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@&%†/:.... OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ....:/†%&@
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#@@&%†/:.. 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 ....:/†%&@
&%†/:..... 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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#@@&%†/:.. 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 ..:/†%&@@#
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@&%†/:.... 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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#@@&%†/:.. %» IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR »% ..:/†%&@@#
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@&%†/:.... @† YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. †@ ....:/†%&@
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%†/:...... AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ......:/†%
†/:....... OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. .......:/†
/:........ (OR DO) ........:/
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&%†/:..... 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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