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@^~~~-.... AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ....-~~~^@
###@@$=~-. THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. .-~=$@@###
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#@$=-..... CLOSE YOUR EYES. .....-=$@#
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###@@^=~-. TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE .-~=^@@###
@@@$==-... (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ...-==$@@@
#@^~~..... AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION .....~~^@#
#@@^~-.... ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ....-~^@@#
##@@$^=~-. POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. .-~=^$@@##
@$=-...... ......-=$@
@^^~...... IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ......~^^@
##@@$^=~-. THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE .-~=^$@@##
@^~--..... HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG .....--~^@
##@@$^=~-. BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD .-~=^$@@##
##@@$^=~-. DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE .-~=^$@@##
##@@$^=~-. BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE .-~=^$@@##
@@$$$^=~-. TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE .-~=^$$$@@
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@@$^~-.... AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ....-~^$@@
@@$=~-.... OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ....-~=$@@
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@^~-...... 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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