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.