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.