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.