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.