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.