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.