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.