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.