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.