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.