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..~~\*¤¤## TRAIN DREAM ##¤¤*\~~..
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.~~\*¤¤### ###¤¤*\~~.
..~~\*¤¤## (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... #¤¤*\~~...
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.~~\*¤¤### ~ ###¤¤*\~~.
..~~\*¤¤## ..*.. ##¤¤*\~~..
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...~~\*¤¤# (SITUATION) #¤¤*\~~...
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.~~\*¤¤### 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. #¤¤*\~~...
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