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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) §§^»:.....
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.....:»^§§ 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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