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.