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##@#¤*^~:, 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 DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ,:~^*¤§#@#
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###§¤*^~:, AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ,:~^*¤§###
§****^^~:, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,:~^^****§
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#@#§¤*^~:, DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ,:~^*¤§#@#
§*^~~,,,,, ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,,,,,~~^*§
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#¤¤*^~::,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,::~^*¤¤#
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§§¤^^:,,,, 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. ,:~^*¤§§##
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#@#§¤*^~:, 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 :* ,:~~~*¤¤§#
#@#§¤*^~:, ¤~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~¤ ,:~^*¤§#@#
#@#§¤*^~:, §^ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND ^§ ,:~^*¤§#@#
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##@#§¤*^~: AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET :~^*¤§#@##
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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 ,:~^*¤§#@#
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