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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 ....~^&&&¤
###¤&$^~~. YEARS BEFORE. .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER .~~^$&¤###
##&$^~.... THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ....~^$#
¤&&&^^^~~. ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY .~~^^^&&&¤
###¤&$^~~. AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. .~~^$&¤###
#&&$$$^~~. YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO .~~^$$$&
####&$^~~. DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME .~~^$###
###¤&$^~~. ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN .~~^$&¤###
#&$~~..... YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF .....~~$
###¤&$^~~. SELF. .~~^$&¤###
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¤¤$~~~.... THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ....~~~$¤¤
#¤&&&$^~~. EYES ABOVE .~~^$&&&¤#
###¤&$^~~. FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. BUBBLES IN DRINKS .~~^$&¤###
¤&&$$~~... ...~~$$&&¤
¤$$^^~~... DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ...~~^^$$¤
###¤&$^~~. MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. CLOSE YOUR EYES. .~~^$&¤###
##&&&$^~~. .~~^$&&#
###¤&$^~~. AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD .~~^$&¤###
#&&^~~~... 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 .....~^&¤#
###¤&$^~~. OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. (OR DO) .~~^$&¤###
#¤&$$~~~~. .~~~~$$&¤#
###¤&$^~~. THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT .~~^$&¤###
¤¤$$~..... COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE .....~$$¤¤
#¤¤&&$^~~. DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT .~~^$&&¤¤#
¤$~~~~.... SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ....~~~~$¤
¤¤$^^~~~~. THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF .~~~~^^$¤¤
###¤&$^~~. SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN .~~^$&¤###
###¤&$^~~. OTHER WAYS AS WELL. .~~^$&¤###
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