You sit on one of the sofas in the Astral Express, as Pom-pom, the conductor, gets ready for the grand spring cleaning.

Suddenly, the Express shakes as it collides with... Something. When the train finally steadies, you see two new figures onboard; a tall man with red hair, and a shorter man with short blonde hair. You approach the blonde.

"Where am I?" The blonde looks around the Express, shocked and slightly disoriented, "How did we get here?"