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.