BUS: Belowground Ushering System

BUS stands for Belowground Ushering System. It is one of two main transport systems in the Demesne. It operates much like a train, and the interiors are color coordinated for their specfic track.

A-BUS
The A-BUS is the first BUS that Celia ever uses. Its color is yellow and its dining car reminds Celia of a cafe.

B-BUS
The B-BUS runs across the top of the country and its color is emerald green. The dining car in the B-BUS is almost like a fancy restaurant, with crystal chandeliers, and table set with china and fine silverware and flowers as the centerpiece.

C-BUS
The C-BUS is the one that Celia boards after leaving Agatha Towbridge's House, along with most of the students going to Renasci. Some use the Car3, but the C-BUS is the main train to the school. It is blue, and is accessed by pressing a button concealed behind a brick in a nondescript beige building. Its station has "gold handrails, plush red carpeting, and footlights on every other step." It is conducted by Zosimo Bearden and has a large Rathskeller market nearby.

The dining car on the C-BUS has an old bar feel to it, in Celia's own opinion.

D-BUS
The D-BUS is another BUS, their color royal purple, instead. The station that Celia uses the D-BUS from is in New Mexico, so the platform has a "southwestern decor, with adobe walls and ristras hanging between the rathskellers. There was a large chiminea in the middle of the platform, a fire flickering within. Woven blankets hung on all the walls and the stairs heading to the upper level had a turquoise railing."

The inside of it looks just like any other BUS (not CAR) but a bright violet is the color of the benches, doors, carpeting, and lights.

The dining car in the D-BUS is like a Fifties diner, including the soda fountain, jukebox, and black and white checkered floor. The man behind the counter, with slicked black hair and a vintage bowling t-shirt, is known for calling out the orders with insane names in some kind of code that the employees somehow follow.

E-BUS
The E-BUS's color is a bright, eye-searing orange. I would warn you to wear glasses at the station, luckliy the inside is not as neon as the outside.