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*:»^,,,,,, TRAIN DREAM ,,,,,,^»:*
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##@@*:»^,, (SITUATION) ,,^»:*@@##
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##@@*:»^,, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ,,^»:*@@##
#@@*:»^,,, CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ,,,^»:*@@#
@@*:»^,,,, TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,,,,^»:*@@
@*:»^,,,,, THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ,,,,,^»:*@
*:»^,,,,,, IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ,,,,,,^»:*
:»^,,,,,,, IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ,,,,,,,^»:
*:»^,,,,,, BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ,,,,,,^»:*
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@@*:»^,,,, ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ,,,,^»:*@@
#@@*:»^,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,^»:*@@#
##@@*:»^,, METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ,,^»:*@@##
###@@*:»^, THEY ARE. ,^»:*@@###
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#@@*:»^,,, THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ,,,^»:*@@#
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@*:»^,,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,,^»:*@
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#@@*:»^,,, YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ,,,^»:*@@#
##@@*:»^,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,^»:*@@##
###@@*:»^, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,^»:*@@###
##@@*:»^,, IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ,,^»:*@@##
#@@*:»^,,, IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ,,,^»:*@@#
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@*:»^,,,,, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,,,,,^»:*@
*:»^,,,,,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,,,,^»:*
:»^,,,,,,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,,,,,,^»:
*:»^,,,,,, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,,,,,,^»:*
@*:»^,,,,, PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,,,,^»:*@
@@*:»^,,,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,,,^»:*@@
#@@*:»^,,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,,^»:*@@#
##@@*:»^,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,^»:*@@##
###@@*:»^, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,^»:*@@###
##@@*:»^,, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ,,^»:*@@##
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*:»^,,,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,,,^»:*
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@@*:»^,,,, YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ,,,,^»:*@@
#@@*:»^,,, IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ,,,^»:*@@#
##@@*:»^,, YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ,,^»:*@@##
###@@*:»^, BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ,^»:*@@###
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#@@*:»^,,, SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ,,,^»:*@@#
@@*:»^,,,, THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ,,,,^»:*@@
@*:»^,,,,, SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ,,,,,^»:*@
*:»^,,,,,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,,,,,^»:*
:»^,,,,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,,,,^»:
*:»^,,,,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,,,,^»:*
@*:»^,,,,, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,,,,,^»:*@
@@*:»^,,,, NETWORK... ,,,,^»:*@@
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##@@*:»^,, THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ,,^»:*@@##
###@@*:»^, NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ,^»:*@@###
##@@*:»^,, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,,^»:*@@##
#@@*:»^,,, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,,,^»:*@@#
@@*:»^,,,, A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ,,,,^»:*@@
@*:»^,,,,, WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ,,,,,^»:*@
*:»^,,,,,, LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ,,,,,,^»:*
:»^,,,,,,, PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ,,,,,,,^»:
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