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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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#@£===^^,, 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 ,^~=*£#@##
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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 ,^~=*££##@
@#£**=~^,, 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, ,^~=**££#@
####£*=~^, 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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@#£==^^,,, ^^ the honey is a trap and there's a ^^ ,,,^^==£#@
##@#£*=~^, ~~ 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) ,,,,^~*#@@
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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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