The Narrated City (working v5)

(set: $pagenumber to it +1)(display: "passages" + (text:(random: 1,4)))<div id="pagenumber">(live:1s)[$pagenumber]</div><div id="interface">(live:1s)[ [[>->Main]] ]</div>

(display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,3))) (either: 'a street', 'a path', 'a staircase', 'a road', 'a bouvelvard', 'a causeway', 'a shortcut') (either: 'crosses', 'intersects with', 'leads down from', 'overlooks', 'leads beneath', 'orbits', 'passes through', 'passes under') (either: 'a street', 'a path', 'a staircase', 'a road', 'a bouvelvard', 'a causeway', 'a shortcut', 'a house', 'a tower', 'a hall', 'a portico', 'an arch', 'a sculpture', 'a market', 'a court', 'a courtyard')

The Season of (either: "Fires", "Cold", "Sleep", "Doors", "Locks", "Birds", "Mud", "Candles", "Festivals", "the Dead", "the Lost", "the Fishes", "Bricks", "Stones", "Lights", "Towers", "the Gatherers", "Data", "Privacy", "Screens", "the Buried", "Unearthing", "Dancing", "Fighting", "Selling", "Buying", "Flickering", "Shells", "Sand", "War", "Voting", "Hiding", "the Children", "the Old", "Building", "Leaving", "Nothing")(either: ".", ".", ".", ".", ".", " came on like a fever.", " disappeared like a ghost.", " broke like a wave.", " faded like a storm.", " gathered like the wind.", " cried out like a child.", " left like a traveller.", " waited like a thief.", " embraced us like a friend.", " broke us into pieces.", " strenghtened our resolve.", " came again and again.", " ended abruptly.", " was an ill omen.", " was a good omen.", " meant nothing.", " was forgotten.", " was remembered.", " began.", " ended.", " was recreated.", " was falsified.", " was rumoured to arrive.", " was spoken of by the street-sellers.", " was spoken of by the judges.", " was spoken of by the priests.", " was foretold by the advertisements.", " never came.", " never left.",)

(display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,6)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))](display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,6)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))]

(display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,15)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20))) ]

In the (either: "night", "summer", "beating", "flickering", "failing", "gathering", "growing", "falling", "pulsing") (either: "air", "breeze", "wind", "rain", "light", "water", "earth", "mud", "ashes", "fire", "dust").

(either: "Angels", "Demons", "Ghosts", "Spectres", "Ideas", "Dreams", "Lights", "Fires", "Memories", "Thoughts", "Children", "Hauntings", "Murders", "Emblems", "Sigils", "Runes", "Signs", "Neon", "Tungsten", "Ether", "Fumes", "Smog", "Runoff", "Exhaust", "Smoke", "Mist", "Vapor", "Clouds", "Dust") and (either: "pediments", "tracery", "atriums", "balustrades", "lintels", "arches", "vaults", "altarpieces", "acanthi", "parapets", "bastions", "belfries", "bellcotes", "spires", "Cenotaphs", "caryatids", "chancels", "cloisters", "colonnades", "diases", "dripstone", "granite", "shale", "slate", "pumice", "sandstone", "iron", "steel", "aluminium", "plastic", "faiences", "landfills", "scrapyards", "keystones", "lunettes", "fleurons", "architraves", "facias", "porticos", "butresses", "purlins", "yetts").

(display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,5)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))](display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,5)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,18)))](display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,5)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))]

(display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,4)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))](display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,4)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))](display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,4)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==","=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))](display: "format" + (text:(random: 1,4)))(align: "" + (text:(either: "==>","<==", "=><=", "<==>")))[(display: "string" + (text:(random: 1,20)))]

(either: "He", "She", "They", "We", "It") (either: "followed", "tracked", "chased", "approached", "attacked", "met", "touched", "watched", ) (either: "me", "them", "her", "him", "us") (either: "between", "beside", "along", "beneath", "below", "above", "along", "inside", "away from") the (either: "street", "alley", "causeway", "path", "boulevard", "avenue", "road", "boardwalk", "hall", "bazaar", "scaffold", "corridor", "room", "market", "tower", "slum", "ghetto", "mall", "cathedral", "crypt", "park", "graveyard", "office", "estate", "river", "bridge", "alley").

