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,,«:†%£@@# ,,,,,,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,,,,,, #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,,:            THE  SPIRE            «:, @@@£%†:«,,
,,,«««†%£@ «:,««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««:«, @£%†«««,,,
,,,,,,«††£ :«, ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A    :,« £††«,,,,,,
,,,,,,:†££ :,« BENEVOLENT SPIRE, TOWERING WELL  ,:« ££†:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«†£ ,:« ABOVE OUR TALLEST  TREES. IT WAS ,«: £†«,,,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@# ,«: CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED «,: #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# «,:       LIKED   A  MUSHROOM.       «:, #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%%%@@ «:,      WE  LOVED  IT  DEARLY.      :«, @@%%%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# :«,««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««:,« #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# :,« IT PREDATED  US BY  MANY  YEARS, ,:« #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,:« AND WE DID NOT KNOW ITS ORIGINAL ,«: @@@£%†:«,,
,,,,,,:%£@ ,«:  BUILDERS.  THEY HAD  USED  ITS  «,: @£%:,,,,,,
,,«:†††%££ «,:  HOLLOW  BODY  FOR MANY STRANGE  «:, ££%†††:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# «:, PURPOSES  - A WOMBLIKE  PLACE OF :«, #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# :«, GESTATION,  A  STORAGE OF STRAGE :,« #@@£%†:«,,
,,,«:†%%%£ :,« FLUIDS, A TEMPLE TO SOME KIND OF ,:« £%%%†:«,,,
,,«:†%£@@# ,:«    ARCANE   DEITY.               ,«: #@@£%†:«,,
,,,,,,«††£ ,«:«««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««,: £††«,,,,,,
,,«:†%%%%£ «,:  WE  WERE  GRATEFUL   FOR  ITS   «:, £%%%%†:«,,
,,,,,«:†%£ «:,  PRESENCE, AND  HONORED  IT THE  :«, £%†:«,,,,,
,,,,,,«:%£ :«,  ONLY  WAY  WE   KNEW  HOW:  BY  :,« £%:«,,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,,«        BREAKING        IN.       ,«, @@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,,,,,,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,,,,,, @@@£%†:«,,
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,,,,,«†%£@ ,,,,,,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,,,,,, @£%†«,,,,,
,,«:††††£@ ,«: THIS PLACE  WE CALLED OUR  CITY: ,:« @£††††:«,,
,,,,««:%%@ ,:«  WAVY AND FRACTURED,  WITH  EACH :,« @%%:««,,,,
,,«:†%£@@# :,« COURTYARD ON A DIFFERENT HEIGHT, :«, #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%££££ :«, ROADS  BECOMING ROOFS  BECOMING  «:, ££££%†:«,,
,,«:†%%%£@ «:, DRAINS.  AND SOME PLACES,  LIKE  «,: @£%%%†:«,,
,,,,,:†££@ «,: THE  SPIRE, NOBODY HAD  ACCESSED ,«: @££†:,,,,,
,,,,«†%£££ ,«:  FOR MANY YEARS. ONCE ITS  WALLS ,:« £££%†«,,,,
,,«:†%£@@# ,:«  ARE  JUST  TOO HIGH,  AND  THE  :,« #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# :,« INTERNAL ROUTES TO LABYRINTHINE, :«, #@@£%†:«,,
,,,,«:::%@ :«, A PLACE  AMONG OTHERS IS EASILY  «:, @%:::«,,,,
,,«:†††%£@ «:,           OVERLOOKED.            ,«: @£%†††:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# ,«:««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««,:« #@@£%†:«,,
,,,«::†%@@ ,:« SO,  BASICALLY,  THAT SUMMER THE :,« @@%†::«,,,
,,«««::%£@ :,« FOUR OF US SNUCK AND CLIMBED AND «,: @£%::«««,,
,,«:†%£@@@ :«, CRAWLED FOR WEEKS, SEARCHING FOR «:, @@@£%†:«,,
