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.