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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. ,.»†%*¤#@#
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@¤*†»..,,, THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ,,,..»†*¤@
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@#**†.,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,.†**#@
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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. ,,,....†*¤
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@¤¤%†.,,,, 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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@@#¤*%†»., 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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