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.