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.