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.