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.