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,,,-~*^@¤£ ,-* THE SPIRE ~*, £¤@^*~-,,,
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,-~*^@¤£## *~- 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. *~- #£¤@^*~-,,
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,,-~*^@¤£# *-~ 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. *~- #£¤@^*~-,,
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,,-~*^@¤£# *~- 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. ~-* #£¤@^*~-,,
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,,-~*^@¤£# ~-* IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY *~- #£¤@^*~-,,
,-~*^@¤£## ~*- SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES *-~ ##£¤@^*~-,
,,-~*^@¤£# *~- IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT -*~ #£¤@^*~-,,
,,,-~*^@¤£ ,-~ CARS..... -~, £¤@^*~-,,,
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