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¨¨¨¨&¨&¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;^^^¨¨¨ ¨&&&&&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&&&¨¨& ¨^; The Spire ~;¨ &¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨
¨¨&¨¨¨&¨&¨ ~;^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;~^ &¨¨¨¨&&¨¨¨
¨&&¨¨&&&&& ;~^ Once Upon A Time, There Was A ;^~ &¨¨¨&¨&¨¨¨
&¨&¨&¨¨¨¨& ;^~ Benevolent Spire, Towering Well ^;~ &¨¨&&&&¨¨¨
&&&&&¨¨¨&& ^;~ Above Our Tallest Trees. It Was ^~; &¨&¨¨¨&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨ ^~; Clad In White Scales, And Shaped ~^; &&&¨¨&&¨&¨
¨¨¨&&¨&&¨¨ ~^; Liked A Mushroom. ~;^ ¨¨&¨&¨&&&¨
¨¨&¨&&¨&¨¨ ~;^ We Loved It Dearly. ;~^ ¨&&&&&¨¨&¨
¨&&&¨&&&¨& ;~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;^~ &¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨
&¨¨&&¨¨&&& ;^~ It Predated Us By Many Years, ^;~ &¨¨¨&&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ^;~ And We Did Not Know Its Original ^~; &¨¨&¨¨&&&&
&&&&&&&¨&¨ ^~; Builders. They Had Used Its ~^; &¨&&¨&¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨ ~^; Hollow Body For Many Strange ~;^ &&¨&&&¨¨¨&
¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨&& ~;^ Purposes - A Womblike Place Of ;~^ ¨&&¨¨&¨¨&&
¨¨¨¨&&¨&¨¨ ;~^ Gestation, A Storage Of Strage ;^~ &¨&¨&&¨&¨&
¨¨¨&¨&&&¨¨ ;^~ Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of ^;~ &&&&¨&&&&&
¨¨&&&¨¨&¨¨ ^;~ Arcane Deity. ^~; ¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&
¨&¨¨&¨&&¨& ^~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^; ¨¨&¨&¨¨¨&&
&&¨&&&¨&&¨ ~^; We Were Grateful For Its ~;^ ¨&&&&¨¨&¨&
¨&&¨¨&&¨&& ~;^ Presence, And Honored It The ;~^ &¨¨¨&¨&&&¨
&¨&¨&¨&&¨& ;~^ Only Way We Knew How: By ;^~ &¨¨&&&¨¨&¨
&&&&&&¨&&& ¨^~ Breaking In. ^~¨ &¨&¨¨&¨&&&
¨¨¨¨¨&&¨¨& ¨¨¨^^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;^^^¨¨¨ &&&¨&&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨&¨&¨&& ¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨¨
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¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨& ¨¨¨^^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;^^^¨¨¨ &&&&&¨&¨¨¨
¨&&¨¨¨&&&¨ ¨~; This Place We Called Our City: ^;~ ¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨
&¨&¨¨&¨¨&& ^;~ Wavy And Fractured, With Each ;^~ ¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨
&&&¨&&¨&¨& ;^~ Courtyard On A Different Height, ;~^ ¨¨&&¨&&¨¨&
¨¨&&¨&&&&& ;~^ Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming ~;^ ¨&¨&&¨&¨&¨
¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨¨ ~;^ Drains. And Some Places, Like ~^; &&&¨&&&&&¨
&&&¨&¨¨¨¨& ~^; The Spire, Nobody Had Accessed ^~; ¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨
¨¨&&&¨¨¨&& ^~; For Many Years. Once Its Walls ^;~ ¨&¨&¨¨¨&&&
¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨¨ ^;~ Are Just Too High, And The ;^~ &&&&¨¨&¨¨&
&&¨&&¨&&¨& ;^~ Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, ;~^ ¨¨¨&¨&&¨&&
¨&&¨&&¨&&& ;~^ A Place Among Others Is Easily ~;^ ¨¨&&&¨&&¨¨
&¨&&¨&&¨¨¨ ~;^ Overlooked. ^~; ¨&¨¨&&¨&¨¨
&&¨&&¨&¨¨& ^~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^;~ &&¨&¨&&&¨&
¨&&¨&&&¨&¨ ^;~ So, Basically, That Summer The ;^~ ¨&&&&¨¨&&¨
&¨&&¨¨&&&¨ ;^~ Four Of Us Snuck And Climbed And ~^; &¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨
