,,,,,*^^%@ @%^^*,,,,,
,,~*^%§@## ##@§%^*~,,
,,~*^%§@## ##@§%^*~,,
,,,,,,~^%§ §%^~,,,,,,
,,~*^%§@## ##@§%^*~,,
,,~~**%%§§ 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. #@%^**,,,,
,,~*^%§§§# #§§§%^*~,,
,,~*^%%%%@ @%%%%^*~,,
,,~*^%§@## ##@§%^*~,,
,,~*^%§@## ##@§%^*~,,
,,,~**^§§§ §§§^**~,,,