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##@#¤$^»~¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨~»^$¤#@##
#@#¤$^»~¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨~»^$¤#@#
@#¤$^»~¨¨¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨¨¨~»^$¤#@
#¤$^»~¨¨¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨¨¨¨~»^$¤#
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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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##@#¤$^»~¨ #¨ #~ #» #^ #$ #¤ ## #@ ¨~»^$¤#@##
#@#¤$^»~¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨~»^$¤#@
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@#¤$^»~¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨~»^$¤#
@#¤$^»~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~»^$¤#@
#@#¤$^»~¨¨ 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. ¨¨~»^$¤#@#
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#@#¤$^»~¨¨ »» 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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