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......~~^= ART SCHOOL HOUSE DREAM. =^~~......
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......~~^= SLIGHTLY UPTOWN ON A GRASSY HILL LIES A =^~~......
.....~~^=$ LARGE REPURPOSED INSTITUTION. IT'S $=^~~.....
....~~^=$@ SEVERAL FLOORS, A FEW HUNDRED METERS @$=^~~....
...~~^=$@# WIDE. MADE OF YELLOW BRICKS. #@$=^~~...
..~~^=$@## ##@$=^~~..
.~~^=$@### COMBINED NIGHTCLUB, CAFE, GALLERY, ART ###@$=^~~.
..~~^=$@## SCHOOL. IT'S ALWAYS OPEN, PEOPLE COME ##@$=^~~..
...~~^=$@# AND GO. THE BASEMENT IS DEEPER THAN YOU #@$=^~~...
....~~^=$@ WOULD GUESS. @$=^~~....
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......~~^= IT'S MESSY. I'VE SPREAD MY THINGS OVER =^~~......
.......~~^ SEVERAL FLOORS, ^~~.......
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.......~~^ AND DUE TO A FEW MANY BEERS AND SOME ^~~.......
......~~^= SECRET RIVALRIES, I DECIDE I SHOULD =^~~......
.....~~^=$ LEAVE. BUT WHERE ARE MY SHOES... $=^~~.....
....~~^=$@ @$=^~~....
...~~^=$@# #~~~ (LOOKING FOR SHOES) ~~~# #@$=^~~...
..~~^=$@## ##@$=^~~..
.~~^=$@### AFTER A WHILE THEY APPEAR ON MY FEET. ###@$=^~~.
..~~^=$@## OK. ##@$=^~~..
...~~^=$@# #@$=^~~...
....~~^=$@ I'M CRYING OF JOY, I HUG A FRIEND AND @$=^~~....
.....~~^=$ IT'S GOOD, WE'RE CLOSE NOW, HE CAN $=^~~.....
......~~^= SMELL ME (ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN). =^~~......
.......~~^ ^~~.......
........~~ I FIND OUT WHO RUINED MY PAINTINGS AND ~~........
.......~~^ I PULL HER HAIR. SHE CRIES FROM PAIN ^~~.......
......~~^= BUT DOES NOT BEG FORGIVENESS. =^~~......
.....~~^=$ $=^~~.....
....~~^=$@ #~~~ (IN THE BACKGROUND) ~~~# @$=^~~....
...~~^=$@# #@$=^~~...
..~~^=$@## SUNSET, ORANGE AND PINK, CITY IS A ##@$=^~~..
.~~^=$@### BLACK CUTOUT. THERE'S FIRES AND ###@$=^~~.
..~~^=$@## EXPLOSIONS ON THE GROUND. ##@$=^~~..
...~~^=$@# #@$=^~~...
....~~^=$@ "THE NEW WAY OF SHIPPING IRON - WITH @$=^~~....
.....~~^=$ THE RAILGUN. THE IRON SLAG IS SHOT AT $=^~~.....
......~~^= THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE METERS =^~~......
.......~~^ PER SECOND, AND AT THE RECEIVING END AN ^~~.......
........~~ EIGHT SQUARE METER WOODEN CUBE IS ~~........
.......~~^ LAUNCHED TO INTERCEPT IT." ^~~.......
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.....~~^=$ IT LOOKS LIKE INTERSTELLAR WAR. THE $=^~~.....
....~~^=$@ WOODEN BLOCK SHATTER INTO HUNDREDS OF @$=^~~....
...~~^=$@# WANDS. #@$=^~~...
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...~~^=$@# # HOUSE DREAM ^ RAILGUN ^ STRUCTURE # #@$=^~~...
....~~^=$@ # INSTITUTION ^ MAZE # @$=^~~....
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