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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 ¨¨:«†%*¤@#
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#@¤*%†«:¨¨ itself that is becoming fluid), then ¨¨:«†%*¤@#
##@¤*%†«:¨ your body, and finally your sense of ¨:«†%*¤@##
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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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@¤*%†«:¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨:«†%*¤@#
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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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#@¤*%†«:¨¨ «« 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. ¨¨:«†%*¤@#
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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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