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#@@@§$:-~. OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH .~-:$§@@@#
#@@@§$:-~. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP .~-:$§@@@#
@@$$$$:-~. PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? .~-:$$$$@@
@@$:~..... CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME .....~:$@@
@§§§§$:-~. YEARS BEFORE. .~-:$§§§§@
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@§§:::~... THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ...~:::§§@
@§$$-~.... 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 ...~:$$$§@
#@@@§$:-~. FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL .~-:$§@@@#
##@@§$:-~. BUBBLES IN DRINKS .~-:$§@@##
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#@@@§$:-~. DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT .~-:$§@@@#
##@@@$:-~. MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU .~-:$@@@##
@@@@§$:-~. CLOSE YOUR EYES. .~-:$§@@@@
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#@@@§$:-~. AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD .~-:$§@@@#
#@@@§$:-~. TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE .~-:$§@@@#
#@@@§$:-~. (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED .~-:$§@@@#
@@§§:-.... AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ....-:§§@@
#@@@§$:-~. ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) .~-:$§@@@#
#@@@§$:-~. POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. .~-:$§@@@#
@$--~..... .....~--$@
@@§$:~.... IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ....~:$§@@
#@@@§$:-~. THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE .~-:$§@@@#
#@@@§$:-~. HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG .~-:$§@@@#
@§§$:~~... BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ...~~:$§§@
##@@@§:-~. DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE .~-:§@@@##
#@@@§$:-~. BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE .~-:$§@@@#
#@@@§$:-~. TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE .~-:$§@@@#
@§§§:-~~.. CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ..~~-:§§§@
#@@@§$:-~. OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. .~-:$§@@@#
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@@$$-~.... ~~ 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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