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.