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,,,,.~/&@@ TRAIN DREAM @@&/~.,,,,
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,,,.~/%%&@ /// @&%%/~.,,,
,.~/%&¤@## ~ ##@¤&%/~.,
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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. #@@¤&%/~.,
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