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.