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.