Inside the (either: "carriage", "room", "hall", "apse", "basement", "stairwell", "lift", "cloister", "anteroom","armory","assembly room","attic", "backroom","ballroom","basement","bathroom","bedroom","boardroom","boiler room","boudoir","cell","cellar","chamber","changing room","chapel","classroom","clean room","cloakroom","cold room","common room","conference room","conservatory","control room","courtroom","darkroom","dining room","dormitory","drawing room","dressing room","dungeon","emergency room","engine room","fitting room","foyer","garage","garret","green room","grotto","gym","hall","hallway","hospital room","hotel room","keep","library","lobby","locker room","loft","lounge","lunchroom","mailroom","motel","nursery","office","operating room","panic room","parlor","salesroom","salon","solarium","staff room","stateroom","stockroom","storeroom","studio","study","suite","vestibule","waiting room","workroom") is (either: "the archway", "the entrance", "the way forward", "the hidden way", "the postern", "the door", "the exit", "the end", "the drowning", "the hanging", "the lynching", "the burning", "the dying", "the stabbing", "the accident", "the celebration", "the wedding", "the birth", "the death", "the after party", "the parade", "the island", "the forest", "the beach", "the clifftop", "the field", "the grass", "the tree", "the crying man", "the sleeping dog", "the huddled wolves", "the night fox", "the rats", "the unexploded bomb", "the burst pipe", "the gas leak", "the silent cat", "the uneven floor", "the last hiding place", "the timepiece", "the access point", "the server farm", "the terminal", "the experiment", "the project", "the ruin", "the father", "the son", "the mother", "the daughter", "the pond", "the chittering birds", "the swarm", "the old station", "the old meeting place", "our home", "their home", "our children", "our place", "our old meeting place", "their final resting place", "the birthday party", "the stage", "the last showing", "the final performance", "the exit", "the way out", "the escape route", "the departure lounge", "the tunnel",).

(either: "He goes", "She goes", "They go", "We go") (either: "through", "under", "between", "along") (either: "bridges", "streets", "alleys", "causeways", "tunnels", "catacombs", "overpasses", "roads", "walkways", "corridors", "boardwalks", "paths", "wires", "rails", "lanes", "lines", "walls", "aisles", "railings", "rivers", "canals", "arteries", "veins", "pipeways", "byways", "crossing places", "ley lines"), (either: "bridges", "streets", "alleys", "causeways", "tunnels", "catacombs", "overpasses", "roads", "walkways", "corridors", "boardwalks", "paths", "wires", "rails", "lanes", "lines", "walls", "aisles", "railings", "rivers", "canals", "arteries", "veins", "pipeways", "byways", "crossing places", "ley lines"), (either: "bridges", "streets", "alleys", "causeways", "tunnels", "catacombs", "overpasses", "roads", "walkways", "corridors", "boardwalks", "paths", "wires", "rails", "lanes", "lines", "walls", "aisles", "railings", "rivers", "canals", "arteries", "veins", "pipeways", "byways", "crossing places", "ley lines"), (either: "all the time", "never", "always", "sometimes", "occasionally",) (either: "stopping", "looking back", "tiring", "resting", "moving", "running", "falling", "climbing", "escaping", "trembling", "crying out", "finding", "doubting", "awake", "asleep", "dreaming", "wandering", "thinking").

