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..~†^¤@### train dream ###@¤^†~..
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.......~^@ (situation) @^~.......
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....††¤¤## 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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..~†^¤@### ###@¤^†~..
..~†^¤@### (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? #¤^††~~...
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.....††^@# (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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