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.