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.§§.§.§..§ .:; THE SPIRE »;. §..§.§§..§
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.§§.§.§..§ ;»: ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;:» BENEVOLENT SPIRE, TOWERING WELL :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :;» ABOVE OUR TALLEST TREES. IT WAS :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :»; CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »:; LIKED A MUSHROOM. »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »;: WE LOVED IT DEARLY. ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;»:»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;:» IT PREDATED US BY MANY YEARS, :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :;» AND WE DID NOT KNOW ITS ORIGINAL :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :»; BUILDERS. THEY HAD USED ITS »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »:; HOLLOW BODY FOR MANY STRANGE »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »;: PURPOSES - A WOMBLIKE PLACE OF ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;»: GESTATION, A STORAGE OF STRAGE ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;:» FLUIDS, A TEMPLE TO SOME KIND OF :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :;» ARCANE DEITY. :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :»;»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »:; WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR ITS »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »;: PRESENCE, AND HONORED IT THE ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;»: ONLY WAY WE KNEW HOW: BY ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ .:» BREAKING IN. :». §.§§..§.§§
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.§§.§.§..§ .»; THIS PLACE WE CALLED OUR CITY: :;» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :;» WAVY AND FRACTURED, WITH EACH ;:» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;:» COURTYARD ON A DIFFERENT HEIGHT, ;»: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;»: ROADS BECOMING ROOFS BECOMING »;: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »;: DRAINS. AND SOME PLACES, LIKE »:; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »:; THE SPIRE, NOBODY HAD ACCESSED :»; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :»; FOR MANY YEARS. ONCE ITS WALLS :;» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :;» ARE JUST TOO HIGH, AND THE ;:» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;:» INTERNAL ROUTES TO LABYRINTHINE, ;»: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;»: A PLACE AMONG OTHERS IS EASILY »;: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »;: OVERLOOKED. :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :»;»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»:;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :;» SO, BASICALLY, THAT SUMMER THE ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;:» FOUR OF US SNUCK AND CLIMBED AND »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;»: CRAWLED FOR WEEKS, SEARCHING FOR »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »;: A SECLUDED PLACE TO DO DRUGS AND »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »:; PLAY MUSIC ON OUR HANDHELDS. :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :»; INSTEAD WE FOUND VAST LUNGS :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :;» DRAINED OF THEIR CATALYST ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;:» SLUDGE, AND A BIRDS-EYE VIEW TO ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;»: MAKE SENSE OF OUR ROAMINGS FOR »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »;: YEARS TO COME. »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »:;»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»:»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :»; A CENTRAL SPINE, A STAIRCASE :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :;» AROUND IT, THE SEVEN TOROIDAL ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;:» LUNGS STACKED OUTSIDE, AND THE ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;»: CONTROL ROOM ON TOP. THE SOCKETS »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »;: FOR ITS EYES. THE SMALLER SPIRES »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »:; FOR RADIATING CONSCIOUSNESS :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ .»; INVITATIONS. :;. §.§§..§.§§
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..§.§.§.§§ .:; IN TWENTY FOURTEEN, THE TOWER IS ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »;: TOPPLED AND EATEN BY MACHINES. ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;»: AFTER A WHILE, SOMETHING NEW IS :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;:» CONJURED IN ITS PLACE. IT'S A :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :;» TINY MAW AT FIRST, SHORTER THAN »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :»; US, AND WE LET IT BE. OUR »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »:; JOURNEYS STILL END AT ITS FEET. ;»: §.§§..§.§§
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..§.§.§.§§ ;»: BUT THEN WE ARE BETRAYED. THE :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;:» NEW TOWER EATS US. OTHERS ARE :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :;» SUCKED INSIDE. NEW BUILDINGS ARE »:; §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ :»; MANIFESTED OVERNIGHT, ONLY TO »;: §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ »:; DISAPPEAR IN THE EVENING FOG. ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »;: FOR A WHILE ITS SOME KIND OF ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;»: TIMESHARE SCAM. GOONS ARE PLACED :;» §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ ;:» OUTSIDE, AND WE GET BEATEN UP A :»; §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ :;» FEW TIMES, AND STOP GOING. »:; §.§§..§.§§
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..§.§.§.§§ »:; IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY ;»: §.§§..§.§§
.§§.§.§..§ »;: SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES ;:» §..§.§§..§
..§.§.§.§§ ;»: IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT :;» §.§§..§.§§
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