah
54 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:12
>>40
Ah.
I’ve got no regrets either.
I had a good life.
From here on in Train and Hermes will be the architects of a new world.
Leaving the world in their able hands gives me much joy.
87 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:14
We can all see the same light, no?
91 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:15
Behold the soft and warm light . . .
94 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:15
I’m glad we made him call that day . . .
97 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:15
>>91
Oh . . . . . . feel the embrace . . . . . .
108 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:16
I hate to think of parting ways with Mr Train
As I cheered him on, I think I fell for him
I wanted to pop his cherry too
139 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:18
my heart won’t stop thumpin like crazy
144 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:19
159 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:19
I’m scared! Somebody help me!
167 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:20
We are all about to bear witness to the birth of a legend!!!!!
195 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:22
If the next post is going to be his last, must be taking him time to get it all together?
Just as the collective nerves of the thread netizens were fraying . . .
205 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 17:23
too many posts . . . I swear, what is going on whoa! hold on a sec . . .
213 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:23
too many posts . . .
hey! I think it’s going to be bigger than we thought!!!!
218 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:23
I heard him load up!!!
It’s gonna be a big one---!!!!!
228 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 17:24
We talked about how things would be from now on
To be exact, we talked about where to go on dates and
how she would go around telling her friends she had a boyfriend
and where we would go next week.
We took photos to load up into her PC
And before we knew it, it was 4 in the morning.
‘It’s nearly morning’ I said
‘You’re right. Shall we go?’ she replied, and stood up.
She said she would drive me home.
‘It’s not a good idea to have you walking the streets alone at night,’
she said.
254 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:25
260 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:26
a man’s kissssssssssss?
261 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:26
manly kiss ah yeah-----! 
264 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:26
265 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:26
271 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:26
a manly kiss comin atchaaaaaaaaaaa-------!!!!
274 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 17:26
‘I’m going to use my tongue so don’t be surprised’
She tilted her head just a bit and placed her lips on mine.
I honestly had no idea what I was supposed to do.
Her tongue slipped out from the tiny space between her lips.
I welcomed her with the tip of my tongue.
We lingered and felt each other out,
as if making sure we were both really there.
Don’t need to say it, this was all new to me.
Is this what it’s really like?
I don’t know how long we were locked together
but by the time we came up for air, I was a slobbery mess
‘aah . . . I’m sorry . . . ’ she said
‘No, no, there’s no need to apologise.’
‘Well,’ she reached out and tried to wipe my lips again but I said
‘I want to keep it just like it is for a while’
after which she told me off
‘don’t be silly’
She got back into the car and after saying good night she sped off.
I stood there until I couldn’t see her car anymore.
That’s about it.
286 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:27
here it is! the celestial apparition!!!!
the doomsday device!!!!
288 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:27
289 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:27
one of the all-nighters here . . . just woke up . . . .
to a sudden deluge of bombasoikpokr0-9807)*(@#Ip0
290 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:27
291 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:27
. . . as I was saying, but whoa, what about a mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn kisssssssssssss
The final blow that Train Man landed completed the emotional rise and fall of the two and seemed like a bright light from God, purging all the Geeks. There wasn’t one left who harboured the will to fight.
293 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:27
298 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:27
ah yeah----- 
305 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
308 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
fu--------------ck.
Hermes,
love yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
322 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
325 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
Congratulations Train! And thanks for sending us back to the shadows with a skip in our step
326 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
I surrender! I surrender so please stop . . . asopi390_(*OPKlkiopo)(@#
327 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
till the end . . . . . . you’re landing all your punches
328 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
Way to go Train. Really. Congratulations.
Grab hold of that happiness for all of us
And thank you very much.
329 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:28
the end, eh . . .
thank you
336 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:29
I can now, with no regrets, rise to heaven
Train Man, congratulations . . . thank you . . .
341 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:29
>>333
thank you
344 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:29
Thank you Train!
I can finally be reunited with my long -departed mother
345 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:29
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaI love ya toooooooooooooo
346 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:29
way to go, Train . . .
