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¨~»:**@@## FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ##@@**:»~¨
¨~»:**@@## PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ##@@**:»~¨
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¨~»:**@@## YEARS BEFORE. ##@@**:»~¨
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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 ##@@**:»~¨
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¨~»:**@@## ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ##@@**:»~¨
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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. ##@@**:»~¨
¨~»:**@### ###@**:»~¨
¨~»:*@@### 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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¨¨~~~»::*@ ~~ 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. ###@@*:»~¨
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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 ###@**:»~¨
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