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#@¶¤$*^-^. .^^ THE SPIRE -^. .^-^*$¤¶@#
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#@¶¤$*^-^. ^-^ ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A ^^- .^-^*$¤¶@#
¤*-^...... ^^- BENEVOLENT SPIRE, TOWERING WELL ^^- ......^-*¤
¶¶¶¤$*^-^. ^^- ABOVE OUR TALLEST TREES. IT WAS ^-^ .^-^*$¤¶¶¶
¶$^^^..... ^-^ CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED -^^ .....^^^$¶
¶¤¤¤$*^-^. -^^ LIKED A MUSHROOM. -^^ .^-^*$¤¤¤¶
@¤¤$^^^... -^^ WE LOVED IT DEARLY. ^-^ ...^^^$¤¤@
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@¶¶¤$*^-^. ^^- IT PREDATED US BY MANY YEARS, ^^- .^-^*$¤¶¶@
#@¶¤$*^-^. ^^- AND WE DID NOT KNOW ITS ORIGINAL ^-^ .^-^*$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$*^-^. ^-^ BUILDERS. THEY HAD USED ITS -^^ .^-^*$¤¶@#
¶$$*^-.... -^^ HOLLOW BODY FOR MANY STRANGE -^^ ....-^*$$¶
#@¶¤$*^-^. -^^ PURPOSES - A WOMBLIKE PLACE OF ^-^ .^-^*$¤¶@#
@@¶¤$*^-^. ^-^ GESTATION, A STORAGE OF STRAGE ^^- .^-^*$¤¶@@
#@¶¤$*^-^. ^^- FLUIDS, A TEMPLE TO SOME KIND OF ^^- .^-^*$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$*^-^. ^^- ARCANE DEITY. ^-^ .^-^*$¤¶@#
##¶¤$*^-^. ^-^-----------------------------------^^ .^-^*$¤¶##
@@¶¤$*^-^. -^^ WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR ITS -^^ .^-^*$¤¶@@
##¶¤$*^-^. -^^ PRESENCE, AND HONORED IT THE ^-^ .^-^*$¤¶##
##@¶$*^-^. ^-^ ONLY WAY WE KNEW HOW: BY ^^- .^-^*$¶@##
¤$*^^..... .^- BREAKING IN. ^-. .....^^*$¤
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@¶¶¤$*^-^. .-^ THIS PLACE WE CALLED OUR CITY: ^^- .^-^*$¤¶¶@
##¶¤$*^-^. ^^- WAVY AND FRACTURED, WITH EACH ^^- .^-^*$¤¶##
##@¤$*^-^. ^^- COURTYARD ON A DIFFERENT HEIGHT, ^-^ .^-^*$¤@##
¤$^^...... ^-^ ROADS BECOMING ROOFS BECOMING -^^ ......^^$¤
@@¶¤$*^-^. -^^ DRAINS. AND SOME PLACES, LIKE -^^ .^-^*$¤¶@@
@¶¤¤$*^-^. -^^ THE SPIRE, NOBODY HAD ACCESSED ^-^ .^-^*$¤¤¶@
¤$^^...... ^-^ FOR MANY YEARS. ONCE ITS WALLS ^^- ......^^$¤
#@¶¤$*^-^. ^^- ARE JUST TOO HIGH, AND THE ^^- .^-^*$¤¶@#
##@¤$*^-^. ^^- INTERNAL ROUTES TO LABYRINTHINE, ^-^ .^-^*$¤@##
#@¶¤$*^-^. ^-^ A PLACE AMONG OTHERS IS EASILY -^^ .^-^*$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$*^-^. -^^ OVERLOOKED. ^-^ .^-^*$¤¶@#
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¤¤¤*-^.... ^^- 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 ^-^ .....-*¤¶¶
##@¶¤$^-^. ^-^ MAKE SENSE OF OUR ROAMINGS FOR -^^ .^-^$¤¶@##
#@¶¤$*^-^. -^^ YEARS TO COME. -^^ .^-^*$¤¶@#
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#@¶¤$*^-^. ^-^ A CENTRAL SPINE, A STAIRCASE ^^- .^-^*$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$*^-^. ^^- AROUND IT, THE SEVEN TOROIDAL ^^- .^-^*$¤¶@#
¤*^^^^^... ^^- 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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