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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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$=:~:,,,,, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,,,,,:~:=$
=:~:,,,,,, 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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&$=:~:,,,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,,,:~:=$&
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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 ,,,,,,,:~:
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:~:,,,,,,, ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ,,,,,,,:~:
=:~:,,,,,, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,,,,,,:~:=
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#@@&$=:~:, BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ,:~:=$&@@#
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@&$=:~:,,, BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ,,,:~:=$&@
&$=:~:,,,, TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ,,,,:~:=$&
$=:~:,,,,, CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ,,,,,:~:=$
=:~:,,,,,, OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ,,,,,,:~:=
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&$=:~:,,,, =: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS := ,,,,:~:=$&
@&$=:~:,,, $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ ,,,:~:=$&@
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@&$=:~:,,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,,:~:=$&@
&$=:~:,,,, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,,,,:~:=$&
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:~:,,,,,,, THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ,,,,,,,:~:
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:~:,,,,,,, COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ,,,,,,,:~:
=:~:,,,,,, DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ,,,,,,:~:=
$=:~:,,,,, SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ,,,,,:~:=$
&$=:~:,,,, THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ,,,,:~:=$&
@&$=:~:,,, SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ,,,:~:=$&@
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