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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 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 #&&&§^\=^.
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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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.....=\§¶¶ ^^ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ^^ ¶¶§\=.....
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.^=\^§&¶## &\ 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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