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.