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...=\*%¶## (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... ###¶%*\=..
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.......=\* *\=.......
........=\ (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. %*\=......
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