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.