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.