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.