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.