....~:$$@# #@$$:~....
....~:^^$¤ ¤$^^:~....
.~~:^^^^$¤ ¤$^^^^:~~.
.~~~::$$$¤ ¤$$$::~~~.
.~~:^$¤¤¤# #¤¤¤$^:~~.
.~~:^$¤@## TRAIN DREAM ##@¤$^:~~.
...~::^¤@@ ######....~~~~..##################### @@¤^::~...
.~~:^$¤@@@ ::: @@@¤$^:~~.
.......~^¤ ~ ¤^~.......
.~~:^$¤@## ~ ##@¤$^:~~.
..~~:::^$¤ ¤$^:::~~..
.~~:^$¤@@# (SITUATION) #@@¤$^:~~.
.~~:^$¤@## ##@¤$^:~~.
...~~^^^¤# 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 @¤¤^^~~...
.~~:^$¤@## CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ##@¤$^:~~.
.~~:^$¤@## YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ##@¤$^:~~.
.~~:^$@### A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ###@$^:~~.
.~~:^$¤@## WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ##@¤$^:~~.
.~~:^$¤@## LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ##@¤$^:~~.
.~~:$¤@### PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ###@¤$:~~.
.~~:^$¤### ###¤$^:~~.
...~~~^¤¤# #¤¤^~~~...
...~:^^¤¤¤ ¤¤¤^^:~...
.....~^^¤# #¤^^~.....
.~~:^$¤@## ##@¤$^:~~.