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@%====*~.¨ SLIGHTLY UPTOWN ON A GRASSY HILL LIES A ¨.~*====%@
##@@%=*~.¨ LARGE REPURPOSED INSTITUTION. IT'S ¨.~*=%@@##
@%%%%=*~.¨ SEVERAL FLOORS, A FEW HUNDRED METERS ¨.~*=%%%%@
@@@@%=*~.¨ WIDE. MADE OF YELLOW BRICKS. ¨.~*=%@@@@
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@@===~.¨¨¨ COMBINED NIGHTCLUB, CAFE, GALLERY, ART ¨¨¨.~===@@
@@===**~.¨ SCHOOL. IT'S ALWAYS OPEN, PEOPLE COME ¨.~**===@@
@@=*.¨¨¨¨¨ AND GO. THE BASEMENT IS DEEPER THAN YOU ¨¨¨¨¨.*=@@
@=*~~.¨¨¨¨ WOULD GUESS. ¨¨¨¨.~~*=@
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##@@%=*~.¨ IT'S MESSY. I'VE SPREAD MY THINGS OVER ¨.~*=%@@##
##@@%=*~.¨ SEVERAL FLOORS, ¨.~*=%@@##
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@=*~~~~¨¨¨ AND DUE TO A FEW MANY BEERS AND SOME ¨¨¨~~~~*=@
@%=*.¨¨¨¨¨ SECRET RIVALRIES, I DECIDE I SHOULD ¨¨¨¨¨.*=%@
@%*~~~¨¨¨¨ LEAVE. BUT WHERE ARE MY SHOES... ¨¨¨¨~~~*%@
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#@=*..¨¨¨¨ #~~~ (LOOKING FOR SHOES) ~~~# ¨¨¨¨..*=@#
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@=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AFTER A WHILE THEY APPEAR ON MY FEET. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=@
@=**.¨¨¨¨¨ OK. ¨¨¨¨¨.**=@
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@%=*~.¨¨¨¨ I'M CRYING OF JOY, I HUG A FRIEND AND ¨¨¨¨.~*=%@
##@@%=*~.¨ IT'S GOOD, WE'RE CLOSE NOW, HE CAN ¨.~*=%@@##
##@@%=*~.¨ SMELL ME (ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN). ¨.~*=%@@##
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##@@%=*~.¨ I FIND OUT WHO RUINED MY PAINTINGS AND ¨.~*=%@@##
##@@%=*~.¨ I PULL HER HAIR. SHE CRIES FROM PAIN ¨.~*=%@@##
##@@%=*~.¨ BUT DOES NOT BEG FORGIVENESS. ¨.~*=%@@##
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@==*.¨¨¨¨¨ SUNSET, ORANGE AND PINK, CITY IS A ¨¨¨¨¨.*==@
@@%*~¨¨¨¨¨ BLACK CUTOUT. THERE'S FIRES AND ¨¨¨¨¨~*%@@
###@@=*~.¨ EXPLOSIONS ON THE GROUND. ¨.~*=@@###
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#@@@%=*~.¨ "THE NEW WAY OF SHIPPING IRON - WITH ¨.~*=%@@@#
@@%%=~¨¨¨¨ THE RAILGUN. THE IRON SLAG IS SHOT AT ¨¨¨¨~=%%@@
##@@%=*~.¨ THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE METERS ¨.~*=%@@##
@@@@%=*~.¨ PER SECOND, AND AT THE RECEIVING END AN ¨.~*=%@@@@
@%=~~~~¨¨¨ EIGHT SQUARE METER WOODEN CUBE IS ¨¨¨~~~~=%@
##@@%=*~.¨ LAUNCHED TO INTERCEPT IT." ¨.~*=%@@##
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##@@%=*~.¨ IT LOOKS LIKE INTERSTELLAR WAR. THE ¨.~*=%@@##
###@%=*~.¨ WOODEN BLOCK SHATTER INTO HUNDREDS OF ¨.~*=%@###
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@%%****~.¨ # HOUSE DREAM * RAILGUN * STRUCTURE # ¨.~****%%@
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