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.