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¤%:~,,,,,, TRAIN DREAM ,,,,,,~:%¤
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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. ,,,~:%¤@##
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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. ,,,,,~:%¤@
#@¤%:~,,,, ,,,,~:%¤@#
##@¤%:~,,, 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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