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¨¨¨¨¨¨~†¤@ of an undocumented research site. each @¤†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,,,=††@¤¶ floor closer to the collapsed warp ¶¤@††=,,,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†¤ prototype. did they know at the start? ¤†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=†@¤@## classified maps had gone missing some ##@¤@†=~,¨
¨¨¨,~=†¤¤@ years before. @¤¤†=~,¨¨¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¶@## the deeper you descend, the stranger ##@¶@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# the environment - first more #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# enthralling and intrusive, then seedy #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@@ 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 @¤†=~~~¨¨¨
¨,~=†@¤@## self. ##@¤@†=~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~=@¤ the ceiling is covered in actual stars. ¤@=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~††@¤ eyes above ¤@††~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=†@¤¤¤¤ fading into silver flakes as they fall ¤¤¤¤@†=~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~†@@¶ drinks with a secret ingredient, that ¶@@†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~††¤@ makes you see the stars even when you @¤††~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=†@@@¤@ close your eyes. @¤@@@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨¨¨~===†@¤ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨~†¤@ 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. #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨¨¨¨,,~=†¤ ¤†=~,,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,==@¤ ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¨# ¤@==,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# ,, the honey is a trap and there's a ,, #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# ~~ sting, a sting, a sting. ~~ #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@@ =¨ it's in your eyes and it's in your ¨= @@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@@@@¶ †, mouth and your hands, their hands ,† ¶@@@@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# @~ it's in your heart and in your ~@ #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†¤@ ¤= mind and the minds of those around =¤ @¤†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,,~††¤¤ ¶† you, their hearts, their bodies. †¶ ¤¤††~,,,¨¨
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¨,~=†@¤¶@@ and if you're lucky, you'll never get @@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶¶@ out. don't bite the other guests. @¶¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# (or do) #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶## ##¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# the deeper the floor goes, the more #@¶¤@†=~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# 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 @¶@††==~,¨
¨,~=†@¤¶@# other ways as well. #@¶¤@†=~,¨
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