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.