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*»:....... 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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&**»:..... 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, .....:»**&
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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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*»:....... .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .......:»*
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*»:....... 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 ...:»**&@@
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