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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 ,,,,,,^~††
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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. †# ,,,^~††%&#
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##&%††~^,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,,
^,,,,,,,,, OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ,,,,,,,,,^
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