....~~~*§§ §§*~~~....
.~~:*&§@## ##@§&*:~~.
.~~:*&§@## ##@§&*:~~.
.~~:*&§@## ##@§&*:~~.
.~~:*&§§@@ @@§§&*:~~.
.~~:*&§### 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. ##@§&*:~~.
...~::::&@ @&::::~...
.~~:*§@### ###@§*:~~.
.~~:*&§@## ##@§&*:~~.
.~~:*&§§§§ §§§§&*:~~.
....~:*§@@ @@§*:~....