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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) %*^~~.....
....~~^*%@ @%*^~~....
...~~^*%@@ 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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..~~^*%@@# (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! ^~~.......
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.........~ 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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