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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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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 ¨¨¨¨^-†§##
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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 ¨¨^-†§####
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####§†-^¨¨ 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 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 \# ¨¨¨¨^-†§##
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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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