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.