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.