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.