,,,,,,,«†£ «:, A SECLUDED PLACE TO DO DRUGS AND «,: £†«,,,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@# «,:  PLAY MUSIC ON OUR  HANDHELDS.   ,«: #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:††%%££ ,«:  INSTEAD  WE  FOUND  VAST  LUNGS ,:« ££%%††:«,,
,,«::††%%£ ,:«  DRAINED  OF  THEIR   CATALYST   :,« £%%††::«,,
,,«:†%£@## :,« SLUDGE, AND  A BIRDS-EYE VIEW TO :«, ##@£%†:«,,
,,,,«:::%@ :«, MAKE SENSE OF  OUR ROAMINGS  FOR «:, @%:::«,,,,
,,«:†%£@@@ «:,        YEARS   TO   COME.        «,: @@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@## «,:««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««,«: ##@£%†:«,,
,,,,,:†£££ ,«: A  CENTRAL  SPINE,  A  STAIRCASE ,:« £££†:,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,:« AROUND IT,  THE  SEVEN  TOROIDAL :,« @@@£%†:«,,
,,,,,,«:%@ :,«  LUNGS STACKED OUTSIDE,  AND THE :«, @%:«,,,,,,
,,,,,,:%@@ :«, CONTROL ROOM ON TOP. THE SOCKETS «:, @@%:,,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@# «:, FOR ITS EYES. THE SMALLER SPIRES «,: #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@## «,:   FOR  RADIATING  CONSCIOUSNESS  ,«: ##@£%†:«,,
,,,««†††%£ ,«:           INVITATIONS.           ,:, £%†††««,,,
,,«:††%%££ ,,,,,,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,,,,,, ££%%††:«,,
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,,«:†%££@@ ,,,,,,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,,,,,, @@££%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@## ,,: IN TWENTY FOURTEEN, THE TOWER IS :«, ##@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@@ «:,  TOPPLED AND EATEN BY  MACHINES. :,« @@@£%†:«,,
,,,,,,:%£@ :«, AFTER A WHILE, SOMETHING NEW  IS ,:« @£%:,,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@@ :,«  CONJURED IN ITS  PLACE.  IT'S A ,«: @@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# ,:« TINY MAW AT  FIRST, SHORTER THAN «,: #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@## ,«:  US,  AND  WE  LET IT  BE.  OUR  «:, ##@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%@@## «,: JOURNEYS STILL END AT  ITS FEET. :«, ##@@%†:«,,
,,«:†%%%£@ «:,««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««:,« @£%%%†:«,,
,,,,««†%%£ :«, BUT THEN  WE ARE  BETRAYED.  THE ,:« £%%†««,,,,
,,,,,,::%£ :,«  NEW  TOWER EATS  US. OTHERS ARE ,«: £%::,,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@# ,:« SUCKED INSIDE. NEW BUILDINGS ARE «,: #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,«:  MANIFESTED  OVERNIGHT,  ONLY TO «:, @@@£%†:«,,
,,,,,«:†£@ «,:  DISAPPEAR  IN  THE EVENING FOG. :«, @£†:«,,,,,
,,«:†††£@@ «:,  FOR  A WHILE  ITS SOME KIND  OF :,« @@£†††:«,,
,,,,,,««†£ :«, TIMESHARE SCAM. GOONS ARE PLACED ,:« £†««,,,,,,
,,«:†%£@## :,« OUTSIDE, AND WE GET BEATEN UP A  ,«: ##@£%†:«,,
,,,,,««†£@ ,:«  FEW  TIMES,  AND  STOP  GOING.  «,: @£†««,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,«:«««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««:, @@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# «,:  IIRC IT'S  CURRENTLY  OWNED  BY :«, #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@# «:, SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES :,« #@@£%†:«,,
,,,,,«:%@@ :«, IT TO HOLD ALL HIS  FOURTY EIGHT ,:« @@%:«,,,,,
,,«:†%£@@# ,,«            CARS.....             ,«, #@@£%†:«,,
,,«:†%£@@@ ,,,,,,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,,,,,, @@@£%†:«,,
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