Collective Unconscious:Train Station

Train Station
Basic Info
Eidola	None
Events	Train Ride, Night Train
Notable NPCs	Monsieur Pivoine
Other
Connecting Areas	Pale Park; Sun Reactor; Overgrown Railway ➡️;
BGM	🔊 noahrav_music_11 (No. 20); 🔊 noahrav_music_rumbling – Entrance (No. 48); 🔊 Surface of the Sky – Scenic Corridor (No. 21); 🔊 noahrav_ambiance_concrete_1 (No. 22); 🔊 noahrav_ambiance_concrete_2 (No. 23); 🔊 nolan_music_skyvillage (No. 49); 🔊 noahrav_music_36 – Night Train (No. 57);
Map ID	0091, 0092, 0093, 0099
Version Added	0.1.0
Primary Author	Noahrav
Contributing Author(s)	Ayayaya, RagnaEdge
Extras +
YNOproject Badges
	Monsieur Pivoine
	Lag Ride
	Missed the Train

Annotated map of Train Station

Train Station is an area that can be accessed through the stairs in Pale Park.

Features

Despite having only two destinations, Train Station is an elaborate spirit world that is made up of many linear, winding corridors. Adding to the location's complexity, it is possible to change the time of day while wandering the station, changing its ambience and providing an opportunity to access the rare Night Train event.

Following the path from the Pale Park entrance leads to a large lobby populated by countless shadows with humanoid forms. These shadows block Minnatsuki's movement as they wander aimlessly, and they cannot be killed with the Soulfire eidolon. The only NPC in the entirety of the spirit world that can be interacted with is Monsieur Pivoine, who can normally be found in a booth on the north side of the lobby. By interacting with the window on the left side of the booth, Minnatsuki can purchase a train ticket from him for 100 Luna, which can be used to open the gates in the northwest corner of the lobby. This grants direct access to the train platform (and Overgrown Railway by extension); in the room beyond the gates, traveling north leads to the train platform.

Using a slightly longer route, the train platform can also be reached without needing to purchase a ticket by taking the door in the southeast corner of the lobby, which leads into the deeper tunnels of the train station. At the first fork, taking the door inside the spiral path to the west leads to the area behind the ticket gates. Going east at the fork leads even deeper into the Train Station tunnels; this is one way to access Sun Reactor, but this route is otherwise a dead end, and it is longer than taking the route through the dark station.

Train Platform

The train platform is a long room within the station that, like the lobby, is populated by many shadow people. The train on the edge of the platform can be boarded through any of its doors.

Inside the train, Minnatsuki can sit in any of its seats. After sitting idle for 15 seconds, Minnatsuki will begin to doze off; if Minnatsuki remains still for another 10 seconds, they will fall asleep, and the screen will fade to black. The Train Ride event is then displayed: the train leaves the station and is shown traveling along a bridge, with a city and forested hill in the background. This event continues until any interact key is pressed, at which point the player will regain control of Minnatsuki in the same seat they fell asleep in. There is no way to return to Train Station at this point, and leaving the train leads to Overgrown Railway.

Dark Station

When entering Train Station from either Pale Park or Sun Reactor, the world will be well-lit and populated by many NPCs. However, taking the passage in the northeast corner of the main lobby and walking through the hallway with the long window will take Minnatsuki deep into the station's tunnels and change the world's ambience: as though it is late at night, the normal Train Station music will be replaced with a mechanical hum, the station itself will be darker, and neither the lobby nor the train platform will be populated by any NPCs. Turning around in the Train Station tunnels and returning to the lobby through the long window hallway will revert Train Station to its brighter "daytime" state, meaning that the train platform can only be reached in the dark by continuing through the tunnels. The atmosphere will also be reset upon leaving Train Station for another spirit world and returning.

Continuing from the long window hallway, traveling south through the next tunnel will reveal that the gates in the Train Station tunnels, normally a dead end when approached from the other side, are stuck open while the station is dark. To the south of the gates is a large, round room with a pillar in its center, surrounded by a large pit. The next room to the south is a smaller hallway with a manhole; Minnatsuki can climb down into manhole regardless of whether or not the station is dark, leading to a room where Sun Reactor can be accessed via a panel on the wall in the center.

Walking past the manhole and continuing through the various tunnels beyond it eventually leads back to the lobby and its surrounding areas, through which the train platform can be accessed. As with the gates at the end of the long window hallway, the gates in the lobby are also stuck open while the station is dark. Normally, the train can still be boarded from the platform as normal; Monsieur Pivoine, who is not at the ticket booth when the station is dark, can instead be found inside of the train using this method. The station will no longer be dark after getting off the train, reverting to its "daytime" state, and the train itself otherwise works as normal, connecting to Overgrown Railway.

Night Train

The Night Train is an event that can only occur in the dark station. Entering the train platform by paying for a ticket and going through the closed ticket barrier will not work. If the event is active, entering the train platform via either escalator will tint the screen a dark purple color before taking Minnatsuki to a unique version of the train platform. The platform is much darker than normal, a unique BGM will be playing, and the train cannot be entered or interacted with in any way (as you've "missed the train," per the badge description). The train will still function as normal when the train platform by paying a ticket and entering through the left side of the lobby.

There is a 10/256 chance (approximately 1/26 or 3.9%) for the Night Train event to be active that is determined every time Minnatsuki activates the totem in their room and enters the spirit realm. The event is persistent for the entirety of each trip to the spirit realm; if it is active, the event will remain active until Minnatsuki returns to their room and the odds are re-rolled.

Specifically, Variable 30 - which is set to a random number between 0 and 255 every time the totem in Minnatsuki's Room is activated - must be between 0 and 9. The route through the dark station to the train platform is arduous and time-consuming to navigate, making repeated attempts to activate the Night Train event highly impractical. It is more feasible to take shorter trips to other locations containing events that depend on Variable 30, making the trip through the dark station only when these events have narrowed down the odds to an acceptable amount. Two such options for this:

Like Train Station, Portrait Forest is accessible from Pale Park. The time of day in Portrait Forest depends on Variable 30. If it is nighttime, then Variable 30 is between 128 and 255, indicating that Night Train is not active. If it is daytime, then Variable 30 is between 0 and 127, effectively giving Night Train an improved 7.8% odds of being active.
In each visit to the spirit realm, the location of the Wanderer is determined by Variable 30. The Wanderer will be located near the lower dock in Fantasy Forest when the variable is between 0 and 42; encountering the Wanderer in Fantasy Forest effectively gives Night Train a 23% chance of being active. If the Wanderer is not present in Fantasy Forest, then Night Train is not active.

Directions

Nexus → Pale Park → Train Station

Gallery

Monsieur Pivione
The window hallway
The gates that block access to the window hallway
To Sun Reactor
Train Station will be devoid of NPCs if you exit the hallway room from the right.
The Train Ride
To Overgrown Railway
The Night Train