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##@§$§\~~. classified maps had gone missing some .~~\§$§@##
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##@§$§\~~. enthralling and intrusive, then seedy .~~\§$§@##
##@§$§\~~. and predatory, but pierce deeper and .~~\§$§@##
§§~....... 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 .~~\§$§@##
§§§~~..... of finding your way back. .....~~§§§
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##@§$§\~~. ~~ sting, a sting, a sting. ~~ .~~\§$§@##
##@§$§\~~. \. it's in your eyes and it's in your .\ .~~\§$§@##
§$$$$§\~~. §~ mouth and your hands, their hands ~§ .~~\§$$$$§
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@$§§\~~... @§ you, their hearts, their bodies. §@ ...~~\§§$@
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#@$\~..... and if you're lucky, you'll never get .....~\$@#
##@§$§\~~. out. don't bite the other guests. .~~\§$§@##
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##@§$§\~~. .~~\§$§@##
@$$\~..... the deeper the floor goes, the more .....~\$$@
##@§$§\~~. expensive the drinks. this is not .~~\§$§@##
@§§~...... 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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