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.