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.