,,-~^%@¶@# #@¶@%^~-,,
,-~^%@¶@## ##@¶@%^~-,
,,-~^%@¶@# #@¶@%^~-,,
,,,-~^%@¶@ @¶@%^~-,,,
,,,,-~^%@¶ ¶@%^~-,,,,
,,,,,-~^%@ train dream @%^~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~^% ######,,,,-~--,,##################### %^~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~^ ^^^ ^~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ ~ ~-,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, (situation) ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- 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. @¶@%^~-,,,
,,-~^%@¶@# #@¶@%^~-,,
,-~^%@¶@## along the span of the clearing lay two ##@¶@%^~-,
,,-~^%@¶@# parallel silvery lines, dark hard #@¶@%^~-,,
,,,-~^%@¶@ metal. somehow you can see how heavy @¶@%^~-,,,
,,,,-~^%@¶ they are. ¶@%^~-,,,,
,,,,,-~^%@ @%^~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~^% they emit a high pitched whine... %^~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~^ ^~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ ~ ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- ,,%,, -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ~ ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, (situation) ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ 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. ¶@%^~-,,,,
,,,-~^%@¶@ @¶@%^~-,,,
,,-~^%@¶@# 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) ^~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~^% %^~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~^%@ 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... -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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. ¶@%^~-,,,,
,,,-~^%@¶@ @¶@%^~-,,,
,,-~^%@¶@# #@¶@%^~-,,
,-~^%@¶@## ##@¶@%^~-,
,,-~^%@¶@# #@¶@%^~-,,
,,,-~^%@¶@ @¶@%^~-,,,