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...~;;;;%@ TRAIN DREAM @%;;;;~...
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.~»;=%#@## ;;; ##@#%=;»~.
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.~»;=%%### (SITUATION) ###%%=;»~.
.~»;=%#@## ##@#%=;»~.
.....»»==# 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. #=»»~.....
.~»;=%#@## ##@#%=;»~.
.~~~~»»=#@ 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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.~»;=%#@## ..=.. ##@#%=;»~.
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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) ####%=;»~.
.~»;=%#@## ##@#%=;»~.
.~»;=%#@## 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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