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###@$†*-~¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ YEARS BEFORE. ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ EYES ABOVE ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ¨~-*†$@###
#$$†**~~¨¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨¨~~**†$$#
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###@$†*-~¨ IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ¨~-*†$@###
#$†*~¨¨¨¨¨ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ¨¨¨¨¨~*†$#
###@$†*-~¨ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ¨~-*†$@###
#@@@$†*-~¨ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨~-*†$@@@#
###@$†*-~¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨~-*†$@###
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#@@@$†*-~¨ †~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~† ¨~-*†$@@@#
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###@$†*-~¨ @* MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND *@ ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ #† YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. †# ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ¨~-*†$@###
###@$†*-~¨ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ¨~-*†$@###
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###@$†*-~¨ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ¨~-*†$@###
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