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.