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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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#¤£^»,,,,, the deeper you descend, the stranger ,,,,,»^£¤#
##¤^^»,,,, the environment - first more ,,,,»^^¤##
#£/»,,,,,, 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 ,,»/^£¤###
¤^^»»»,,,, your body, and finally your sense of ,,,,»»»^^¤
¤¤^»,,,,,, self. ,,,,,,»^¤¤
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#¤^^^^/»,, the ceiling is covered in actual stars. ,,»/^^^^¤#
¤^^»,,,,,, eyes above ,,,,,,»^^¤
#£^»»»»,,, fading into silver flakes as they fall ,,,»»»»^£#
###¤£^/»,, bubbles in drinks ,,»/^£¤###
###¤£^/»,, ,,»/^£¤###
#¤¤£/,,,,, 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. ,,,,,/^¤¤¤
###¤£^/»,, ,,»/^£¤###
¤^»,,,,,,, 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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###¤£^/»,, ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# ,,»/^£¤###
##¤££^/»,, ,, the honey is a trap and there's a ,, ,,»/^££¤##
¤£^//,,,,, »» sting, a sting, a sting. »» ,,,,,//^£¤
###¤£^/»,, /, it's in your eyes and it's in your ,/ ,,»/^£¤###
¤¤£^»,,,,, ^, mouth and your hands, their hands ,^ ,,,,,»^£¤¤
###¤£^/»,, £» it's in your heart and in your »£ ,,»/^£¤###
#¤¤¤£^/»,, ¤/ mind and the minds of those around /¤ ,,»/^£¤¤¤#
###¤£^/»,, #^ you, their hearts, their bodies. ^# ,,»/^£¤###
#££^»»,,,, #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ ,,,,»»^££#
##¤£^//»,, and if you're lucky, you'll never get ,,»//^£¤##
###¤£^/»,, out. don't bite the other guests. ,,»/^£¤###
###¤£^/»,, (or do) ,,»/^£¤###
####¤^/»,, ,,»/^¤####
###¤£^/»,, 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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