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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 &.&&...&&.
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&.&..&.&&. 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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&.....&&.& 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. .&&....&..
&&&.&&.... &.&...&&..
..&&.&.... .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# &&&..&.&.&
.&.&&&.... .. 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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