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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, ##@&*=^-^,
,^-^=*## ###&*=^-^,
,,,,-^=**@ 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. &*^^^,,,,,
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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). ##@&*=^-^,
,^^-^=***@ @***=^-^^,
,,,^--=* 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." ##@&*=^-^,
,^-^^==**@ @**==^^-^,
,^-^=*&@## IT LOOKS LIKE INTERSTELLAR WAR. THE ##@&*=^-^,
,^-^=*&@## WOODEN BLOCK SHATTER INTO HUNDREDS OF ##@&*=^-^,
,^-^=*@### WANDS. ###@*=^-^,
,^-^^^^==& &==^^^^-^,
,^-^=*&@## #------------------------# ##@&*=^-^,
,^-^=*&@## ##@&*=^-^,
,^-^*&@### # HOUSE DREAM ^ RAILGUN ^ STRUCTURE # ###@&*^-^,
,^-^=*@### # INSTITUTION ^ MAZE # ###@*=^-^,
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