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#@#%*;~^.. 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. ......^~;*
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*;~^...... ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ......^~;*
%*;~^..... PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD .....^~;*%
#%*;~^.... METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ....^~;*%#
@#%*;~^... THEY ARE. ...^~;*%#@
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##@#%*;~^. THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... .^~;*%#@##
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;~^....... (SITUATION) .......^~;
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%*;~^..... 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. .^~;*%#@##
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@#%*;~^... 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? ..^~;*%#@#
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*;~^...... (SITUATION) ......^~;*
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*;~^...... 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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