......~~*& &*~~......
.~~////*&# #&*////~~.
.~~/*@@&&& &&&@@*/~~.
...~~***&& &&***~~...
.~/*@&¶### ###¶&@*/~.
...~~/*@¶# TRAIN DREAM #¶@*/~~...
....~~/*@& ######....~~~~..##################### &@*/~~....
.~~/*@&¶## /// ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@&¶## ~ ##¶&@*/~~.
....~//*&# ~ #&*//~....
.~~/*@&¶## ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@&### (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... ¶&@*///~~.
.~/*@&¶### ###¶&@*/~.
....~//@&# ~ #&@//~....
.~~/*@&¶## ..*.. ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~~~//@¶¶ ~ ¶¶@//~~~~.
.~~/*@&¶## ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@&¶## (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? &*/~......
.~~/*@&¶## ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@&¶## ~ ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@&¶## ~~@~~ ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~~~~**@¶ ~ ¶@**~~~~~.
.~~/*@&¶## ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@&¶## (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. ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@&¶## ##¶&@*/~~.
....~~*@&& &&@*~~....
.~~/*@&¶## ##¶&@*/~~.
.~~/*@@@@¶ ¶@@@@*/~~.
.~~/*@&¶¶# #¶¶&@*/~~.