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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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¤...¤.¤¤.. 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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.¤...¤¤¤.. SELF. ¤....¤..¤.
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..¤.¤¤.... EYES ABOVE .¤....¤¤¤.
....¤¤¤... 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 :¤ ...¤..¤..¤
¤..¤.¤¤... #* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *# ....¤..¤..
.¤...¤¤¤.. #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ ¤....¤..¤.
..¤..¤.¤¤. AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¤¤....¤..¤
¤..¤...¤¤¤ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. .¤¤....¤..
.¤..¤..¤.¤ (OR DO) .¤¤¤....¤.
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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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