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.