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.