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.