..~~==^*¤¤ ¤¤*^==~~..
...~~=/^¤¤ ¤¤^/=~~...
.....~//*¤ ¤*//~.....
.....~/^^¤ ¤^^/~.....
.~=/^*@### ###@*^/=~.
.~=/^*¤¤@# train dream #@¤¤*^/=~.
..~~=/^*¤¤ ######....~=~~..##################### ¤¤*^/=~~..
.....=^¤¤# /// #¤¤^=.....
..~==/*¤@# = #@¤*/==~..
.~=/^*¤@## = ##@¤*^/=~.
.~=/^*¤@## ##@¤*^/=~.
.~=/^*¤@## (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... ##@¤*^/=~.
..~=/^^**¤ ¤**^^/=~..
.~~~~==^¤@ = @¤^==~~~~.
.~=/^***@# ..^.. #@***^/=~.
.~=/^*¤@@@ = @@@¤*^/=~.
.~==//***¤ ¤***//==~.
.......=^¤ (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? ###¤*^/=~.
.~=/^*¤@## ##@¤*^/=~.
..~==^^^*¤ = ¤*^^^==~..
.~~~=/*¤¤@ ~~*~~ @¤¤*/=~~~.
......~/*@ = @*/~......
.~=/^*¤@## ##@¤*^/=~.
......=/*@ (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. #¤**^=....
.~=/^*¤@## ##@¤*^/=~.
.~=/^*¤@## ##@¤*^/=~.
.~=/^^^*¤# #¤*^^^/=~.
....~~=^¤¤ ¤¤^=~~....
.~=/^*¤@## ##@¤*^/=~.