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.