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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''
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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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