As the majority of the passengers flee the train car in which Mina is busily causing a scene, and Elizabeth is panicking for reasons entirely her own, the ongoing disruption is itself disrupted by a sudden and immediate drop in the ambient light levels. Looking out the window,
it's quite clear that the train is going through a tunnel.
There are no tunnels on the line between Port Ferrous and Mire.
The train's driver
has evidently come to the same realization, as the squealing of the train's brakes can be loudly heard. Still, the train can't stop all the way before it slams into an obstacle, knocking everyone off their feet, assuming they currently have any.
As your eyes adjust to the darkness, you can see that the crashed train is resting on a ledge over a large cavern. In the middle of the cavern is an inlet where what looks like a military gunboat is docked, with walkways all around the edges of the cavern, and tunnels leading off to who knows where.
A voice rings out through the darkness, dripping with malice as it says "I̩͚̪̘̹ ̪s̬̦̞͇̗̗͉ẹ͕͉e ͈͍̘̬̫̣y̖͕̞͖͓̲̞o̗̮͍̦̘̠ṵ͔̞̼͚ͅ ̟͍̯h͔̫̗̘̖a̯̩v̱̗e̖̯̼ ͍̯̮̻̮s͔͇̮̠ṳ͕͇͍͙r͕̱̰̹̠͚v̻͎̳̙̹i̜̟̣̬̖͚vͅe̫̭d͇ ̳͖̦̥̫̯̝yo̼̜̬̘̟̫ͅu̬ͅr̘̦ ͍̝̣̠̣̭ͅen̦̘tr̻̞̯̮a͎̹n̹̩͎̮̞c̗͈ḙ͎̺̹ ̼̺t̠͍o͉͉͚̘ ̠m͖y͓̰̜̝ hi̳͓̫̞̝d̳d̖e̬͈ͅn̳͈͚͎ ̗̙P͇̫͇̭̘i͕͓͓̦r̞a̲͓̫̝͖͇̞t̩͓͚e'̫̦̞̤s̖͔͉͈̰ C̗͎͎̖a̘͕͕̭͚v̜͕e̺͔͕̫̲̗ͅ.͓̻̤̙̯̩͕ ͙M̯͕͖̖̱o̝̫̤s̜̺̞̻̝t s̥͎̬u̙̯̩̲̗̘r̝͔̮̝̺̗̤p̘̹̠ri̗̰͖̹̜̘̣s͎̪̜̜̦ͅͅi̹͕̳̞n̘ͅg͎̺̻̟̗̥, ̱̖͉ṭ̮̩̗̰̣͈h̤͇̤̫̹̣a̝͔͚̻̝͕t̯ͅ ̜̬̦͇i̟ͅs̳͎̞͚̮.̣̗̰ ̭͎̘̘̰͓̭W͈el͖l̟͔͓̜̻,̻̟̤͚̪̪ͅ I̬ ̼͇̠̻̭d͔̯̰̮͎̞o̪͕̤̯n͈̝͙'̮͓̙̳̰͓̺t͚̪̫̪̫͍ ̭͔͉̙i̥n̺͕͇̫̟t̠̼e͔̱nd̘͙̙̯ͅ ̻on̟ͅͅ ̪l͔e̲̞̪͙͖t͇̫ti̲͔n̗g͕̺̖̳̗̞̦ ͉a̙̦͖̱̻͇ṉy̠̙̦̹̺̼̬ ̼̦̣o̦f ̖͈̺̫̺̼ͅyo͕͇̺̥̪̳̤u̳ ̦̹͕̮͚o͖͖u̺͈t̠̻͉̣ ̤o̬̟̗̞̻͚f̮ ̮̤̠h̟̣̝̹̟e̪͚͇̯͖͙r͔̦̳̯͙e͙͉͕̺̦͎͉ ̱̦̙̯͈̹a̼̭̬̬l̼i̙̹v̺̠e͓,̺̖̗̞͔̦ͅ ̫͙̻̻so̟̹̫ͅ ̹i̞̯̹̺͍f̜̪̭̗̬͙̬ y̪̭̬̼̩̦̗o͕͕u̯͈̺̼ ͍ͅw̲̬̞͖a̱̻̟n̩̺̺t͕̼̥ ̦̘̟t̬̪̣o͍͚̪̼̹ ̬͎͙le̻̖̲ave̯̠̖̦, ͚̤̥̞̻i̗̞͔t̟̦̪̩'͉̱̰̟͔͕l̳̼̠̦̥̗l ̣h̥̻̺ͅa̘̲̤̮̩̬v͍͔̙̖̯e̼̮̗̳̳ ͖̹͍̰̯͚̝t̹̲̱̞̪̙o͍͙̫͍͎ͅ ͍̻̫̲̲be̦ ̪͚͈̘̞o͕̱̻̟͕͓v͓͖̝̥e͓̫̫̣r̥̬̼̟͓̬ ̥̺͉͎̰m̗̳y͈̲̯̺ ͖̣̩̱s̭̼̺̘̟̯hạ̖̬̰̮̫t̜͉̘̣͔t̤e̖̰̼͇re̥d ̟̮c̻̰̞̱̰͉ọ̮̹̼r̥̜̳̖̻͕̭p̯͓̥͉s̜͙̱͉e̞̱͈̬̺͕͙.͓"
There are three obvious paths you could take from your present location; there are two walkways along the edge
of the cavern to the left, one higher than the other. In addition, there are a set of steps leading down towards where the gunboat is docked.
Well, what will you be doing now, Bound Ones?
