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What would you do if you were on an underground train, when suddenly the train shook, you passed through a portal, and the next thing you knew your carriage was lying in an unknown new world?

Edit: apparently this is a very common form of Japanese storytelling called an isekai. There are 8 billion people in this world, no idea can be original. And sometimes you miss out on things many other people know. I’m clearly one of today’s lucky 10000.

ClassifiedPancake ,

I would be quite surprised

AngryishHumanoid ,

See how much insulin I have left in my pump and start preparing myself mentally for death.

Breezy ,

Well congratulations to our newest isekai victolunteer! While traveling through the portal your body absorbed magical energy and you gained a new power! The power you have gained is… The ability for your insulin pump to never run empty! Now go out and fight demons and monsters, once you have slain the demon lord you may return back to your original world, and as a bonus you will keep your power that you received!

bizarroland ,

Lol. I mean, having a magician cast cure disease might also work

AngryishHumanoid ,

Sweet! How do I charge it?

Breezy ,

Its been nine hours, i hope you havent died with my delayed response. Because, frankly, its very easy to charge your device. This applies to all electronic you might have had with you, so where you typically plug in the device all you do is touch that area and channel your magical power into it, this should come natural to you being in the new world. It goes at a good pace so dont worry time, but you do have to worry about your mana consumption, im sure you’re already aware of what happens when you run out…

AngryishHumanoid ,

You are overpowered by a demon who then has its way with you?

We might be playing different types of games…

Breezy ,

Hmm perhaps. Idk how to proceed, maybe i shouldnt

tobogganablaze ,

Check if wifi/mobiledata still works.

JackGreenEarth OP ,

It does not.

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WatDabney ,

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.

FaceDeer ,
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We should split up to explore more efficiently!

Ohh, this small creature in the underbrush looks adorable! I'm going to pick it up.

Spacehooks ,

Well you have to aquire local workforce.

Mothra ,
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I would be shocked for sure but how would I know how to react if I don’t know what this new world is like? Does it look like a barren wasteland? Does it look like Dinotopia? Does it look like a different planet altogether? When you say ‘unknown’, is it unknown to me only or do you mean it’s completely devoid of any civilized/intelligent species?

Fetus ,

It is exactly like our world, only all doors that you expect to open outwards, actually open inwards, and vice versa.

Mothra ,
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Then I won’t even notice I’ve world swapped until I meet my clone

Spacehooks ,

Motha getting isekai might be worth a watch.

JackGreenEarth OP ,

You look outside the train window and see what looks almost exactly like a forest on Earth, maybe something like redwoods, except the trees are much bigger than redwoods. A horse-sized dragonfly flits by. The front of the train carriage is crumpled, but there is a gash in the metal big enough to allow you to leave, if you desire, and to let the atmosphere in. You don’t feel any ill effects.

Mothra ,
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Okay, so I’m shocked and after a while I’m definitely hopping out of the train, presuming no emergency services show up. I don’t think I’ll last long if dragonflies are that large but I sure will die looking for them

polonius-rex ,

what are you talking about that's literally already how underground trains already work

JackGreenEarth OP ,

What trains are you going on, lol

WhatsHerBucket ,
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One ticket to wherever he’s going please!

Spacehooks ,

Trains are load screens.

muse ,
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before Isekai, it was called getting Narnia'd. Last book happens with a similar situation

Mothra ,
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This. Of course isekai is a thing, but it’s not like the concept is exclusive to Japanese culture

Etterra ,

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.

Mothra ,
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You’re really not into this type of fiction, I get it

RebekahWSD ,
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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?

muse ,
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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.

Etterra ,

Here’s some educational material for anyone curious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbRxeJXpNOE

sparky ,
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Wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and… smell the ashes.

Zahille7 ,

I don’t remember seeing you get on…

tiredofsametab ,

Probably just sit and wait for what happens next and hope all the people around me don't freak out.

I lived in Japan for years without knowing about the whole isekai thing; I've just never really been into anime/manga.

RBWells ,

Freak out. After that, it would depend on which world.

JackGreenEarth OP ,

You look outside the train window and see what looks almost exactly like a forest on Earth, maybe something like redwoods, except the trees are much bigger than redwoods. A horse-sized dragonfly flits by. The front of the train carriage is crumpled, but there is a gash in the metal big enough to allow you to leave, if you desire, and to let the atmosphere in. You don’t feel any ill effects.

RBWells ,

I crawl out and explore then. Hope to God I brought a straw water filter. Step onto the bouncy moss of the forest floor, look around at the landscape, happy I can breathe. Wonder how something horse sized can flit, then duck as it comes back towards me.

SteevyT ,

Hey you, you’re finally awake.

Icalasari ,

Assuming I survived in fairly good health?

Observe. No details would make me skittish with this

JackGreenEarth OP ,

You look outside the train window and see what looks almost exactly like a forest on Earth, maybe something like redwoods, except the trees are much bigger than redwoods. A horse-sized dragonfly flits by. The front of the train carriage is crumpled, but there is a gash in the metal big enough to allow you to leave, if you desire, and to let the atmosphere in. You don’t feel any ill effects.

Icalasari ,

First assumption is an isekai into a world where all life is scaled up in size. Would gather up supplies and explore away from the train, heading for the base of a tree for shelter. If my theory is right, the train is a danger zone that will attract attention. If my theory is wrong, I can raid it for metal parts later

Of course, I would carry some of the steel from the train - Can use it to make sparks, crude weapons, etc.

Also would bring fabrics - Can't be sure on water quality, and I know how to make a filter using bark, sand, gravel, and charcoal. Some fabric as a further filter would help out by preventing the components from slipping out of the hole in the bottom

NigelFrobisher ,

Go on Slack and say I’m going to miss the daily stand-up.

JackGreenEarth OP ,

You wouldn’t have internet access. To be clear.

xavier666 ,

This is a person who has been isekai’ed into work

Admetus ,

I’m just going to assume I got swallowed up in ‘Inverted World’ and start looking for the ‘city’.

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