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.