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.