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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. #@¤/»»,,¨¨
¨,»/*¤@### ###@¤*/»,¨
¨,»/*¤@### THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ###@¤*/»,¨
¨,»/*¤@### THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ###@¤*/»,¨
¨¨,»»****@ 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. #¤¤*»»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨»/*¤@# 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. ###@¤*/»,¨
¨,»/****@# #@****/»,¨
¨,»/*¤@### 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 /@ ##¤¤¤*/»,¨
¨,»/*¤@### #* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *# ###@¤*/»,¨
¨,»/*¤@### #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ ###@¤*/»,¨
¨¨¨,»»»**@ 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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