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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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....:~^^@§ 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! #@¶§@^^~:.
..:~^^@§¶@ @¶§@^^~:..
...:~^^@§¶ 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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