Congratulations . . .
taste all the world’s joy for me
350 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:29
>>333
me too>Train
358 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:29
>>333
love ya>Train
365 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:30
366 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:30
>love > my people
>love > my people
>love > my people
>love > my people
>love > my people
>love > my people
370 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:30
>>333
I love ya too
373 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:30
congratulations > Train
I love ya too.
Thank you! Be happy!
378 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:30
Train, congratulations for real!
You’ve only just begun.
The real story is to come.
The story of Train and Hermes.
Who nobody can come between.
Be happy!
383 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:31
I’m so happy for you Train. 
395 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:31
Mr Train, I’m really happy for you. Congratulations.
You made all that cheering worthwhile. Hope you’re happy for a long time
to come.
389 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:31
Train, way to go for real.
keepin it real till the end.
Loads of stuff’s goin to happen, but keep on keepin it real, yeah.
399 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:31
Sometimes I get this thought.
As the days fly by am I really happy with each day?
Every day I go for my goal, do what I need to do
by doing fun stuff and satisfying my appetites.
It all connects to the future . . . but what exactly is the future?
If people die and consciousness dies with them, then what meaning does
any of this have?
Even if you satisfied all your appetites while you were alive, won’t it all be
meaningless when you die?
I feel all empty but I can’t say how.
But still, I choose to go on living each day
One day we’ll reach the goal beyond the light.
That place Train managed to get to.
I promise I’ll get there too. (´∀`)
400 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:31
>>333
I love ya too
Hope you will always walk with her hand in yours
pulling her along
Here’s to the both of you making it work.
401 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:31
Train
Way to go for real.
Good job.
420 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:33
No way, how wonderful is this.
When you first started, honestly, I didn’t think you had a chance.
same wavelength was the key, wasn’t it.
I was kinda down with work and that but I’m gonna reload tomorrow and kickstart myself.
423 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:33
I’ve only been reading up till now but allow me this one post.
Train and Lady Hermes, congratulations. I wish you a lifetime of happiness together. Over the past two months I’ve been able to reaffirm the love I feel for my husband of 10 years and know that I can share forever with this man for whom I felt consuming love a decade ago.
Good luck to Train and all you Geeks.
If I’m reincarnated, I’ll be sure to come back as a Geek.
450 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:34
>>423
I absolutely don’t recommend it
432 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:33
congratulations Train!!!!!! It was the best fucking attack ever . . . . . .
grrr . . . gasp . . .
418 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:32
I’m still alive god damn it.
Hey Train, if you can still write in, tell me this,
What happened to that big bag you brought because she had loads of gifts from her trip that she wanted to give you?
442 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:34
451 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:35
Man oh man, way to go Train
I held myself back from posting and it really paid off
The story went your own special way
I don’t feel up to cooking tonight and since I don’t have a girlfriend to cook for me, I guess it’s cup noodles for me but
final words, grab hold of that happiness !
479 Name: Another Geek Bites the Dust Post Date: 09/05/04 17:36
483 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:36
Don’t think anyone remembers but
I’m the ‘1 when you return’ guy.
way to go from me.
491 Name: One of Us Post Date: 09/05/04 17:37
Dudes. The past two months’ worth of expended energy and might, in yer face!
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milyway-Acquarius/7075/
497 Name: Riceball Post Date: 09/05/04 17:37
>>Mr Train
Make sure you don’t start taking her for granted.
That’s where I messed up asdfopiokl)(*@#^#$!})
Wishing you a life of happiness.
love from a riceball
517 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:41
I saw the flash site One of Us created
got chills man
537 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:43
Congratulations and thanks, Train.
Go at your own pace and deepen your relationship.
For some reason, I’m feelin a bit lonely but
I’m gonna try hard too.
538 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:43
540 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:43
Train.
Don’t let her go.
No matter what happens.
You’re going to experience all kinds of things from now on.
Just remember us every time you think you’ve fucked up.
What you did here and what you were told here.
And remember what you went through just so you could be with Hermes.
Happiness to you. Laters.
. . . shit
Just checked One of Us’s site . . . can’t stop crying. 
