Here of the main humans of my alternate universe of Thomas the Tank Engine. They are all stick figures except for Sailor Venus. Minako replaces the role of The Refreshment Lady. After using Sailor Teleport, she arrives in The Island of Sodor and gets a job as a refreshment lady. She meets Peter Sam. Btw, Venus is a bit taller than the stick figures, but still smaller than all the anthro engines and other vehicles. There's a new villain on Sodor, probs a Daimon or smth. One of The Witches 5 curses Peter Sam (since he is still an object despite his sentience), and he turns into a horrific train-human hybrid monster. Sailor Venus defeats the brainwashed Peter Sam and is back to normal.
How did Liora become Lady Hatt and Dowager Hatt’s private engine?
Quick answer: Timing.
Longer answer:
The ladies of the Hatt family, with Lady Hatt and Dowager Hatt at the head, are very involved with various social and charitable events across Sodor. They regularly take advantage of their position with the North Western Railway and arrange transport by rail when needed.
Initially, Elsie would run these trains as a favour to Dowager Hatt (I have mentioned in a long past post that the two are good friends). However, once she took on the Wellsworth branch line, it became harder for Elsie to spare the time, and the Hatt women didn't want to plan around whatever engine was spare.
However, Elsie had a solution:
Her daughter, Liora (better known as Lady) had started working on the railway by shunting trucks and coaches in Wellsworth yard, and was getting very bored. Despite being a tiny tank engine, she was strong enough to do the work and (to Lady Hatt's delight) was a very pretty engine. After a few successful runs, Liora officially became the private engine for Lady Hatt and Dowager Hatt. However, as she operated under the North Western Railway rather than the Hatt's directly, she avoided the stigmas of being a private engine experienced by engines like Spencer.
"Oh Mother, how I failed you." Sir Topham Hatt's perspective
At first, the fat controller didn't think the situation was bad. So what if few people were getting sick? Not his problem, as long as workmen were following health protocol. It wasn't until the engines were starting to get sick as well. Percy, Nia, Diesel, Spencer, Douglas, Charlie, Hiro, Lady, James, Duck, Mavis, Victor, and even Cranky had been infected. Sir Topham Hatt was alarmed by this sudden epidemic in the engines and took drastic measures. He became worried about the situation and was concerned for the well-being of his beloved engines. He tried to stay strong, but his sank when he received a call from his mother
"Hello mother..."
"Bertram, we need to talk."
Topham gripped his rotary phone tightly, afraid of what his mother was gonna say.
"What in blazes is going on?! They're dozens of newspaper articles on Sodor about some illness! Haven't you told the mayor!?"
"Bother, bother!" he mumbled to himself. He felt guilty for not doing something sooner. Suddenly, he heard his mother coughing uncontrollably. He freaked out, repeatedly asking her what was wrong. Soon, Dowager Hatt vomitted all over herself. Covered in blood and flower petals. Poor Topham was frightened by what he had heard.
"Mom?! MOM!!!"
"uuuuuggggghhhhhhh....."
"Mother are you there!? PLEASE ANSWER ME!!!"
"I...need...help.....Bertram...."
(A/N: this was excuse to practice my writing skills. I just wanted to let you guys know that this is canon to Bluebell Syndrome)
A question for the Fat Controller himself, in honor of the season, what is Pride like on Sodor? Is it a big parade or a much quieter celebration? Do the drivers decorate their engines with their respective flag colors?
MANY thanks to SeaSwine9 on Twitter for her help drawing the engines!
"So, to answer your question in a word: colourful. Now, on to some of these other questions."
"My, my, I don’t think I’ve ever had this many just for me!"
"Thank you! I must say, I wasn’t expecting it to be so popular. I got it from the Knapford Station gift shop. Only 2.99!"
"Thank you very much, I do find it to be terrifically ‘cool’, as it were."
"Luckily, we don’t get too much trouble here. Sodor’s a fantastic place and most people are wonderfully kind and accepting. That’s not to say we’ve never had problems, of course. If an employee of my railway causes those kinds of problems, they’re promptly sent away in disgrace. As for our passengers – we may be a business but we do reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. And have done, I might add!"
@foultaleglitter "Oh, we have all sorts of events and activities, for children and adults. We try to avoid anything too competitive, as some take it rather too far and it all ends in tears and hurt feelings. We don’t normally have any problem with the children, though."
"Naturally – Duck took charge of all that very quickly."
"Now you’re asking. Well, generally passengers from the mainland will transfer onto the NWR at Barrow, from a Northern or Trans-Pennine service. Depending on the current agreements we have in place with them, they’ll sometimes come through to Vicarstown – but it’s all rather dependent on the vagaries of National Rail, I’m afraid.
"Thank you all very much for your questions! I hope you enjoy the festivities and have a happy Pride!"