Game Name: Mind the Gap - A graphic novel click-through dialogue puzzle game.
Scene 3 of 4: Player character approaches a wizened old man and a tall woman on a train to the afterlife.
Brief: Scene must contain a fun fact, and x2 numerical clues to the code at the front of the train.
Game play Trigger: Player clicks [Talk to the old man and the tall woman.]

SCENE

As you approach the short old man's shoulders visibly relaxes and he leans forward in excitement.

BABA
There you are! Wandering off into the woods as usual,
but she always comes back, doesn't she, Emiola?

Baba cheekily elbows Emiola in the ribs and she rolls her eyes.

EMIOLA
Baba... don't overwhelm them.
They've only just got back.

→ Do... I know you?

Baba cackles loudly.

BABA
Always the joker! Come, sit.
Emiola's been worried about you since the storm.

Emiola's hands lift to fidget in front of her.

EMIOLA
We were worried after what happened...
maybe you thought...

She breaks off, visibly wincing. Wraps her arms around her and flicks her head towards Baba for help, before her eyes land firmly at the floor of the train by her feet.

→ What do you mean?

Baba wafts his hand dismissively, clearly still very amused by the conversation.

BABA
No sense in all this weaselling around.
They deserve to know!

Emiola jumps forward, trying to stop the inevitable but it's too late. Baba leans in and lowers his voice, giving a kindly smile.

BABA
You were helping us gather some Shaggy Cap mushrooms
for my stomach remedy, remember?

EMIOLA
It was dark, the storm was coming in. We were rushing!
There were a few baskets with different species, four I think.

Baba gently places his cool wrinkled hand on your arm and pats it firmly.

BABA
And someone grabbed the wrong basket to take back to us.

Emiola’s voice wobbles slightly, her voice growing quiet.

EMIOLA
We didn't realise they were Inky Caps until after we'd all
warmed up with the soup and a cup of Baba's homebrew.

→ What's wrong with inky caps?

Baba tuts gently and shakes his head, his posture curving a little more forwards.

BABA
Inky caps and alcohol don't mix, my dear.
They're poisonous when consumed together.
Especially potent within one hour of each other.

EMIOLA
If you hadn't left so suddenly when we realised,
maybe I could have done something, but my vision was fading...
I couldn't...

Her shoulders tense upwards. Baba leans over to pat her on the arm, comfortingly.

→ "I'm sorry I wasn't there when you needed me."

Emiola exhales a long breath and relaxes. She closes her eyes briefly and looks up at the carriage ceiling.

EMIOLA
Thank you.
I think I needed to hear that.

Baba stares up at you through his mask, his pupils contract. He suddenly seems serious and more lucid.

BABA
If you want to talk to the train conductor,
you’d best find yourself the rest of the code.

Something snaps internally as his pupils dilate again. He returns to cackling at Emiola, reminiscing about a time she was struggling to make gauze from tree bark. You figured you'd best move on and make an excuse to leave the conversation.