547 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:45
I've prepared something
Graduation Diploma
Mr Train Man
As Chief Representative
of the Geek Board, on the 4th day in
May of the 15th year of the Heisei Era,
I declare you as a graduate of the
Geek Board.
550 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:45
>>547
I think you’ve got the diploma, dude
557 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:47
>>547
I’m moved you went to the trouble of making that thing with your own hands.
I can tell that you’re not used to this stuff and did your best.
You’re making me all weepy.
598 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:54
>>547
But wanting to congratulate Train, that feeling is conveyed
Big time big time. Train gets it. So do we.
556 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:47
offering kindness to others . . . a heart that never gives up . . . an innocent heart
being considerate and mindful of others . . . having the attitude and courage to move forward
you’ve helped me come to terms of all of that and more
I’m going to keep stepping forward one step at a time (´∀`)
At ground zero, one finds not the burnt remains of a fallen township, but scores of smiling netizens cheerfully waving their hands.
587 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:52
Ladies and gents, the ever buzz-worthy ‘Train Man’ has taken his final bow in this thread
Please offer a generous round of applause and hurl some abuse at our main man Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU to wish him well
May you be blessed with happiness forever and let us hope that you spill some of that lovin’ over into our lives.
Way to go! Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU
589 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:52
I don’t have to carry a gun anymore . . .
Let me return. Back to my home.
All men, disarm now.
596 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:54
That’s right! The main man in this amazing story is none other than you, Train!
603 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:55
way to go Train!
Let me post this bit to commemorate the day.
Don’t forget to give us a wedding report.
605 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:56
I’m quitting the arms dealin bizniz.
thanks to those who bought from me.
I got some stock left so I’m leaving it here for you.
[£50]
606 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:56
Kanagawa Unit, returning home!
For Train we offer our cannon salute!
We wish you and Hermes happiness! Good bye!
608 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:56
I guess no more threads will start after this one . . .
616 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:57
Starting with One of Us and followed by all the Geeks that gathered here in the thread. Also the cool guys and girls that offered Train some advice. Glad to have met you all here in the thread.
Above all.
Train, well done. And, way to go.
I was mostly reading and not posting, but I had lots of fun. Thanks.
All the best with Hermes.
This thread may have ended here but Train and Hermes’ story will keep
going.
618 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:58
Nagoya 8th Regiment Communications Soldier, returning to home base!
I’d like to share my heartfelt joy at surviving with all my people here
619 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:58
>>613
You’re leaving us for http://love2.2ch.net/ex
634 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 17:59
>>619
whaaa------------------ 
but I’m ready for my new beginning.
635 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:59
Train . . . .
You’re way . . . . . .
ready to . . .
graduate . . .
Way sad and lonely. 
636 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 17:59
Just got back from my second job
I kept checkin on my mobile but haven’t been able to read it all
I said it before I left for work but I’ll say it again
Congratulations Train & Hermes!!
And thanks to Train & Hermes, One of Us, all Geeks including myself,
other single men and women!! And well done!!
During the first real-time attack, I thought no way would things ever go
this far but after witnessing such an incredible feat, I feel as though I need to push myself further.
And finally, all happiness to Train and Hermes!
641 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:00
But if they do end up getting married or something . . . I’d love to find out one way or another . . .
Oh, I guess someone could just pick up a Train report from the couples board . . .
652 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 18:01
You don’t have to forget Hermes and Benoist
If you do, all of this stops making any sense
Even if something happens, I’ll deal with it, ok
657 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:02
I was following things all chilled out but
the part where Train told her he liked her made me cry . . .
and then the Flash site made me cry some more.
All happiness to you, Mr Train!
661 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:02
>Even if something happens, I’ll deal with it, ok
Well said, Train! Train! You da man---!
682 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:04
With this the curtains descend on the Train thread we had all followed over the last two months.
Come to think of it, we were constantly obsessed with Train . . .
685 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:05
I’ve watched many Geeks who transformed into gods and took flight but why
is it . . . . . . that this time, I’m incredibly sad to see him go . . . . . .
