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.