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.