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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. :-- ...¤¤..¤¤¤
¤¤.¤.¤¤¤¤¤ :------------------------------------:-- ..¤.¤.¤...
.¤¤¤¤..... :-- 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. --: .¤¤..¤¤..¤
¤¤¤.¤..¤.¤ --:-----------------------------------:- ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤.
..¤¤¤.¤¤¤. -:- 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. --: .¤.¤..¤¤.¤
¤...¤¤...¤ --:------------------------------------: ¤¤¤¤.¤.¤¤.
¤..¤.¤..¤. --: 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 -:- ..¤......¤
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