Her Masterpiece (hiatus for now)

Stowaway

Nihl is about to develop a new emotion purely so she can feel the extend of the bullshitery that's going on around her.

Sure.

The first moments of 'hi's and 'hello's had been normal, with everyone behaving like adults when accepting the temporary members onto the Astral Express...

But is has been a downright avalanche of bullshit since then and even Nihl was not a stone wall enough to not notice that, her dulled annoyance hammering her brain in a constant 'I am one of your only allotted emotions and you will fucking feel me' droning.

The pinky, Mai 8th of something, was... Draining even for Nihl, how much she was able to talk without breathing was truly a feat of the aeons. always wanting to know about her and bothering her.

Then there was Dan Heng, he seemed to always stare and look away when their gazes met. she didn't know why he was staring but for a guy said to be distant and less social to his own friend he sure liked to spend his time eye fucking her... There is no other way to describe the intensity of that thoughtful stare even if it didn't please her to use that analogy.

Soon came the walking stelleron she was only calling that in her mind and her beacon contact because the only sane person being Welt did explain how it would be considered a secret even if most knew about it. As uncomfortable as she was with Nihl previously, she was now the most out of the window person the empty one knew off. Truly... Insanity given a human form... And all those irrational things... Why did she like trashcans so much? Why did she sleep in the express' lobby on the couch instead of a room? How could she have so much energy and then sleep for two days straight? Stelle was a being built to counter all Nihl knew to deal with.

And lets not mention when the three were all together... Nihl might develop a will to live just to lose it and end herself.

Welt had been put off by her in some way but polite responds to polite and it was never brought up... Nihl with the ability to gather way more from touch then others, feeling the stelleron around was one thing... Feeling Welt was not exactly who he claimed to be... There was an energy in him that was not from this universe but again, what was not brought up remained as such... Not brought up.

Himeko, as sane as she seemed mustn't truly be because Nihl never saw that woman sleep, no matter when she woke up. When she was up whenever the time the redhead was always there to offer her a cup of coffee which somehow turned into Nihl being the 'coffee buddy' since she couldn't taste and get her taste buds destroyed by the liquid death in those cups. At least what the woman talked about was interesting.

...

Oh and that was not the most bullshitery of things Nihl has dealt with since the express set off.

"Get off the roof you overcooked marshmallow before I air dry you into flakes." She said, staring at one specific little critter cake stuck to the ceiling of the express, having stolen Pompom's cap and everyone but Ruan Mei gathered under it to watch the scene.

It had somehow snuck on board before they set off and only those that touched the space anchors could teleport with them so Nihl couldn't bring it back to the space station unless the express itself went back there... So Eye-X was the cherry on the top of this fuckery... The little stowaway couldn't even behave himself nicely to make Nihl's life easier.

The little cat cake scooted across the ceiling as if gravity was a joke despite its little body being stretched by the hat's weight.

And so... Pinky taking picture, Himeko watching with a hidden smile, Stelle trying to jump to grab the cap over and over, Dan Heng face palming, Welt trying to knock it off the ceiling with his cane of horrible energy, an ever complaining Pompom and a Nihl that promised to fry Eye-X ass... The parlor car was full of life.

And bullshitery Nihl was unsure if she could bare without going insane.

(Mostly a little filler chapter before we get in the 1 chapter before the Luofu arc. And remember, in my book I decided to look up an outdated information about Ruan Mei and now for this fic she is considered from the Luofu, I am not going back on it even if we are ignoring the whole Mara struck part of Xianzhou native part for her, it will be important for her only lol.)

(Oh and I came almost hear game achievement sounds going "Nihl gained a will to live" "Nihl lost her will to live" popping up one after the other with this express guys.)