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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ prototype. did they know at the start? ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
$†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ classified maps had gone missing some ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†$
¤$†/~:¨¨¨¨ years before. ¨¨¨¨:~/†$¤
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@¤$†/~:¨¨¨ and predatory, but pierce deeper and ¨¨¨:~/†$¤@
¤$†/~:¨¨¨¨ there will be more peculiar effects. ¨¨¨¨:~/†$¤
$†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ your sense of space will seem to ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†$
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ distort (it's actually the spacetime ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ your body, and finally your sense of ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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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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$†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ if you stay above absolute madness, ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†$
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ there is some sort of control to be ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ $~ it's in your heart and in your ~$ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
$†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¤/ mind and the minds of those around /¤ ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†$
¤$†/~:¨¨¨¨ @† you, their hearts, their bodies. †@ ¨¨¨¨:~/†$¤
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#@¤$†/~:¨¨ and if you're lucky, you'll never get ¨¨:~/†$¤@#
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$†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ expensive the drinks. this is not ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†$
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ coincidental. the more expensive the ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ someone will buy them for you. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
$†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ this is also not coincidental. if ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†$
¤$†/~:¨¨¨¨ someone buys you a drink, they are very ¨¨¨¨:~/†$¤
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#@¤$†/~:¨¨ other ways as well. ¨¨:~/†$¤@#
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