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.