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..&&&..&.. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ..&&&..&&&
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....&&.... 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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.&.&.&&.&& IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ..&&....&.
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....&&.&.. 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 ^^ .&.&..&.&.
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.&...&.&&& †. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR .† ...&&...&.
&&..&&&..& †^ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ^† ..&.&..&&.
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.&&&&.&.&& AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET &&.&.&&&&.
&...&&&&.. OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. .&&&&...&.
&..&...&.. (OR DO) &...&..&&&
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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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