,,~^%*£@## ##@£*%^~,,
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,,,,,~^%*£ £*%^~,,,,,
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,,,,,~^%*£ ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, £*%^~,,,,,
,,,,~^%*£@ ,,^ THE SPIRE ~^, @£*%^~,,,,
,,,~^%*£@# ~^,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~, #@£*%^~,,,
,,~^%*£@## ^~, 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. ,^, £*%^~,,,,,
,,,,~^%*£@ ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, @£*%^~,,,,
,,,~^%*£@# #@£*%^~,,,
,,~^%*£@## ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, ##@£*%^~,,
,,,~^%*£@# ,,^ 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. ^~, #@£*%^~,,,
,,~^%*£@## ~^,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^,~ ##@£*%^~,,
,,,~^%*£@# ^~, 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. ~,^ #@£*%^~,,,
,,,,~^%*£@ ,~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^, @£*%^~,,,,
,,,,,~^%*£ ~,^ IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY ^~, £*%^~,,,,,
,,,,,,~^%* ~^, SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES ^,~ *%^~,,,,,,
,,,,,~^%*£ ^~, IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ,^~ £*%^~,,,,,
,,,,~^%*£@ ,,~ CARS..... ,~, @£*%^~,,,,
,,,~^%*£@# ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, #@£*%^~,,,
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