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.