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....^-†^$£ floor closer to the collapsed warp £$^†-^....
.....^-†^$ prototype. did they know at the start? $^†-^.....
......^-†^ classified maps had gone missing some ^†-^......
.......^-† years before. †-^.......
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.........^ the deeper you descend, the stranger ^.........
.......... the environment - first more ..........
.........^ enthralling and intrusive, then seedy ^.........
........^- and predatory, but pierce deeper and -^........
.......^-† there will be more peculiar effects. †-^.......
......^-†^ your sense of space will seem to ^†-^......
.....^-†^$ distort (it's actually the spacetime $^†-^.....
....^-†^$£ itself that is becoming fluid), then £$^†-^....
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.........^ eyes above ^.........
........^- fading into silver flakes as they fall -^........
.......^-† bubbles in drinks †-^.......
......^-†^ ^†-^......
.....^-†^$ drinks with a secret ingredient, that $^†-^.....
....^-†^$£ makes you see the stars even when you £$^†-^....
...^-†^$££ close your eyes. ££$^†-^...
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..^-†^$££@ 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. £$^†-^....
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.....^-†^$ $- it's in your heart and in your -$ $^†-^.....
......^-†^ £† mind and the minds of those around †£ ^†-^......
.......^-† £^ you, their hearts, their bodies. ^£ †-^.......
........^- @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ @$ -^........
.........^ and if you're lucky, you'll never get ^.........
.......... out. don't bite the other guests. ..........
.........^ (or do) ^.........
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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 @££$^†-^..
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