Find the author of the isekai that had made it happen and punch them in the taint
So you would assume you’re in a story. Interesting. If it happened to me, I would first think I’m dreaming, then the real world. But I wouldn’t think I was in a story.
First thing, try and breathe to see if the unknown new world has an atmosphere compatible with the one I’m accustomed to. If not, I guess I’m dead.
Second thing, determine if I’m in a wasteland / nature setting, or a civilized one.
Third, regardless of the answer to the second, take stock of my current resources and seek new ones. Water is highest priority, food second, shelter third.
Finding a weapon is definitely the highest priority. As soon as everyone starts freaking out they’re coming after anyone who has something they want. After the bloodbath you can use your weapon to get food or possibly help with making shelter, and you’ll be ready to meet the natives once they arrive – just in case they’re not friendly and are at a lower technological level than what you have available.
Most cultures don’t immediately leap to “better kill everyone else in the train so I can take their stuff.”
Some don’t, I’m not sure about “most”. Regardless, I’m not waiting around to see what kind of passengers I’m traveling with. If everybody plays nice and works together then that’s great, we all have a better chance for survival. You still need to protect yourself against any hostile natives or wildlife because everything you know about what’s safe and what’s dangerous just went out the window.
Pending Train is pretty darn close to what you’re describing. I only got through the first episode, it falls prey to a lot of annoying little tropes, but it’s a cool concept for sure.
It is, yeah! I’d never heard of that, thanks for sharing.
Check for my super cheat powers and pick the first woman for my isekai harem.
I’m thinking odds are it’s either a busy elf or a cat girl 😜
Isekai harems are “all of the above.”
Hey sometimes they are flat chested autistic girls or 7,000-year-old dragons who happen to look like a 9-year-old.
Personally I’m interested in neither but I’ve read a lot of manga
Flat chested autistic girl here. Can confirm I’m in 3 harems with brave travellers from another world.
Fight the urge to immediately get off the train.
Even with as many episodes of Star Trek as I’ve seen, I’m sure I’d want to rush right out and start exploring.
We should split up to explore more efficiently!
Ohh, this small creature in the underbrush looks adorable! I’m going to pick it up.
1, get really annoyed that whatever plans I had are now changed because I’m not super good at paradigm shifts.
2, try to make the best of it because I really believe we bring our own good time.
Immediately gather any crumbs.
Happy cake day!
Have you played Kult because it looks like the thing which can happen in that game
what are you talking about that’s literally already how underground trains already work
What trains are you going on, lol
One ticket to wherever he’s going please!
Die, probably.
Probably quite quickly, if the train was traveling at any significant speed when all of a sudden it had no tracks under it.
Stay the hell on the train. Observe what happens to other passengers when they get curious.
I’d seriously worry about not having immunity to whatever diseases exist in that world, and the people of that new world not having immunity to whatever I might be carrying from my world.
Probably try and figure what the skills of the other survivors on the train to assemble a team with the goal of survival and information gathering.
I’d hope this one is better than what’s in the rear view mirror.
Also, happy cake day!
Oh, thanks! Didn’t realise it was my cake day.
Trying to crowdsource your next Isekai, huh?
before Isekai, it was called getting Narnia’d. Last book happens with a similar situation
This. Of course isekai is a thing, but it’s not like the concept is exclusive to Japanese culture
The important difference is that if it’s an Isekai you get a harem and your story is less interesting than wet paper mache. If it’s a Narnia then you get Sunday school dressed up as fun.
You’re really not into this type of fiction, I get it
I thought they died on that train, and because they died they were brought to the end times/ revelations? It’s been a long long time since I read all the Narnia books though. I just remember lines of creatures coming before Totally Not Jesus and being judged as stars fell from the skies?
…or is that what’s happening in an isekai, and I’ve just not realized it?
There’s lots of flavor of Isekai as it literally just translates to Another World, but a running gag that has been meme’d ad nauseum is for a protagonist to be hit by a truck and die that they’ve named the truck.
Sometimes you put on a vr helmet. sometimes you save an old lady from Truck-kun.