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.