,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,,,»»»**@@ @@**»»»,,,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,,---\\%## train dream ##%\\---,,
,-»\\***%@ ######,,,,-»--,,##################### @%***\\»-,
,,,,--»*%# \\\ #%*»--,,,,
,,,,,,»*@# » #@*»,,,,,,
,-»\*%@### » ###@%*\»-,
,-»»»\***@ @***\»»»-,
,-»\*%@### (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. #%\»,,,,,,
,,,,»»»*@@ @@*»»»,,,,
,-»\*%@### 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... #@%\-,,,,,
,,,,,-\%@# #@%\-,,,,,
,-»\*%@### » ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### ,,*,, ###@%*\»-,
,,,---\*%# » #%*\---,,,
,,,,---\%@ @%\---,,,,
,-»\\\%@@# (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? ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%%%@@ @@%%%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### » ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### --%-- ###@%*\»-,
,,,,,,-\%@ » @%\-,,,,,,
,-»\%@#### ####@%\»-,
,,,,,-»*@# (situation) #@*»-,,,,,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### 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. ###@%*\»-,
,,,,,,»*@# #@*»,,,,,,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,
,-»\*%@### ###@%*\»-,