,:»:%¤#@@@ @@@#¤%:»:,
,:»:%¤@@## ##@@¤%:»:,
,:»:%¤@@## ##@@¤%:»:,
,:»»»»%#@@ @@#%»»»»:,
,:»:%¤#@@# #@@#¤%:»:,
,,,,,,»»%# 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. #@@#¤%:»:,
,,,,::::¤# #¤::::,,,,
,:»:%¤¤¤#@ @#¤¤¤%:»:,
,:»:%¤#@@# #@@#¤%:»:,
,,,,,,::¤# #¤::,,,,,,
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