@£%=-~.... ....~-=%£@
£%=-~..... .....~-=%£
%=-~...... ......~-=%
=-~....... .......~-=
-~........ ........~-
~......... the skyscraper that moves .........~
.......... ..........
.......... tainaron is a building owned and ..........
.......... operated by amata texnologiyasi placed ..........
.......... closed to the harbor in malmÖ. it's ..........
.......... roughly sixty floors high (real number ..........
~......... unknown), dark blue and completely .........~
-~........ rectangular. it features no signs, ........~-
=-~....... lights, or ornaments, apart from a .......~-=
%=-~...... helipad on top. most floors have ......~-=%
£%=-~..... exterior walls completely made of glass. .....~-=%£
@£%=-~.... ....~-=%£@
@@£%=-~... in late evenings, shrouded by malmö's ...~-=%£@@
#@@£%=-~.. signature fog rolling in from the sea, ..~-=%£@@#
##@@£%=-~. the building comes to life: it moves on .~-=%£@@##
#@@£%=-~.. a thousand robotic legs to another ..~-=%£@@#
@@£%=-~... (secret) part of town, or perhaps out ...~-=%£@@
@£%=-~.... to sea. this signals a new and more ....~-=%£@
£%=-~..... viscious phase of the tainaron .....~-=%£
%=-~...... ecosystem. ......~-=%
=-~....... .......~-=
-~........ the guests arriving during the early ........~-
~......... evening are treated to food and drink, .........~
.......... live music, beatutiful views, and a ..........
.......... comfortable but maze-like interior ..........
.......... structure (the building features a ..........
.......... multitude of stairwells and elevators, ..........
.......... placed seemingly at random, none going ..........
~......... further than a few floors). .........~
-~........ ........~-
=-~....... as time goes on, the lights slowly dim, .......~-=
%=-~...... until the air inside has taken on the ......~-=%
£%=-~..... same quality as the surrounding mist: .....~-=%£
@£%=-~.... blue-gray, sprinkled with the small red ....~-=%£@
@@£%=-~... dot's by door locks and control panels. ...~-=%£@@
#@@£%=-~.. if you would look through the windows ..~-=%£@@#
##@@£%=-~. you would see the mist rolling by, and .~-=%£@@##
#@@£%=-~.. perhaps the outline of some other ..~-=%£@@#
@@£%=-~... building, far below. ...~-=%£@@
@£%=-~.... ....~-=%£@
£%=-~..... during the night, after tainaron has .....~-=%£
%=-~...... started moving, the lower floors are ......~-=%
=-~....... shut off, preventing entry or exit for .......~-=
-~........ the guests. food is no longer served, ........~-
~......... but the drinks become more extravagant. .........~
.......... it's at this point that the second set ..........
.......... of guest arrives, via helicopter - ..........
.......... amata texnologiyasi and their friends. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ----- ..........
~......... .........~
-~........ in my dream i am invited as a friend of ........~-
=-~....... one of the servers, and thus safe. we .......~-=
%=-~...... sit in one of the large windows, ......~-=%
£%=-~..... looking through the mist for any .....~-=%£
@£%=-~.... landmarks to pierce through the mist. ....~-=%£@
@@£%=-~... she tells me that apart from coming and ...~-=%£@@
#@@£%=-~.. going from work, she's never seen the ..~-=%£@@#
##@@£%=-~. building from the outside. we both sigh. .~-=%£@@##
#@@£%=-~.. ..~-=%£@@#
@@£%=-~... the next day i am invited to the public ...~-=%£@@
@£%=-~.... demonstration of the exobubble. ....~-=%£@
£%=-~..... .....~-=%£
%=-~...... ......~-=%
=-~....... .......~-=
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