(either: "drunks", "street-hawkers", "merchants", "lost children", "wanderers", "tourists", "flower-sellers", "flyerers", "servants", "slaves", "masters", "vagabonds", "soldiers", "veterans", "citizens", "criminals", "wage-slaves", "systems engineers", "network engineers", "artists", "cats", "dogs", "pigeons", "sparrows", "pickpockets", "hunger-artists", "magicians", "druids", "storytellers", "priests", "musicians", "writers", "architects", "sign-holders", "orphans", "street samurai", "chai-wallahs", "scrap merchants", "bankers", "rickshaw drivers", "joggers", "lowlifes", "thieves", "data-scalpers", "smokers", "rain-witches", "ewastelanders", "demolition crews", "chain gangs", "children", "men", "women", "whalers", "sailors", "holy men", "cursed souls", "patients", "bankrupt men", "police officers", "detectives", "investigators", "suspects", "mothers", "fathers", "stalkers", "water-sellers", "servitors", "witches", "street-sweepers", "janitors", "scam-artists", "broken men", "unclean bodies", "corpses", "cadavers", "singers", "dancers", "performers", "buskers", "beggars", "gypsies", "meteorologists", "technicians", "engineers", "builders", "sisypheans", "strays", "stargazers", "night-walkers", "street-sleepers", "spelunkers", "ghosts", "aparitions", "mirages", "travellers", "immigrants", "judges", "seers", "academics", "librarians", "archivists", "archeologists", "accountants", "chemists", "clerks", "bookkeepers", "curators", "cost estimators", "diplomats", "entomologists", "pilots", "surveyors", "secretaries", "workers", "stonemasons", "assassins", "merchants", "chess players", "delivery men", "delivery women", "tool-makers", "foreigners", "hustlers", "yakuza",), (either: "drunks", "street-hawkers", "merchants", "lost children", "wanderers", "tourists", "flower-sellers", "flyerers", "servants", "slaves", "masters", "vagabonds", "soldiers", "veterans", "citizens", "criminals", "wage-slaves", "systems engineers", "network engineers", "artists", "cats", "dogs", "pigeons", "sparrows", "pickpockets", "hunger-artists", "magicians", "druids", "storytellers", "priests", "musicians", "writers", "architects", "sign-holders", "orphans", "street samurai", "chai-wallahs", "scrap merchants", "bankers", "rickshaw drivers", "joggers", "lowlifes", "thieves", "data-scalpers", "smokers", "rain-witches", "ewastelanders", "demolition crews", "chain gangs", "children", "men", "women", "whalers", "sailors", "holy men", "cursed souls", "patients", "bankrupt men", "police officers", "detectives", "investigators", "suspects", "mothers", "fathers", "stalkers", "water-sellers", "servitors", "witches", "street-sweepers", "janitors", "scam-artists", "broken men", "unclean bodies", "corpses", "cadavers", "singers", "dancers", "performers", "buskers", "beggars", "gypsies", "meteorologists", "technicians", "engineers", "builders", "sisypheans", "strays", "stargazers", "night-walkers", "street-sleepers", "spelunkers", "ghosts", "aparitions", "mirages", "travellers", "immigrants", "judges", "seers", "academics", "librarians", "archivists", "archeologists", "accountants", "chemists", "clerks", "bookkeepers", "curators", "cost estimators", "diplomats", "entomologists", "pilots", "surveyors", "secretaries", "workers", "stonemasons", "assassins", "merchants", "chess players", "delivery men", "delivery women", "tool-makers", "foreigners", "hustlers", "yakuza",), (either: "drunks", "street-hawkers", "merchants", "lost children", "wanderers", "tourists", "flower-sellers", "flyerers", "servants", "slaves", "masters", "vagabonds", "soldiers", "veterans", "citizens", "criminals", "wage-slaves", "systems engineers", "network engineers", "artists", "cats", "dogs", "pigeons", "sparrows", "pickpockets", "hunger-artists", "magicians", "druids", "storytellers", "priests", "musicians", "writers", "architects", "sign-holders", "orphans", "street samurai", "chai-wallahs", "scrap merchants", "bankers", "rickshaw drivers", "joggers", "lowlifes", "thieves", "data-scalpers", "smokers", "rain-witches", "ewastelanders", "demolition crews", "chain gangs", "children", "men", "women", "whalers", "sailors", "holy men", "cursed souls", "patients", "bankrupt men", "police officers", "detectives", "investigators", "suspects", "mothers", "fathers", "stalkers", "water-sellers", "servitors", "witches", "street-sweepers", "janitors", "scam-artists", "broken men", "unclean bodies", "corpses", "cadavers", "singers", "dancers", "performers", "buskers", "beggars", "gypsies", "meteorologists", "technicians", "engineers", "builders", "sisypheans", "strays", "stargazers", "night-walkers", "street-sleepers", "spelunkers", "ghosts", "aparitions", "mirages", "travellers", "immigrants", "judges", "seers", "academics", "librarians", "archivists", "archeologists", "accountants", "chemists", "clerks", "bookkeepers", "curators", "cost estimators", "diplomats", "entomologists", "pilots", "surveyors", "secretaries", "workers", "stonemasons", "assassins", "merchants", "chess players", "delivery men", "delivery women", "tool-makers", "foreigners", "hustlers", "yakuza",), (either: "drunks", "street-hawkers", "merchants", "lost children", "wanderers", "tourists", "flower-sellers", "flyerers", "servants", "slaves", "masters", "vagabonds", "soldiers", "veterans", "citizens", "criminals", "wage-slaves", "systems engineers", "network engineers", "artists", "cats", "dogs", "pigeons", "sparrows", "pickpockets", "hunger-artists", "magicians", "druids", "storytellers", "priests", "musicians", "writers", "architects", "sign-holders", "orphans", "street samurai", "chai-wallahs", "scrap merchants", "bankers", "rickshaw drivers", "joggers", "lowlifes", "thieves", "data-scalpers", "smokers", "rain-witches", "ewastelanders", "demolition crews", "chain gangs", "children", "men", "women", "whalers", "sailors", "holy men", "cursed souls", "patients", "bankrupt men", "police officers", "detectives", "investigators", "suspects", "mothers", "fathers", "stalkers", "water-sellers", "servitors", "witches", "street-sweepers", "janitors", "scam-artists", "broken men", "unclean bodies", "corpses", "cadavers", "singers", "dancers", "performers", "buskers", "beggars", "gypsies", "meteorologists", "technicians", "engineers", "builders", "sisypheans", "strays", "stargazers", "night-walkers", "street-sleepers", "spelunkers", "ghosts", "aparitions", "mirages", "travellers", "immigrants", "judges", "seers", "academics", "librarians", "archivists", "archeologists", "accountants", "chemists", "clerks", "bookkeepers", "curators", "cost estimators", "diplomats", "entomologists", "pilots", "surveyors", "secretaries", "workers", "stonemasons", "assassins", "merchants", "chess players", "delivery men", "delivery women", "tool-makers", "foreigners", "hustlers", "yakuza",), (either: "drunks", "street-hawkers", "merchants", "lost children", "wanderers", "tourists", "flower-sellers", "flyerers", "servants", "slaves", "masters", "vagabonds", "soldiers", "veterans", "citizens", "criminals", "wage-slaves", "systems engineers", "network engineers", "artists", "cats", "dogs", "pigeons", "sparrows", "pickpockets", "hunger-artists", "magicians", "druids", "storytellers", "priests", "musicians", "writers", "architects", "sign-holders", "orphans", "street samurai", "chai-wallahs", "scrap merchants", "bankers", "rickshaw drivers", "joggers", "lowlifes", "thieves", "data-scalpers", "smokers", "rain-witches", "ewastelanders", "demolition crews", "chain gangs", "children", "men", "women", "whalers", "sailors", "holy men", "cursed souls", "patients", "bankrupt men", "police officers", "detectives", "investigators", "suspects", "mothers", "fathers", "stalkers", "water-sellers", "servitors", "witches", "street-sweepers", "janitors", "scam-artists", "broken men", "unclean bodies", "corpses", "cadavers", "singers", "dancers", "performers", "buskers", "beggars", "gypsies", "meteorologists", "technicians", "engineers", "builders", "sisypheans", "strays", "stargazers", "night-walkers", "street-sleepers", "spelunkers", "ghosts", "aparitions", "mirages", "travellers", "immigrants", "judges", "seers", "academics", "librarians", "archivists", "archeologists", "accountants", "chemists", "clerks", "bookkeepers", "curators", "cost estimators", "diplomats", "entomologists", "pilots", "surveyors", "secretaries", "workers", "stonemasons", "assassins", "merchants", "chess players", "delivery men", "delivery women", "tool-makers", "foreigners", "hustlers", "yakuza",).

