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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 ..........
.........~ your body, and finally your sense of ~.........
........~= self. =~........
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...~=^%£@# 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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........~= .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# .# =~........
.........~ ^^ 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) #@£%^=~...
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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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