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.