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.