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Underground eXperts United
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[ The City ] [ By Hedge ]
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/* There must be an invisible sun, that gives its hope to every one... */
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/* The Police*/
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/*The City*/
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The city was alive during daytime.
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The city was big and grey, it had a large population and a cold look.
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The large apartment blocks looked down quietly at their inhabitants, who at
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this very moment were on their way to work. These people showed a great
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resemblance to ants when they in one big mass crept towards the closed
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corridors of boredom. Their struggle to make enough money for rent, food
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and clothing had just begun.
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This very moment, during daytime, the city ruled over the citizens,
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because it was their only way to earn money. You didn't oppose against the
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city's rules, or question its conditions for living. If you did, something
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bad was bound to happen to you.
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The inhabitants of the apartment blocks had just found their way into the
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city center by all kinds of transportation. Inside, the concrete spoke its
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clear language: No nonsense, please! The whole city's appearance urged
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you to take the fastest lane, not to argue and to do what you were supposed
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to. Nothing more and nothing less. The streets were straight, the corners
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pointy and the edges sharp. There was simply not enough time for anything
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fancy. Efficiency was and stayed most important.
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The inhabitants continued towards their work, while all the city
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buildings stared down on them, almost like they were giving a silent order.
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The humans did not complain because even though they knew that they totally
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depended on the city, they also knew that the city depended on them just as
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much. Without the humans, the walls would soon be cracking up, the
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concrete start to fall apart and the windows fall out of their frames.
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Therefore the city made sure to not give any reasons for complaints. It
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held its demands at a proper level, so that the machinery could continue
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ticking without interference. Of course, some poor humans couldn't even
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cope with these easy demands, and they were without mercy passed down to
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the city slum, were they quickly got forgotten, or conveniently died. The
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city had no sympathy for the weak.
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The day moved on however, and the citizens worked hard with their
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individual tasks, all the time in a sort of symbiosis with the city. When
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the work was done the humans went towards their respective means of
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transportation and started the journey home. The night had just begun to
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fall, and with it the city's second appearance started to form. Warm
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yellow light began to light up the square windows of the apartment blocks
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and the evening darkness had started to smooth out the sharp silhouettes of
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the city center and suburbs.
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The citizens were now unleashed from the demands of the city. They had
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been working hard during the day and now, in the night, they got their
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reward because darkness had transformed the city. Warm inviting lights
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were shimmering from bar- and restaurant windows alongside the streets, and
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not one sharp angle could be seen. The imagination was now allowed to
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create its own shapes, and forms of the surrounding houses.
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You could even see the difference when flying over the city. During the
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day it looked just like a big grey substance, glued to the earth. In the
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night it looked like a gigantic piece of golden electronic circuitry, with
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its components glittering. The electronic paths were represented by lamp
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posts alongside roads which curved in and out among the houses.
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The city had become beautiful, unspeakably beautiful.
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The citizens roamed around enjoying themselves while the city watched,
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slumbering. This went on to about 3 am and at that time the streets lay
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empty and silent. All humans had gone back to their concrete coffins to
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sleep.
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When the first morning light hit the city's sharp concrete monuments, it
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was sound asleep. But it would soon wake up and the machinery would start
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tick, tick, ticking again.
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/*Don't ask what you could do for your city,
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ask what your city can do for you!*/
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/*Hedge -94*/
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uXu #195 Underground eXperts United 1994 uXu #195
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Call PIRACETAM -> +1-813-996-3902
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