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.