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##@§¤$†~-. floor closer to the collapsed warp .-~†$¤§@##
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@§§§¤$†~-. classified maps had gone missing some .-~†$¤§§§@
##@§¤$†~-. years before. .-~†$¤§@##
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§$$~~-.... the deeper you descend, the stranger ....-~~$$§
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§$$†††~... enthralling and intrusive, then seedy ...~†††$$§
##@§¤$†~-. and predatory, but pierce deeper and .-~†$¤§@##
##@§¤$†~-. there will be more peculiar effects. .-~†$¤§@##
##@§¤$†~-. your sense of space will seem to .-~†$¤§@##
##@§¤$†~-. distort (it's actually the spacetime .-~†$¤§@##
#§§§¤$†~-. itself that is becoming fluid), then .-~†$¤§§§#
###@§$†~-. your body, and finally your sense of .-~†$§@###
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##@§¤$†~-. the ceiling is covered in actual stars. .-~†$¤§@##
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##@§¤$†~-. bubbles in drinks .-~†$¤§@##
#§§$†~.... ....~†$§§#
##@§¤$†~-. drinks with a secret ingredient, that .-~†$¤§@##
@¤$$††--.. makes you see the stars even when you ..--††$$¤@
@@¤$~~-... close your eyes. ...-~~$¤@@
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@§$$†~-... at these deeper levels it can be hard ...-~†$$§@
@¤$†--.... to remember who and where you are ....--†$¤@
##@§¤$†~-. (were). normal staff is as transformed .-~†$¤§@##
#§$~~----. as guests. instead, care and protection .----~~$§#
@@¤$$†-... are offered by (overly flirty) ...-†$$¤@@
§§§¤¤$†~-. pool toys and other such automatons. .-~†$¤¤§§§
§¤¤†~..... .....~†¤¤§
##@§¤$†~-. if you stay above absolute madness, .-~†$¤§@##
##@§¤$†~-. there is some sort of control to be .-~†$¤§@##
#@@§¤$†~-. had. you could slip into your ideal dog .-~†$¤§@@#
#§¤$†-.... body there, explore that. you could ....-†$¤§#
##@§¤$†~-. drink poisonous ambrosia and not be .-~†$¤§@##
##@§¤$†~-. burned away. you could explore .-~†$¤§@##
#@¤$~--... territories just as mapless as those ...--~$¤@#
##@§¤$†~-. closer to the core, but with a chance .-~†$¤§@##
@§¤$$~.... of finding your way back. ....~$$¤§@
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#@¤¤¤$†~-. ~~ sting, a sting, a sting. ~~ .-~†$¤¤¤@#
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§$~~--.... $- mouth and your hands, their hands -$ ....--~~$§
#§$†--.... ¤~ it's in your heart and in your ~¤ ....--†$§#
#@@§¤$†~-. §† mind and the minds of those around †§ .-~†$¤§@@#
###@§¤$†~- @$ you, their hearts, their bodies. $@ -~†$¤§@###
#§§$$$†~-. #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ .-~†$$$§§#
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##@§¤$†~-. out. don't bite the other guests. .-~†$¤§@##
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@¤$$†-.... the deeper the floor goes, the more ....-†$$¤@
##@§¤$†~-. expensive the drinks. this is not .-~†$¤§@##
@@@§¤$†~-. coincidental. the more expensive the .-~†$¤§@@@
§$~-...... drinks, the more likely it is that ......-~$§
###§¤$†~-. someone will buy them for you. .-~†$¤§###
§$~....... this is also not coincidental. if .......~$§
##@§¤$†~-. someone buys you a drink, they are very .-~†$¤§@##
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##@§¤$†~-. other ways as well. .-~†$¤§@##
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