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.