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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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&&........ 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 /& &..&&&.&&.
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&..&.&&.&. #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ #§ &&&&&.&.&&
.&.&&&.&&& AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET &....&&&&.
.&&&..&&.. OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. .&...&...&
&&..&.&.&. (OR DO) &&&..&&..&
..&.&&&&&& ...&.&.&.&
&.&&&..... 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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