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@$%:~..... not actually a palace. a cottage in the .....~:%$@
$%:~...... woods (temperate climate, rains every ......~:%$
%:~....... other day, springs and streams and .......~:%
:~........ mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ........~:
~......... birdland-ish eternal spring (late .........~
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#@$%:~.... i wake up every morning at six am. it's ....~:%$@#
##@$%:~... dark, and the stars are out, but the ...~:%$@##
###@$%:~.. sun is about to rise. its a long day, ..~:%$@###
##@$%:~... before it fades to night again, and ...~:%$@##
#@$%:~.... then it stays so until i fall asleep. ....~:%$@#
@$%:~..... it doesn't rise unless i've had my .....~:%$@
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:~........ in this cottage there's a lot of radio ........~:
%:~....... equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape .......~:%
$%:~...... players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ......~:%$
@$%:~..... mirrors, prisms, and various things to .....~:%$@
#@$%:~.... do art with. the fridge is filled with ....~:%$@#
##@$%:~... differet foods, all of them intriguing, ...~:%$@##
###@$%:~.. slightly weird. ..~:%$@###
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$%:~...... i have friends - there's a cat, and a ......~:%$
%:~....... dog (who is ridicolously large and .......~:%
:~........ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ........~:
~......... the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit .........~
:~........ myself, songs and poetry, and found ........~:
%:~....... sounds from the forest. the others tell .......~:%
$%:~...... of their lives, play the guitar for me, ......~:%$
@$%:~..... and tell tales of the old world. i .....~:%$@
#@$%:~.... consider them friends as well. ....~:%$@#
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#@$%:~.... most importantly, there's a two square ....~:%$@#
@$%:~..... meter area on the floor where i can .....~:%$@
$%:~...... "save" things. whatever i put in here ......~:%$
%:~....... will not be affected by the nightly .......~:%
:~........ reset. everything else, however, is ........~:
~......... completely reset overnight: synth .........~
:~........ patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ........~:
%:~....... healed, and wherever and whenever i'd .......~:%
$%:~...... fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ......~:%$
@$%:~..... rested in my bed. sometimes there's .....~:%$@
#@$%:~.... accidents where i lose stuff by ....~:%$@#
##@$%:~... forgetting to put them in the square. ...~:%$@##
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@$%:~..... at night, i have demi-lucid dreams .....~:%$@
$%:~...... where the spirits of the forest around ......~:%$
%:~....... the cottage tries to communicate. here, .......~:%
:~........ it's not endless but connected to a ........~:
~......... large sprawling city, where my radio .........~
:~........ friends live. we go exploring together ........~:
%:~....... - things are deep and dark - but unlike .......~:%
$%:~...... me, they never remember during the day. ......~:%$
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