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.