The (either: "sky", "air", "light", "rain", "dust", "river", "grass", "asphalt", "stone", "concrete", "day", "night", "street", "alley", "causeway", "path", "boulevard", "avenue", "road", "boardwalk", "hall", "bazaar", "scaffold", "corridor", "room", "market", "tower", "slum", "ghetto", "mall", "chapel", "cathedral", "crypt", "park", "graveyard", "office", "estate", "alley" ) (either: "clouds", "glimmers", "flickers", "strobes", "falls", "rises", "glows", "wanders", "sleeps", "screams", "collapses", "decays", "wavers", "struggles", "ascends", "darkens", "glowers", "bruises", "bleeds", "lifts", "is poised", "is broken", "is twisted", "is rebuilt", "is torn down", "is remembered", "is forgotten", "is memorialised", "is worshipped", "is blasphemed", "is cast out", "is removed", "is celebrated", "is lost").

It (either: "is", "was", "will be") (either: "decorated with", "covered by", "eroded by", "obscured by", "surrounded by", "cut free of", "overgrown with", "plastered with", "destroyed by", "held up by", "interlocked with", "undermined by", "made from", "built from", "without a single", "connected to", "above", "below", "beside", "beneath", "shaped like", "shadowed by", "unlike the") (either: "slow tendrils of green", "tight wound wires", "steel braces", "pasted paper notices", "carefully scribed sigils", "lost clothes", "tangled wiring", "bunches of fibreoptic cable", "electricity lines", "dead telegraph lines", "plaster", "trompe l'oeil arches", "unseen hands", "data signatures", "waste plastic", "air-conditioner runoff", "dust", "flecked paint", "rust", "darkness", "bronze bladed grass", "baroque ornamentation", "wooden scaffolding", "steel sheeting", "light", "shadows", "steam", "corrugated iron", "peeling wallpaper", "the light of neon signs", "salvaged iron railings", "duct tape and cable ties", "overgrown house plants", "poison ivy", "ceramic tiles").

