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.