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.^»;****¤# TRAIN DREAM #¤****;»^.
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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. ###¤**;»^.
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.....»;*¤# THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... #¤*;».....
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...^^»;*¤¤ 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. ##*;».....
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.....^;*¤# 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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^»;**¤#### 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! ¤¤¤**»....
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.^»;**¤### 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... ####¤**»^.
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...»»****¤ 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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