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.