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.