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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«
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§/«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«/§
*§/«^¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨^«/§*§
*§/«^¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«/§
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«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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*§/«^¨¨¨¨¨ /¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨/ ¨¨¨¨¨^«/§*
§/«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ §^ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ^§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«/§
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«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §/ 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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