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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, ,,.~:=*#@@
@#*=:~.,,, ,,,.~:=*#@
#*=:~.,,,, AND DUE TO A FEW MANY BEERS AND SOME ,,,,.~:=*#
*=:~.,,,,, SECRET RIVALRIES, I DECIDE I SHOULD ,,,,,.~:=*
=:~.,,,,,, LEAVE. BUT WHERE ARE MY SHOES... ,,,,,,.~:=
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=:~.,,,,,, #~~~ (LOOKING FOR 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). ,,,.~:=*#@
#*=:~.,,,, ,,,,.~:=*#
*=:~.,,,,, 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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*=:~.,,,,, #~~~ (IN THE BACKGROUND) ~~~# ,,,,,.~:=*
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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 ,,,,.~:=*#
@#*=:~.,,, WOODEN BLOCK SHATTER INTO HUNDREDS OF ,,,.~:=*#@
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#*=:~.,,,, # HOUSE DREAM : RAILGUN : STRUCTURE # ,,,,.~:=*#
*=:~.,,,,, # INSTITUTION : MAZE # ,,,,,.~:=*
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