,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
,,,,,,~*@# #@*~,,,,,,
,:~^*%@@@# #@@@%*^~:,
,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
,,,:^^*%@# 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. ###@%*^~:,
:~^*%@#### ####@%*^~:
,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
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