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.........^ ART SCHOOL HOUSE DREAM. ^.........
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.....^~/=$ SLIGHTLY UPTOWN ON A GRASSY HILL LIES A $=/~^.....
....^~/=$# LARGE REPURPOSED INSTITUTION. IT'S #$=/~^....
...^~/=$## SEVERAL FLOORS, A FEW HUNDRED METERS ##$=/~^...
..^~/=$### WIDE. MADE OF YELLOW BRICKS. ###$=/~^..
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..^~/=$### COMBINED NIGHTCLUB, CAFE, GALLERY, ART ###$=/~^..
...^~/=$## SCHOOL. IT'S ALWAYS OPEN, PEOPLE COME ##$=/~^...
....^~/=$# AND GO. THE BASEMENT IS DEEPER THAN YOU #$=/~^....
.....^~/=$ WOULD GUESS. $=/~^.....
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.......^~/ IT'S MESSY. I'VE SPREAD MY THINGS OVER /~^.......
........^~ SEVERAL FLOORS, ~^........
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.........^ SECRET RIVALRIES, I DECIDE I SHOULD ^.........
........^~ LEAVE. BUT WHERE ARE MY SHOES... ~^........
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....^~/=$# AFTER A WHILE THEY APPEAR ON MY FEET. #$=/~^....
...^~/=$## OK. ##$=/~^...
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.^~/=$#### I'M CRYING OF JOY, I HUG A FRIEND AND ####$=/~^.
..^~/=$### IT'S GOOD, WE'RE CLOSE NOW, HE CAN ###$=/~^..
...^~/=$## SMELL ME (ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN). ##$=/~^...
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.....^~/=$ I FIND OUT WHO RUINED MY PAINTINGS AND $=/~^.....
......^~/= I PULL HER HAIR. SHE CRIES FROM PAIN =/~^......
.......^~/ BUT DOES NOT BEG FORGIVENESS. /~^.......
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.........^ SUNSET, ORANGE AND PINK, CITY IS A ^.........
........^~ BLACK CUTOUT. THERE'S FIRES AND ~^........
.......^~/ EXPLOSIONS ON THE GROUND. /~^.......
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.....^~/=$ "THE NEW WAY OF SHIPPING IRON - WITH $=/~^.....
....^~/=$# THE RAILGUN. THE IRON SLAG IS SHOT AT #$=/~^....
...^~/=$## THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE METERS ##$=/~^...
..^~/=$### PER SECOND, AND AT THE RECEIVING END AN ###$=/~^..
.^~/=$#### EIGHT SQUARE METER WOODEN CUBE IS ####$=/~^.
..^~/=$### LAUNCHED TO INTERCEPT IT." ###$=/~^..
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....^~/=$# IT LOOKS LIKE INTERSTELLAR WAR. THE #$=/~^....
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