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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 $*~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~*$$ SEVERAL FLOORS, $$*~:,,,,,
,,,,:~*$$# #$$*~:,,,,
,,,:~*$$#@ AND DUE TO A FEW MANY BEERS AND SOME @#$$*~:,,,
,,:~*$$#@# SECRET RIVALRIES, I DECIDE I SHOULD #@#$$*~:,,
,:~*$$#@## LEAVE. BUT WHERE ARE MY SHOES... ##@#$$*~:,
,,:~*$$#@# #@#$$*~:,,
,,,:~*$$#@ #~~~ (LOOKING FOR SHOES) ~~~# @#$$*~:,,,
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,,,,,:~*$$ AFTER A WHILE THEY APPEAR ON MY FEET. $$*~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~*$ OK. $*~:,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:~ I'M CRYING OF JOY, I HUG A FRIEND AND ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: IT'S GOOD, WE'RE CLOSE NOW, HE CAN :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SMELL ME (ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN). ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, I FIND OUT WHO RUINED MY PAINTINGS AND ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, I PULL HER HAIR. SHE CRIES FROM PAIN ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BUT DOES NOT BEG FORGIVENESS. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,:~*$ 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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,,,,,,,,:~ WOODEN BLOCK SHATTER INTO HUNDREDS OF ~:,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, # HOUSE DREAM * RAILGUN * STRUCTURE # ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, # INSTITUTION * MAZE # ,,,,,,,,,,
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