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.