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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 .:~ ,@,@,@@,@,
@@,@@,@,@, ,.~ CARS..... .~, @@,@,,@,@,
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