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.