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.