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.