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.