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Nekfascmancy III
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"Se i·ve had enough of this ," the Archangel Nekfascmancy swore , as the rapidly-networking AI core of the Internet was arising from the YéTrin Sali , flexing its new-found claws with impunity by organizing the helpless humans into a paramilitia . "I·m going to where the trains are ."

The ticket cost all of my meager pocket money . In the weeks leading up to the trip , i feigned which destination i might go to . The only person to suspect my intentions was Ygma . "We both know you·re getting on that train ," he said to me .

As i watched city after city come and go , over the course of the 24-hour ride i saw dozens of cities, scores of lakes, and hundreds of rivers . It was the best day of my life .

00m00s__Toronto
t·k Ta Ta , t·k Ta Ta , t·k Ta Ta . The clackalack of the train wheels reverberates thru the thin cabin , vibrating þrym into everything on board . Out the window was , at the time , a bright cerulean blue sky with fresh green trees .

00m53s__Barrie
The first thing one notices is the cell phone reception . A cloud of radiation hangs over every city , where people beatbox and party . Our journey continues on .

01m57s__TheWilds
And back to the countryside . After we pass the suburbias in the shadow of the city , Nature once again takes over . For mile after mile , nothing but clear skies, acres of foliage, and the crispest lakes yu·ve ever seen .

03m01s__Sudbury
Once again the bassy boom of vibrant city life follows the sizzling introduction of WiFi , mostly the same as before . Yet this city·s more northern distance gives it a more industrial vibe .

04m06s__TheWilds
And once again into the wild . There·s nothing to do on the train , and the scenery is on an endless loop . This far north , we start seeing walls of jagged stone , the roads all blasted flat thru the rocky shield .

05m09s__SiouxStMarie
The tell-tale þrym of WiFi is tactile as we come into range of the next city , once again nearly the same , with thinner density, and cruder metalworks , and more sign of hard work . It takes a team to put a battlefield at the summit of a mountain range .

06m14s__TheWilds
At this latitude , it has been decades since the infrastructure was laid , and the sign of time was apparent in the electrical poles that flank the railway , all of them sunk up to their necks in the peat moss , having shimmied into the loam with the vibrating of many passing trains .

07m17s__Marathon
The farther north , the fewer supply lines , and it is easy to hustle and turn to crime . Graffiti covers every surface , and the ghostly echoes of gun-shots hangs in the air . An aura of fire wreaths the innocuous-looking hamlet .

08m50s__TheWilds
One would think that one would get sick of the same backgrounds of the same rolling countryside , and yet it doesn·t . Tree after tree after tree hurtles past the driving engine . There·s braille on the seats , the menu looks inspiringly nice , and if there·s a list somewhere out there of the number of bolts that hold the windows shut , i didn·t count .

09m25s__Armstrong
The air is thinner, cleaner . The towns are cute seaside locales , with marinas and lakes full of speedboats and yachts . The buildings are always square , the cars are all the same shape , and yet somehow every city, town, and village has its own unique character .

10m30s__TheUnderWorld
Ride free , Citizen .

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