Day 725

The London underground consists of 11 train lines and roughly 270 individual stations. At least it used to at its peak. To date they've closed almost 190 of these stations and separate train lines no longer exist.

You don't catch the DLR to Tower Hill, you just get whatever train arrives and wait until your stop comes by, if it comes by that day. It inconveniences a lot of people and the tourists have yet to stop complaining about it everywhere they go to whomever will listen. Most Londoners have gotten the hang of it now and are rarely late, unlike everyone else.

They refuse to share their secret, they don't want the rest of the world knowing the proper ins and outs of the labyrinth that is the London Underground. Maybe they want the rest of the world to get lost, literally. With all of the negative remarks about the increasing about of construction on the system, I can hardly blame their annoyance.

Still, there didn't seem to be any work going on at any point, despite the number of builders, plumbers, carpenters and even masonry workers employed by the council of London to work on the "Mass Line Improvement for 2020". Those who were hired refused to talk about what they do when they arrive at their designated stations, only saying the work is hard and they are grateful and humbled for the opportunity to serve their local community in such a vital way.

It's not like the station are even being improved, the remaining ones are falling into ruin faster than you can say "falling ceramic ceiling tiles". There were mentions of strange eyes peering out from underneath trains, holes in the ceilings, even bathrooms! According to rumour wherever they'd been seen, that station would close within the hour.

Apparently they're even the reason that every station is falling to bits. It's how they try to get in, they break through the concrete and metal from the outside by rotting it and then they just squeeze right on in, regardless of whatever chaos or damage they've done in the process.

Nobody's sure if it's some kind of prank like the alleged monster spied in the Thames or if the government is trying to contain some new kind of creature uncovered during an expansion deep down underneath London. If they've disturbed something there and it wants out and if it's anything like the Londoners on the surface then it's already out and about and having a ciggie.