&&¨&¨&¨¨&& ;~^ Crawled For Weeks, Searching For ~;^ &¨¨&&&&&&&
¨&&&&&¨&¨¨ ~;^ A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And ~^; &¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
&¨¨¨¨&&&¨& ~^; Play Music On Our Handhelds. ^~; &&&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
&¨¨¨&¨¨&&¨ ^~; Instead We Found Vast Lungs ^;~ ¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨&&¨&¨&& ^;~ Drained Of Their Catalyst ;^~ ¨&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨
&¨&¨&&&&¨& ;^~ Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View To ;~^ &¨&¨¨¨¨&&&
&&&&¨¨¨&&¨ ;~^ Make Sense Of Our Roamings For ~;^ &&&¨¨¨&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&¨¨&¨&¨ ~;^ Years To Come. ~^; ¨¨&¨¨&&¨¨&
¨¨&&¨&&&&¨ ~^;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~; ¨&&¨&¨&¨&&
¨&¨&&¨¨¨&¨ ^~; A Central Spine, A Staircase ^;~ &¨&&&&&&¨&
&&&¨&¨¨&&¨ ^;~ Around It, The Seven Toroidal ;^~ &&¨¨¨¨¨&&&
¨¨&&&¨&¨&¨ ;^~ Lungs Stacked Outside, And The ;~^ ¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨
¨&¨¨&&&&&¨ ;~^ Control Room On Top. The Sockets ~;^ &&¨¨¨&&¨¨¨
&&¨&¨¨¨¨&& ~;^ For Its Eyes. The Smaller Spires ~^; ¨&¨¨&¨&¨¨¨
¨&&&¨¨¨&¨& ~^; For Radiating Consciousness ^~; &&¨&&&&¨¨&
&¨¨&¨¨&&&¨ ¨~; Invitations. ^;¨ ¨&&¨¨¨&¨&&
&¨&&¨&¨¨&& ¨¨¨^^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;^^^¨¨¨ &¨&¨¨&&&¨¨
&&¨&&&¨&¨& &&&¨&¨¨&¨&
¨&&¨¨&&&&¨ ¨¨¨^^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;^^^¨¨¨ ¨¨&&&¨&&&¨
&¨&¨&¨¨¨&¨ ¨^; In Twenty fourteen, The Tower Is ;~^ ¨&¨¨&&¨¨&¨
&&&&&¨¨&&& ~;^ Toppled And Eaten By Machines. ;^~ &&¨&¨&¨&&&
¨¨¨¨&¨&¨¨¨ ;~^ After A While, Something New Is ^;~ ¨&&&&&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&&&¨¨& ;^~ Conjured In Its Place. It'S A ^~; &¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨
¨¨&¨¨¨&¨&¨ ^;~ Tiny Maw At First, Shorter Than ~^; &¨¨¨¨&&¨¨¨
¨&&¨¨&&&&& ^~; Us, And We Let It Be. Our ~;^ &¨¨¨&¨&¨¨¨
&¨&¨&¨¨¨¨& ~^; Journeys Still End At Its Feet. ;~^ &¨¨&&&&¨¨¨
&&&&&¨¨¨&& ~;^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;^~ &¨&¨¨¨&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨ ;~^ But Then We Are Betrayed. The ^;~ &&&¨¨&&¨&¨
¨¨¨&&¨&&¨¨ ;^~ New Tower Eats Us. Others Are ^~; ¨¨&¨&¨&&&¨
¨¨&¨&&¨&¨¨ ^;~ Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are ~^; ¨&&&&&¨¨&¨
¨&&&¨&&&¨& ^~; Manifested Overnight, Only To ~;^ &¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨
&¨¨&&¨¨&&& ~^; Disappear In The Evening Fog. ;~^ &¨¨¨&&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ~;^ For A While Its Some Kind Of ;^~ &¨¨&¨¨&&&&
&&&&&&&¨&¨ ;~^ Timeshare Scam. Goons Are Placed ^;~ &¨&&¨&¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨ ;^~ Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A ^~; &&¨&&&¨¨¨&
¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨&& ^;~ Few Times, And Stop Going. ~^; ¨&&¨¨&¨¨&&
¨¨¨¨&&¨&¨¨ ^~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;^ &¨&¨&&¨&¨&
¨¨¨&¨&&&¨¨ ~^; Iirc It'S Currently Owned By ;~^ &&&&¨&&&&&
¨¨&&&¨¨&¨¨ ~;^ Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses ;^~ ¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&
¨&¨¨&¨&&¨& ;~^ It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ^;~ ¨¨&¨&¨¨¨&&
&&¨&&&¨&&¨ ¨^~ Cars..... ^~¨ ¨&&&&¨¨&¨&
¨&&¨¨&&¨&& ¨¨¨^^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;^^^¨¨¨ &¨¨¨&¨&&&¨
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