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.