¶¤*=...... ......=*¤¶
¶¶¶¤$*^=~. .~=^*$¤¶¶¶
@@¶¤$*^=~. .~=^*$¤¶@@
¤$$^=~.... ....~=^$$¤
¶¤*^=..... .....=^*¤¶
##@¶¤$^=~. TRAIN DREAM .~=^$¤¶@##
¶$****^=~. ######....~=~~..##################### .~=^****$¶
@@¶¤$*^=~. ^^^ .~=^*$¤¶@@
¶$^^==.... = ....==^^$¶
@¤¤$**^=~. = .~=^**$¤¤@
#@¶¤$*^=~. .~=^*$¤¶@#
¤*=~...... (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. .~=^*$¤¶@#
##¶¤$*^=~. .~=^*$¤¶##
#@¶¤$*^=~. .~=^*$¤¶@#
¶¤$^=..... .....=^$¤¶
@@¶¤$*^=~. .~=^*$¤¶@@
@¶¤¤$*^=~. .~=^*$¤¤¶@