(either:"How could", "When will", "What, will", "Can", "Will", "How can", "Where will", "Why can", "Why can't",) (either: "I", "he", "she", "they", "it") (either: "fill", "inhabit", "understand", "encompass", "conceive", "construct", "dissect", "cross", "understand", "make a home of", "unpick", "control") such (either: "a wide space", "a vast expanse", "a closed room", "an empty hall", "a space", "an area", "a district", "a room", "a basement", "a prison", "a courtyard", "a street", "an Empire", "a kingdom", "a ward", "a state")?

The (either: "spires", "wires", "bridges", "words", "lines", "speeches", "mumblings", "broadcasts", "antennae", "networks", "signs", "video feeds", "GPS routes", "lightning conductors", "cellphone masts", "pylons", "tower cranes", "beacons", "buoys") (either: "point to", "lead to", "describe", "indicate", "gather at",) (either: "the gathering storm clouds", "a meeting of paths", "our feet", "the deep places", "the highest room", "the empty sky", "the open sky", "the distant water", "the riverside", "the shoreline", "the boulevard", "the hidden place", "the sewers", "the entrypoint", "the open water", "the horizon", "the growth pattern", "the building site", "the ruins", "the climbing vines", "her feet", "her hands", "his hands", "his feet", "his eyes", "her eyes", "our eyes", "the open graves", "the forgotten addicts", "the shopfront", "the distant factory", "the suburban sprawl", "the tired commuters", "the tunnels beneath the park", "the quiet streets", "the gasometer", "the disused railway arches", "the empty market", "the derelict pub", "the open sewer", "the open vein", "the CCTV monitoring room", "the server farm", "the thrumming machines", "the flyover", "the motorway", "the ring road", "the abandoned stadium", "the celebrated monument", "the new museum", "the old hall", "the buried keepsakes", "the timekeepers", "the rusted signs", "the nail houses", "the shortcuts").

(either: "Beyond the", "Beside the", "At the end of the", "Along the") (either: "bridge", "street", "alley", "causeway", "tunnel", "catacombs", "overpasses", "road", "walkway", "corridor", "boardwalk", "path", "wire","lane", "line", "wall", "aisle", "river", "canal", "artery", "vein", "pipeway", "byway", "crossing place", "ley line", "rails", "journey", "road") (either: "is", "lies", "sits", "waits", "sleeps") (either: "a theatre", "a hall", "a room", "a shop", "a museum", "a bank", "a car park", "a server farm", "a lobby", "a house", "a factory", "a call centre", "a film studio", "a desolate lot", "a shopping mall", "a sewer", "a warehouse", "a stockroom", "a cafe", "a supermarket", "a street", "an alley", "a hangar", "a restaurant", "a cave", "a crypt", "a tower", "a skyscraper", "a gallery", "a cloister", "an apse", "a cathedral", "a monastery", "an electronics shop", "a market hall", "a carriage", "a room", "a basement", "a stairwell", "a lift", "an anteroom","an armory","am assembly room","an attic", "a backroom","a ballroom","a boardroom","a cell","a cellar","a chamber","a classroom","a conservatory","a control room","a courtroom","a darkroom","a dormitory","a dungeon", "an engine room","a fitting room","a foyer","a garage","a garret","a green room","a grotto","a gym", "a hallway","a hospital","a hotel","a keep","a library","a lobby","a locker room","a loft","a lounge","a motel","a nursery","an office","an operating room","a panic room","a parlor","a salesroom","a salon","a solarium","a staff room","a stateroom","a stockroom","a storeroom","a studio","a study","a suite","a vestibule","a waiting room","a workroom", "a citadel", "a temple", "a tomb", "a data centre",).

