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.^~*†%¤#@# TRAIN DREAM #@#¤%†*~^.
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.^~~~†%%## (SITUATION) ##%%†~~~^.
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.^~*†%¤#@# 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. ##@#%†*~^.
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...^^^*†¤@ 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... ###¤%†*~^.
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.^~*†%¤#@# #@#¤%†*~^.
.^~*†%¤#@@ 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? ¤†~~~^^...
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.^~*†%¤#@# ^^%^^ #@#¤%†*~^.
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.^~*†%¤#@# (SITUATION) #@#¤%†*~^.
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.^~*†%¤#@# 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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