#@#&%**»~¨ ¨~»**%&#@#
#&*****»~¨ ¨~»*****&#
#@#&%**»~¨ ¨~»**%&#@#
@#%%***»~¨ ¨~»***%%#@
@&%%%**»~¨ ¨~»**%%%&@
#%*****»~¨ 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. ¨~»**%&###
@#&&%**»~¨ ¨~»**%&&#@
@##&%**»~¨ ¨~»**%&##@
@&***»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»***&@
#@#&%**»~¨ ¨~»**%&#@#
###&%**»~¨ ¨~»**%&###