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#%==----,, of an undocumented research site. each ,,----==%#
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#@#£%^==-, classified maps had gone missing some ,-==^%£#@#
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#%^^=,,,,, enthralling and intrusive, then seedy ,,,,,=^^%#
££^==----, and predatory, but pierce deeper and ,----==^££
#@#£%^==-, there will be more peculiar effects. ,-==^%£#@#
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#@#£%^==-, distort (it's actually the spacetime ,-==^%£#@#
@##£%^==-, itself that is becoming fluid), then ,-==^%£##@
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##@#£^==-, bubbles in drinks ,-==^£#@##
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#@#£%^==-, drinks with a secret ingredient, that ,-==^%£#@#
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#@#£%^==-, close your eyes. ,-==^%£#@#
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£%=====-,, 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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##@#%^==-, 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 ,-==^%£#@#
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