train dream               
     
                                       
                                         
                                         
                                          
               (situation)                
                                          
 you   find  yourself  in  a  rift  -   a 
 clearing, narrow but immeasurably long.  
 to your  sides are walls made of  trees, 
 thick and ready  to swallow you. the sun 
 is nowhere  to  be seen, but  nontheless 
 it is very bright - the air feels  light 
           blue, almost white.            
                                          
 along  the  span of the clearing lay two 
     parallel silvery lines, dark hard    
 metal.  somehow  you can  see  how heavy 
                 they are.                
                                          
 they  emit   a  high   pitched  whine... 
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
               (situation)                
                                          
 youre   at   the  train station,  on   a 
 catwalk  above the rails.  your train is 
 late,  or  you are  late  to the  train. 
 it's  a summer afternoon and the station 
 is  busy,  full  of  relaxed confidence. 
                                          
 you're in high spirits, although  a  bit 
 stressed  about the  time, while  moving 
 up  the  stairs  to your  platform.  the 
 station  is   in   several  levels,  all 
      placed within eachother by some     
     intelligent designer, and full of    
      stairs, elevators, shortcuts,       
 bazaars... you sight your  train through 
 some  glass  windows. it's...  not where 
           it's supposed to be?           
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
               (situation)                
                                          
 you're  finally entering the city. while 
 it  is  indeed a  very high speed  train 
 you're traveling  in,  the  journey  has 
 been   long.  but  it's  about  to  end! 
                                          
 society  is  growing denser around  you, 
 through  the windows you see first small 
 shacks,  built  of metal and stone, then 
 proper houses with mortar to  keep  them 
 together... who  in  turn  make way  for 
    the industrial buildings, the urban   
      maze, protective walls, jungle      
                network...                
                                          
 the tracks  leave  the ground,  which is 
 needed  for  other   purposes.  you  are 
  carried gently, curving upwards until   
 you're moving upward  along the wall  of 
 a  building.  it's made of slabby stone, 
     with great glassless window holes    
 looking out  the  way  you  came.  it is 
           pitch black inside.