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.