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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
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¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ 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 §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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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 ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ 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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§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ /¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨/ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ $^ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ^$ §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
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¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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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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