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§§§§§§§§§¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨¨§§§§¨¨§§
§§§§§§§§¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§§§§§§§¨¨§ YEARS BEFORE. §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§§¨ 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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¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§ 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. ¨¨§§§§§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ §¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
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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. §§¨¨§§¨¨§¨
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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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