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.