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Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

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history <strong>the</strong> modern day Atlantis looked more like Ch<strong>in</strong>a, withhundred story build<strong>in</strong>gs along <strong>the</strong> shore and great hangerbridges and even venerable motorway bridges spann<strong>in</strong>gbetween islands. There were more luxury towers on <strong>the</strong> greatcliffs and dozens of elevators whisk<strong>in</strong>g people from <strong>the</strong> outerharbors to <strong>the</strong> heights.The jetway hadn’t changed much s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> year beganwith a one. The airport was as she’d seen <strong>in</strong> reports. In thisday and age Atlantis was a tourist mecca for <strong>the</strong> history, <strong>the</strong>beaches and <strong>the</strong> nightlife. In this time it was also a f<strong>in</strong>ancialand educational center, us<strong>in</strong>g it’s party lifestyle to enticestudents from all over this afterlife. The whole center islandwas restored as a museum and tourist trap. It looked exactlylike it did <strong>in</strong> 1648bc because people could travel back andforth between <strong>the</strong> different echos to compare <strong>the</strong>m.The airport had <strong>the</strong> air of a tra<strong>in</strong> or bus station from Ava’sday. All <strong>the</strong> style was <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> adjo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g hanger station. Theywere <strong>in</strong>dividually programmable capsules that could take oneanywhere on <strong>the</strong> system. They were controlled by an app andbilled to your telecom. They were suspended from small railsabove, with l<strong>in</strong>ear <strong>in</strong>duction motors driv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m. Most majorcites <strong>in</strong> Europe, Asia and Lat<strong>in</strong> America had <strong>the</strong>m at <strong>the</strong> time.They were called ‘Hangers’ <strong>in</strong> slang and had become <strong>the</strong>symbol of urban life. The wealthy had plush private cars, <strong>the</strong>poor rode public cars that were more or less drab depend<strong>in</strong>gon <strong>the</strong> city. Atlantis was third plushest <strong>in</strong> Europe, first <strong>in</strong>sou<strong>the</strong>rn Europe.478

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