644 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:00
>>628>>Train
help me give advice
701 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:07
Dear Train,
I hope to see you again sometime here on this board
You’d probably come back to quietly offer your advice to some Geek who,
much like yourself in the beginning, is muddled and lost . . .
I won’t say goodbye. Till we meet again!
Here’s to you Train, and all our comrades!!
713 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:08
When I first came across a Train post in real time,
I didn’t think it was anything special.
Watching him hum and hah over calling or not calling
made me want to beat some sense into him.
When he had dinner with Hermes and her friend
I doubted there would be a follow-up date.
But right after that . . . Train shot out at lightning speed
straight like an arrow down the path towards the answer, the right answer
Congratulations Train, thank you Train.
You are truly a man now . . .
Don’t turn around as you walk away. Even if you get lost . . .
for you have the couples board gang waiting for you
and more importantly, a girlfriend . . .
714 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:08
You’re all too good to be true.
Moving. Tear-jerking.
722 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:10
I’m not crying because of the bombings but because I have to say
goodbye to Train.
730 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:11
man, I can’t take it anymore
I’m leaving this net-café to go pretend like I’ve been rained on
Train, much happiness to you . . . and thanks for everything over this long period of time.
Geeks, we were all able to contribute to Train’s happiness. It’ll be all right. Let’s keep believing the day will come when we, too, will morph. Let’s go on reaching out to all the gods that come our way.
And finally, sorry for the long message.
731 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:11
Thank you Train Man. Thanks to hot springs, rubber bands and moles and everybody else. And finally, a parting gift from a remaining geek.
732 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:11
Things moved fast after that dinner with her friend.
Judging from the way Hermes behaved, too.
If you add what we now know about how Hermes felt, it gives that day a lot more weight.
way to go >Train
734 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:11
What it means for one person’s heart to truly connect to another person.
I think Train delivered the answer.
735 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:11
Train, you hold one person’s happiness in the palm of your hand
Of course, that person is Hermes
promise us that you will never let any of it slip out of your hand!
737 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:12
Hey hey, Train.
Don’t forget us, ok?
748 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:14
I am honoured to have walked alongside Train and all of you in this thread.
May good fortune fall on Train and all you guys. me 2 yeah
749 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:14
can’t stop crying
770 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:17
I’m all emotional and teary like I was at graduation . . .
786 Name: Train Man ♦ 4aPOTtW4HU Post Date: 09/05/04 18:19
I just went and posted on the couples board.
shoulda written something better . . . . . .
800 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:20
169: Lover is Anonymous: 09/05/04 18:16
first post here
looking forward to being here. will give it my best for a long time to come.
795 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:20
Since Train has finished giving us the report, I’m going to upload something I was working on back when Train and Hermes were still in the heat of the battle (back when I was hoping against hope all on my own)
I joined the war effort about a month ago and though your bombs did send me back into the shadowy depths of my Geekhood, watching you mature over these two months made me want to offer heartfelt congratulations too.
You who could barely walk in a straight line in the beginning, were raised by the netizens into a valiant soldier who bombed the hell out of us then rose through the ranks and finally to graduated. I hope you and Hermes stay happy together for a long time.
You are all younger than me and I do have a nagging big-brother overprotective tendency but to be honest, I’d really like to scream out
(I love this AA)
All of you, be proud of yourselves. You all have the ability to develop a Geek into a combatant.
And to all Geeks, if you ever have difficulty taking that first step, think back to this thread. And remember all the netizens that cheered Train on. It’s just as Train said in 696. >to have loads of different kinds of courage >and to ask for advice. Yes, we are not alone. We will follow Train’s tracks!
I’ve been working myself up for some speed-dating at the weekend. I’ll go down fighting!
Utterly Geekoid single male in his early 30s, with apologies for the long post and ramblings
811 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:21
Hey Train, get moving will ya.
Make sure you don’t let go of her hand now you grabbed it.
No need to turn back.
Your happiness. Let’s just say that would be a great parting gift.
813 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:22
In the end, Train represented our collective hope . . . . . .
