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.