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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^^ The Spire -^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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*-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^-^ 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. ^-^ ¨¨^-*§¤@##
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##@¤§*-^¨¨ ^^- 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. ^-^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -^^ We Were Grateful For Its -^^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -^^ Presence, And Honored It The ^-^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^-^ Only Way We Knew How: By ^^- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^- Breaking In. ^-¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¤§*-^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨-^ 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. ^-^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^^- 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. -^^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*§
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@¤§*-^¨¨¨¨ ^-^ 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. ^-^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^-^ 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. -^^ ¨¨^-*§¤@##
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@¤§*-^¨¨¨¨ -^^ Iirc It'S Currently Owned By ^-^ ¨¨¨¨^-*§¤@
¤§*-^¨¨¨¨¨ -^^ Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses ^^- ¨¨¨¨¨^-*§¤
§*-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^-^ It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ^^- ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*§
*-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^- Cars..... ^-¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*
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