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#@@#$%:~,¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨,~:%$#@@#
#@@#$%:~,¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨,~:%$#@@#
##@@#$%:~, PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ,~:%$#@@##
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#@@#$%:~,¨ YEARS BEFORE. ¨,~:%$#@@#
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#@@#$%:~,¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¨,~:%$#@@#
@@@#$%:~,¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨,~:%$#@@@
@@@#$%:~,¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨,~:%$#@@@
##@@#$:~,¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨,~:$#@@##
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#$$$$%:~,¨ THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ¨,~:%$$$$#
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@@@#$%:~,¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨,~:%$#@@@
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#@@#$%:~,¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨,~:%$#@@#
##@#$%:~,¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨,~:%$#@##
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#@@#$%:~,¨ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ¨,~:%$#@@#
##@@#$%~,¨ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ¨,~%$#@@##
@@$:,,¨¨¨¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨¨¨¨,,:$@@
@#$$:~,¨¨¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ¨¨¨,~:$$#@
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@##$:,¨¨¨¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨¨¨¨,:$##@
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#@@#$%:~,¨ IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ¨,~:%$#@@#
##@#$%:~,¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ¨,~:%$#@##
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#%%%~,¨¨¨¨ BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ¨¨¨¨,~%%%#
#$%%::~~,¨ DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ¨,~~::%%$#
###%%~~¨¨¨ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ¨¨¨~~%%###
##@#$%:~,¨ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ¨,~:%$#@##
@@$$$%:~,¨ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨,~:%$$$@@
#%~~~¨¨¨¨¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨¨¨¨¨~~~%#
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@@@#$%:~,¨ ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ¨,~:%$#@@@
#@@#$%:~,¨ :¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨: ¨,~:%$#@@#
@@@#$%:~,¨ %, MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ,% ¨,~:%$#@@@
#$$$%~,¨¨¨ $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ ¨¨¨,~%$$$#
#@@#$%:~,¨ #: MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND :# ¨,~:%$#@@#
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#@@#$%:~,¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨,~:%$#@@#
##@@#$%:~, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,~:%$#@@##
#@@#$%:~,¨ (OR DO) ¨,~:%$#@@#
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#@@#$%:~,¨ THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ¨,~:%$#@@#
@#%:,¨¨¨¨¨ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¨¨¨¨¨,:%#@
@@@#$%:~,¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨,~:%$#@@@
@#$$$%:~,¨ 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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