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.