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##@#&§/~.. OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ..~/§&#@##
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#@#¤&§/~.. CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ..~/§&¤#@#
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###¤&§/~.. AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ..~/§&¤###
##¤&§~.... THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ....~§&¤##
@#¤&&§/~.. YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ..~/§&&¤#@
#&§§§/.... DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ..../§§§&#
##@#&§/~.. ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ..~/§&#@##
##@¤&§/~.. YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF ..~/§&¤@##
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#¤§/...... FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ....../§¤#
@@#¤&§/~.. BUBBLES IN DRINKS ..~/§&¤#@@
#¤§/...... ....../§¤#
¤&§/...... DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ....../§&¤
¤&//~~~... MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ...~~~//&¤
###¤&§/~.. CLOSE YOUR EYES. ..~/§&¤###
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¤¤§/~~~... AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ...~~~/§¤¤
#¤&&§/~~.. TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ..~~/§&&¤#
¤¤§~~..... (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED .....~~§¤¤
#@#¤&§/~.. AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ..~/§&¤#@#
¤§~....... ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) .......~§¤
#@#¤&§/~.. POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ..~/§&¤#@#
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¤¤§/~..... IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, .....~/§¤¤
#¤&&///~.. THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ..~///&&¤#
#@#¤&§/~.. HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ..~/§&¤#@#
#¤¤¤&§/~.. BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ..~/§&¤¤¤#
#&§§/..... DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ...../§§&#
#@#¤&§/~.. BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ..~/§&¤#@#
@¤&/~..... TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE .....~/&¤@
#¤§§~~.... CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ....~~§§¤#
#&/~~~~... OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ...~~~~/&#
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#@#¤&§/~.. .. THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A .. ..~/§&¤#@#
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¤¤&&§~.... /. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ./ ....~§&&¤¤
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###¤&§/~.. &~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~& ..~/§&¤###
@##¤&§/~.. ¤/ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND /¤ ..~/§&¤##@
##¤§§§/~.. #§ YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. §# ..~/§§§¤##
##@#¤§/~.. @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& ..~/§¤#@##
¤&§~~..... AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET .....~~§&¤
###¤&§/~.. OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ..~/§&¤###
###¤&§/~.. (OR DO) ..~/§&¤###
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#@#¤&§/~.. EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ..~/§&¤#@#
###¤&§/~.. COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ..~/§&¤###
##@#¤§/~.. DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ..~/§¤#@##
@#¤¤&§/~.. SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ..~/§&¤¤#@
#@#¤&§/~.. THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ..~/§&¤#@#
##@#&§/~.. SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ..~/§&#@##
¤&/~~~~... LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ...~~~~/&¤
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