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.