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.