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,,,,,,:-*^ TRAIN DREAM ^*-:,,,,,,
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,,,,:-*^%¤ *** ¤%^*-:,,,,
,,,:-*^%¤£ - £¤%^*-:,,,
,,:-*^%¤£@ - @£¤%^*-:,,
,:-*^%¤£@# #@£¤%^*-:,
,,:-*^%¤£@ (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. -:,,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,:-* (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. %^*-:,,,,,
,,,,:-*^%¤ ¤%^*-:,,,,
,,,:-*^%¤£ 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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,,,,,:-*^% %^*-:,,,,,
,,,,:-*^%¤ (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. %^*-:,,,,,
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