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.