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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^*
^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ spring)) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^
*^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ this is a mystery we often discuss. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^*
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