i was on a dart train, or at least trying to get on one. in all honesty the above ground station was fairly quiet despite having a decent group of people. a train came and passed, and the station around me emptied out to about a pinch's worth of people. id busied myself with trying to catch a quick bit of rest while i waited as my phone was totally drained from scrolling on rednote. it didnt help that my phone has a shit battery as well, so it was already probably dead in my pocket. my train came and everything was uneventful leading up to before i got in the train really. my ride wasnt from too far of a place and it would only take maybe half of an hour due to the mindfucking speed these dart trains go. but after about a good twenty minutes i swore had passed, it looked as if the train was nowhere near the city i was approaching. i, a fool, had not brought a charger with me and scouted everywhere around me to see if someone had left their accidentally. no, to my shit luck. i swear up and down that surely at least 20 minutes had passed, and i was certainly positive that i was nearing the end of the ride, so i counted down 5 minutes to the best of my ability. as boring as it is to have to repeat mississippi in your head over and over and over again, this was freaking me out. the dart train was REALLY calm, nothing but a guy slumped over on the far end of the train if i looked to my left, and what looked like a mess of chips on the seat to my left and down four chairs. i usually tend to get all up in my head when i feel nervous, so i tried to calm myself down by leaning my head back and thinking of something i dont really remember. i do remember falling asleep on the train though, as my head had been throbbing all morning and id pulled an all nighter. i woke up on my own volition and came to my senses pretty quickly, thinking id missed my leave. im a light sleeper, so if the train stopped i would've been startled and woke up, nut no. i couldve sworn id slept for an hour or two, i felt really well rested and there was a cramp in my calf that probably meant i'd been here for a while. ive taken this bus route many times before so im pretty familiar with how the outside looks when approaching, and i was sure that i had checked the route before my phone died and seen that i was taking the sole route i had been taking. when i tell you i nearly shit my pants at the realization that i wasnt even near the halfway mark im not kidding. theres usually a spot i notice right around the time its the middle of my trip -- it wasnt there, nor anything after it. i seriously dont know how long i spent on that train, and the guy that was slumped over in the far back of the train just wasn tthere anymore. that freaked me out even more, im not a schizoid and i swear i could make out the shape of a hunched over guy in that corner despite not wearing my glasses that day. everything after waking up seemed to pass really fast, i'd taken a look at the floor and then looked around in confusion once i had seen that the man wasnt actually there, and then the train started slowing to a halt. i didnt notice ANY of the features i'd normally see when nearing the little dropoff place, and certainly know they hadnt done any overnight renovations as i had taken the train on friday too, and there just wasnt that much time for all that change. yea so anyways i'll try and find a less liminal train route for the future