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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... ,,,,,,,,,^
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^,,,,,,,,,      #~~~ (looking for shoes) ~~~#       ,,,,,,,,,^
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^~^,,,,,,, after a  while they  appear on  my feet. ,,,,,,,^~^
§^~^,,,,,,                   ok.                    ,,,,,,^~^§
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@&§^~^,,,, 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). ,,^~^§&@¶#
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#¶@&§^~^,, i  find  out who ruined my paintings and ,,^~^§&@¶#
¶@&§^~^,,, i  pull her hair.  she  cries from  pain ,,,^~^§&@¶
@&§^~^,,,,       but does not beg forgiveness.      ,,,,^~^§&@
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§^~^,,,,,,       #~~~ (in the background) ~~~#      ,,,,,,^~^§
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~^,,,,,,,, sunset,  orange  and  pink,  city  is  a ,,,,,,,,^~
^,,,,,,,,,     black cutout. there's fires and      ,,,,,,,,,^
,,,,,,,,,,        explosions on the ground.         ,,,,,,,,,,
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~^,,,,,,,, "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."        ,,,^~^§&@¶
#¶@&§^~^,,                                          ,,^~^§&@¶#
##¶@&§^~^, 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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