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.