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.