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.......... not actually a palace. a cottage in the ..........
.......... woods (temperate climate, rains every ..........
.......... other day, springs and streams and ..........
:......... mysterious iron and stone artifacts, .........:
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##£#%^/»:. sun is about to rise. its a long day, .:»/^%#£##
#£#%^/»:.. before it fades to night again, and ..:»/^%#£#
£#%^/»:... then it stays so until i fall asleep. ...:»/^%#£
#%^/»:.... it doesn't rise unless i've had my ....:»/^%#
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:......... in this cottage there's a lot of radio .........:
.......... equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape ..........
.......... players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ..........
.......... mirrors, prisms, and various things to ..........
:......... do art with. the fridge is filled with .........:
»:........ differet foods, all of them intriguing, ........:»
/»:....... slightly weird. .......:»/
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#£#%^/»:.. dog (who is ridicolously large and ..:»/^%#£#
##£#%^/»:. wants to be the big spoon). i listen to .:»/^%#£##
#£#%^/»:.. the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit ..:»/^%#£#
£#%^/»:... myself, songs and poetry, and found ...:»/^%#£
#%^/»:.... sounds from the forest. the others tell ....:»/^%#
%^/»:..... of their lives, play the guitar for me, .....:»/^%
^/»:...... and tell tales of the old world. i ......:»/^
/»:....... consider them friends as well. .......:»/
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.......... most importantly, there's a two square ..........
.......... meter area on the floor where i can ..........
:......... "save" things. whatever i put in here .........:
»:........ will not be affected by the nightly ........:»
/»:....... reset. everything else, however, is .......:»/
^/»:...... completely reset overnight: synth ......:»/^
%^/»:..... patches removed, food uneaten, wounds .....:»/^%
#%^/»:.... healed, and wherever and whenever i'd ....:»/^%#
£#%^/»:... fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ...:»/^%#£
#£#%^/»:.. rested in my bed. sometimes there's ..:»/^%#£#
##£#%^/»:. accidents where i lose stuff by .:»/^%#£##
#£#%^/»:.. forgetting to put them in the square. ..:»/^%#£#
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/»:....... where the spirits of the forest around .......:»/
»:........ the cottage tries to communicate. here, ........:»
:......... it's not endless but connected to a .........:
.......... large sprawling city, where my radio ..........
.......... friends live. we go exploring together ..........
.......... - things are deep and dark - but unlike ..........
:......... me, they never remember during the day. .........:
»:........ this is a mystery we often discuss. ........:»
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