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###¤$§†~,¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨,~†§$¤###
##¤$§†~,¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨,~†§$¤##
#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
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###¤$§†~,¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨,~†§$¤###
##¤$§†~,¨¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¨¨,~†§$¤##
#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
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¤$§†~,¨¨¨¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨¨¨¨,~†§$¤
$§†~,¨¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨¨,~†§$
¤$§†~,¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨,~†§$¤
#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
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#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
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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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$§†~,¨¨¨¨¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ¨¨¨¨¨,~†§$
¤$§†~,¨¨¨¨ HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ¨¨¨¨,~†§$¤
#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
##¤$§†~,¨¨ DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ¨¨,~†§$¤##
###¤$§†~,¨ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ¨,~†§$¤###
##¤$§†~,¨¨ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ¨¨,~†§$¤##
#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
¤$§†~,¨¨¨¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨¨¨¨,~†§$¤
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##¤$§†~,¨¨ ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ¨¨,~†§$¤##
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#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
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$§†~,¨¨¨¨¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨¨¨¨¨,~†§$
¤$§†~,¨¨¨¨ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ¨¨¨¨,~†§$¤
#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
##¤$§†~,¨¨ THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ¨¨,~†§$¤##
###¤$§†~,¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ¨,~†§$¤###
##¤$§†~,¨¨ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ¨¨,~†§$¤##
#¤$§†~,¨¨¨ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ¨¨¨,~†§$¤#
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