The time for Train Man to leave the lair had arrived.
840 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:27
It’s almost time . . . no?
841 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:27
>Train
Good job, and keep going. Be there for each other.
Been here watching over you since your birth. deep, man.
Your progress, your evolution was something real. The past two months
have been special. Thank you. I wish you a world of happiness.
Train and all you lot, let me just say that you’re my mates and I love ya. 
855 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:28
>>850
well put!!!!!!!!!
858 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:28
suppose the time has come
864 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:29
may you be happy for a long time to come
laters
871 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:30
Hey Train. Thank you. Thank you. Goodbye.
I’m gonna try hard so I can get to that side!
878 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:31
shit, there are only 100 more to go. This is really making me cry.
I don’t know what to do with this loneliness and weepiness and happiness all bundled into one. I’ve never felt this way before.
880 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:31
shit . . . I’m starting to really feel kinda lonely . . .
Train---be well!
I’d really like to one day get there too . . .
891 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:32
Let us know when you get married.
all happiness to you. laters
908 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
>>900
friends you can’t introduce to her
909 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
Train 900 you,
. . . by friends . . . you mean . . . us?
heyheyheyheyheyheyheyheyyyyyy, you gave me goosebumps, dude!!!!!
910 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
we’re your friends, eh . . .
thanks.
912 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
914 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
>>900
mm
waaaaaaaahhhh!!!
915 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
>>900
Hermes knows about usssss!
hot damn.
916 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
Train, Hermes . . . thanks
(▪ω▪) laters
922 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:33
>>900
weeeeeepyyyyyy
you is makin me cry
926 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:34
Couldn’t pronounce the brand name
Trippin at key moments
Lots happened
Those who continuously prayed for god’s good fortune to shine
Those who believed it would never be
There were many
There is a beginning and end to everything
Congratulations, Train
927 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:34
Oops, forgot to thank you on account of being dead and all
Mr Train and Lady Hermes, congratulations
If you let this all go to your head and cheat on Hermes and make her cry
we’re gonna come and get you, yeah?
well well, I wish you all the best
Guess I’ll drown my sorrows
936 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:35
Hey Train, thanks
all happiness to you
937 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:35
Ringin the departure bell (RRRRRRRRRRRR
944 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:35
arg gur am rrr how come I’m crying over seeing a stranger off?
945 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:35
we’ve come to the end, finally . . .
948 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:36
well, let’s see Train off, shall we?
949 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:36
finally
950 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:36
adios amigo
951 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:36
953 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:36
Train . . . thanks for the dream 
954 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:36
50 to go
all you guys, Train. Be well.
963 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:36
On platform 2, Happiness-bound train, ready for departure
Please step into the car as the train is very crowded
971 Name: One of Us Post Date: 09/05/04 18:37
>Train Man
I’ll log it all for the Flash site.
If there’s anything you want me to edit out of the log like links or certain words then send me an e-mail or post a note will you?
If you do end up getting married, then let me know when you feel like it.
I’ll post congratulations on the site. Train! 
waaaaah!
977 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:37
983 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:38
Hey, let’s all watch Train leave and give him our sincerest, deepest bow
that’s all we can offer to top off our compassion, no?
986 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:38
Train, everybody, thank you for everything!
Hoping that we’ll meet again one day!!
996 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:39
Final post, Train, all happiness to ya!
998 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:39
if I hit 999, then I’m ready to declare my love . . . who am I kidding, no one to declare it to!
999 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:40
Train, just fill up the final three
1000 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 09/05/04 18:39
run towards the glory in store for you!
1001 Name: 1001 Post Date: Over 1000 Thread
This thread has gone over 1000.
No additional posts are possible so please start another thread.
Sorry. I may end up betraying you guys.
I’m no good at writing so don’t know how well I can tell this story.
Damn. This thread’s got something going on . . .
May the force be with you . . .
The Train Man saga launched by these seemingly banal words has finally come to a close. Train Man, who learned to courageously take that first step and to believe in himself initially said ‘anyway, the point is that you guys really need to get out more.’
Off we step into the brightly lit abyss.