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.