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* AdultFear:
** Your child disappears for weeks without any warning, then returns home just as suddenly with a bizarre tale of being kidnapped by a supernatural train. Then it turns out it's 100% true; super-powered deer, turning into wood, fighting a cult of children and all.
** While grateful towards Lake for helping his son, Jesse's father Stephen worries that she might be a threat to his family. Lake is offended by this, but acknowledges that his fears are completely valid [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter based on Jesse's history]] and the fact she is hiding information from them.
** Nate tells Lake that he's scared of the train coming to kidnap him if he behaves badly, and that he blames his failure of "The Man Test" for why Jesse was taken.
** Your child disappears for weeks without any warning, then returns home just as suddenly with a bizarre tale of being kidnapped by a supernatural train. Then it turns out it's 100% true; super-powered deer, turning into wood, fighting a cult of children and all.
** While grateful towards Lake for helping his son, Jesse's father Stephen worries that she might be a threat to his family. Lake is offended by this, but acknowledges that his fears are completely valid [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter based on Jesse's history]] and the fact she is hiding information from them.
** Nate tells Lake that he's scared of the train coming to kidnap him if he behaves badly, and that he blames his failure of "The Man Test" for why Jesse was taken.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Played with. The morning after Jesse comes home, his father admits that he feels Lake is omitting serious pieces of her backstory. He's absolutely correct on that, but he assumes that one of the things she's hiding is that Tulip is trapped in the Mirror World and now serves as Lake's reflection. While Lake corrects him on this (she's safe back in Minnesota), she privately and sadly notes that he isn't actually wrong about Lake doing this; he's just wrong about her being ''successful'' at doing so, as trapping Tulip was her original plan.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Played with. The morning after Jesse comes home, his father admits that he feels Lake is omitting serious pieces of her backstory. He's absolutely correct on that, that (she's hiding having [[KillingInSelfDefense killed the cops chasing her]]), but he assumes that one of the things she's hiding is that Tulip is trapped in the Mirror World and now serves as Lake's reflection. While reflection instead. Lake corrects him on this (she's safe back in Minnesota), she but privately and sadly notes that he isn't actually wrong about Lake doing this; he's just wrong about her being ''successful'' at doing so, his assumption wasn't completely wrong, as trapping Tulip was her original plan.plan and she would have happily done so if the Train didn't prevent it.
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* FishOutOfWater: An odd example edging on StrangerInAFamiliarLand. As Tulip's former reflection, Lake is certainly familiar with everything in the human world, but has never had a chance to actually craft an identity or any interests. She's never experienced anything outside whatever Tulip did, and even then, she notes that it was a pale imitation of the real thing, such as food having very little taste.
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* FishOutOfWater: An odd example edging on StrangerInAFamiliarLand.{{Downplayed|Trope}}. As Tulip's former reflection, Lake is certainly familiar with everything in the human world, but has never had a chance to actually craft an identity or any interests. She's never experienced anything outside whatever Tulip did, and even then, she notes that it was a pale imitation of the real thing, such as food having very little taste.
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->''Suddenly, the ever changing sky felt overwhelmingly empty and expansive. Now that she was free... what was she supposed to do now?''
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22654945 Lake's New Normal]]'' is an ongoing ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' {{continuation fic}} written by [=MayDayGirl_Save_Our_Ships=], starting immediately after the end of Book 2 and following the struggles faced by Lake now that she's on Earth.
After Lake escapes the train, she's suddenly struck with a sobering realization: [[AndThenWhat she doesn't know what to do now that she got this far]]. With few options (and with Jesse assuming that she'd do so anyway), she finds herself the honored guest of the Cosay family until she can piece together a more long-term plan for her future. But after escaping the mirror world, traveling through a supernatural train, and fighting for her life, will Lake really be able to live like a normal teenager? She’s not sure, but she’s willing to fight every day to make this life [[TitleDrop her new normal]].
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!!This fanfic has examples of:
* AdultFear:
** Your child disappears for weeks without any warning, then returns home just as suddenly with a bizarre tale of being kidnapped by a supernatural train. Then it turns out it's 100% true; super-powered deer, turning into wood, fighting a cult of children and all.
** While grateful towards Lake for helping his son, Jesse's father Stephen worries that she might be a threat to his family. Lake is offended by this, but acknowledges that his fears are completely valid [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter based on Jesse's history]] and the fact she is hiding information from them.
** Nate tells Lake that he's scared of the train coming to kidnap him if he behaves badly, and that he blames his failure of "The Man Test" for why Jesse was taken.
