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.