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.