The station not on the timetable
The night train stopped at a platform with a single lamp. After Kirov there are no stops for six hours.
- YouOn the night train. We have stopped
- ThemWhere
- YouNo idea. There is a platform and one lamp
- ThemRead the sign
- YouThe letters have worn off. All that is left is "ovka"
- pause 1.5 s
- ThemAsk the attendant
- YouThe attendant is asleep
- I knocked, he will not open
- ThemWhat about the other passengers
- YouThe carriage is empty
- pause 1.2 s
- ThemYou said the carriage was full
- YouIt was full until Kirov
- ThemHow long have you been standing
- YouForty minutes
- pause 1.8 s
- ThemCheck the timetable, what comes after Kirov
- YouI did. After Kirov there are no stops for six hours
- ThemThen you are standing in a field
- YouThere is a man on the platform
- With a suitcase. Waiting
- pause 1.5 s
- ThemLet him wait
- YouHe is looking into my window
- He has been looking into my window the whole time
- ThemClose the curtain
- pause 1.2 s
- YouClosed
- The train is moving
- ThemGood
- pause 1.8 s
- YouHe is in the carriage
- ThemIn the carriage how
- YouSitting in his seat
- ThemWhich seat is his
- pause 1.5 s
- YouHis ticket has my seat on it
- And my surname
How it works
The empty carriage and the man on the platform belong to different times, and that is the whole construction. The ticket at the end explains why he was watching that window.
Every story here is fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental.