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.