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.