,^-^§*¤###                                          ###¤*§^-^,
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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.        ^-, ##¤*§^-^,,
,^-^§*¤### ,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,, ###¤*§^-^,
,,^-^§*¤##                                          ##¤*§^-^,,
,^-^§*¤###                                          ###¤*§^-^,
,,^-^§*¤## ,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,, ##¤*§^-^,,
,^-^§*¤### ,-^ 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.           ^^, ##¤*§^-^,,
,^-^§*¤### ,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,, ###¤*§^-^,
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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. ^-^ ##¤*§^-^,,
,^-^§*¤### -^^----------------------------------^^- ###¤*§^-^,
,,^-^§*¤## ^-^  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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