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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. ..........
.......... ..........
.........~ 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? #@§$^~....
...~^$§@## ##@§$^~...
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...~^$§@## ..§.. ##@§$^~...
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......~^$§ (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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