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.