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.