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¤¤¤§-~¨¨¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨¨¨~-§¤¤¤
###¤%§:-~¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨~-:§%¤###
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###¤%§:-~¨ 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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####¤§:-~¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨~-:§¤####
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¤%§:~¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨~-§§¤#
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###¤%§:-~¨ 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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¤§:~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¤: MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND :¤ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~:§¤
###¤%§:-~¨ #§ 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. ¨~-:§%¤###
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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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