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.