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.