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@@¤¤%%*»^, THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ,^»*%%¤¤@@
##@¤%%*»^, 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. ,,,»»%%¤@#
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##@¤%%*»^, ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,^»*%%¤@##
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##@¤%%*»^, EYES ABOVE ,^»*%%¤@##
##@¤%%*»^, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,^»*%%¤@##
#@%%%»»»^, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,^»»»%%%@#
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#¤¤¤%%*»^, 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 ^^ ,^»*%%¤@##
@%*^^^^,,, »» 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 ,^»*%%¤@##
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#¤%**»,,,, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,,,,»**%¤#
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#@@¤%%*»^, 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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