,~~::%$¤## ##¤$%::~~,
,~~:%%$$## ##$$%%:~~,
,,,~~:%%$# #$%%:~~,,,
,~~%$¤#### ####¤$%~~,
,~~:%$¤### ###¤$%:~~,
,~~:%$¤### TRAIN DREAM ###¤$%:~~,
,~~:%$¤### ######,,,,~~~~,,##################### ###¤$%:~~,
,,,~:%%$$¤ ::: ¤$$%%:~,,,
,,,,,,~:%¤ ~ ¤%:~,,,,,,
,~~:%$¤### ~ ###¤$%:~~,
,~~~::%$$¤ ¤$$%::~~~,
,,,,~~:$¤# (SITUATION) #¤$:~~,,,,
,~~:%$$¤¤# #¤¤$$%:~~,
,,,,~:$¤## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##¤$:~,,,,
,~~:%$¤### CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ###¤$%:~~,
,,,,,,~:$# TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, #$:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~%¤¤ 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. ¤¤¤%:~~,,,
,,~~~~:$## ##$:~~~~,,
,~~:%$¤### ###¤$%:~~,
,~~:%$$$## ##$$$%:~~,
,~~:%$¤### ###¤$%:~~,
,~~:%$¤### ###¤$%:~~,