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.