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.