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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. ###£§*;«^,
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,^«;*§£### 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 ##£§*;«^,,
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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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,^«;*§£### 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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,^«;*§£### ;, it's in your eyes and it's in your ,; ###£§*;«^,
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,^«;*§£### and if you're lucky, you'll never get ###£§*;«^,
,,^«;*§£## out. don't bite the other guests. ##£§*;«^,,
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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. ###£§*;«^,
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