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.