Dreamscape: train station

This painting was a part of my choose your own adventure book, You Control the Dream. This book takes the reader through scenarios from my nightmares, allowing them to choose between two options on each of the 70 pages. Like a dream, the plot circles and loops, and the only way to end the dream is to close the book. The title gives a false sense of control, because while the reader can choose between A or B, there is no way to avoid unsafe situations, and there is no way to complete the story.

You get on the first inbound train, cautiously looking around. After the night you’ve had, you can’t be too vigilant. A young man keeps nodding and waving at you, and while it’s probably non-threatening, you decide to change trains. It’s a short ride to the central station, and once you’re there you walk to a different platform. The inbound train is coming in three minutes and the outbound train is coming in seven. Waiting makes you feel vulnerable and you tap your foot nervously to relieve some anxious energy. Deep breathing doesn’t make you feel better. Finally, the inbound train arrives. You can choose to get on the train or wait four more minutes for the outbound train. Which do you choose?