(either: "Dust piles", "Dirt patches", "Flames", "Puddles", "Blood stains", "Newspapers", "Moss", "Lichen", "patterns of rust", "Stains", "Rats", "Cockroaches", "Marks", "Paint spills", "Images", "Adverts", "Coins", "Rags", "Dolls", "Packets","Old clothes", "Video cassettes", "Discs", "Tapes", "Models", "Toys", "Pieces", "Shoes", "Gloves", "Books", "Posters", "Notices", "Weapons", "Messages", "Chairs", "Lights", "Boxes", "Foxes", "Cats", "Dogs", "Children", "Birds", "Sparrows", "Recordings", "Packages", "Deliveries", "Letters"), (either: "wet from the rain", "burned to ash", "lost by unlucky hands", "unwanted", "given away", "in great piles", "in ones or twos", "quietly", "silently"), (either: "lie", "sit", "gather", "are left", "are found") (either: "in the alley", "on the roof", "in the room", "on the carpet", "in his pocket", "in the cell", "at the crime scene", "there after the fire", "there in the winter", "on the street", "outside the museum", "among the building sites", "in the sewers", "in unknown places", "in the shadows", "under the bridge", "in the bed", "on her body", "on his body", "in the shop window", "in the stockroom", "in the warehouse", "on the shop floor", "in the shelving unit", "in the garage", "beside the parliament", "in the hall", "in the cinema", "in the museum", "in their homes", "in the office", "in the store cupboard", "in the kitchen", "along the windowsill", "under the bed", "along the bridge", "behind his eyes", "in his dreams", "behind her eyes", "in her dreams", "in his veins", "in her veins", "in the outskirts", "in the centre", "without anyone noticing", "among the people", "in the gutter", "underneath his nails", "underneath her nails", "in the libraries").

(either: "We pass through", "She passes through", "They pass through", "He passes through") (either: "a theatre", "a hall", "a room", "a shop", "a museum", "a bank", "a car park", "a server farm", "a lobby", "a house", "a factory", "a call centre", "a film studio", "a desolate lot", "a shopping mall", "a sewer", "a warehouse", "a stockroom", "a cafe", "a supermarket", "a street", "an alley", "a hangar", "a restaurant", "a cave", "a crypt", "a tower", "a skyscraper", "a gallery", "a cloister", "an apse", "a cathedral", "a monastery", "an electronics shop", "a market hall", "a carriage", "a room", "a basement", "a stairwell", "a lift", "an anteroom","an armory","am assembly room","an attic", "a backroom","a ballroom","a boardroom","a cell","a cellar","a chamber","a classroom","a conservatory","a control room","a courtroom","a darkroom","a dormitory","a dungeon", "an engine room","a fitting room","a foyer","a garage","a garret","a green room","a grotto","a gym", "a hallway","a hospital","a hotel","a keep","a library","a lobby","a locker room","a loft","a lounge","a motel","a nursery","an office","an operating room","a panic room","a parlor","a salesroom","a salon","a solarium","a staff room","a stateroom","a stockroom","a storeroom","a studio","a study","a suite","a vestibule","a waiting room","a workroom", "a citadel", "a temple", "a tomb", "a data centre",).

The (either: "graveyards", "packing warehouses", "stockrooms", "cathedrals", "supermarkets", "nail houses", "nightscapes", "growth patterns of lichen", "loops of scrawled phone numbers", "makeshift brick pillars", "rust patterns of corrugated iron", "splatter patterns of flesh wounds", "angles of shattered lath walls", "twist of corroded railings", "network of pavement cracks", "the curvilinear ridges of textured concrete", "window spacing of tower blocks", "chaos of roof tiles", "subtle helical curves of low-energy lightbulbs", "bulbous curves of pressed mortar", "arrangments of street signage", "grasping tendrils of dead trees", "ripples of plastic sheeting", "knot marks in cheap ply", "twists of plastic packaging", "flowing mounds of weeds", "angles of subsiding staircases", "grids of bricked up doorways", "patterning of pebbledashed telephone-poles", "creases of blue tarp", "paths of airconditioner power-supplies", "colorbleeds of stained cloth", "ghostlines of dead vines", "half letters of broken neon", "utterances of signs with missing letters", "dappling of leaves", "shadow pattern of torn awnings", "scatter patterns of broken safety glass", "shorelines of puddles", "spectrums on petrol puddle skins", "loops of spare wiring", "scratch patterns of anti-climb paint", "draperies of sealed scaffolding", "cumulus of insulation", "tectonics of paving slabs", "lightmaps of ruin filtered sun", "punctuation of pipe outlets") (either: "suggest", "represent", "mirror", "sketch", "traces", "insinuate", "describe", "invert") (either: "an ideal urban blueprint", "the flow of office small talk", "the pattern of downtown footfall", "the traffic light's choreography", "the radio static", "the T.V white noise", "the movement of my thoughts", "the passage of bodies through rooms", "the flow of capital", "the hypertext transfer protocol", "the broadband outages", "sleeping positions of the dead", "the lines on her face", "the sales trends", "a floral fabric pattern", "the path of the pigeons", "unfelt tremors", "the strata of the street", "the feng shui of penthouses", "the call and response of flower-sellers", "the language of shopkeepers", "the arrangment of creaking floorboards", "the sound leaking from the neighboring flats", "the property prices", "the job market", "the productivity index", "the junk shop stock take", "the lifespan of houseflies", "the erasure of gravestones", "the silence of staffrooms", "the tabulation of spreadsheets", "the movement of sleepers", "the tempo of glossalalia", "the muttering of ancient mouths", "the rotation of adverts", "the election results", "the quality of local bakeries", "the density of air traffic").

