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.