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...~~;%*@£ £@*%;~~...
..~~;%*@£# #£@*%;~~..
.~~;%*@£## ##£@*%;~~.
..~~;%*@£# train dream #£@*%;~~..
...~~;%*@£ ######....~~~~..##################### £@*%;~~...
....~~;%*@ ;;; @*%;~~....
.....~~;%* ~ *%;~~.....
......~~;% ~ %;~~......
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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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.....~~;%* ~ *%;~~.....
....~~;%*@ ..%.. @*%;~~....
...~~;%*@£ ~ £@*%;~~...
..~~;%*@£# #£@*%;~~..
.~~;%*@£## (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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