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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 $§*~......
.......~*§ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD §*~.......
........~* METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY *~........
.........~ THEY ARE. ~.........
........~* *~........
.......~*§ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... §*~.......
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....~*§$¤@ ..§.. @¤$§*~....
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.~*§$¤@### (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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