(either: "Cubes", "Cylinders", "Pyramids", "Prisms", "Spheres", "Cones", "Coins", "Polygons", "Volumes", "Blocks", "Bricks", "Arches", "Pillars", "Breeze blocks", "Frames", "Grids", "Struts", "Bars", "Rebars", "Concrete", "Gravel", "Slabs", "Railings", "Masonry", "Bollards", "Fences", "Hoardings", "Barriers") and (either: "cubes", "cylinders", "pyramids", "prisms", "spheres", "cones", "coins", "polygons", "volumes", "blocks", "bricks", "arches", "pillars", "breeze blocks", "frames", "grids", "struts", "bars", "rebars", "concrete", "gravel", "slabs", "railings", "masonry", "bollards", "fences", "hoardings", "barriers") (either: "laid end to end", "placed on top of one another", "gathered in a pile", "neatly arranged", "demolished with ease", "abandoned in the gutter", "towering on the skyline", "held tight in closed fists", "collected in a jacket pocket", "artfully arrayed", "like ghosts of the buildings", "form new buildings", "flank the street", "fill the room", "describe the shapes of the tower", "placed side by side", "make up every wall", "glow in the street light", "emit golden light", "reflect the street", "block the path", "lie scattered across the park", "have become an improvised play area", "indicate shop entrances", "make up an unreadable language of signs",).

The (either: "buildings", "chairs", "citizens", "streets", "walls", "windows", "families", "spaces", "districts", "bricks") are (either: "cut through by", "sliced by", "split by", "made solid by", "divided by", "marked by", "disguised by", "lit by", "shadowed by", "muddied by", "glowing with", "pulsing with", "charged with", "shaped by", "sculpted by", "eroded by", "stained with", "glowing with", "flickering with", "shining with", "gathering", "capturing", "emitting", "exchanging",) (either: "shards of angled light", "descending shadows", "the glowing street", "concrete volumes", "smog", "fractured lines", "hard corners", "vents and outlets", "a patina of decay", "runic scratches", "tumorous volumes", "reflected light", "etheric light", "smoke", "light", "breath", "air", "shadow", "gloom", "tungsten glow", "headlights", "firelight", "neon glow", "grease", "dirt", "the fading dusk", "the dawn light", "the spill from apartments", "rain", "runoff", "dark forms").

(either: "He", "She", "They") (either: "washed themselves", "sold their posessions", "fought", "slept", "ate", "cooked", "wandered", "bet on fights", "gathered refuse", "sat", "lay down", "dug wells", "wrote histories", "sprayed graffiti", "sketched landscapes", "sold shares", "sold stolen electornics", "fixed shoes", "tanned leather", "dried fish", "built sculptures", "stashed drugs", "overdosed", "killed themselves", "will be found", "collapsed", "will be taken", "found nothing", "harvested mushrooms", "made bread", "started the fires", "painted signs", "sold vegetables", "hid", "played", "drew diagrams", "scavenged", "made maps", "planned the attacks", "executed the strikes", "arrested the dealers", "grew vegetables", "grew plants", "stored water", "hung washing", "placed the bait", "fumigated", "had sex", "installed barriers", "dug up the floor", "discovered an old settlement", "baked bread", "ate dinner", "played chess", "gossiped", "drank", "became lost", "found another one", "kept their children", "built a shrine", "installed the cables", "burnt the remains", "started construction", "hid it", "found it", "lost it", "bathed", "watched television", "listened to the radio", "installed the machines", "met") (either: "in the", "behind the", "above the", "below the", "beside the", "on top of the", "beneath the") (either: "railway", "hall", "passageway", "bridge", "street", "alley", "causeway", "path", "boulevard", "avenue", "road", "boardwalk", "hall", "bazaar", "scaffold", "corridor", "room", "market", "tower", "slum", "ghetto", "mall", "cathedral", "crypt", "park", "graveyard", "office", "estate", "river", "bridge", "alley", "shop", "church", "factory", "sewers", "town hall", "penthouse", "balcony", "apartment", "market", "park", "school", "classroom", "museum", "lecture theatre", "university", "campus", "tower block", "high rise", "carpark", "coffee shop", "bathroom", "cupboard", "booth", "carriage", "car", "truck", "train", "theatre", "stage", "studio", "meeting room", "kitchen", "restaurant", "barn", "silo", "bunker", "command centre", "server farm", "internet cafe", "warehouse", "asylum", "villa", "mansion", "hospital", "nursing home", "library", "archive", "cinema", "parliament", "embassy", "police station", "factory", "mine", "citadel", "castle", "barracks", "hangar", "chapel", "cemetery", "monsatery", "shrine", "airport", "data centre", "power plant", "hypermarket").

