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.