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.