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.