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.