##****~... ...~****##
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
##***=*~~. .~~*=***##
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
¤¤*=~..... .....~=*¤¤
¤¤*=~..... * DREAM PALACE * .....~=*¤¤
#**=~~~... ~ ----- ------ ~ ...~~~=**#
#*=~~~~... * ..... ...... * ...~~~~=*#
###¤*=*~~. * ..... ...... * .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. ~ ..... ...... ~ .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. ~ ..... ...... ~ .~~*=*¤###
####¤*=~~. . ..... ...... . .~~=*¤####
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
#¤==~~~... NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ...~~~==¤#
#¤¤=~~~~~. WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .~~~~~=¤¤#
###¤*=*~~. OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND .~~*=*¤###
#*=~...... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ......~=*#
###¤*=*~~. BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. SPRING)) .~~*=*¤###
#¤**~..... .....~**¤#
###¤*=*~~. ~ .~~*=*¤###
¤**=*~~... ...~~*=**¤
###¤*=*~~. I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. DREAMS. .~~*=*¤###
¤****~~... ...~~****¤
¤¤=****~~. = .~~****=¤¤
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO .~~*=*¤###
¤=~....... EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE .......~=¤
###¤*=*~~. PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH .~~*=*¤###
¤¤=~...... DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ......~=¤¤
#¤=~...... SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ......~=¤#
####¤=*~~. .~~*=¤####
###¤*=*~~. ¤ .~~*=*¤###
#¤=*~~.... ....~~*=¤#
##***=*~~. I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A .~~*=***##
###¤*=*~~. DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .~~*=*¤###
#¤¤**~~... THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ...~~**¤¤#
#¤**=*~... MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ...~*=**¤#
#****=*~~. SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL .~~*=****#
##¤¤*=*~~. OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, .~~*=*¤¤##
#¤=~~..... AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I .....~~=¤#
¤=*~~..... CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. .....~~*=¤
#*****~~~. .~~~*****#
###¤*=*~~. # .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
#¤**=*~... MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ...~*=**¤#
¤¤=**~.... METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ....~**=¤¤
###¤*=*~~. "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE .~~*=*¤###
¤=~~...... WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ......~~=¤
#¤**~~.... RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ....~~**¤#
¤¤**=~.... COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ....~=**¤¤
###¤*=*~~. PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS .~~*=*¤###
#**=*~~~.. HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ..~~~*=**#
#¤***~~... FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ...~~***¤#
##***~.... RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ....~***##
###¤*=*~~. ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY .~~*=*¤###
#**==*~... FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ...~*==**#
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
###¤*=*~~. . .~~*=*¤###
¤=~~...... ......~~=¤
¤¤=**~~~~. AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS .~~~~**=¤¤
###¤*=*~~. WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND .~~*=*¤###
#¤=~~..... THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, .....~~=¤#
###¤*=*~~. IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A .~~*=*¤###
¤¤¤*=*~~.. LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ..~~*=*¤¤¤
#**~~..... FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER .....~~**#
###¤*=*~~. - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE .~~*=*¤###
¤****~~... ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ...~~****¤
#¤**~..... THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. .....~**¤#
#¤=*~~~~.. ..~~~~*=¤#
###¤*=*~~. .~~*=*¤###
¤=*~~..... .....~~*=¤
¤=~~~..... .....~~~=¤
####*=*~~. .~~*=*####
#¤¤****~~. .~~****¤¤#