Getting off work long after rush hour tapered off was nice; Jordan never had to worry about crowds on the platform or finding a seat on the train. There were only a handful of other passengers in the car he was in and so far none of them had felt the need to try to engage with each other. He took a window seat directly behind someone and pulled his phone out, cursing the poor connection under his breath. Right then, the lights on the train went out and they coasted to a stop.
All the passengers looked around confused, but then quickly resumed playing with their respective technological gadgets (although there was an air of frustration, since apparently no one was getting a strong signal in the underground tunnel the train was in). After about a minute, the MTA announced that there was a problem with the stop ahead of them and there would be a half an hour wait. Everyone groaned in unison.
"Son. Of a bitch. I lost the ability to entertain myself without an internet signal before I even learned how to walk." Jordan said this loud enough for the person in front of him to hear.
On her way to Noah's, Issa had decided to take the train instead of walking. Book in her lap, she focused solely on the literature. She was in her own little world and was glad for the silence of the train.
It wasn't until the lights went out and the train hauled that she was finally released from her safe and hidden world. She looked around her before digging out her cellphone. No signal as she had already assumed as much, but she would have liked to have been able to tell Noah she was going to be late. But as the announcement came over the intercom, she groaned along with the rest of fellow train passengers.
Slapping her book shut and shoving it into her bag, she turned around to the voice. "Well, it's not like any other sort of entertainment would do us any good. It's too dark." Her face scrunched up and she worried that she would be stuck on this train all night rather than a half an hour.
"I should have just fucking walked home." She mumbled to herself, holding up her phone in hopes to get a better signal.
