....~***## ##***~....
...-****@# #@****-...
.-~***@### ###@***~-.
....--***@ @***--....
.-~***@@## ##@@***~-.
....-**@@# TRAIN DREAM #@@**-....
.....-***@ ######....-~--..##################### @***-.....
.-~***@### *** ###@***~-.
.-~***@### ~ ###@***~-.
....-~~*@# ~ #@*~~-....
...-~***@# #@***~-...
.-~***@### (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... #**--.....
......~**# #**~......
....-****# ~ #****-....
.-~***@### ..*.. ###@***~-.
.-~~****@# ~ #@****~~-.
.-~*****@# #@*****~-.
.-~***@### (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? ###@***~-.
.-~***@### ###@***~-.
....--**@@ ~ @@**--....
.-~***@### --*-- ###@***~-.
.-~***@### ~ ###@***~-.
.-~***@### ###@***~-.
....--~**# (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. @*~.......
.-~***@### ###@***~-.
.....-**@@ @@**-.....
.-~****@## ##@****~-.
.-~***@### ###@***~-.
...-~~~**# #**~~~-...