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.