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###££^*=~. not actually a palace. a cottage in the .~=*^££###
##££^*=~.. woods (temperate climate, rains every ..~=*^££##
#££^*=~... other day, springs and streams and ...~=*^££#
££^*=~.... mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ....~=*^££
£^*=~..... birdland-ish eternal spring (late .....~=*^£
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.......... i wake up every morning at six am. it's ..........
.......... dark, and the stars are out, but the ..........
.......... sun is about to rise. its a long day, ..........
.......... before it fades to night again, and ..........
.......... then it stays so until i fall asleep. ..........
.......... it doesn't rise unless i've had my ..........
.......... dreams. ..........
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=~........ in this cottage there's a lot of radio ........~=
*=~....... equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape .......~=*
^*=~...... players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ......~=*^
£^*=~..... mirrors, prisms, and various things to .....~=*^£
££^*=~.... do art with. the fridge is filled with ....~=*^££
#££^*=~... differet foods, all of them intriguing, ...~=*^££#
##££^*=~.. slightly weird. ..~=*^££##
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££^*=~.... i have friends - there's a cat, and a ....~=*^££
£^*=~..... dog (who is ridicolously large and .....~=*^£
^*=~...... wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ......~=*^
*=~....... the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit .......~=*
=~........ myself, songs and poetry, and found ........~=
~......... sounds from the forest. the others tell .........~
.......... of their lives, play the guitar for me, ..........
.......... and tell tales of the old world. i ..........
.......... consider them friends as well. ..........
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.......... most importantly, there's a two square ..........
.......... meter area on the floor where i can ..........
.......... "save" things. whatever i put in here ..........
~......... will not be affected by the nightly .........~
=~........ reset. everything else, however, is ........~=
*=~....... completely reset overnight: synth .......~=*
^*=~...... patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ......~=*^
£^*=~..... healed, and wherever and whenever i'd .....~=*^£
££^*=~.... fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ....~=*^££
#££^*=~... rested in my bed. sometimes there's ...~=*^££#
##££^*=~.. accidents where i lose stuff by ..~=*^££##
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£^*=~..... at night, i have demi-lucid dreams .....~=*^£
^*=~...... where the spirits of the forest around ......~=*^
*=~....... the cottage tries to communicate. here, .......~=*
=~........ it's not endless but connected to a ........~=
~......... large sprawling city, where my radio .........~
.......... friends live. we go exploring together ..........
.......... - things are deep and dark - but unlike ..........
.......... me, they never remember during the day. ..........
.......... this is a mystery we often discuss. ..........
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