(either: "Here", "There", "Somewhere") (either: "is", "was", "will be") the (either: "decaying", "growing", "gathering", "forming", "glinting", "flickering", "brick", "scaffolded", "demolished", "remaining", "broken", "expensive", "unwanted", "forgotten", "remembered", "concealed", "unbroken", "people's", "lost", "leader's", "government", "sleeping", "cold", "burning", "watched", "watching", "silent", "shadowed", "advertised", "long-awaited", "new", "exclusive", "private", "closed", "speaking", "sculptural", "ornate", "vast", "world's tallest", "biggest", "golden", "beautiful", "elegant", "ugly") tower.

(either: "From the air", "From above", "On maps", "On the maps", "To the birds", "To the satellites", "To the drones", "On the cameras", "On the recording", "To those in the penthouses", "To the crane operators", "On the plans", "From the bombers", "To the new arrivals", "To the government", "On the model", "From the mountaintop", "From the airliners", "To the pilots", "To those falling", "To those descending", "To the angels", "From the rooftops", "From the 143rd floor", "From the viewing gallery", "On the archive recordings", "On the flyover footage", "On the surveillance feed", "To the insects", "To the rats", "To the flies", "To the sleepwalkers", "To the architects", "To the highway designers", "To our glorious leaders", "To the balcony sunbathers") (either: "it must have appeared like", "it must have looked like", "it appeared to be", "it was", "it looked nothing like", "it reminded them of", "it glowed like", "it grew like", "it covered the landscape like", "it would have seemed like", "it may have looked like", "it will be", "it is") (either: "a stain", "an oil-slick", "a streak of white noise", "a glowing nexus", "a corpse", "a prison of light", "an uneven stack of decaying masonry", "a forgotten place", "a glimmering hall of mirrors", "a reflection of the sky", "a lone flickering light", "a sea of darkness", "an expanse of concrete punctuated by towers", "an encephalogram", "a diagram of some arcane provenance", "a sales pitch", "money", "a ever-looping advert", "a billboard", "a map of possibilities", "a fiction", "an estuary of flowing light", "a fresh death", "a root system", "an open vein", "a steaming cadaver", "a prism", "an xray", "a dying light", "a cancer", "a tumour", "a cellular system", "a complex simulation", "a cocoon", "an arrangement of light", "an arrangment of air", "an arrangement of forms", "a choreography", "a symphony", "a musical score", "an experiment", "a grid", "a photograph", "an anatomical drawing", "a blueprint", "an imagined death", "an unspoken word", "a silent cry", "a nest", "a simple loop", "a single structure, extended", "a morass of pipes and wires", "a memory", "a recording", "the marks of an unknown language", "the spirals of automatic writing", "an edgeless object", "a chessboard").

The (either: "speech", "dream", "rumour", "cry", "scream", "last show", "first touch", "opening", "journey home", "CCTV footage", "evidence", "video feed", "premiere", "daydream", "nightmare", "vision", "announcement", "performance", "war", "battle", "match", "struggle", "protest", "news", "movie", "reality TV show", "documentary", "opinion piece", "imagined enemy", "fantasy", "unspoken dialogue", "political hate speech", "trigger warning", "ghost story", "song", "autobiography", "information", "last broadcast", "victory speech", "declaration of war", "data leak", "private emails") (either: "was", "is", "was never", "will be", "cannot be", "can be", "was not") (either: "dreamt", "imagined", "broadcast", "overheard", "cancelled", "ignored", "deleted", "made-up", "leaked", "classified", "pasted on the wall", "turned into a banner", "printed", "hidden", "emailed", "released", "corrupted", "badly received", "critically acclaimed", "unwanted", "unspoken", "broken", "lost", "pieced together", "heavily advertised", "not authentic", "authenticated" ,"spray painted onto the wall", "found in the basement").

</div><div id="cover">[[<img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c173667/cover_sized2.jpg">->start]]</div>