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##@¤@^\~~. TRAIN DREAM .~~\^@¤@##
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#¤@@^^\~~. (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. .~~\^@¤@##
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#@¤@@^\~~. 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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###@¤@\~~. (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. .......~^¤
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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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##@¤@^\~~. (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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