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.