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.