1 | ->'''Imca:''' ... what is that thing?\ |
2 | '''Eisenhart:''' It appears to be some sort of monument. Given its shape, I would guess that it is meant to symbolize fertility.\ |
3 | '''Imca:''' .... Most human buildings share that shape.\ |
4 | '''Eisenhart:''' Really? I was not aware of that. Human architecture must be very phallic then.\ |
5 | (''Imca motions to the skyscrapers and sweatdrops'')\ |
6 | '''Eisenhart:''' ...by Tyrion's Nose, you are right! |
7 | -->-- ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'' |
8 | |
9 | ->''The young couple had parked their flying car outside the automat, which offered a breathtaking view of the gleaming white city stretching to the horizon like a vast laundromat. Hyperboloid towers pulsated with powerful atomic energies, [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld zeppelins]] moored with [[ShiningCity chrome spires]] that pierced the clouds; a brobdingnagian ziggurat [[TowerOfBabel challenged the gods to ban the universal translator]]. Rivers of people swarmed over skybridges and packed the electrams. Neon fantasies played across edifying cliffs of glass and marble, inscribed with the wisdom of famous philosophers. Jet-propelled trains raced through transparent tunnels into block-spanning megastructures, while gyropter taxis flew suicidal flight paths through blinding searchlights and windy concrete canyons.'' |
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