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=^........ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ........^=
/=^....... PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? .......^=/
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##@¤=/=^.. 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 .....^=/=¤
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/=^....... YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF .......^=/
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¤=/=^..... EYES ABOVE .....^=/=¤
@¤=/=^.... FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ....^=/=¤@
#@¤=/=^... BUBBLES IN DRINKS ...^=/=¤@#
##@¤=/=^.. ..^=/=¤@##
###@¤=/=^. 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 .....^=/=¤
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/=^....... (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 ./ .....^=/=¤
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/=^....... @= 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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