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.