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@#@%%/~^.. the skyscraper that moves ..^~/%%@#@
#@%%/~^... ...^~/%%@#
@%%/~^.... tainaron is a building owned and ....^~/%%@
%%/~^..... operated by amata texnologiyasi placed .....^~/%%
%/~^...... closed to the harbor in malmÖ. it's ......^~/%
/~^....... roughly sixty floors high (real number .......^~/
~^........ unknown), dark blue and completely ........^~
^......... rectangular. it features no signs, .........^
.......... lights, or ornaments, apart from a ..........
.......... helipad on top. most floors have ..........
.......... exterior walls completely made of glass. ..........
^......... .........^
~^........ in late evenings, shrouded by malmö's ........^~
/~^....... signature fog rolling in from the sea, .......^~/
%/~^...... the building comes to life: it moves on ......^~/%
%%/~^..... a thousand robotic legs to another .....^~/%%
@%%/~^.... (secret) part of town, or perhaps out ....^~/%%@
#@%%/~^... to sea. this signals a new and more ...^~/%%@#
@#@%%/~^.. viscious phase of the tainaron ..^~/%%@#@
#@#@%%/~^. ecosystem. .^~/%%@#@#
@#@%%/~^.. ..^~/%%@#@
#@%%/~^... the guests arriving during the early ...^~/%%@#
@%%/~^.... evening are treated to food and drink, ....^~/%%@
%%/~^..... live music, beatutiful views, and a .....^~/%%
%/~^...... comfortable but maze-like interior ......^~/%
/~^....... structure (the building features a .......^~/
~^........ multitude of stairwells and elevators, ........^~
^......... placed seemingly at random, none going .........^
.......... further than a few floors). ..........
.......... ..........
.......... as time goes on, the lights slowly dim, ..........
^......... until the air inside has taken on the .........^
~^........ same quality as the surrounding mist: ........^~
/~^....... blue-gray, sprinkled with the small red .......^~/
%/~^...... dot's by door locks and control panels. ......^~/%
%%/~^..... if you would look through the windows .....^~/%%
@%%/~^.... you would see the mist rolling by, and ....^~/%%@
#@%%/~^... perhaps the outline of some other ...^~/%%@#
@#@%%/~^.. building, far below. ..^~/%%@#@
#@#@%%/~^. .^~/%%@#@#
@#@%%/~^.. during the night, after tainaron has ..^~/%%@#@
#@%%/~^... started moving, the lower floors are ...^~/%%@#
@%%/~^.... shut off, preventing entry or exit for ....^~/%%@
%%/~^..... the guests. food is no longer served, .....^~/%%
%/~^...... but the drinks become more extravagant. ......^~/%
/~^....... it's at this point that the second set .......^~/
~^........ of guest arrives, via helicopter - ........^~
^......... amata texnologiyasi and their friends. .........^
.......... ..........
.......... ~~~~~ ..........
.......... ..........
^......... in my dream i am invited as a friend of .........^
~^........ one of the servers, and thus safe. we ........^~
/~^....... sit in one of the large windows, .......^~/
%/~^...... looking through the mist for any ......^~/%
%%/~^..... landmarks to pierce through the mist. .....^~/%%
@%%/~^.... she tells me that apart from coming and ....^~/%%@
#@%%/~^... going from work, she's never seen the ...^~/%%@#
@#@%%/~^.. building from the outside. we both sigh. ..^~/%%@#@
#@#@%%/~^. .^~/%%@#@#
@#@%%/~^.. the next day i am invited to the public ..^~/%%@#@
#@%%/~^... demonstration of the exobubble. ...^~/%%@#
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