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.