* BatmanInMyBasement: Lake's situation with the Cosays.
* CassandraTruth:
** Stephen and Whittney Cosay naturally aren't exactly trusting of their son's account of the past few weeks. They initially believe he and Lake are playing a cruel prank, but confirming that she has metal skin a few minutes later convinces them real quick.
** Played straight all the way through when Jesse tells the same story to a police officer, minus Lake's involvement. He notes that the cop worriedly looked his parents the entire time, and that he probably left thinking Jesse "was either lying or crazy."
* CatapultNightmare: Lake has one on her first night sleeping at Jesse's house, where Sieve calls her out for murdering him in addition to Mace, and taunts her for believing she deserves any level of affection after what she's done.
* DirtyBusiness: While she doesn't completely regret her actions, Lake feels incredibly guilty about murdering Mace and Sieve, as well as attempting to trap Tulip in the Mirror World. She also hides the fact she did these things from the Cosays, which only make [[ObliviousGuiltSlinging Jesse's constant assertions that she's a good person hurt all the more]].
* EntertaininglyWrong: Played with. The morning after Jesse comes home, his father admits that he feels Lake is omitting serious pieces of her backstory. He's absolutely correct on that, but he assumes that one of the things she's hiding is that Tulip is trapped in the Mirror World and now serves as Lake's reflection. While Lake corrects him on this (she's safe back in Minnesota), she privately and sadly notes that he isn't actually wrong about Lake doing this; he's just wrong about her being ''successful'' at doing so, as trapping Tulip was her original plan.
* FirstNameBasis: Mrs. Cosay insists that Lake call her Whittney.
* FishOutOfWater: An odd example edging on StrangerInAFamiliarLand. As Tulip's former reflection, Lake is certainly familiar with everything in the human world, but has never had a chance to actually craft an identity or any interests. She's never experienced anything outside whatever Tulip did, and even then, she notes that it was a pale imitation of the real thing, such as food having very little taste.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: How Lake attempts to play off her role in Jesse safely getting off the train and returning home when his mother tearfully thanks her.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed. Jesse's father certainly isn't a jerk, but he is incredibly blunt with his thoughts about Lake's nature, intentions, and the viability of her living a normal life on Earth. In every case, Lake is mildly hurt by the uneasy trust between them, but always admits to herself in a following scene that he's right to be worried about her taking advantage of Jesse or being a target of hate/fear by other humans.
* JustFriends: Lake and Jesse. The former is mortified when Nate asks if they're dating, stuttering out an embarrassed "no" in response.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: When calming down Lake from a nightmare, Jesse reveals that she served as this for him, as he suffered from nightmares every night during his time on the train until he met her.
* ProperlyParanoid: When Whittney starts talking about taking Lake to the mall and enrolling her in school, Stephen is the only one concerned that a metal person from a parallel world would probably garner serious attention not only from the locals, but from government agencies. The rest of the family blows off his concerns, but he commits himself to finding some manner of safeguard for her regardless, and Lake privately admits that he's right about the danger.
* ShoutOut: Jesse is a fan of the band "[[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dumpty Humpty]]."
* SignificantWardrobeShift: In Chapter 6, Lake takes on an {{emo}} look with a fake leather jacket and torn skinny jeans. Everyone agrees she pulls it off better than Jesse did.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When the family panics about what to do about Lake when the police show up in Chapter 5, Jesse's dad points that she can just stay upstairs, since they're just there to close out Jesse's missing person case and don't even know that Lake exists.
* TraumaButton: Lake has mirrors, since they served as active portals to the Mirror World back on the train, and thus getting reflecting in one put her at risk of getting killed by the Flecs. In Chapter 4, waking up from a nightmare and seeing herself in a mirror causes a disoriented Lake to panic and break down crying.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22654945 Lake's New Normal]]'' is an ongoing ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' {{continuation fic}} written by [=MayDayGirl_Save_Our_Ships=], starting immediately after the end of Book 2 and following the struggles faced by Lake now that she's on Earth.
After Lake escapes the train, she's suddenly struck with a sobering realization: [[AndThenWhat she doesn't know what to do now that she got this far]]. With few options (and with Jesse assuming that she'd do so anyway), she finds herself the honored guest of the Cosay family until she can piece together a more long-term plan for her future. But after escaping the mirror world, traveling through a supernatural train, and fighting for her life, will Lake really be able to live like a normal teenager? She’s not sure, but she’s willing to fight every day to make this life [[TitleDrop her new normal]].
