..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
.....-==*¤ ¤*==-.....
..-=**¶@## ##@¶**=-..
..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
..-=**¤¶¶@ @¶¶¤**=-..
..-=**¤¶¶¶ train dream ¶¶¶¤**=-..
...-==**¤¶ ######.....-....##################### ¶¤**==-...
..-=**¤¶@# === #@¶¤**=-..
.......=*¤ - ¤*=.......
..-=**¤¤¶@ - @¶¤¤**=-..
..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
..-=****¶¶ (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. ¶¤***-....
..-=**¤¶@@ @@¶¤**=-..
....==*¤¶@ 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... @@¶¤**=-..
..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
.......-*¤ - ¤*-.......
..-=**¤¶@# ..*.. #@¶¤**=-..
.....--=*¤ - ¤*=--.....
..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
..-=**¤¤¶¶ (situation) ¶¶¤¤**=-..
.....-**¤@ @¤**-.....
..-=**¤¶@# 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? ¶¤¤*=.....
..----=*¶¶ ¶¶*=----..
......-=*¶ - ¶*=-......
..-=**¤¤¤¤ ..*.. ¤¤¤¤**=-..
..-=****¤@ - @¤****=-..
..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
..-=**¤¶@# (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. ##¶¤**=-..
..-=**¤@## ##@¤**=-..
..-===***¤ ¤***===-..
..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
..-=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=-..
..-=*****¤ ¤*****=-..