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.