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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. .:¨ @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
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¨@¨@¨¨@¨@¨ ¨.: 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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