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AS..N.......YOU ARE STANDING ON A SUBWA
Y STATION PLATFORM. THE STATION IS DIMLY
LIT, DANK, DECREPIT, AND SMELLY. LARGE
PATCHES OF BARE PLASTER ARE EXPOSED ON T
HE WALLS WHERE TILE HAS FALLEN AWAY. MOL
D COVERS THE CEILING. A RIVER OF GARBAGE
FLOWS SOUTH BETWEEN THE TRACKS, WHICH A
RE TO THE WEST. TO THE EAST, STAIRS LEAD
OUTSIDE.. A FLOATING VIDEO CAMERA SCANS
THE PLATFORM. UNINTELLIGIBLE ANNOUNCEME
NTS CRACKLE FORTH FROM A LOUDSPEAKER MOU
NTED HIGH ON ONE WALL. THE ATMOSPHERE IS
TENSE AND HOSTILE..THIS IS A SUBWAY STA
TION..A SUBWAY MAINTENANCE WORKER ENTERS
THE STATION PULLING A LARGE, WHEELED MA
CHINE WITH A THICK FLEXIBLE HOSE ATTACHE
D. HE BEGINS TO VACUUM THE PLATFORM. THE
NOISE IS TERRIFIC; IT FILLS THE SPACE.
HE WORKS HIS WAY CLOSER TO YOU..THE NOIS
E OF THE VACUUM IS DEAFENING. YOU CAN'T
HEAR YOUR OWN WORDS. THE MAN DOESN'T EVE
N REALIZE YOU'RE SPEAKING..YOU TAKE OUT
THE AMBER LIGHTER AND PUT YOUR FINGERTIP
IN THE DEPRESSION. A YELLOW FLAME SHOOT
S OUT THE OTHER END OF THE LIGHTER AND G
LOWS BRIGHTLY IN THE SEMIDARKNESS OF THE
STATION. THE LIGHT CATCHES THE SUBWAY W
ORKER'S EYE. HE WORKS HIS WAY TOWARD YOU
, SWITCHES OFF THE VACUUM, AND CROUCHES
DOWN WITH THE. MACHINE BLOCKING THE VIDE
O CAMERA'S VIEW OF HIM. HE SPEAKS TO YOU
OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS MOUTH, "YOU CO
ULD DO YOURSELF SOME GOOD BY FINDING THE
DATASTREAM IN THE BASEMENT ON E58-59. A
LSO, "CALL ME ISHMAEL" MIGHT COME IN HAN
DY SOMETIME.".A TRAIN ROARS INTO THE STA
TION AND GRINDS TO A HALT. THE DOORS OPE
N..YOU LEAVE THE SUBWAY STATION..W41-42.
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