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.