Honkai Star Rail: Beyond Penacony

Welcome to the Astral Express and an Invitation

"Welcome to the Astral Express, Miss Firefly." Himeko smiled as she warmly said.

Firefly smiled shyly as she said, "Th-thank you, Miss Himeko. Please just call me Firefly."

"You're welcome. Since, we are dropping formalities, just call me Himeko." Himeko was pleasant as she said.

They walked in and made their way to the main part of the Astral Express. Firefly looked around in amazement.

Firefly was awestruck as she said, "Silver Wolf tried to tell me about the inside of the Astral Express, but she never told it looked this amazing."

Firefly looked at Stelle who was looking at her with a sympathetic smile on her face that caused Firefly's entire face to heat up. She looked out the windows on one side and saw the Penacony Hotel. Firefly began to wonder what the stars would look like as they raced passed by those same windows. Her train of thought was interrupted when she heard a cute voice greet them. Firefly looked to see where the voice came from. She was amazed to see a giant bunny headed towards them with what looked like a conductor's uniform. Firefly wanted to run over and give it a giant hug but restrained herself.

"Welcome back Astral Express Crew. Pom pom trusts that your mission was a complete success." The giant bunny seemed to smile until its eyes glared at Firefly for a few moments before it continued. "Pom pom is wondering who this might be. " the Bunny sounded friendly as it said.

'Thank you, Pom pom. This is the newest crew member and future wife of Stelle." Himeko smiled as she warmly replied.

Himeko went on to explain the fate of the nameless that they were to gather information about. Pom pom wasn't taking the news well. So, they all decided to head to the back of the train to allow Himeko calm Pom pom down. They gathered together to discuss their next destination and living arrangements for Firefly.

"Since Stelle joined the Astral Express. We have been staying at one location longer than usual. It is no fault of hers, but it has used up much of the Astral Express' fuel." Welt was solemn as he said.

Dan Heung crossed his arms across his chest. "About how many more jumps do we have until the Astral Express is completely out of fuel?" Dan Heung calmly asked.

Welt looked at him. "I would say that we have two more jumps. At the most, we may have three." Welt sternly replied.

March 7th looked visibly shook. "H-how could this be? I-I mean that we should have more jumps since Firefly joined the crew, right?" March 7th sounded nervous as she said.

Welt adjusted his glasses. "Like I said before. It is because we are spending more time correcting issues than we did before." Welt looked towards Firefly before he continued. "It is true that Firefly's addition would give us additional jumps. However, it is not clear how many additional jumps she would give us." Welt calmly said.

"What can we do in the meantime?" Dan asked directly.

"I think that we continue to follow Akivili's route to planets that he had already trailblazed to. Hopefully, we can find a way to ease our fuel shortages along the way." Welt solemnly replied.

Before anyone could say anything, they heard a door open near them. "Let me make a suggestion that will end your fuel crisis." A familiar woman's voice said.

They all quickly looked towards where the voice came from. They saw Black Swan standing at March 7th's room's door smiling back at them.

"Nice to see you again, Miss Swan. Why have you graced us with your presence?" Welt said calmly.