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.