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!!This fanfic has examples of:
* AdultFear:
** Your child disappears for weeks without any warning, then returns home just as suddenly with a bizarre tale of being kidnapped by a supernatural train. Then it turns out it's 100% true; super-powered deer, turning into wood, fighting a cult of children and all.
** While grateful towards Lake for helping his son, Jesse's father Stephen worries that she might be a threat to his family. Lake is offended by this, but acknowledges that his fears are completely valid [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter based on Jesse's history]] and the fact she is hiding information from them.
** Nate tells Lake that he's scared of the train coming to kidnap him if he behaves badly, and that he blames his failure of "The Man Test" for why Jesse was taken.
* BatmanInMyBasement: Lake's situation with the Cosays.
* CassandraTruth:
** Stephen and Whittney Cosay naturally aren't exactly trusting of their son's account of the past few weeks. They initially believe he and Lake are playing a cruel prank, but confirming that she has metal skin a few minutes later convinces them real quick.
** Played straight all the way through when Jesse tells the same story to a police officer, minus Lake's involvement. He notes that the cop worriedly looked his parents the entire time, and that he probably left thinking Jesse "was either lying or crazy."
* CatapultNightmare: Lake has one on her first night sleeping at Jesse's house, where Sieve calls her out for murdering him in addition to Mace, and taunts her for believing she deserves any level of affection after what she's done.
* DirtyBusiness: While she doesn't completely regret her actions, Lake feels incredibly guilty about murdering Mace and Sieve, as well as attempting to trap Tulip in the Mirror World. She also hides the fact she did these things from the Cosays, which only make [[ObliviousGuiltSlinging Jesse's constant assertions that she's a good person hurt all the more]].
* EntertaininglyWrong: Played with. The morning after Jesse comes home, his father admits that he feels Lake is omitting serious pieces of her backstory. He's absolutely correct on that, but he assumes that one of the things she's hiding is that Tulip is trapped in the Mirror World and now serves as Lake's reflection. While Lake corrects him on this (she's safe back in Minnesota), she privately and sadly notes that he isn't actually wrong about Lake doing this; he's just wrong about her being ''successful'' at doing so, as trapping Tulip was her original plan.
* FirstNameBasis: Mrs. Cosay insists that Lake call her Whittney.
* FishOutOfWater: An odd example edging on StrangerInAFamiliarLand. As Tulip's former reflection, Lake is certainly familiar with everything in the human world, but has never had a chance to actually craft an identity or any interests. She's never experienced anything outside whatever Tulip did, and even then, she notes that it was a pale imitation of the real thing, such as food having very little taste.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: How Lake attempts to play off her role in Jesse safely getting off the train and returning home when his mother tearfully thanks her.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed. Jesse's father certainly isn't a jerk, but he is incredibly blunt with his thoughts about Lake's nature, intentions, and the viability of her living a normal life on Earth. In every case, Lake is mildly hurt by the uneasy trust between them, but always admits to herself in a following scene that he's right to be worried about her taking advantage of Jesse or being a target of hate/fear by other humans.
* JustFriends: Lake and Jesse. The former is mortified when Nate asks if they're dating, stuttering out an embarrassed "no" in response.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: When calming down Lake from a nightmare, Jesse reveals that she served as this for him, as he suffered from nightmares every night during his time on the train until he met her.
* ProperlyParanoid: When Whittney starts talking about taking Lake to the mall and enrolling her in school, Stephen is the only one concerned that a metal person from a parallel world would probably garner serious attention not only from the locals, but from government agencies. The rest of the family blows off his concerns, but he commits himself to finding some manner of safeguard for her regardless, and Lake privately admits that he's right about the danger.
* ShoutOut: Jesse is a fan of the band "[[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dumpty Humpty]]."
* SignificantWardrobeShift: In Chapter 6, Lake takes on an {{emo}} look with a fake leather jacket and torn skinny jeans. Everyone agrees she pulls it off better than Jesse did.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When the family panics about what to do about Lake when the police show up in Chapter 5, Jesse's dad points that she can just stay upstairs, since they're just there to close out Jesse's missing person case and don't even know that Lake exists.
* TraumaButton: Lake has mirrors, since they served as active portals to the Mirror World back on the train, and thus getting reflecting in one put her at risk of getting killed by the Flecs. In Chapter 4, waking up from a nightmare and seeing herself in a mirror causes a disoriented Lake to panic and break down crying.
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