Oct 12, 2025
I'm on the train back to Chicago and the conductor sounded so tired as he asked us not to stand in the areas between cars because we're on a track that doesn't officially exist. Magnus Archives Night Vale nonsense.
The reality is that between the trains are vestibules that can gap open or pinch shut and injure you if the train takes a really tight curve, and the track is a super tight curve so they keep it off official maps to prevent its use. Due to a derailment last night, traffic into Chicago is slow and we have to use it anyway. It still verges on the ridiculous but having accepted my role as chaos magnet means I live the life of a surrealist fictional podcast character.
