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.