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.