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.