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.