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.