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.