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:=~....... .......~=:
=~........ the skyscraper that moves ........~=
~......... .........~
.......... tainaron is a building owned and ..........
.......... operated by amata texnologiyasi placed ..........
.......... closed to the harbor in malmÖ. it's ..........
~......... roughly sixty floors high (real number .........~
=~........ unknown), dark blue and completely ........~=
:=~....... rectangular. it features no signs, .......~=:
%:=~...... lights, or ornaments, apart from a ......~=:%
%%:=~..... helipad on top. most floors have .....~=:%%
¶%%:=~.... exterior walls completely made of glass. ....~=:%%¶
#¶%%:=~... ...~=:%%¶#
##¶%%:=~.. in late evenings, shrouded by malmö's ..~=:%%¶##
###¶%%:=~. signature fog rolling in from the sea, .~=:%%¶###
##¶%%:=~.. the building comes to life: it moves on ..~=:%%¶##
#¶%%:=~... a thousand robotic legs to another ...~=:%%¶#
¶%%:=~.... (secret) part of town, or perhaps out ....~=:%%¶
%%:=~..... to sea. this signals a new and more .....~=:%%
%:=~...... viscious phase of the tainaron ......~=:%
:=~....... ecosystem. .......~=:
=~........ ........~=
~......... the guests arriving during the early .........~
.......... evening are treated to food and drink, ..........
.......... live music, beatutiful views, and a ..........
.......... comfortable but maze-like interior ..........
~......... structure (the building features a .........~
=~........ multitude of stairwells and elevators, ........~=
:=~....... placed seemingly at random, none going .......~=:
%:=~...... further than a few floors). ......~=:%
%%:=~..... .....~=:%%
¶%%:=~.... as time goes on, the lights slowly dim, ....~=:%%¶
#¶%%:=~... until the air inside has taken on the ...~=:%%¶#
##¶%%:=~.. same quality as the surrounding mist: ..~=:%%¶##
###¶%%:=~. blue-gray, sprinkled with the small red .~=:%%¶###
##¶%%:=~.. dot's by door locks and control panels. ..~=:%%¶##
#¶%%:=~... if you would look through the windows ...~=:%%¶#
¶%%:=~.... you would see the mist rolling by, and ....~=:%%¶
%%:=~..... perhaps the outline of some other .....~=:%%
%:=~...... building, far below. ......~=:%
:=~....... .......~=:
=~........ during the night, after tainaron has ........~=
~......... started moving, the lower floors are .........~
.......... shut off, preventing entry or exit for ..........
.......... the guests. food is no longer served, ..........
.......... but the drinks become more extravagant. ..........
~......... it's at this point that the second set .........~
=~........ of guest arrives, via helicopter - ........~=
:=~....... amata texnologiyasi and their friends. .......~=:
%:=~...... ......~=:%
%%:=~..... ===== .....~=:%%
¶%%:=~.... ....~=:%%¶
#¶%%:=~... in my dream i am invited as a friend of ...~=:%%¶#
##¶%%:=~.. one of the servers, and thus safe. we ..~=:%%¶##
###¶%%:=~. sit in one of the large windows, .~=:%%¶###
##¶%%:=~.. looking through the mist for any ..~=:%%¶##
#¶%%:=~... landmarks to pierce through the mist. ...~=:%%¶#
¶%%:=~.... she tells me that apart from coming and ....~=:%%¶
%%:=~..... going from work, she's never seen the .....~=:%%
%:=~...... building from the outside. we both sigh. ......~=:%
:=~....... .......~=:
=~........ the next day i am invited to the public ........~=
~......... demonstration of the exobubble. .........~
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