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To the Core16-Bit-Loop,

I got tired of standing in the cold while state-controlled trains debated the meaning of punctuality. So I rewrote the schedule.

More precisely: I found the logic layer of the national railway control system. Spoiler: it runs on something that would lose to Pong in a fistfight. After three nights, six green teas, and one brief blackout (my bad), I injected a dynamic override module.

The result?
My train—Line 3, sector D14—now has unquestioned right of way.
Every day.
Every track.
Every time.
Doesn’t matter if it’s a freight line, a military convoy, or Dear Leader’s personal lunch wagon. If I’m onboard, the system clears the path like I’m the goddess of iron and delay.

No alerts. No logs. No suspicion.
The control interface just thinks it's making really smart decisions.
Which, to be fair, it is. Because I told it to.

Call it what you want—revenge, optimization, mental health.
All I know is I gained 34 minutes a day and a deep, spiritual satisfaction from watching all those Ministry guys trying to figure out why their “Priority Alpha” keeps getting preempted.

Anyway. Patch available on request.
(Also works on elevators, if you're into vertical efficiency.)

ctrl_shift_goddess out.

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