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.